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Diane Arbus, Everything Everywhere All at Once
How do you show 450 Arbus photos? In a maze of an exhibit at the Park Avenue Armory. Our critic suggests taking them on one at a time.
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Documenting Life on Both Sides of the South African Color Line
David Goldblatt photographed the societal warping that apartheid inflicted, drawn to “the quiet and commonplace where nothing ‘happened’ and yet all was contained.”
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Just Wasn’t Made for These Times: Brian Wilson (1942-2025)
More of your favorite artists die as you get older. These days we usually get the news via social media, which still makes for a nice, democratic forum for public mourning. Sometimes the news gets me emotional; often it doesn’t. Many of my fallen heroes led long lives, and they accomplished a lot during their…
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The 20 Best Films of 2025 So Far
What a strange year it’s been. As the divisions in the country continue to widen, people turned to a truly strong year for film and television, but even that unfolded in the shadow of industry controversies around the increasing use of A.I. and the diminishing of the mid-budget movie. With the ascendance of streaming services…
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Michael Douglas to Present Newly Restored “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
The Karlovy Vary Film Festival will screen a newly restored version of Miloš Forman’s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” celebrating the 1975 masterpiece—the second of only three films ever to win all five major Academy Awards—on the occasion of its 50th anniversary, festival organizers for the upcoming 59th edition announced Thursday. Michael Douglas, one…
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Shining a Light on the World of Microproteins
From viruses to humans, life makes microproteins that have evaded discovery until now.
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Russian Scientist Released After Four Months in Federal Custody
Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard researcher, still faces criminal charges for failing to declare scientific samples she was carrying in her suitcase.
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Google DeepMind and National Hurricane Center Join on New A.I. Model
The National Hurricane Center will experiment with the company’s DeepMind program to enhance the work of its expert meteorologists.
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Each Person Has a Unique ‘Breath Print,’ Scientists Find
Every breath you take, they really may be watching you.
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Early Humans Settled in Cities. Bedbugs Followed Them.
A new study suggests that bedbugs were the first urban pest, and their population thrived in that environment. For the bloodsucking insects, it’s been the perfect 13,000-year-long marriage.