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    A Scene Inscrutable and Exquisite

    Edouard Manet’s ‘The Railway’ mixes modern Paris and homages to the past.

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    Hepcat With a Badge

    Amazon’s new LA noir detective drama ‘Bosch’ gets better and better as it builds, says TV columnist Nancy deWolf Smith.

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    Jamie Dornan, Mullet Man

    Young idealists try to save the world from cruel cavaliers and capitalists in Acorn’s Restoration drama ‘New Worlds.’

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    Another Odd Couple

    The CBS reboot of Neil Simon’s ‘The Odd Couple’ leaps the decades with some 21st-century humor in a comforting format.

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    Encore! Encore!

    Praiseworthy productions of ‘The Iceman Cometh’ and ‘Between Riverside and Crazy’ have just been remounted off Broadway.

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    Strong Stuff: Theater Review of ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’

    A Florida-based production of ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ proves the suburbs can handle David Mamet’s gritty drama as well as the big city, writes Wall Street Journal drama critic Terry Teachout.

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    The Magic in Twilight

    ‘Water and Shadow’ at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts engenders a renewed appreciation for the emotional range printmakers can achieve.

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    A View From Midseason

    The most notable dancers at the New York City Ballet this season? In a departure from the norm, they’re the men.

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    The Whiff of a New Blacklist

    Recent protests at the Met Opera and Carnegie Hall signal a new turn in the relationship between art and politics.

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    Cowboy Culture, Alive and Well

    A look inside the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, which celebrates the arts of the American West.

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    Rhiannon Giddens in Resolute Voice

    An album that balances warmth, wisdom and authority, ‘Tomorrow Is My Turn’ continues a remarkable period for Rhiannon Giddens.

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    Both Praise and Solace

    With adroit dissonances and harmonic ambiguity, Fauré’s Requiem is a work of aural beauty and subtle expression.

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    A Modern Oasis

    Hollywood, casinos, hot springs and the military inadvertently helped turn Palm Springs into a midcentury design mecca.

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    Highs and Lows in ‘Die Walküre’

    Christine Goerke made a spectacular role debut as Brünnhilde; a powerful, reimagined ‘Don Giovanni.’

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    Walter Liedtke: A Reflection and Appreciation

    The curator of Dutch and Flemish paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art died on Tuesday in the Metro-North commuter rail accident.

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    Untangling a Baffling Awards Ceremony

    With 83 categories and its own agenda, the Grammys can be a confusing event.

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    A Striking Exception

    A record label proves successful by bucking commercial trends.

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    Sacrifice Remembered, Symbol Restored

    A museum honors the Eighth Air Force, which destroyed Nazi Germany’s industrial might.

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    At 70, the Beat Goes On

    In mentoring, outreach and repertoire, Michael Tilson Thomas believes in inclusiveness.

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    Tragedy Makes for the Peak of Drama

    ‘Everest’ tells the true story of three climbers trapped on that mountain in a blizzard in May 1996.

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    The Bill Evans Legacy

    35 years after his death, the pianist remains a huge influence on jazz.

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    A New Vision of Photography

    Thomas Walther’s impressive photography collection is now an impressive exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art.

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    Ensnared in Black-and-White

    A noir-themed pairing of operas presents innocent women and controlling men.

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    Japan Changes on Screen

    A collection looks at the early work of Keisuke Kinoshita, who would make some of the most significant films of the postwar period.

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    Talismans of Memory

    A concert played on treasured instruments in the Chamber Music Hall of the Berlin Philharmonic honors International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

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    Ending on a High Note

    An all-Chopin program closed out Mariinsky Ballet’s run in Brooklyn.

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    Hard to Place, Easy to Enjoy

    Challenging the design of country and the complacency of Americana, the Lone Bellow’s ‘Then Came the Morning’ defies genre.

  • Notable & Quotable: Cuba’s Architectural Accident

    Cuba’s impressive architecture has unintentionally undergone ‘preservation by poverty.’ That might change soon.

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    Reshuffling, Not Reinventing

    Breaking no new ground, a show at the Museum of Modern Art merely recycles received wisdom, with artists who are market-vetted and gallery-approved.

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    Cinema Caught in Trauma

    A film series at Anthology Film Archives in New York looks at the work of the great Russian director Aleksei Guerman.

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    Adding Instruments, Adding Influences

    The prolific saxophonist Chris Potter expands his quartet on the new album ‘Imaginary Cities,’ bringing in hints of South Asia and Béla Bartók.

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    Adventures in Sand and Script at the Sackler Gallery

    For centuries, evidence of ancient Sheba and Qataban had poked out of dunes, but nobody had systematically rolled back the sands. Wendell Phillips changed that.

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    Picking With Perspective

    Acoustic flatpicking master Norman Blake produces his first album of original songs in 30 years.

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    His Pain, the Audience’s Pleasure

    Woody Allen’s 1960s stand-up character tapped into a personal neurosis.

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    Lincoln’s Lexicon

    ‘Lincoln Speaks: Words That Transformed a Nation’ at the the Morgan Library and Museum traces the president’s development of a personal, public language.

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    From Russia, a Swan and Slippers

    St. Petersburg’s renowned Mariinsky Ballet visits Brooklyn to perform ‘Swan Lake,’ ‘Cinderella’ and more.

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    Music Bureaucrats’ Nomination Abomination

    Controversy looms over this year’s Oscar race for Best Original Score thanks to the Academy’s nitpicking and red tape that led to the exclusion of a praised soundtrack.

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    Moondog’s Final Sign Off

    Payola led to the downfall of Alan Freed, the man who coined the term ‘rock ’n’ roll.’

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    The Hard-Won Path to Victory

    ‘Road to Berlin: European Theater Galleries’ at the National World War II Museum looks at how the Allies captured the Nazi stronghold and won the war.

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    A Painter of Personalities

    Giovanni Battista Moroni was a lesser-known master admired by clients for the startlingly lifelike way in which he portrayed them, the particulars of their clothing and their settings.

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    Searching the Subconscious

    Recent performances explore the inner psyche, connect pleasure with pain, and reveal the dark past of a religious figure.

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    Lifetimes of Luminous Instants

    Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood” records time’s passage in a uniquely photographic way.

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    A New Festival for New Music

    New Music Gathering 2015 featured performances by musical mavericks at an enterprising conference.

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    The Iconoclast’s Saint

    A weird and wonderful collection of works—including a painstakingly restored masterpiece—from the macabre and humorous James Ensor.

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    Designing for Past and Future

    The updated Cooper Hewitt museum makes 21st-century technology mesh with a Neo-Georgian building.

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    Where Men Take the Lead

    A six-part program from the Royal Danish Ballet highlights the troupe’s principals and soloists.

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    Filming Sonic Emotion

    Robert Herridge’s TV programs changed the way people viewed jazz.

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    A Sculptor of Suggestion

    An exhibition at the Center for Italian Modern Art showcases intimate themes, nontraditional materials and richly inflected surfaces from Medardo Rosso, an artist fascinated by light.

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    Rethinking ‘Islamic Art’

    Toronto’s Aga Khan Museum features diverse, high-quality works to dispel the idea of a homogenous aesthetic.

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    A Puppet, Coercion and a Corpse

    Now in its third year, the Prototype Festival brings together a collection of contemporary pieces that push at the conventional boundaries of opera and theater.

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    Bewitching Wood in Salem

    Now at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass., the work of a master craftsman in a colonial furniture-making center.

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    A Father-Son Endeavor

    The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore features a collection that spans ancient Egypt to the early 20th century.

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    Big-Name Musicians Get Funky

    Producer and multi-instrumentalist Mark Ronson once again proves that he has superb taste in funk and R&B; on ‘Uptown Special.’

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    The Madonna’s Many Faces

    ‘Picturing Mary: Woman, Mother, Idea’ at the National Museum of Women in the Arts takes a look at the most common female subject in Western art history.

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    A Study in Suburbia

    Through his parents and porn stars, day laborers and discarded images, the underappreciated photographer Larry Sultan shrewdly observed that postwar artificial paradise: the California suburbs.

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    Completely New Yet Pleasantly Familiar

    One of jazz’s living legends quietly released a new record last month.

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    A New Art Palace Sets Sail in Paris

    A look at Frank Gehry’s new museum, Fondation Louis Vuitton, inspired by the Grand Palais and his love of yachting.

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    Updating a ’90s Sound

    After 23 years of guitar pop and indie rock, Guster tries something new on ‘Evermotion.’

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    Notable & Quotable: United Nations Institute for Training and Research

    Hundreds of cultural heritage sites in war-torn Syria have been looted, damaged or even completely destroyed.

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    A Master Disregards Convention

    On view at London’s National Gallery, Rembrandt’s late works, now centuries-old, are so audacious that they still look radical today.

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    Laws That Are Out of Tune

    The clash between musical tradition and residents of New Orleans is being played out through ordinances and the City Council.

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    Susan Stroman’s Met Debut

    Susan Stroman celebrated her house debut in Franz Lehár’s ‘The Merry Widow,’ and Handel’s ‘Saul’ got a dramatic staging in Trinity Wall Street’s Twelfth Night Festival.

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    A Relationship Fraught and Fruitful

    The rivalry between Salvador Dalí and Pablo Picasso resulted in some of the 20th century’s most recognizable art.

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    New Label for a New Sound

    Dial Records is a missing link between jazz and rock ’n’ roll.

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    Holy Texts, Divinely Illuminated

    The breathtaking paintings that accompany the medieval Winchester Bible emphasize the holiness of the texts they illustrate.

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    Standing Out From Their Crowds

    Ensemble work highlights the burgeoning skills of saxophonist Jon Irabagon and guitarist Mary Halvorson.

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    Welles at 100

    Film programs celebrating the centenary of Orson Welles give us the opportunity to reflect on a career that was as volatile as it was influential.

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    A Trove Both Precious and Powerful

    The dazzling objects in ‘Treasures from India: Jewels from the Al-Thani Collection’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art have back stories as rich as their materials.

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    Curtain Up on Progress

    Cafe Society was one of the first fully integrated nightclubs in the nation, featuring acts from Billie Holiday to Zero Mostel.

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    A Trio of Archival Discoveries

    Some of the best new jazz releases aren’t new at all, but are unearthed and restored decades-old live recordings.

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    Modern Music for a Period Piece

    The soundtrack to ‘Mr. Turner’ is as multifaceted as the film’s title character.

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    Beautiful Religious Propaganda

    The J. Paul Getty Museum features Counter-Reformation tapestries and a recently acquired—and pricey—Impressionist painting.

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    Lost in the Crowd

    The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is an influential troupe, but recent performances underutilize its impressive dancers.

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    Facing Hortense Fiquet

    Now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: the first exhibition devoted to Cézanne’s wife, a frequent sitter for his portraits.

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    La Divina Goes High-Def

    A new high-definition set of recordings shows why Greek-American soprano Maria Callas remains a legend.

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    John Huston: A Look at His Influence

    A series at the Film Society of Lincoln Center examines John Huston, whose work includes ‘The Maltese Falcon,’ ‘The Treasure of the Sierra Madre’ and ‘Chinatown.’

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    This Is Jewish Music, Too

    The art music of Israel is performed at the Kennedy Center in the Pro Musica Hebraica series, recently featuring the Ariel Quartet.

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    Spanish War, British Response

    Anger combined with compassion produces art of lasting intensity in ‘Conscience and Conflict: British Artists and the Spanish Civil War’ at the Pallant House Gallery.

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    Ratmansky’s ‘Nutcracker’ and a Mouse

    The final New York performances of Alexei Ratmansky’s version of ‘The Nutcracker’ by the American Ballet Theatre.

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    A Meditative Master

    V.S. Gaitonde’s art shows that the West didn’t hold a monopoly on abstraction.

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    In Defense of the Frick

    Change is messy; preservation must be balanced against needs, but also against quality of experience.

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    A Different Springtime Rite

    A new film about Holi, directed by Prashant Bhargava with music by Vijay Iyer, pays homage to Stravinsky’s ‘Le Sacre du Printemps.’

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    Portrait of the Artist as Impish Curmudgeon

    In style, technique and the goals of his work, photographer Duane Michals remains an outsider.

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    When the Living Ain’t Easy

    Lyric Opera of Chicago, celebrating its 60th anniversary season, is finishing up 2014 with a pair of imposingly scaled productions with stars to match: ‘Porgy and Bess’ and ‘Anna Bolena.’

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    Not Your Cookie-Cutter EDM

    Clark, whose self-titled seventh album is full of Latin influence, features a unique sound palette on each of his records.

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