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Take a (Solo) Stroll. Your Next Art Fix May Be Around the Block.
Will Heinrich//27 views
Critic’s Notebook In these challenging times, New York City’s small delights can offer a respite. Our critic reflects on a few old friends while practicing soci...
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How Will Pop Music Respond to the Coronavirus?
Steven Baker//50 views
The global spread of the coronavirus has been seismic, overburdening health care systems, torpedoing stock markets and requiring millions of people to submit to...
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Sam Hunt Brought Hip-Hop to Country. After ‘Old Town Road,’ He’s Back.
Jon Caramanica//32 views/1 comments
Following his 2014 debut album, the singer and songwriter retreated from the spotlight and got married. Now he’s returning to a very different landscape. Sam Hu...
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Romare Bearden’s Rarely Seen Abstract Side
Roberta Smith//27 views
Critic’s Notebook Although famous for figurative works, the American modernist had a little-known foray into abstract painting that included some of his best wo...
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A Song No One Remembered. A Podcast That’s Hard to Forget.
Reggie Ugwu//30 views/1 comments
On “Reply All,” the hosts PJ Vogt and Alex Goldman explore all that’s “delicious and weird” about life in the internet age. It seemed like the most minor of mys...
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Inside the Minds of Two Expert Improv Comedians
Jason Zinoman//31 views
On Comedy We asked the scene partners Louis Kornfeld and Rick Andrews to walk us through their thought processes as they ad-libbed a double date. Every Sunday n...
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How to Help Arts Workers Hurt by the Pandemic: Give, but Safely
Graham Bowley, Peter Libbey//31 views/1 comments
As online campaigns to help those let go by cultural venues proliferate, experts say to be generous, but careful. As the coronavirus began to shut down movie th...
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What’s on TV Thursday: ‘Big Time Adolescence’ and ‘Feel Good’
Gabe Cohn//40 views/1 comments
A coming-of-age movie with Pete Davidson is on Hulu. And the comedian Mae Martin stars in a new series on Netflix. BIG TIME ADOLESCENCE (2020) Stream on Hulu. P...
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For Future Generations, It’s Time to Reflect on Black Art
Eric V. Copage//37 views/1 comments
Shifts in politics, performance and protest have all altered our culture in a way not seen in years. I grew up in Southern California neighborhoods that were ov...
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Open Your Laptops, the Comedy Show Is About to Begin
Sopan Deb//32 views/1 comments
Comics and club owners in New York and across the country are trying to figure out alternate ways to reach audiences in a pandemic. “People have told us they’re...
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Met Museum Prepares for $100 Million Loss Due to Coronavirus
Robin Pogrebin//32 views/1 comments
The Met’s executives say the coronavirus outbreak makes painful layoffs likely for every cultural institution. In a powerful sign that casualties of the coronav...
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Bancroft Prize Goes to Books on Emancipation and Urban Renewal
Jennifer Schuessler//31 views
The scholars Joseph P. Reidy and Lizabeth Cohen have won the prize, one of the most prestigious honors in the field of American history. A sweeping reconsiderat...
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The Unending Anxiety of Coronavirus Content
Amanda Hess//41 views/1 comments
Critic’s notebook The pandemic has clarified the dark bargain of our internet-connected devices: We look to them to protect our bodies and soothe our nerves, an...
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Frieze Cancels New York Art Fair Amid Coronavirus Concerns
Lauren Messman//35 views/2 comments
The move follows other art fair changes, like the cancellation of Art Basel Hong Kong and the early closing of Tefaf Maastricht. Frieze New York has been cancel...
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Review: ‘After Truth,’ the Deluge
James Poniewozik//44 views/1 comments
An often-chilling survey of disinformation in America, this HBO documentary reclaims the real definition of “fake news.” It is a fitting irony that the term “fa...