She was an artist who was studying anthropology when she became an activist in the civil rights movement and a rare woman to document Black…
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Ulysses Jenkins: Journeys of a Video Griot
He changed how artists use video, exposing how the medium reinforced racial stereotypes, then using it as a conduit for global community. At the Hammer…
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Broderick’s positive test result comes as coronavirus cases have once again been rising in New York City, and a number of Broadway shows have been…
View More Matthew Broderick, Starring in Broadway’s ‘Plaza Suite,’ Tests PositiveWittgenstein’s ‘Private Notebooks’ Shed Some Light on an Enigmatic Genius
These journals offer a view of the philosopher’s preoccupations, his sexual anguish, his struggles with work and his time in the military.These journals offer a…
View More Wittgenstein’s ‘Private Notebooks’ Shed Some Light on an Enigmatic GeniusJamel Shabazz: Proud Street Culture on Display
He chronicled the fashion shifts of stylish young Black New Yorkers in the 1980s and ’90s in photographs celebrated at the Bronx Museum of the…
View More Jamel Shabazz: Proud Street Culture on DisplayChristie’s to Sell Entire Ammann Art Collection
Some 100 works from the siblings Doris and Thomas Ammann will be sold in May, along with their Warhol silkscreen of Marilyn Monroe, estimated at…
View More Christie’s to Sell Entire Ammann Art CollectionEd Sheeran Wins ‘Shape of You’ Plagiarism Case
The singer “neither deliberately, nor subconsciously” stole from another songwriter when writing his 2017 hit, a British judge ruled.The singer “neither deliberately, nor subconsciously” stole…
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View More ‘Faces of Bengal’ puts a spotlight on Bengal artists of every eraA Booker Prize Winner Takes On First Love and — Just Maybe — Hope
In his follow-up to “Shuggie Bain,” Douglas Stuart tells a story of love blossoming in a barren emotional landscape.In his follow-up to “Shuggie Bain,” Douglas…
View More A Booker Prize Winner Takes On First Love and — Just Maybe — HopeLileana Blain-Cruz Keeps You Thinking: ‘Not Understanding Is Really Satisfying’
Lileana Blain-Cruz, a “master of curating chaos,” is making her Broadway directing debut with a revival of Thornton Wilder’s comedy of human survival, “The Skin…
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