Leaders at the National Endowment for the Humanities have informed employees that the Trump administration is demanding deep cuts to staff and programs at the agency, in the latest move against federal agencies that support scholarship and culture. The move comes about three weeks after the agency’s leader, Shelly Lowe, who was appointed by President … Read more
Kathan Brown, the founder of the San Francisco-based company Crown Point Press, who helped revive the centuries-old art of intaglio printmaking in the United States, producing limited-edition prints by artists like Elaine de Kooning, Chuck Close and Francesco Clemente, died on March 10 at her home in the Bay Area. She was 89. Her death … Read more
On a rainy night on the Upper East Side, art world philanthropists, billionaire business moguls and New York socialites scurried under a canopy of umbrellas and into the newly restored Frick. Old money — the Gilded Age mansion of the industrialist Henry Clay Frick — met new money — a $220 million renovation — on … Read more
▶ Listen on Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube 7. The Main Ingredient: “Everybody Plays the Fool” The main ingredients to this 1972 single were a catchy piano-and-flute lick and a lead vocal by Cuba Gooding Sr. “Everybody Plays the Fool” shot up the pop charts and earned the Main Ingredient a Grammy nomination for best … Read more
There has been no shortage of movies about the Beatles. But the director Sam Mendes is embarking on a project that stands apart for its ambition — four films, each from a different band member’s perspective — and now we know who will be playing the Fab Four. The films will star Paul Mescal as … Read more
Hope may seem daring in this age of angst and uncertainty, but it is at the heart of three major new works coming to the Fisher Center at Bard, including a musical adaptation of “Yentl the Yeshiva Boy,” the performing arts center announced on Tuesday. With a $2.5 million gift from the Civis Foundation, matched … Read more
The conductor Joana Mallwitz apologized for arriving late for her interview at the Metropolitan Opera House last week, but she had needed to catch her breath after rehearsal. “Conducting is sweaty business,” she said, as she settled into a straight-backed posture on a sofa in the press lounge, her striking hands with long fingers elegantly … Read more
“I have already told you everything,” she said. “I should have the freedom to do what I would like.” But she did not object when I accompanied her back to her hotel. She stayed up for hours in the lobby chatting with friends about Jungian astrology, the controversy at the 1980 Chopin competition and a … Read more
Every month, streaming services add movies and TV shows to their libraries. Here are our picks for some of April’s most promising new titles. (Note: Streaming services occasionally change schedules without giving notice. For more recommendations on what to stream, sign up for our Watching newsletter here.) New to Amazon Prime Video ‘The Bondsman’ Season … Read more
“I really believe that we all do contain multitudes,” Andrew Scott said on a Friday morning in March. Scott may contain more than most. An actor of unusual sensitivity and verve, he is starring, solo, in an Off Broadway production of Chekhov’s melancholy comedy “Uncle Vanya.” The title, like the cast list, has also been … Read more