Category: Arts Entertainments

Lisa Schiff became the country’s leading art consultant, and drew her clients close. Then she stole millions from them. Now…

“The Years,” running in London, dramatizes a woman’s life from teenage thrills to later-life sex. One intense scene is causing…

“Anora” and “The Brutalist” also took home major prizes at the British equivalent of the Oscars, tipping the scales again.

The premiere of the new season of the HBO anthology drama, set in Thailand, suggests that Mike White’s formula retains…

Known for her interpretations of Bach, Mozart and Weber, she was praised for her clear, bright voice and her perfect…

It’s still called the Kennedy Center. But after President Trump’s takeover, drag performers protested outside while audience members inside worried…

An artist known for his lush, large-scale oil paintings, he also created the Drawing Marathon, a two-week boot camp that…

A painter who took his subjects from pop culture, he was also the founding editor of Artnet.com and chronicled the…

The museum dropped a legal effort to block the seizure of the statue by investigators who said the bronze, thought…

The “Wicked” belter scales a 300-foot tree, and a mountain of songs, in a powerful if woo-woo musical about trauma…

Renée Fleming, Ben Folds and Shonda Rhimes all left posts at the Kennedy Center after President Trump became chairman and…

His clear prose, illuminating data and novel arguments, transformed debates around issues like public education and welfare reform.

The author of “The Joy Luck Club” once vowed to have her papers destroyed after her death. Now they are…

Somaya Critchlow, 31, is showing her provocative paintings alongside a storied collection that includes work by Rubens, van Dyck and…

Matthew Gasda directs his new play, which was inspired by Sam Altman’s 2023 ouster from OpenAI.

He blended pop philosophy and absurdist comedy in best-selling books like “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” and “Skinny Legs and…

The music industry pushed the group behind hits like “Manic Monday” and “Eternal Flame” hard, then pulled them apart. A…

The first rapper to headline the N.F.L.’s biggest stage solo made his Drake diss “Not Like Us” the centerpiece of…

The film that takes those two major industry prizes almost always goes on to win the best-picture Oscar.

Known for her expertise on midcentury modernism and love of Southwestern colors, she also helped create an annual event showcasing…

With a daring avant-garde approach, she pushed the frontiers of an instrument best known for speaking with a down-home accent.

He had an acclaimed Broadway career in musicals and comedies, but moviegoers knew him mostly as the self-assured, easygoing friend…

The money from the sale of the violin, which was once owned by the 19th-century virtuoso Joseph Joachim, will benefit…

Ahead of his Super Bowl halftime show, a look at how the rapper has turned introspective rhymes into his own…

Directed by Paolo Sorrentino, this decadent drama about a beautiful young woman is a one-sided meditation on art, desire and…

He demonstrated that fascism had its own intellectual roots and showed how ideas, theories and an antisemitic “ethos” influenced German…

As the virtual dollhouse turns 25, the game designer Will Wright explains how The Sims was a sandbox for the…

Known as Daddy G, he recorded with Jackie Wilson, Chuck Willis and others, but he was best known for the…

The Recording Academy has worked to reshape its voting pool, but the triumph of “Cowboy Carter” as album of the…

She originated roles in four of his Broadway musicals between 1959 and 1987, and won a Drama Desk Award for…

After nearly 20 years and 99 nominations, the star’s album of the year win for “Cowboy Carter” ends a confounding…

Chappell Roan was named best new artist, Beyoncé won best country album, Doechii won best rap album, Sabrina Carpenter won…

In 1934, two young artists drove from Los Angeles in a beat-up car to Mexico, to create a powerful artwork…

Season 4 of the Apple series has Charlotte Nicdao’s character branching out in new directions. The actress is doing likewise,…

She began with modestly scaled abstract drawings and paintings but became best known for large works featuring collage and items…

A look back at some of her most celebrated works, including “Doctor Zhivago,” “The Princess Bride” and “Lawrence of Arabia.”

The ensemble, a New York original, keeps its players busy with work off the beaten path, whether Schubert rarities or…

Green Day and Billie Eilish performed together, Billy Crystal spoke of the pain of losing his home in the fires,…

By placing the randomness of dice rolls center stage, a sci-fi video game subverts the medium’s conventions.

Anointed Australia’s greatest movie by the country’s film institute, “Hanging Rock,” in a new restoration, opens Friday at the IFC…

His writings, which stretched across eight decades, helped Americans understand a president who transformed the office and shaped the postwar…

In a new solo play about ordinary people under bombardment in Gaza, a woman rehearses how she would escape her…

Menzel, a fan favorite since “Rent,” is back on Broadway in “Redwood,” and this time she’s climbing conifers.

With major gifts to leading arts institutions, Oscar L. Tang and Agnes Hsu‐Tang have recently landed in the center of…

Dark Horse Comics announced it would no longer publish the author and canceled further publication of his “Anansi Boys” series.

The novelist is 75. Rusty Sabich, the now-retired prosecutor he introduced in “Presumed Innocent,” is 77 — and taking on…

Timothée Chalamet, star of “A Complete Unknown,” doubled up this week, and, in a cameo, Lin-Manuel Miranda rapped about freedom…

The hit 1966 surfing documentary immortalized the maverick California wave rider as an archetype of the footloose rebel surfer.

In Orlando, he staged a blockbuster exhibition of works said to be newly discovered paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat. He was…

After establishing herself as a leading proponent of nonrepresentational art, she left it behind — along with, to a significant…

The Recording Academy, moving forward with the show as planned on Feb. 2 in Los Angeles, has also booked Sabrina…

A much-decorated French filmmaker, he divided audiences and critics with explorations, often darkly comic but brutal, of misogyny and the…

In a new series, the pop star discusses the mechanics of modern fame, including her instructions to fans of what…

The lawsuit names Courtney Burgess, a one-time music industry bit player, his lawyer and the owner of the cable network…

A brilliant young mathematician becomes an enemy of the deep state in a paranoid new potboiler streaming on Apple TV+.

In his long-running Village Voice comic strip and in his many plays and screenplays, he took delight in skewering politics,…

A visionary, his films included “Eraserhead,” “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive.” He also brought his skewed view to the small…

The president’s second inauguration began with somber pageantry and ended with a reality-TV document signing.

The Women’s Suffrage National Monument, which will be the Mall’s first dedicated to women’s history, overcame congressional and other roadblocks.

The president-elect danced along with Village People as his rally closed with a live performance of “Y.M.C.A.,” after Kid Rock…

The comic took his usual jabs at everyone and everything, then invited Americans, including the president-elect, to be their best,…

Hear tracks by Perfume Genius, Lucy Dacus, Bartees Strange and others.

The French photographer Raoul Minot took clandestine photos of Nazi-occupied Paris. Now, his images serve as a reminder of the…

A Cuban-born minimalist painter who spent much of her life in Puerto Rico, she was in her 90s when her…

Dylan seemed to be in on the joke, posting an old black and white clip of himself saying “Good God,…

The director himself came off as almost performatively normal. Masterpieces like “Eraserhead” and “Mulholland Drive” said otherwise.

To match Jack Shainman Gallery’s new Beaux-Arts flagship, the artist known for his Soundsuits debuts a sculpture nearly 26 feet…

“Show/Boat: A River” reverses the racial lens on the great-grandfather of American musicals.

An estimated 100,000 scores by Schoenberg, the groundbreaking 20th-century composer, were destroyed when the publishing company his heirs founded burned…

“I have never engaged in non-consensual sexual activity with anyone,” said the best-selling author in response to allegations in New…

Azara Ballet in Florida is a place where performers can just be themselves.

She was a novice cartographer who landed a dream assignment: to create an atlas of the setting of “The Hobbit”…

Onstage, the flip-side of filial devotion has often been contempt. But a wave of forceful and multidimensional mothers suggests that…

She asked the streaming service to push back the release of her new series, “With Love, Meghan,” which pays tribute…

Mr. Moore and Dave Prater stormed the R&B and pop charts with indelible hits like “Soul Man” and “Hold On,…

Hear tracks by Japanese Breakfast, Lambrini Girls, SZA and others.

The former beauty queen and spokeswoman for Florida orange juice was an all-American entertainer before she began crusading against L.G.B.T.Q.…

Lawyers for the actor accused law enforcement officials of waging a “malicious prosecution” against him after the 2021 shooting death…

With both supply and demand for big-ticket art in a slump, Sotheby’s and Christie’s are making major bets on selling…

A revival called “Show/Boat: A River” joins a history of reimagining the musical that goes back nearly a century, to…

The director James Mangold narrates a sequence from his biopic.

Its creative team includes “ER” alumni, and it is a hospital drama starring Noah Wyle. But it is doing its…

A new Peacock mini-series dramatizes a father’s obsessive investigation into Britain’s worst terrorist attack: the 1988 bombing of Pan Am…

He directed the playwright’s “The House of Blue Leaves,” and they helped turn “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” into a…

Enough with the retro throwback nostalgia — Hollywood needs to be less conservative on the red carpet.

Ms. Saldaña won for “Emilia Pérez” and Mr. Culkin for “A Real Pain.” Jean Smart won best actress in a…

Adam Ross’s “Playworld” is about a child actor and the real-world dramas that engulf his adolescence.

He charted the rise of musical minimalism on New York’s downtown scene in the 1970s. He later gained notice for…

A novel of British nobility; a memoir of American aristocracy.

She adapted the children’s book series to TV, creating a lasting cultural behemoth that spawned movies, merchandise and theme parks.

Some recommendations for visitors and residents who want to get the most from the city’s varied theater scene.

Mr. Osmond was a founding member of the family pop group, which had a slew of hits in the 1970s,…

Watch and listen to five recent highlights, including the “Brutalist” soundtrack, the soprano Barbara Hannigan and Strauss singers at the…

A bunch of great titles depart this month for U.S. subscribers, including a few beloved TV series and several acclaimed…

In the brawl between Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley’s characters, the images that loom over them prove the most telling.

The new Amazon series isn’t reinventing the TV mystery, but it is a fun and clever watch, buoyed by a…

The performer discusses her Off Broadway musical about warring queens. “Everyone can connect to being a young person not feeling…

Thornton Wilder’s classic, starring Jim Parsons, wraps up, as does Leslye Headland’s angsty family drama. Catch these and other plays…

The role-playing game replaced “race” with “species” and divorced several character traits from biological identity. Some longtime players are upset…

Other presidents were more celebrated for their on-screen presences, but in 1979 he gave one of the White House’s most…

From “Inside Out 2” to “The Bear,” it was a character, a feeling, a vibe.

This article was published prematurely.

Among the notable figures who died in a sometimes polarizing 2024, many championed justice, equal rights and political freedom.

The building, now boarded up, was made famous when it was featured on the cover of the 1970 album “Morrison…

A film adaptation onstage, a Broadway classic, comedy galore: These are the productions worth knowing about this holiday season.

A powerful performer who paved the way for later soul and hip-hop artists, she recorded with Etta James and toured…

This 1936 comedy, starring Gary Cooper and showing for a week at Film Forum, turns the tables on the period’s…

He was trained as a mathematician, but he gained fame in France, and won major prizes, for his modern verse.

The director Robert Eggers narrates a one-shot sequence from his film.

Known for his work with Barbra Streisand, Carly Simon, the Pointer Sisters and many others, he was one of the…

Daniel Stern has built a social media following by documenting daily life on his family’s farm. “What a crazy way…

She sang the famous refrain “Le freak, c’est chic” on one of the biggest hits of the disco era and…

Teddy Blanks, the designer behind the memorable movie titles for films like “Nosferatu” and “Barbie,” has quietly become Hollywood’s go-to…

Listen to selections from recordings of a new John Adams opera, Chopin études by Yunchan Lim, Brahms works by Igor…

You’re about to get on a long flight home, and the options seem overwhelming. Here’s the strategy our critic recommends.

The duo Brewer & Shipley reached the Top 10 in 1971 with “One Toke Over the Line,” a ditty about…

The rapper-turned-flutist improvised in the middle of The Times’ office following a wide-ranging conversation on Popcast.

She became a photographer the same year she came out, chronicling the lives of women in same-sex relationships — something…

The star is in positive, future-looking mode in this Disney+ documentary, directed by his husband, David Furnish, and R.J. Cutler.

Was it art or was it furniture? No one was quite sure what to make of the New York movement…

Our critic joined with amateur singers and professionals for a “Messiah” sing-in at David Geffen Hall, just one “Messiah” on…

In the survival battle video game with 110 million monthly players, you may now be able to wear a skibidi…

You can expect the A-B-C-D-E movies (“Anora,” “The Brutalist,” “Conclave,” “Dune: Part Two” and “Emilia Pérez”). But what will join…

In a just sweet enough production with a strong cast, the “View” host delivers a performance that reaffirms her savvy…

On a CBS Christmas special and a new stand-up hour for Netflix, the comic keeps audiences connected by finding the…

Through her writing and performances, the artist helped new audiences to understand the cultural roots of racism and sexism.

“Paris & Nicole: The Encore,” a sequel to “The Simple Life,” is a comedic lark about creating an opera, with…

She worked in collage, photography, performance, video and installation, and she dealt forthrightly with the complexities of race and gender.

In “Ira Gershwin: A Life in Words,” Michael Owen offers a sympathetic portrait of the lyricist, overshadowed in a life…

TV has fixated on one person, as news, comedy material and dramatic subtext, since 2015. Can it do another four…

In Chicago, where the suburbs served as locations, a showing of the film featured an appearance by the star. Delighted…

He devoted his career to guarding the legacy of the philosopher known for her writings on totalitarianism and “the banality…

The actor’s vocals so impressed the film’s director that he used the live recordings, instead of those prerecorded in a…

Bids may rise to a million or more, Sotheby’s estimates, though some experts say that fakes and forgeries abound.

The art critics of The Times select their favorites, from the biography of a “famously unknown” artist to an ode…

His display of mysterious mind-reading powers on TV made him a pop culture phenomenon in the 1970s.

We look at the finest in science fiction, horror, action and international films, all available to stream.

The six-story Manhattan townhouse, once the stomping ground of America’s comic legends, was sold at an auction on Tuesday for…

Stan armies are waging war over which pop star is the “better” actor. Movie lovers used to awards-season maneuvering haven’t…

The entertainer said the suit, which accuses him of assaulting an unnamed 13-year-old girl in 2000, was an effort to…

“The Outsiders,” “Sunset Boulevard” and “Ragtime” were among the productions with stage moments that stood out this year.

A two-year tour that permeated the culture plays one last night in the Canadian city of Vancouver.

A perennial front-runner for the Nobel Prize in Literature, he was a revered figure in Japan, not just in literary…

She found outsize success in her native land and gained international recognition for her work with the acclaimed Spanish surrealist…

It took about 250 companies, 2,000 workers, about $900 million, a tight deadline and a lot of national pride.

Kentridge’s film played over Shostakovich’s 10th symphony at a New York Philharmonic concert led by Keri-Lynn Wilson.

The late-night host wondered if the embattled pick for secretary of defense could end up appearing on the online platform…

The two had a fraught relationship that was immortalized in many of Eminem’s earliest hits.

Hosts riff on Trump’s possible swap of his secretary of defense nominee amid excessive-drinking claims against Hegseth.

Although the fair is a huge attraction, there are many other exhibitions to visit nearby.

“If all goes according to plan, he would like to buy it and turn it into a casino,” Jimmy Kimmel…

From the creator of that series comes “Mystery Cuddlers,” on Adult Swim, about a retired couple who have taken up…

“Normally, you drop a controversial pardon like the way you buy porn at a gas station: in a flurry of…

“The Light and the Dark” dramatizes the life of Artemisia Gentileschi, while “300 Paintings” was born during the fever dreams…

Get in the holiday spirit with Sabrina Carpenter, Jimmy Fallon or a Christmas tree lighting. Catch up on reality television…

The duo won an Oscar for “Annie Hall.” Mr. Brickman went on to write Broadway shows, including “Jersey Boys,” and…

Jolie plays the superstar soprano Maria Callas in the new movie “Maria.” We went to the Metropolitan Opera with her…

“English Teacher,” “My Brilliant Friend,” “Shogun,” “Babylon Berlin” and “Somebody Somewhere” were among the series that stood out in a…

While never a big star, he was a recognizable one, with roles in “The Twilight Zone,” “Giant,” “Forbidden Planet” and…

The vendor who sold the banana received only a quarter for the fruit. The buyer of the conceptual work has…

A century after his death, the composer of “La Bohème,” “Tosca” and “Madama Butterfly” still dominates the repertoire like no…

She was honored on Broadway for roles in “Pal Joey” and “No, No, Nanette” and then turned to TV, where…

Meyers tried out a few catchphrases for DiGiorno’s seasonal offering, while Jimmy Fallon suggested some last-minute Turkey Day substitutions.

After breaking through with “Till,” the actress delivers another formidable performance. Still, when it comes to Hollywood, she’d rather keep…

Kimmel called the president-elect’s plan to hit Mexico, Canada and China with sweeping tariffs “the dumbest thing he’s come up…

He never doubted it would work as a movie. He just hoped he would be the one to film it:…

Although Thanksgiving was still three days away, “the turkeys looked at Biden and said, ‘We better get this done,’” Jimmy…

A speech by the artist at an exhibition of her work was followed by protests from her supporters and an…

Watch the Macy’s Day Parade, the dog show and football while the turkey is cooking, and catch up on true…

His dozens of songs included “Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien,” a powerful anthem of redemptive love that became one of…

Arlo Guthrie’s antiwar staple “Alice’s Restaurant” was inspired by a Thanksgiving Day visit to her diner in western Massachusetts.

Revelations about a relationship between the author and a girl who was 16 when they met shocked readers, but not…

Marlon James’s new HBO detective series, “Get Millie Black,” draws on Jamaica’s colonial history as well as his family’s experiences.

Hear tracks from her first solo album, the Breeders, Pixies and more.

Jimmy Kimmel said the scandal-ridden ex-congressman’s withdrawal was “exciting news for Judge Jeanine Pirro, who will be our next attorney…

For the holidays, T asked readers to write in about their hardest-to-shop-for loved ones. Here, our editors respond with their…

A conceptual artwork by Maurizio Cattelan, “Comedian,” is just a fruit-stand banana taped on the wall. But 7 bidders were…

The late-night host looms over the culture to this day, in part because he knew how to mix comedy and…

A dark musical about a shipwreck and its aftermath, with songs by the Avett Brothers, anchors on Broadway.

David Wise turbocharged the Super Nintendo for scores inspired by the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Prokofiev, Duran Duran and more.

When he’s not herding performers at “Once Upon a Mattress,” Cody Renard Richard is bowling, catching up with theater friends…

After 40 years of musical collaborations, this cellist and pianist have recorded their final album together, “Merci.”

Catch up with the group from Essex College, go behind the scenes of Ridley Scott’s new movie and get your…

Sarah Sherman plays Matt Gaetz as well as the widow of P’Nut, the conservative darling of the rodent world, while…

Many Tony Award-winning musicals and starry plays (Robert Downey Jr., anyone?) are wrapping up their runs in January. Catch them…

Credited with designing the first eco-friendly office building, he never forgot the lessons he learned observing communes in the 1960s.

This year’s show is an underwhelming exercise in nostalgia. But it’s still a joy to be under the big top…

This Ralph Lemon work, part of a MoMA PS1 exhibition, is an experience of sound as much as dance. His…

“Tammy Faye,” a bland, tonal mishmash of a show opening on Broadway, seems afraid to lean into what made the…

Jesse Krimes solos in two New York shows, at the Metropolitan Museum and the Jack Shainman Gallery.

Its shows have moved to Amazon Prime, where they will remain free.

A staple of British television, he played Churchill three times over a long career. Onstage, he was King Lear, Macbeth…

Bocca, the former star dancer who retired from American Ballet Theater in 2006, will be artistic director of the company…

Known for his unyielding seven-day-a-week work schedule, he returned again and again to the same models and London street scenes.

The great jazz trumpeter and sandpaper vocalist gets the old jukebox treatment in a new Broadway musical starring James Monroe…

She was always a goddess of dance — even before her triumph in “Cry.” The Ailey star turned artistic director…

The Taylor company returns to Lincoln Center with four premieres and a new resident choreographer: Robert Battle, the former director…

She became an international star as a member of the company and later directed it, guiding it out of debt…