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Oct 28, 2025

Jewish Heirs Sue the Met, Saying a van Gogh It Sold Was Nazi Loot
The museum says it had no idea at the time, but the heirs say the Met curator who bought and sold the work, a former U.S. Army specialist on looting, should have known better.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 28, 2025

A Broadway Tradition Is Fluttering Into History
Broadway plans to replace the cast-change slips that are stuffed into Playbills with QR codes. Some understudies and theater buffs will mourn their loss.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 28, 2025

In Two Solo Plays, a Search for Belonging and Parental Love
Ari'el Stachel's "Other" and Zoë Kim's "Did You Eat?" are self-interrogations that deal with family, race and identity.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 28, 2025

Lily Allen Confronts the Tabloids by Becoming One on ‘West End Girl'
The British singer and songwriter's new album, "West End Girl," is a salacious autobiography. For pop fans hungry for real-life details, it's proving irresistible.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 28, 2025

Prunella Scales, Sybil on ‘Fawlty Towers,' Dies at 93
Best known "for playing unfortunate wives," she had a decades-long career in the theater and on television.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 28, 2025

A Black Composer Was a Star, Then Faded. Is It Time to Shine Again?
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor devotees are working to revive his music and legacy coinciding with the 150th anniversary of his birth.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 28, 2025

It's Not ‘La Bohème' Without a Trip to Whole Foods and Popeyes
The Metropolitan Opera's production includes a lot of real food, even Oreos and bagels. And it's Rex Marquez's job to get it all on a shopping spree.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 28, 2025

Misty Copeland, Ballerina of the People, Moves On
American Ballet Theater's first Black female principal dancer has given her farewell performance. But she's not done with this art form yet.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 28, 2025

Bringing New Life to Empty Subway Shops
A dino store, dance parties, radio and visual art are set up underground, building community in free space from the M.T.A.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 28, 2025

‘Old Henry,' ‘Personal Shopper' and More Streaming Gems
A good old-fashioned Western, a historical drama with fresh resonance and a new documentary on a famed screenwriter are among this month's off-the-beaten-path streaming recommendations.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 28, 2025

Seth Meyers Thinks Trump Is Trolling With Third-Term Talk
The president says he hasn't really thought about a third term. Meyers said that was "like James Cameron saying he hasn't thought about ‘Avatar 4.'"

NYTimes Arts
Oct 27, 2025

22 Years After His Death, Warren Zevon Is Getting His Due
The singer and songwriter was the focus of a tribute concert in Los Angeles on Friday. Next month, he'll be honored by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 27, 2025

Defunct Upper West Side Movie Theater May Reopen in 2028
The landmark Metro Theater is being renamed Uptown Film Center and will include five screens and about 470 seats.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 27, 2025

Jack DeJohnette, Revered Jazz Drummer, Dies at 83
Endowed with spectacular range, he played with Miles Davis, led New Directions and Special Edition, and spent decades with Keith Jarrett's Standards Trio.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 27, 2025

Jack DeJohnette: 7 Essential Recordings
The drummer and pianist, who died on Sunday at 83, was a master of many styles and an ever-evolving innovator.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 27, 2025

‘Kissinger' Review: What It Used to Mean to Make America Great
A PBS documentary profiles the storied diplomat who was obsessed, for better and worse, with keeping his adopted country safe during the Cold War.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 27, 2025

Jaap van Zweden Returns After Leaving New York Philharmonic
Jaap van Zweden left the New York Philharmonic in 2024. Now he's returning to the city with his new orchestra at Carnegie Hall.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 27, 2025

Anthony Jackson, Master of the Electric Bass, Is Dead at 73
Besides his work with pop stars and jazz greats, he is credited with helping to invent the six-string contrabass guitar.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 27, 2025

Bob Mackie Dresses Worn by Cher and Tina Turner Head to Auction
A collection of items from Bob Mackie and other fashion greats is the latest example of how auction houses are reshaping shopping through exclusivity and provenance.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 27, 2025

Laurie Metcalf and Other Steppenwolf Members on 50 Years of ‘Freedom Onstage'
Laurie Metcalf, Gary Sinise and other members of the Chicago company reminisce about unexpected performances, stunning monologues and career-changing roles.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 27, 2025

The Website Reshaping Live Music, One Set List at a Time
On Setlist.fm, users track what songs artists play at concerts (and more). The availability of so much data has changed the ways musicians and fans experience shows.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 27, 2025

These Video Games Want Only Some of Your Attention
The farming simulator Rusty's Retirement and other games that carve out space on your desktop may actually help people focus.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 27, 2025

‘Down Cemetery Road,' and More Things to Watch on TV This Week
The new Apple TV show airs, and many Halloween episodes and movies are available to stream.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 26, 2025

‘It: Welcome to Derry' Season 1 Premiere Recap: Nuclear Family
Based on the 1986 Stephen King novel, "It," the new HBO series sets a disturbing and terrifying tone right from the jump.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 26, 2025

Drew Struzan, Masterly Painter of Movie Posters, Dies at 78
He created realistic imagery for the "Star Wars" franchise, the Indiana Jones films and the "Back to the Future" trilogy. He also put Alice Cooper in a tuxedo and tails for an album cover.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 26, 2025

Review: The Met Opera Has Another Bel Canto Hit With ‘La Fille'
Earlier this month, the Metropolitan Opera opened "La Sonnambula." Now, it is offering another bel canto classic: "La Fille du Régiment."

NYTimes Arts
Oct 26, 2025

Allison Williams, of ‘Regretting You,' Knows She's Not the Underdog
A "Girls" girl no more, the actress discusses film roles, family and exactly how often she lets herself sing.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 26, 2025

Jeremy Allen White and the Anxiety of Playing Springsteen
The star never imagined he'd be performing as the Boss in front of the Boss. But the head-spinning nature of the role has paid off.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 26, 2025

Mandy Moore Feels at Home Making Dances for Taylor Swift or the Met Opera
The choreographer Mandy Moore feels at home everywhere. She even sees herself as a kind of dance therapist. "Teach them the love first and the steps later."

NYTimes Arts
Oct 26, 2025

Keeping Yorgos Lanthimos Movie Posters Weird
The designer Vasilis Marmatakis has created posters for the director's films that are often as enigmatic as the movies themselves.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 26, 2025

A Break-In That Shook France
The robbery at the Louvre left behind more than broken glass. It battered the pride of a nation that is increasingly glum about itself and its direction.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 25, 2025

June Lockhart, Beloved Television Mother, Dies at 100
She exuded earnest maternal wisdom and wistful contentment as a farm wife on "Lassie" and, later, as an interplanetary castaway on "Lost in Space."

NYTimes Arts
Oct 25, 2025

Benita Valente, Acclaimed Bel Canto Soprano, Is Dead at 91
Her career spanned decades, included performances at the Metropolitan Opera and brought her effusive praise from critics and operaphiles.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 25, 2025

Phyllis Trible, 92, Dies; Studied the Bible Through a Feminist Lens
An influential scholar, she challenged centuries of biblical interpretation that presumed that women were unequal to men in the eyes of God.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 25, 2025

When Hollywood Tries to Depict Broadway Genius, the Results Rarely Sing
The new Lorenz Hart biopic "Blue Moon" gets a lot right about the creation of musicals that a spate of 1940s films got wildly wrong.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 25, 2025

6 Podcasts About Making and Appreciating Art
These shows seek to decode and democratize art, providing expert insight into art history and practical tips on cultivating an artistic habit of your own.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 25, 2025

The Most Debated Horror Movie Endings
Some filmmakers have no qualms about sending audiences out on the bleakest note; others famously watered down their conclusions. These are among the most debated.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 25, 2025

Sheena Easton, an '80s Pop Phenom, Is Glad She Left the Rat Race
The "Strut" singer had creative relationships with Prince and Nile Rodgers and experimented in different genres. A pair of new boxed sets chronicle her peak years.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 25, 2025

Even Horror Movie Villains Have a Side Hustle
It may be a recession indicator, but our cartoonist says high-profile horror villains like Jigsaw and Aunt Gladys are taking daylight gigs.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 25, 2025

Arian Moayed Would Rather Be Backstage
It is "the actual reason all of us crazy folks go back to the theater," said the actor, who has joined the Season 2 cast of "Nobody Wants This."

NYTimes Arts
Oct 25, 2025

Y2K Kids Were the Last to Really Rage With No One Watching
The angst of nu metal is being discovered by Gen Z, but with digital eyes always looming, the ephemeral catharsis of collectively going mad is a thing of the past.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 24, 2025

Barbara Gips, Creator of Memorable Movie Catchphrases, Dies at 89
Her best-known tagline was also her first to be published, written for "Alien": "In space no one can hear you scream."

NYTimes Arts
Oct 24, 2025

‘Slam Frank,' a Daring Satire, and ‘Crooked Cross' Demand Our Attention
A gleefully provocative new musical and a quiet 1930s domestic drama speak to each other across time, resounding quite loudly in our present.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 24, 2025

We Traveled the Real California That ‘One Battle After Another' Imagined
Paul Thomas Anderson's film spotlights unseen corners of the state. To find them, our photographer traveled California from tip to tip.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 24, 2025

Two Nights with Malala: The Nobel Laureate on Love, Activism and Having Fun
Basketball and Dua Lipa are on the schedule during a New York jaunt with the Nobel laureate, whose intimate memoir finds her juggling activism and married life.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 24, 2025

With Halo: Campaign Evolved, Microsoft Brings Prized Xbox Game to PlayStation
As part of a strategic shift away from exclusivity, Microsoft is bringing Halo to Sony's competing console for the first time.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 24, 2025

A Missing Picasso Is Found, and a Small Spanish Town Loses Its Air of Mystery
For a brief moment, the puzzle of what had happened to Pablo Picasso's "Still Life With Guitar" infected Deifontes with caper fever.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 24, 2025

6 Items From the Gene Hackman Auction: His Art, Scripts and Galaga
The actor, who died this year at 95, led a quiet life in New Mexico. An auction of his belongings offers insights into his life and work.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 24, 2025

The White House's Movie Theater Is Among the East Wing Rubble
Nixon watched "Patton" there. Obama hosted the "Lincoln" cast. Built in 1942, the White House's private movie theater offered refuge and entertainment.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 24, 2025

Review: In ‘Six Quiet Dogs,' Ordinary Sound Gives Way to Poetry
Abigail Levine's new work, at Target Margin Theater, is terrific as a kind of enhanced reading, but lags on the level of choreography.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 24, 2025

Review: Arvo Pärt Gets the 90th Birthday Concert He Deserves
The Estonian Festival Orchestra made its North American debut at Carnegie Hall, offering a broad, excellently played survey of Pärt's music.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 24, 2025

Five Science Fiction Movies to Stream Now
Dystopian societies and time travel anxieties are covered in this month's selection of sci-fi offerings.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 24, 2025

A Paris Art Event So Exclusive That Breaking Into the Louvre Might Be Easier
A "pre-preview" of Art Basel Paris this week drew some of the world's wealthiest art collectors. Dealers were hoping to shed some of the recent gloom that the art market has faced.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 24, 2025

Dave Ball of Soft Cell, Band Known for ‘Tainted Love,' Dies at 66
He was a producer and one half of the pioneering English synth-pop duo.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 24, 2025

Olivia Dean Adds Love to the Mix
The chart-topping British singer's music defies genres, because she's more interested in feelings than styles.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 24, 2025

Stream These 5 Titles Before They Leave Netflix in November
A Stephen King adaptation and a recent horror phenomenon are among the titles U.S. subscribers can still catch during scary movie season before they leave.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 24, 2025

Watch Jeremy Allen White Sing in ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere'
The director Scott Cooper narrates a scene in which Bruce Springsteen (White) records the song "My Father's House."

NYTimes Arts
Oct 24, 2025

‘It: Welcome to Derry' Leads a Week of New Horror Series
Highlights this season include "Harlan Coben's Lazarus" on Prime Video, "Anne Rice's Talamasca" on AMC and a new spinoff of Stephen King's "It" on HBO.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 24, 2025

‘It: Welcome to Derry,' ‘Lazarus' and More Horror TV Highlights
Highlights this season include "Harlan Coben's Lazarus" on Prime Video, "Anne Rice's Talamasca" on AMC and a new spinoff of Stephen King's "It" on HBO.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 24, 2025

‘It: Welcome to Derry': What to Know About HBO's Stephen King Prequel
The new HBO series is a prequel to the two movies starring Bill Skarsgard as Pennywise, based on the 1986 Stephen King novel. Here's a primer.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 24, 2025

‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere': What's Fact, What's Fictionalized
The new biopic gets a lot right about the Boss and the making of "Nebraska." But there are elements that were made up for the film.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 24, 2025

9 New Movies Our Critics Are Talking About This Week
Whether you're a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 24, 2025

Tom Morello Brings Rage to an Unexpected Genre: the Musical
This firebrand guitarist pulled songs from his lesser-known catalog for "Revolution(s)," about family of activists, now playing in Chicago.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 24, 2025

Anish Kapoor Isn't Done Reflecting
On the eve of his show at the Jewish Museum the artist looks back on his delicate earliest art, and reveals why terror plays a vital role in his latest.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 24, 2025

Museum's Treasures to Be Sold as Founder Faces $50 Million Legal Bill
Prized pieces held by the Okada Museum of Art in Japan are being auctioned to settle a $50 million legal bill owed by the museum's "Pachinko King" founder.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 24, 2025

‘Breaking Bad' Creator Vince Gilligan Returns to TV With ‘Pluribus'
Created by Vince Gilligan ("Breaking Bad"), this new Apple TV drama is about the mysterious arrival of peace on Earth and the one woman who can't stand it.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 24, 2025

10 Cozy Fall Books That Feel Like a Hug
Witty mysteries, cottagecore fantasies and bighearted classics provide a dose of warmth and comfort to bolster you through the long, cold nights ahead.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 24, 2025

In ‘Mistress Dispeller,' a Story as Old as Time (With a Very New Twist)
In China, a professional can be hired to break up a cheating spouse's extramarital relationship. Elizabeth Lo's remarkable film takes us up close.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 24, 2025

With ‘Bugonia,' Jesse Plemons Takes the Lead
His performance as a conspiracy theorist who kidnaps an executive has put him in the awards season mix. But letting go of the character wasn't easy.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 24, 2025

Chris Kraus's New Novel Will Keep Her Fans Guessing
"Giving myself freedom" has been Chris Kraus's goal as a writer, whether in autofiction about her romantic life or in her new and surprising "working-class saga."

NYTimes Arts
Oct 24, 2025

‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere' | Anatomy of a Scene
Scott Cooper narrates a sequence from his film, featuring Jeremy Allen White playing Bruce Springsteen.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 24, 2025

Stephen Colbert Tears Into the East Wing Demolition
The East Wing now "looks like a rotisserie chicken your dog got into," Colbert said on Thursday.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 24, 2025

German Company Launches Ad After Its Lift Is Used in Louvre Heist
The brazen daylight robbery of the Louvre on Sunday has turned into a marketing opportunity for Böcker, a German maker of cranes and elevators whose product was used in the heist.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 23, 2025

‘Regretting You' Review: A Colleen Hoover Melodrama Adapted for Film
A mother (Allison Williams) and daughter (Mckenna Grace) reel from a tragedy while looking for love in all the right places in this formulaic melodrama.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 23, 2025

Phyllis Trible, Who Studied Bible Through Feminist Lens, Dies at 92
An influential scholar, she challenged centuries of biblical interpretation that presumed that women were unequal to men in the eyes of God.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 23, 2025

Oprah, Gayle King and More Attend Misty Copeland's Final Performance
The trailblazing ballerina returned to the stage after five years for one final performance at a gala for American Ballet Theater.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 23, 2025

Mark Morris Accused in Lawsuit of Mistreating Black Company Members
A former dancer with the company accused Mr. Morris, the prominent choreographer, of discrimination. He denied the claims.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 23, 2025

‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere' Review: The Boss in the Void
Jeremy Allen White plays the singer-songwriter in an affecting drama about the making of his 1982 album "Nebraska" when he slipped into a terrible darkness.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 23, 2025

Dave Ball, Soft Cell Musician Known for ‘Tainted Love,' Dies at 66
He was a producer and one half of the pioneering English synth-pop duo.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 23, 2025

Rockwells of the White House, Where They Long Resided, Head to Auction
The drawings, by Norman Rockwell, of visitors looking to speak with the president, once hung near the Oval Office.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 23, 2025

Kim Hyung-Jun Is Making Ceramics With Teeth
Plus: a new lodge in Rwanda's savanna, an installation by Helen Marten and more recommendations from T Magazine.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 23, 2025

A Mind-Blowing Adventure With a Walking Lighthouse
The puzzle game Keeper, from the studio behind Psychonauts, also features a transmogrifying bird and surreal landscapes.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 23, 2025

Broadway Averts Strike as Musicians Reach Deal With Producers
The tentative agreement, which still requires ratification by union members, comes five days after a similar agreement with actors and stage managers.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 23, 2025

Under Trump, National Symphony Opens Concerts With the National Anthem
The new directive came after President Trump made himself chairman of the Kennedy Center, the home of the orchestra.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 23, 2025

Broadway Averts Strike as Musicians Reach Deal With Producers, Union Says
The tentative agreement, which still requires ratification by union members, comes five days after a similar agreement with actors and stage managers.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 23, 2025

In L.A., a Loss of Nerve at the Hammer, but Art Hits in the Galleries
While "Made in L.A. 2025" falters, the city's local art scene is thriving, with an abundance of smart new shows in commercial spaces.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 23, 2025

Late Night Responds to Trump's Justice Department Query
The "Daily Show" host Michael Kosta said the president seeking compensation shouldn't be a surprise: "Trump sues people more often than Barron gets hit by a sea gull."

NYTimes Arts
Oct 23, 2025

In "Life, Part 2," Leslie Jones Wants to Make Everybody Laugh
Though the comedian got a late start to fame, her third special, "Life Part 2," continues a decade-long streak crafting a career that appeals to the masses.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 23, 2025

Sea Otters and Museums Are Feeling Taylor Swift's Midas Touch
After the release of her latest album, an aquarium in California and a museum in Germany suddenly were thrust into the center of Taylor Swift's fandom. Just how big is Swift's cultural reach?

NYTimes Arts
Oct 23, 2025

Erykah Badu Says Making Music Is a Sport. It's Game Time.
The singer and songwriter on her reign as one of music's most idiosyncratic and spiritual figures and where her creative impulses are headed next.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 23, 2025

Manet and Morisot, Soul Mates in Modernity
A new exhibition at the Legion of Honor in San Francisco captures the creative spark between two avant-garde 19th-century painters, Édouard Manet and Berthe Morisot.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 23, 2025

Stavros Halkias Wants a Career. Will His Fans Let Him Have One?
The comedian is pivoting from online notoriety to mainstream roles. It's harder than it looks.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 23, 2025

Can Ken Burns Win the American Revolution?
Burns's 12-hour documentary about our national origin story is landing in the middle of a culture war. Yes, it's complicated. No, he does not want to talk about President Trump.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 23, 2025

‘Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost' Review
Ben Stiller directs a moving portrait of his father and mother, the comedy pair Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 23, 2025

‘Regretting You' Review: Learning to Forgive and Forget
A mother (Allison Williams) and daughter (Mckenna Grace) reel from a tragedy while looking for love in all the right places in this formulaic melodrama.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 23, 2025

‘Shelby Oaks' Review: A Lost Woman and Found Footage
The search for a missing person turns grisly and baffling in this derivative horror debut.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 23, 2025

‘Last Days' Review: Eyeing a Forbidden Island
Justin Lin directs a fictionalized account of the final days of a 20-something Christian missionary who tries to enter a remote island.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 23, 2025

‘Queens of the Dead' Review: Club Kids vs. Zombies
Tina Romero, the daughter of George A. Romero, the filmmaker behind the legendary "Night of the Living Dead," brings a queer horror comedy to Brooklyn.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 23, 2025

‘Dream Eater' Review: Nightmares on the Move
A man who suffers from violent sleepwalking spells and his girlfriend retreat to a remote cabin in this stiff found-footage horror movie.

NYTimes Arts
Oct 23, 2025

‘Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc' Review: An Explosive Love Story
This animated film traces the romance and explosive conflict between a young devil hunter and a devil in disguise.

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