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‘Stay gold, Ponyboy’ ... set to music? ‘The Outsiders’ comes to Broadway.

“The Outsiders” offers a timely – and tuneful – reminder that differences that seem so intractable might not be impossible to overcome after all. Adam “not a musical theater person”…
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2024-04-16 12:00
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Bryan Stevenson Q&A: Alabama park confronts difficult history in sculpture

In Montgomery, Alabama, a new sculpture park has joined two memorials created by the Equal Justice Initiative started by Bryan Stevenson, a lawyer perhaps best known for his memoir, “Just…
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2024-04-11 20:24
March 2024

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Welcome to Luna Luna, the carnival that time forgot

Luna Luna, on display in Los Angeles, resurrects whimsical works by the likes of Salvador Dalí and Keith Haring. Just don’t climb on the rides.…
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2024-03-13 20:44

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A cult classic album gains new life, and new meaning, onstage

A new stage adaptation of “Illinoise” opens March 7 at New York’s Park Avenue Armory. It is not quite a musical, not quite a ballet, not quite a concert –…
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2024-03-08 02:00
February 2024

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Preserving culture, one textile at a time

Focus is often put on preserving disappearing languages, but what of other traditions? For some, vitality rests with maintaining a culture’s visual representations, too.…
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2024-02-29 15:36

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Walking in the path of the Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance is the subject of a new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Our cultural commentator relished his time walking the same streets that sheltered Langston Hughes,…
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2024-02-05 15:02

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Perks and perils of being married to a photographer

On a recent trip to Kauai, our essayist found himself playing stuntman for his wife, The Photographer.…
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2024-02-01 15:40
January 2024

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She’ll make you look twice: LA street artist spreads whimsy, hope

What makes a person install whimsical, unexpected art in the middle of blight? As LA street artist S.C. Mero sees it, there’s no better way to transform spaces – and…
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2024-01-10 19:47
December 2023

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His hands are famous. So are his printing skills.

Much is made of the creative possibilities that artificial intelligence will unlock. But in Maine, one man uses centuries-old technology to satisfy modern sensibilities.…
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2023-12-18 15:22
November 2023

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In Pictures: In Lebanon, the art of resistance endures

Protests in the streets of Beirut may feel like a distant memory. But the spirit of the 2019 “October Revolution” lives on in vibrant murals.…
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2023-11-28 16:17
October 2023

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‘The Book of Life’: How one artist creates healing out of tragedy

As her country tries to come to terms with genocide, one Rwandan artist wants to leave a legacy for the next generation that focuses on life rather than death.…
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2023-10-18 21:01
September 2023

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How a classical pianist reinvents herself in major and minor ways

Pianist Simone Dinnerstein is returning to the stage on Sept. 23, at a concert presented by Emmanuel Music at Tufts University in Boston.…
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2023-09-21 21:45
August 2023

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‘It’s not Queen Lear.’ How one woman approaches Shakespeare’s iconic role.

In “King Lear,” veteran actor Ellen McLaughlin has found both a “marvelous” role and a vehicle to help audiences consider how people care for one another.…
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2023-08-04 18:59
May 2023

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Of mice, and men: New ‘An American Tail’ brings Fievel to the stage

The Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis is revisiting the 1986 film classic, in a world premiere from Tony-winning playwright Itamar Moses.…
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2023-05-17 16:58
March 2023

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On Broadway, saying goodbye to ‘Phantom’

What does it take to have longevity on Broadway? Catchy songs help. But as the departing “Phantom of the Opera” shows, so does a relatable story.…
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2023-03-22 17:29

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With timeless masterpieces and modern riffs, Vermeer endures

What qualities make art enduring? For museumgoers and modern artists, examining the work of 17th-century painter Johannes Vermeer offers the opportunity to both reflect on, and shift, the narrative.…
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2023-03-17 17:17

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‘A sacred space’: Playwrights discuss the role religion plays on stage

How are themes of religion and spirituality explored on modern stages? Two playwrights discuss their work, and how human vulnerability – and hope – can share the same theater space.…
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2023-03-16 18:41
January 2023

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Creativity in motion: How painter Alex Katz partners with performers

Buoyant painter Alex Katz finds joy in collaborating with dancers, choreographers, and theater companies.…
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2023-01-24 18:07

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Art community fights for integrity as AI presents artificial images

Artificial intelligence is adding art to its growing résumé. But artists and computer experts are starting to push back against companies that allow AI to create art from original works,…
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2023-01-20 16:44
December 2022

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At Colorado’s Museum of Friends, art is priceless – literally

Money doesn’t play a deciding role in what these artists collect. Instead, their contemporary art museum in southern Colorado operates on what they call “soul value.”…
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2022-12-12 21:41
September 2022

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Berlin museum displays transparency alongside pillaged artifacts

A Berlin museum opening this week includes explanations of how some displayed items will soon return to Nigeria. The German curators worked closely with experts from regions where many of…
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2022-09-15 19:20
August 2022

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In Pictures: With puppets and perseverance, Delhi’s artist colony endures

A plan to redevelop an artists’ colony in the middle of bustling Delhi has displaced thousands of residents. They’re fighting back in court.…
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2022-08-01 19:11
June 2022

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Party favor or art? Preserving the craft of the piñata.

Piñatas are not just for smashing. In creating more complex designs, artists are changing what people think about the worth of these handmade objects.…
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2022-06-24 18:15
April 2022

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Female and non-binary artists shine at world's oldest art fair

Under the curatorship of Cecilia Alemani, the 59th Venice Biennale art fair featured a majority of female and non-binary artists for the first time in its 127-year history. Artists say…
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2022-04-25 18:17

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How Indigenous artists explore crossroads of past and future

Indigenous futurism – which spans film, literature, the visual arts – is a way for centuries-old cultures to make the case that their path leads forward, not just back.…
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2022-04-19 15:45
March 2022

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Broadway’s ‘Paradise Square’ is enthralling spectacle of history

“Paradise Square,” a new Broadway musical, tells the story of a moment of racial harmony in Civil War-era New York City, and how it was disrupted.…
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2022-03-30 20:22
February 2022

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How a Canadian Twitter feed is kindling national art pride

A Twitter feed in Canada featuring national art is showing that sometimes the easiest way to engage people is to show them what they are missing.…
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2022-02-09 19:06
September 2021

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Titian paintings reunite after centuries apart. How receptive are museumgoers?

Where does viewing art fit among our other attention-demanding options? In Boston, a rare exhibition of Titian paintings tests the appeal of quiet contemplation.…
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2021-09-10 22:26

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