The spotlight at Frieze New York is usually on the paintings, sculptures and other artworks displayed around the city. Artists, the gallery owners who represent them and the glittery parties related to the fair also get their share of attention. But Frieze wouldn’t happen without the contingent of people who …
This article is part of our Museums special section about how artists and institutions are adapting to changing times. When Daniel Merritt became chief curator of an art museum at 32, he did not expect his profession to require him — or the public — to put on skis. But …
By now, you probably know the first Monday in May is not just any old Monday: It’s the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute benefit, a.k.a. the Oscars of the East Coast or the party of the year. We think of it as the Fashion X Games or the All-Star …
On an evening in mid-January, there were bouquets piled outside of Linda Lavin’s trailer on the Disney lot in Burbank, Calif. Nearby, on a soundstage, a black ribbon was wrapped around her caricature. Lavin had died on Dec. 29, at age 87. Now the creators and cast of “Mid-Century Modern,” …
One of the most interesting and satisfying concerts of the classical music season was last week at Carnegie Hall. The conductor Raphaël Pichon, a rising star in Europe, led a version of “Mein Traum,” his collage of works by Schubert and some contemporaries, an intermissionless program that broods and rages …
Frigid storms, heaps of snow and subzero temperatures are not exactly pleasant to live through, but winter weather can make for an irresistible setting for a book. From the cool surface of a frozen lake to the dizzying frenzy of a white-out squall, the dead of winter offers countless evocative …
The James Mangold film “A Complete Unknown” entered theaters on Christmas Day as the first, or at least the most straightforward, biopic ever made about one of American pop culture’s most enduring yet perplexing figures: Bob Dylan, played by Timothée Chalamet. The movie traces the dramatic early years of Dylan’s …
