A fight over a landscape painting bought for Hitler is focused on the question of whether its sale was voluntary or forced by economic distress…
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Maggie Q Nourishes Herself With Local Produce and ‘Dateline’
The actress talks about her latest movie, “The Protégé,” her fascination with “American Gigolo,” her dedication to rescue dogs, and the joy of Asian stand-up…
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A review of Tom Standage’s “A Brief History of Motion” and David Rooney’s “About Time” delves into our concern with moving faster and checking our…
View More Books That Cover Two Human Constants: Time and MotionEllen Havre Weis, Whose Museum Put Pop Into Mythology, Dies at 64
The Museum of Modern Mythology, in San Francisco, which she helped found, posited that advertising figures have emerged as the pre-eminent mythical figures of our…
View More Ellen Havre Weis, Whose Museum Put Pop Into Mythology, Dies at 64Denmark Now Has Two Little Mermaids. The Famous One Is Suing.
The heirs of the artist behind the Copenhagen landmark want a similar statue torn down. And they want compensation, too.The heirs of the artist behind…
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For an outdoor residency at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the Bridge Production Group breathes fresh life into a 2004 musical.For an outdoor residency at the…
View More Review: Revisiting Four Nobodies in ‘[title of show]’A Memoir’s Painful Question: Where Are You From?
“Names for Light,” by Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint, is a memoir recounted through the stories of family members.“Names for Light,” by Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint,…
View More A Memoir’s Painful Question: Where Are You From?A Painter’s Secret Roman Sanctuary
Roberto Ruspoli’s airy whitewashed studio in the attic of his childhood home is one big blank canvas.Roberto Ruspoli’s airy whitewashed studio in the attic of…
View More A Painter’s Secret Roman SanctuaryVinod Busjeet’s Debut Sets an Origin Story on the Island of Mauritius
In “Silent Wind, Dry Seas,” a man of Indian descent leaves his country behind to chase an American ideal of success.In “Silent Wind, Dry Seas,”…
View More Vinod Busjeet’s Debut Sets an Origin Story on the Island of MauritiusThe Authors of ‘The Madwoman in the Attic’ Are Back With a New (Angry) Book
In their new work, Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar, the feminist scholars who wrote the 1979 classic, examine literary manifestations of feminist anger from…
View More The Authors of ‘The Madwoman in the Attic’ Are Back With a New (Angry) Book