The Secrecy Undermining the Senate’s Russia Probe
The Intelligence Committee’s lack of transparency in its investigation risks undercutting whatever conclusions it ultimately presents.
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“The Florida Project” Is the Cinematic Antidote to Helicopter Parenting
In Sean Baker’s new film, the hard poverty in which a precocious kid is being raised is depicted as all too easy.
“Uncivil”: The Civil War Stories We Didn’t Learn in School
A valuable and bracingly interesting new podcast aims to tell a different and truer version of American Civil War history.
Chris Ofili’s Frustrating, Profound “Paradise Lost”
In a new exhibition at David Zwirner, the artist suspends us in the knowledge that our myths bind as much as they rescue.
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Chris Ofili’s Frustrating “Paradise Lost”
In a new exhibition at David Zwirner, the artist suspends us in the knowledge that our myths bind as much as they rescue.
When Women Were Props for War-Making
A collection of images reveal not Algerian women but the colonial photographer’s fantasies about them.
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The Tattoo Parlor That’s Vegas Strong
At a tattoo shop in Las Vegas, first responders, survivors, and locals find an alternative way to give back.
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A Photographer’s Portrait of His Wife Breastfeeding Their Infant Child
The look of Vincent Ferrané’s “Milky Way” is somewhere between that of fashion photography and amateur home snapshots.
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Little Tong Noodle Shop’s Loving and Eclectic Ode to Yunnan
The restaurant offers hard-to-resist interpretations of the region’s astonishingly diverse culinary traditions.
The Met’s Dinner That Never Ends
The new opera “The Exterminating Angel” is about a party that guests cannot leave. In its honor, the Met threw a party of its own.