Ai Weiwei’s ‘Zodiac’ Is a Mystical Memory Tour
Like a cosmological comic, the artist’s new ‘graphic memoir’ entwines recalled experience with legend and imagination. Like a cosmological comic, the artist’s […]
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2024 Super Bowl LVIII Ads, Ranked
Here is how our critic saw the Super Bowl commercials from best to worst.Here is how our critic saw the Super Bowl […]
Read moreHow GKids Became the A24 of Animation
The small distributor has outsize influence because it handles Studio Ghibli films in the United States. Its titles have earned 13 Oscar […]
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Robert Downey Jr. and Christopher Nolan on ‘Oppenheimer.’
These Oscar nominees for “Oppenheimer” met years ago, but the director had no plans to cast this star then, noting, “I was […]
Read moreQuietly, After a $4 Million Fee, MoMA Returns a Chagall With a Nazi Taint
The museum returned the painting three years ago to the heirs of a gallery once led by a German Jew. But one […]
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When the Voice You Hear Is Not the Actor You See
The playwright Lucas Hnath has been making magic with the sound of speech. Now he’s directing a play by Mona Pirnot, his […]
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Usher Super Bowl Halftime Review: A Focus on Details With Alicia Keys, Lil Jon and More
In a halftime set that touched on more than a dozen songs, the R&B star delivered a raucous Atlanta party and a […]
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How Do You Get Acoustic Instruments to Play Electronic Music?
The composer Matthew Sheeran, brother of the pop star Ed Sheeran, discusses how he translated microtonal electronic music for a chamber orchestra. […]
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Will Taylor Swift Be at the Super Bowl? Stay Tuned.
There has been much ado about whether the pop singer will travel across the globe to the big game. Here’s what we […]
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Kanye West’s ‘Vultures 1’ Debuts in New York
The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has been mired in controversy after making a string of antisemitic remarks. Thousands showed up […]
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