Arts

How Magdalene Odundo Makes Ceramics Seem Like Bodies in Motion

How Magdalene Odundo Makes Ceramics Seem Like Bodies in...

NYT > Arts, Nov 19, 2025 - 16:54

For more than five decades, the ceramist Magdalene Odundo has been making abstra...

Holiday Gift Ideas: What to Get an Ex, a Sick Parent and More Recommendations

Holiday Gift Ideas: What to Get an Ex, a Sick Parent an...

NYT > Arts, Nov 19, 2025 - 16:54

Plus: what to get a sick mother, a minimalist son and more holiday present advic...

Alice and Ellen Kessler, ’60s Singing Sensations, Die at 89

Alice and Ellen Kessler, ’60s Singing Sensations, Die a...

NYT > Arts, Nov 19, 2025 - 15:05

The twin sisters from Germany, who were nightclub stars and regular guests on in...

Review: Strauss’s ‘Arabella’ Returns to the Met Opera

Review: Strauss’s ‘Arabella’ Returns to the Met Opera

NYT > Arts, Nov 19, 2025 - 12:08

The latest revival of Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s final opera wa...

After the Death of Two Titans, Where Are the Next Giant Art Patrons?

After the Death of Two Titans, Where Are the Next Giant...

NYT > Arts, Nov 19, 2025 - 06:38

With the passing of Leonard A. Lauder and Agnes Gund amid financial headwinds, a...

Black Flag’s Latest Reboot Has Everyone Talking (Even Greg Ginn)

Black Flag’s Latest Reboot Has Everyone Talking (Even G...

NYT > Arts, Nov 19, 2025 - 06:38

At 71, Ginn has remade his hardcore institution once again — this time with zoom...

‘Sacramento,’ ‘Happy Christmas’ and More Streaming Gems

‘Sacramento,’ ‘Happy Christmas’ and More Streaming Gems

NYT > Arts, Nov 19, 2025 - 06:38

This month’s off-the-radar streaming suggestions include modest but moving indie...

Stephen Colbert Celebrates ‘Epstein Rockin’ Eve’

Stephen Colbert Celebrates ‘Epstein Rockin’ Eve’

NYT > Arts, Nov 19, 2025 - 02:57

“Stay up for a ball drop you’re going to want to miss,” the “Late Show” host sai...

‘This World of Tomorrow’ Review: Tom Hanks Is Back in Town

‘This World of Tomorrow’ Review: Tom Hanks Is Back in Town

NYT > Arts, Nov 18, 2025 - 23:03

The movie star plays a man from the future at the 1939 New York World’s Fair in ...

‘Meet the Cartozians’ Review: Who Gets to Be White in America?

‘Meet the Cartozians’ Review: Who Gets to Be White in A...

NYT > Arts, Nov 18, 2025 - 19:03

Talene Monahon’s captivating play uses a 1925 court decision to explore what ide...

On ‘Finally Over It,’ Summer Walker Is R&B’s Maestro of the Funny Side of Heartbreak

On ‘Finally Over It,’ Summer Walker Is R&B’s Maestro of...

NYT > Arts, Nov 18, 2025 - 16:43

On “Finally Over It,” the singer and songwriter rolls her eyes and brings in lik...

‘Lahppon/Lost’ Was a Hit in Oslo. But in the Sami Heartland?

‘Lahppon/Lost’ Was a Hit in Oslo. But in the Sami Heart...

NYT > Arts, Nov 18, 2025 - 16:43

The Norwegian National Ballet was nervous about taking a new work about a Sami u...

‘Lahpphon/Lost’ Was a Hit in Oslo. But in the Sami Heartland?

‘Lahpphon/Lost’ Was a Hit in Oslo. But in the Sami Hear...

NYT > Arts, Nov 18, 2025 - 14:06

The Norwegian National Ballet was nervous about taking a new work about a Sami u...

Artists Pick Their Favorite Films About Artists

Artists Pick Their Favorite Films About Artists

NYT > Arts, Nov 18, 2025 - 14:06

Movies with artist-protagonists are known to be disappointing. These pass muster...

Obsessed With ‘Wicked’? Try 9 More Songs From Beloved Musicals.

Obsessed With ‘Wicked’? Try 9 More Songs From Beloved M...

NYT > Arts, Nov 18, 2025 - 14:06

If you’ve got Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande on repeat, add these songs from “R...

Daniele Rustioni, Old-School Conductor, Joins the Met Opera

Daniele Rustioni, Old-School Conductor, Joins the Met O...

NYT > Arts, Nov 18, 2025 - 11:06

Daniele Rustioni is already busy as the Met’s new principal guest conductor, wit...

‘Selena y Los Dinos’ Review: Still Dreaming of You

‘Selena y Los Dinos’ Review: Still Dreaming of You

NYT > Arts, Nov 18, 2025 - 11:06

In this look back at the singer Selena, the director Isabel Castro presents home...

How Much Sex, Drugs and Violence Can Be in a PG-13 Movie?

How Much Sex, Drugs and Violence Can Be in a PG-13 Movie?

NYT > Arts, Nov 18, 2025 - 05:06

The movie ratings board has pulled back the curtain on how it approaches hot-but...

‘25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ Review: A Delightful Competition

‘25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee’ Review: A Deli...

NYT > Arts, Nov 18, 2025 - 05:06

Adult actors play fierce middle-school spellers in a wonderful revival of Willia...

The Art of Britain’s Windrush Generation Has Never Felt More Relevant

The Art of Britain’s Windrush Generation Has Never Felt...

NYT > Arts, Nov 18, 2025 - 05:06

At a time of rising xenophobia and nativism, their work examines the meeting of ...

George Benjamin and Pierre-Laurent Aimard: Friendship in Music

George Benjamin and Pierre-Laurent Aimard: Friendship i...

NYT > Arts, Nov 18, 2025 - 05:06

The composer George Benjamin and the pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard met as studen...

Body Slams, Curated: Pro Wrestling Enters Its Museum Era

Body Slams, Curated: Pro Wrestling Enters Its Museum Era

NYT > Arts, Nov 18, 2025 - 05:06

The over-the-top spectacle has been slicing into the art world, with gallery sho...

Late Night is Amused by Trump’s About-Face on the Epstein Files

Late Night is Amused by Trump’s About-Face on the Epste...

NYT > Arts, Nov 18, 2025 - 02:23

“We have nothing to hide,” President Trump said about releasing the documents. J...

Met Returns Buddhist Painting Thought Taken During the Korean War

Met Returns Buddhist Painting Thought Taken During the ...

NYT > Arts, Nov 17, 2025 - 17:29

The 18th-century painting, which the Met acquired in 2007, is believed to have b...

Bill Ivey, 81, Dies; Quelled Conservative Ire Over U.S. Arts Agency

Bill Ivey, 81, Dies; Quelled Conservative Ire Over U.S....

NYT > Arts, Nov 17, 2025 - 17:29

As the head of the National Endowment for the Arts, Mr. Ivey, a leader in countr...

Bill Ivey, Who Soothed Critics of Federal Arts Agency, Dies at 81

Bill Ivey, Who Soothed Critics of Federal Arts Agency, ...

NYT > Arts, Nov 17, 2025 - 13:24

By reducing the National Endowment for the Arts’s focus on avant-garde work, he ...

Those Little Chimes That Say ‘Please Take Your Seat’

Those Little Chimes That Say ‘Please Take Your Seat’

NYT > Arts, Nov 17, 2025 - 10:36

At New York’s performing arts venues, herding audiences is a melodic mission.

Has This Director Made the Year’s Most Terrifying Movie?

Has This Director Made the Year’s Most Terrifying Movie?

NYT > Arts, Nov 17, 2025 - 08:07

With the existential action thriller “Sirat,” set in the rave culture of Morocco...

A Day at the Beach Hunting Mammoths

A Day at the Beach Hunting Mammoths

NYT > Arts, Nov 17, 2025 - 08:07

“Citizen paleontologists” can keep the fossils they uncover around Europe’s larg...

‘Now I’m on the Stage’: 7 Artists on Their Museum Residencies in Harlem

‘Now I’m on the Stage’: 7 Artists on Their Museum Resid...

NYT > Arts, Nov 17, 2025 - 08:07

The Studio Museum in Harlem’s longtime residency program has been pivotal to art...

A Fats Waller Musical All but Disappeared (Until Now)

A Fats Waller Musical All but Disappeared (Until Now)

NYT > Arts, Nov 17, 2025 - 08:07

The jazz pianist and composer wrote music for the World War II hit “Early to Bed...

A BravoCon Recap, Plus 6 Things to Watch on TV This Week

A BravoCon Recap, Plus 6 Things to Watch on TV This Week

NYT > Arts, Nov 17, 2025 - 02:35

Catch up on everything that happened in Vegas, and get ready for the CMAs.

‘Chess,’ With Lea Michele: At Least They Have the Abba Songs

‘Chess,’ With Lea Michele: At Least They Have the Abba ...

NYT > Arts, Nov 17, 2025 - 00:04

This new revival, starring Lea Michele, Nicholas Christopher and Aaron Tveit, is...

‘It: Welcome to Derry’ Season 1, Episode 4 Recap: Origin of the Species

‘It: Welcome to Derry’ Season 1, Episode 4 Recap: Origi...

NYT > Arts, Nov 16, 2025 - 22:25

Leroy gets a glimpse of the thing that terrorized his son. Viewers get a glimpse...

Homayoun Ershadi, 78, Dies; ‘Kite Runner’ and ‘Taste of Cherry’ Star

Homayoun Ershadi, 78, Dies; ‘Kite Runner’ and ‘Taste of...

NYT > Arts, Nov 16, 2025 - 20:34

He was an architect with no training as an actor whose life was changed by a cha...

Todd Snider, Folk Singer With a Wry Wit, Dies at 59

Todd Snider, Folk Singer With a Wry Wit, Dies at 59

NYT > Arts, Nov 16, 2025 - 12:35

Mentored by the likes of Jimmy Buffett and John Prine, his big-hearted ballads t...

Epstein Files Dominate “S.N.L.,” With the Help of Will Forte’s MacGruber

Epstein Files Dominate “S.N.L.,” With the Help of Will ...

NYT > Arts, Nov 16, 2025 - 09:38

The Epstein files played a prominent role in this episode hosted by Glen Powell,...

‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’ Has Tricks Up Its Sleeve

‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’ Has Tricks Up Its Sleeve

NYT > Arts, Nov 16, 2025 - 05:04

The magician heist thriller franchise is back for a third installment. We go bey...

Leslie Odom Jr., Back in the Room Where It Happens

Leslie Odom Jr., Back in the Room Where It Happens

NYT > Arts, Nov 16, 2025 - 00:30

In “Hamilton,” no moment captures the actor’s emotional expansiveness, artistic ...

SAG Awards Changes Its Name to the Actor Awards

SAG Awards Changes Its Name to the Actor Awards

NYT > Arts, Nov 15, 2025 - 15:35

The annual awards, started three decades ago by the Hollywood union SAG-AFTRA, h...

Niecy Nash-Betts Saves It for the ‘All’s Fair’ Group Chat

Niecy Nash-Betts Saves It for the ‘All’s Fair’ Group Chat

NYT > Arts, Nov 15, 2025 - 05:30

“It’ll make you laugh, it’ll give you support, it’ll give you the tea, because s...

‘Nouvelle Vague’: All the References Explained

‘Nouvelle Vague’: All the References Explained

NYT > Arts, Nov 15, 2025 - 05:30

The Netflix film about the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s French New Wave classic “...

At the Broadway Flea, a Market for Props, Playbills and a Good Cause

At the Broadway Flea, a Market for Props, Playbills and...

NYT > Arts, Nov 15, 2025 - 05:30

Theaters lovers came in search of souvenirs at the Broadway Flea Market & Grand ...

For ‘The Running Man,’ Colman Domingo Is Your Host

For ‘The Running Man,’ Colman Domingo Is Your Host

NYT > Arts, Nov 15, 2025 - 05:30

While the Emmy-winning, Oscar-nominated actor loves to put on a show, his role a...

Lupita Nyong’o in ‘Twelfth Night,’ and More Theater to Stream

Lupita Nyong’o in ‘Twelfth Night,’ and More Theater to ...

NYT > Arts, Nov 15, 2025 - 05:30

This month’s picks include a ravishing Nyong’o in the return of Shakespeare in t...

Yvonne Brewster, Godmother of Black British Theater, Dies at 87

Yvonne Brewster, Godmother of Black British Theater, Di...

NYT > Arts, Nov 14, 2025 - 19:54

When she studied acting in London in the 1950s, she was told she was unlikely to...

Elizabeth Franz, Versatile Tony-Winning Actress, Is Dead at 84

Elizabeth Franz, Versatile Tony-Winning Actress, Is Dea...

NYT > Arts, Nov 14, 2025 - 17:54

She won the award for her performance as Linda Loman in a 1999 Broadway revival ...

Want to Buy a Work of Art at Auction? Here’s What to Know.

Want to Buy a Work of Art at Auction? Here’s What to Know.

NYT > Arts, Nov 14, 2025 - 16:04

A step-by-step guide to navigating this oft-misunderstood part of the market, wi...

Paris Opera’s Youth Orchestra Program Starts With Young Talent

Paris Opera’s Youth Orchestra Program Starts With Young...

NYT > Arts, Nov 14, 2025 - 14:36

A youth orchestra program for musicians as young as 8 is part of Paris Opera’s e...

Maxime Pascal to Conduct Stockhausen’s ‘Montag aus Licht’ in Paris

Maxime Pascal to Conduct Stockhausen’s ‘Montag aus Lich...

NYT > Arts, Nov 14, 2025 - 14:36

For one night only at the Philharmonie de Paris, Maxime Pascale will conduct “Mo...