What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in April

What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in April

This week in Newly Reviewed, Martha Schwendener covers Camp’s probing videos, Mungo Thomson’s recirculating images and John Zorn’s drawings and objects. Midtown Camp Through July 20. Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street; 212-708-9400, moma.org. The grandest work in the show, “Bombay Tilts Down” (2022), is a multi-screen video …

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The Snubs and Surprises of the 2025 Olivier Awards

The Snubs and Surprises of the 2025 Olivier Awards

When the nominees for the Olivier Awards — Britain’s equivalent to the Tonys — were announced last month, a revival of the 1964 musical “Fiddler on the Roof” dominated, with 13 nominations. At the awards ceremony on Sunday night, though, the list of winners was more balanced: “Fiddler” took home …

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‘This Is Our Pompeii’: Altadena Artists Picking Up the Pieces

‘This Is Our Pompeii’: Altadena Artists Picking Up the Pieces

The artist John Knuth surveys the desolate landscape around Mariposa Street, in Altadena, Calif., where he lived with his wife, the interior designer Taylor Jacobson, and their young son. Where once were pretty wood and stucco houses, you can now see clear across city blocks. The vista is interrupted only …

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‘This Is Our Pompeii’: Altadena Artists Picking Up the Pieces

‘This Is Our Pompeii’: Altadena Artists Picking Up the Pieces

The artist John Knuth surveys the desolate landscape around Mariposa Street, in Altadena, Calif., where he lived with his wife, the interior designer Taylor Jacobson, and their young son. Where once were pretty wood and stucco houses, you can now see clear across city blocks. The vista is interrupted only …

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A Weighty and Whimsical Century of The New Yorker’s Archives

A Weighty and Whimsical Century of The New Yorker’s Archives

The archives of The New Yorker, housed at the New York Public Library, consist of more than 2,500 boxes of manuscripts, letters, page proofs, cartoons, art, photographs and memos. They are studded with the celebrated names — E.B. White, J.D. Salinger, John Updike, Rachel Carson — that filled this most …

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A New Hammer Museum Show Traces Alice Coltrane’s Influence

A New Hammer Museum Show Traces Alice Coltrane’s Influence

After Alice Coltrane’s death in January 2007, the many who mourned her passing and celebrated her influence — from the jazz world, Hindu and new-age communities, and beyond — did so with a shared sadness and fervor, but for different reasons. They even called her by different names. To musicians …

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Mel Shapiro, Director Whose Specialty Was John Guare, Dies at 89

Mel Shapiro, Director Whose Specialty Was John Guare, Dies at 89

Mel Shapiro, an award-winning theater director whose collaborations with the playwright John Guare included their critically acclaimed musical version of Shakespeare’s comedy “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” and the Off Broadway premiere of “The House of Blue Leaves,” died on Dec. 23 at his home in Los Angeles. He was …

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Nikki Glaser’s Monologue and Other Moments From the 2025 Globes

Nikki Glaser’s Monologue and Other Moments From the 2025 Globes

The bar wasn’t set very high for the Golden Globes on Sunday night. After last year’s host, Jo Koy, memorably bombed, the emcee this year, Nikki Glaser, could hardly do worse. But she wasn’t content to merely do better. After workshopping her opening monologue in dozens of club appearances over …

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