With the planned creation of new galleries for its Arts of Africa collection, the Brooklyn Museum hopes visitors will see their cultures “represented with dignity.” Read more ...
This Orientalist classic, left unfinished, has had to be completed since Puccini’s death. A new version hands that task to artists with Asian roots. Read more ...
Buff, waxed or otherwise, thousands answered an open casting call to become the next “Baywatch” discovery — or just “Drowning Swimmer No. 2.” Read more ...
In a country with little knowledge of the American TV institution, the show landed in a new light. An American and a British critic found plenty to enjoy. Read more ...
A new tour featuring New Edition and Boyz II Men is also a showcase for the influential work of their longtime choreographer, Brooke Payne. Read more ...
The K-pop superstars’ new album, “Arirang,” comes with huge commercial expectations. The group made room for artistic experimentation, too. Read more ...
A work about gay visibility avoids statements, yet remains powerful. A dancer appears just once a day, showing the political valence of absence. Read more ...
Rennie Harris’s “Losing My Religion” and a Matthew Neenan program from BalletX were signs of health in two of the city’s most important dance institutions. Read more ...
“Antigone” gave us the original “bad girl,” but its themes go beyond that. How do adaptations keep making Sophocles’ ideas about democracy and theater new? Read more ...
Once a week, patients in an Argentine hospital with Parkinson’s disease use the movements of tango to help address issues of balance, stiffness and coordination. Read more ...
A reassessment of damaged 3,500-year-old statuary adds to evidence that Queen Hatshepsut wasn’t the villain that scholars long took her to be. Read more ...
Recalling the era of Picasso and Hemingway, the location in Hong Kong, called Gold, will host art, design and fashion exhibitions, and more. Read more ...
Growing up, Stephen Wong Chun Hei did not get outside much. Now, he hikes the city’s trails and renders them in wild color. Here are six of his favorites. Read more ...
The city’s museums and galleries entice with work by boldfaced names like Lee Bul and Mary Weatherford, plus shows on textiles and collective memory. Read more ...
At the peak, Hong Kong was one of Asia’s largest textile exporters. Now, visitors can see tangible reminders of that history in several neighborhoods. Read more ...
Known early on for skin-baring temptress roles, she later earned rave reviews, a Cannes award and an Oscar nomination for her performance in the Lenny Bruce biopic “Lenny.” Read more ...
His carnival-like swirls on the Vox organ helped define the sound of the border with groups like the Sir Douglas Quintet and the Texas Tornados. Read more ...
Nancy Lemann published her first novel at 28. Then came “the doom.” Now she’s back in the spotlight, and not exactly comfortable with it. Read more ...
A sampling of the city’s creative cohorts and the places where they gather, from the Tompkins Square Park monkey bars to a hair salon that doubles as an art gallery. Read more ...
By Kate Guadagnino, Nick Haramis and Jennifer Livingston
The actor, who died on Friday, was a fan favorite on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” even as his character mixed quiet heroism with hostility toward the show’s women. Read more ...
The statue of the explorer, a replica of one that protesters toppled in 2020, was placed outside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Read more ...
As competing dating shows lean into modern norms, the ABC franchise finds itself mired in scandals and stymied by its traditional approach to love. Read more ...
“Antigone,” an ancient Greek play, is being adapted in several theaters across New York City. Our critic Helen Shaw explains why Sophocles’ anti-heroine is such a relevant figure today. Read more ...
The group’s first concert in nearly four years — held in the historic center of Seoul — was heavy on songs from its new album. They also played a few old hits. Read more ...
The South Korean band broke into American pop culture by hitting the talk shows, performing on “Saturday Night Live” and appearing at the White House. Read more ...
A four-person team has shaped the Encounters section of Art Basel Hong Kong, organizing it around the elements of water, fire, earth and ether. Read more ...
The “Access Hollywood” and “House Guest” host shares his love of “Jesus Christ Superstar,” Keke Palmer and celebrity memoirs that go deep. Read more ...
He played the part of Xander Harris, one of Buffy’s closest friends, on the hit television show about a teenage girl who protects the world from monsters. Read more ...
Ms. Paul’s built-in fan base and viral interpersonal drama presented an opportunity for the long-running reality TV show, until video of a past assault derailed the season. Read more ...
In this ultraviolent rah-rah sequel, Ranveer Singh returns as an undercover Indian agent who’s part political gangster, part antiterrorist killing machine. Read more ...
His early successes in the 1960s, writing in the complex vein of high modernism, yielded later in his career to a more accessibly lyrical style. Read more ...
The New York Philharmonic’s next music leader, slowly revealing facets of his personality, used his latest visit to showcase his political conscience. Read more ...
An adaptation has a twist that doesn’t track, and songs that benefit from an excellent cast, including Norm Lewis, Sierra Boggess and Adam Jacobs. Read more ...
Daniel Radcliffe in “Every Brilliant Thing,” “The Wild Party” and two Cold War-era comedy-thrillers: These are productions worth knowing about. Read more ...
