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Book Review: “Warhol” — Pop Art’s Timeless Impresario

June 1, 2021
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Accessible to the art-loving novice, Blake Gopnik’s Warhol suggests that his subject’s marketing genius doesn’t have a time limit.

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Film Review: “Buster Williams: Bass to Infinity” — Portrait of a Jazz Artist

May 31, 2021
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This fine documentary of a highly respected elder bassist presents a clear, focused picture of a man who is also a jazz musician.

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Theater Review: “Black Beans Project” — Tasting Togetherness

May 30, 2021
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The heart and soul that so prominently flavors the Black Beans Project no doubt reflects the hopeful moment we’re in.

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Rock Album Review: The Tragically Hip — In Peak Form

May 30, 2021
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Pain and catharsis wind through Saskadelphia.

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Arts Reconsideration: The 1971 Project — Celebrating a Great Year in Film (Part Three)

May 29, 2021
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More homages to 1971’s magnificent bursts of cinematic iconoclasm.

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Film Review: “A Quiet Place Part II” — Women Will Be Our Salvation

May 28, 2021
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Survival is the primary motivation, and the film’s unrelenting series of unexpected attacks generate considerable tension.

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Book Review: “The Fascination of What’s Difficult: A Life of Maud Gonne” — Ireland’s Unlikable Joan of Arc

May 28, 2021
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“What happens when you discover your heroine was a vile anti-Semite?”

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Film Review: Disney’s “Cruella” — Fashionably Evil

May 27, 2021
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Cruella is by far the best of the Disney reboots.

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Theater Review: “A Woman of the World” — A Remarkable Relationship

May 27, 2021
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The “Real” Emily Dickinson never materializes, but the “Real” Mabel Loomis Todd does — and it’s a sometimes shocking and sad story.

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Letter from New York: Visual Arts — Alice Neel and All the Rest

May 26, 2021
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In New York, museums and galleries are racing toward a new normal, whatever that might be. Most exhibitions that opened earlier in the year will stay open into the summer.

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