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  2. Critic’s Notebook

    The Venice Biennale and the Art of Turning Backward

    Every art institution now speaks of progress, justice, transformation. What if all those words hide a more old-fashioned aim?

     By Jason Farago

    Paintings by 20th-century artists hang cheek by jowl in the Central Pavilion of the 2024 Venice Biennale. The nude at center left was painted by the pioneering Brazilian artist Tarsila do Amaral.
    Paintings by 20th-century artists hang cheek by jowl in the Central Pavilion of the 2024 Venice Biennale. The nude at center left was painted by the pioneering Brazilian artist Tarsila do Amaral.
    CreditCasey Kelbaugh for The New York Times

  1. Review: Noche Flamenca, Raising the Dead With Goya

    In “Searching for Goya,” at the Joyce Theater, the troupe uses the painter’s images as frames for flamenco dances.

     By Brian Seibert

    From left, Juan Ogalla, Jesús Helmo, Soledad Barrio and Marina Elana in “Searching for Goya” at the Joyce Theater.
    CreditJim Coleman
    Critic’s Pick

  2. Cristian Macelaru, Decorated Maestro, to Lead Cincinnati Symphony

    He will begin a four-year term as the orchestra’s music director in the 2025-26 season, succeeding Louis Langrée.

     By Javier C. Hernández

    “This was the one orchestra I really wanted to be with in America,” said Cristian Macelaru, who holds posts in Europe with the Orchestre National de France and the WDR Sinfonieorchester in Germany.
    CreditInquam Photos/Via Reuters

  3. ‘So Far From Ukraine’: A Princely Dancer Finds a Home in Miami

    Stanislav Olshanskyi has had to battle homesickness and adjust to Miami City Ballet’s style: quick, light, constantly in motion. He’s also the prince in “Swan Lake.”

     By Marina Harss

    Stanislav Olshanskyi, from Ukraine, now dances for Miami City Ballet. “The war is always present,” he said. “When you’re not thinking about it, suddenly something will remind you.”
    CreditRose Marie Cromwell for The New York Times

  4. Turner Prize Shortlist Leans In to Artists’ Identities

    This year’s four nominees are Claudette Johnson, Jasleen Kaur, Pio Abad and Delaine Le Bas, whose works draw on personal history and cultural interpretations.

     By Alex Marshall

    Installation view of Johnson’s exhibition “Presence,” at the Courtauld Gallery, in London.
    CreditDavid Bebber/The Courtauld

  5. ‘Oh, Mary!,’ a Surprise Downtown Hit, Will Play Broadway This Summer

    Cole Escola’s madcap comedy about the former first lady Mary Todd Lincoln will begin performances in June.

     By Michael Paulson

    Cole Escola, left, as Mary Todd Lincoln and Conrad Ricamora as Abraham Lincoln in the play “Oh, Mary!”
    CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times

  1. What Directors Love About Nicole Kidman

    As the actress receives a life achievement award from the American Film Institute this week, five filmmakers discuss what makes her work so singular.

     By Carlos Aguilar

    Nicole Kidman in “The Hours.” “She is fearless in the characters that she plays,” said its director, Stephen Daldry.
    CreditParamount Pictures

  2. A Gun-Toting Crab Confronts a Fiendishly Tough Video Game Genre

    With a rare suite of accessibility options for the Soulslike genre, Another Crab’s Treasure challenges the idea that difficulty is immutable.

     By Geoffrey Bunting

    Unlike most Soulslike games, Another Crab’s Treasure gives players the option to reduce the health of all enemies or to increase the window of timing to parry an attack.
    CreditAggro Crab

  3. ‘Orlando’ Review: A Virginia Woolf Fantasy That Plays With Gender

    In this revival of Sarah Ruhl’s adaptation of the Woolf novel, now starring Taylor Mac, the flashes of comedy can’t make up for the loss of poetry.

     By Elisabeth Vincentelli

    Taylor Mac in “Orlando,” a revival at Signature Theater in New York.
    CreditJeenah Moon for The New York Times

  4. Kathleen Hanna’s Music Says a Lot. There’s More in the Book.

    In “Rebel Girl,” the punk frontwoman reveals the story of her life — the men who tried to stop her, the women who kept her going and the boy who made her a mother.

     By Amanda Hess and OK McCausland

    Kathleen Hanna at home with her dog, Terry. While writing her memoir, she was diagnosed with complex post-traumatic stress disorder.
    CreditOK McCausland for The New York Times

  5. ‘Mary Jane’ Review: When Parenting Means Intensive Care

    Amy Herzog’s heartbreaker arrives on Broadway with Rachel McAdams as the alarmingly upbeat mother of a fearfully sick child.

     By Jesse Green

    Rachel McAdams as a mother struggling with her own moral agony in Manhattan Theater Club’s production of “Mary Jane” at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater in Manhattan.
    CreditRichard Termine for The New York Times
    Critic’s Pick

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  9. A ‘Wonderland’ Adventure in the Bronx

    A show at the New York Botanical Garden, inspired by Lewis Carroll’s books, will explore his fictional and real worlds through plants, art and artifacts.

    By Laurel Graeber

     
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