Arts

Jasper Johns: Divide and Conquer

“Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror,” the largest survey of the artist’s work anywhere to date, officially opens next Wednesday, and is designed…

Can ‘The Wonder Years’ Break Through the White Noise of Nostalgia?

Only white people, the pop-culture conceit goes, can get excited about traveling backward in time. For other people, the past…

Melvin Van Peebles, Champion of New Black Cinema, Dies at 89

Melvin Van Peebles, the filmmaker praised as the godfather of modern Black cinema and a trailblazer in American independent movies,…

Late Night Shares the Stage With Climate Change

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets…

After 138 Years, a Black Composer Arrives at the Met

In 1919, William Grant Still was in his 20s — many years from the eminence he would later enjoy as…

Britney Spears: End Conservatorship, but Remove My Father First

Britney Spears supports the prompt and complete termination this fall of the conservatorship that has overseen her finances and personal…

In ‘Nuclear Family,’ a Filmmaker Frames Herself

Ry Russo-Young was 9 years old the first time she told this story, for an audience of one: the psychiatrist…

Students Occupied a Derelict Factory. Now It’s a Global Art Space.

BERLIN — Three decades ago, Auguststrasse 69, a building in Berlin’s Mitte district, was a derelict former margarine factory occupied…

Moor Mother’s Musical Galaxy Grows Even Bigger

The poet and musician Camae Ayewa is a study in nonstop movement. On a recent video call from Los Angeles,…

‘Undine,’ ‘My Zoe’ and More Offbeat Streaming Gems

This month’s off-the-radar recommendations include a trio of terrific (but modest) indies from earlier this year, along with a thoughtful…

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