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The New York Times: Art

07/30/2010 04:30 AM
Movie Review | 'Dinner for Schmucks': Steve Carell Stars in ?Dinner Game? Remake
?Dinner for Schmucks? is in some ways an exemplary modern Hollywood comedy.


07/30/2010 04:31 AM
Zach Braff in Paul Weitz?s ?Trust? at Second Stage
Zach Braff follows ?Scrubs? with a dream job Off Broadway, in Paul Weitz?s new play, ?Trust,? at the Second Stage Theater.


07/30/2010 07:40 AM
The TV Watch: President Obama?s Conflict-Free Zone: ?The View?
President Obama?s appearance on ?The View? was an example of how politicians co-opt entertainment shows to make news.


07/30/2010 06:00 AM
Art Review: MoMA?s ?Original Copy,? Photos Meet Sculpture
?The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today,? which opens at MoMA on Sunday, is brainy and bookish and gives us new ways of looking at art.


07/30/2010 05:50 AM
Books of The Times: Stefanie Syman?s Yoga History, ?The Subtle Body?
Stefanie Syman?s book examines how yoga, the centuries-old spiritual discipline, became a fitness routine for American athletes, C.E.O.?s, movie stars and soccer moms.


07/30/2010 07:20 AM
History and Nature on Delaware and Raritan Canal
The Delaware and Raritan hasn?t been a working canal since the 1930s, but it?s still earning its keep as a very long state park.


07/30/2010 02:13 AM
Yep, She's Gone
A look back at Ellen DeGeneres's time on "American Idol."


07/29/2010 08:36 PM
The TV Watch: Obama Takes in 'The View'
Mr. Obama's appearance wasn't just another step in the blurring of news and entertainment. It was also another example of how politicians increasingly co-opt entertainment shows to make news.


07/29/2010 07:53 PM
Dance Theater Workshop Announces New Season
Works from an international cast of choreographers.


07/30/2010 06:08 AM
DeGeneres Steps Down From ?American Idol?
Fox said the talk show host was leaving immediately, despite having four years remaining on her contract.


07/30/2010 06:14 AM
Inside Art: ?New Photography 2010? Coming to MoMA
The Museum of Modern Art?s exhibition ?New Photography 2010? will feature works from four artists: Roe Ethridge, Elad Lassry, Alex Prager and Amanda Ross-Ho.


07/30/2010 06:15 AM
Art Review: ?Off the Wall: Part 1,? Performance Art at Whitney
The works in ?Off the Wall, Part 1? at the Whitney, culled from the permanent collection, are dusty artifacts of a time when traditional possibilities seemed exhausted.


07/30/2010 05:00 AM
Movie Review | 'Smash His Camera': The Photographer Ron Galella, Source of Art or Agita?
The celebrity photographer Ron Galella is the subject of Leon Gast?s documentary ?Smash His Camera.?


07/30/2010 06:43 AM
Movie Review | 'Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore': Brad Peyton?s Pet Thriller
?Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore? is a spy-and-action-film pastiche that charms less than its predecessor, ?Cats & Dogs? (2001).


07/30/2010 06:00 AM
Art Review: At New Museum, Brion Gysin?s First Retrospective
The first retrospective of Brion Gysin?s art in the United States brings together his widely scattered works, including his magnum opus, ?Dreamachine.?


07/30/2010 04:45 AM
Music Review: Willie Nelson and Levon Helm at Radio City
Two authoritative performers of old-time American music, Willie Nelson and Levon Helm, brought their bands to Radio City Music Hall on Wednesday night.


07/30/2010 05:23 AM
Movie Review | 'The Extra Man': Kevin Kline Charms on New York Social Scene
A tale of an older asexual gadabout, a throwback to the age of ?the confirmed bachelor,? and a young man who hopes to be a writer.


07/30/2010 06:15 AM
Art Review: A Restored ?Gross Clinic? at Philadelphia Museum
An exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art shows Thomas Eakins?s ?Gross Clinic,? an 1875 masterpiece that has recently been restored.


07/30/2010 05:00 AM
Movie Review | 'Charlie St. Cloud': Zac Efron Plays With Phantoms in the Northwest
In a melodrama touched by the supernatural, Zac Efron cares for his dead younger brother.


07/30/2010 05:21 AM
Theater Review | 'Twelfth Night": Sonnet Repertory?s ?Twelfth Night,? at St. Clement?s
The bed is the thing in a new rendition of one of Shakespeare?s romantic comedies.


07/30/2010 05:20 AM
Movie Review | 'Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel': In a Documentary, the World According to Hef
A documentary about Hugh Hefner says that beyond the hedonism, there is an equal-rights advocate who is overlooked.


07/30/2010 06:14 AM
Antiques: Edna St. Vincent Millay?s Home; the Apollo; Irons Galore
Edna St. Vincent Millay?s home opens to the public; the Apollo Theater tells its secrets; collectors of clothes irons.


07/30/2010 04:45 AM
Music Review: Ethel Plays Classical, Rock, Pop and Folk
Ethel plays a variety of styles at Lincoln Center Out of Doors.


07/30/2010 05:23 AM
Movie Review | 'Get Low': Robert Duvall as an Eccentric in ?30s Tennessee
Aaron Schneider directs Robert Duvall in the true story of a man who wants to enjoy his own funeral.


07/30/2010 05:17 AM
Movie Review | 'Enemies of the People': Cambodian Journalist Revisits Khmer Rouge
Thet Sambath suggests a one-man Cambodian Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Instead of affixing blame, he seeks the healing power of confession.


07/30/2010 05:23 AM
Movie Review | 'The Concert': Radu Mihaileanu?s Comedy Focuses on Zany Orchestra
?The Concert,? by the Romanian director Radu Mihaileanu, is a kind of French-Russian answer to ?The Producers.?


07/30/2010 05:13 AM
Movie Review | 'Helen': Ashley Judd Stars in a Portrait of Depression
In Sandra Nettelbeck?s drama, a wife and mother slowly loses her grip.


07/30/2010 05:13 AM
Movie Review | 'The Dry Land': Telling a Soldier?s Tale
Ryan Piers Williams directs a story of a soldier who returns from Iraq.


07/30/2010 06:43 AM
Alan G. Parker Revisits Sid Vicious?s Worst Moment
A documentary takes a new look at a death in punkland.


07/30/2010 05:13 AM
Movie Review | 'The New Year': Alan G. Parker Revisits Sid Vicious?s Worst Moment Ryan O?Nan and America Ferrera in a Soldier?s Tale Ashley Judd Stars in a Portrait of Depression Joe Winston Examines One State?s Transformation Brett Haley With a Promising Feature Debut
Dating, flirting and fighting boredom, with a dying father in the background.


07/30/2010 05:13 AM
Movie Review | 'What?s the Matter With Kansas?': Joe Winston Examines One State?s Transformation
Once solidly progressive, Kansas has turned conservative and Republican. A filmmaker asks why.


07/30/2010 01:39 AM
Mark Wahlberg Gets Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Rapper-turned-underwear model-turned-Oscar-nominated actor Mark Wahlberg has been enshrined in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.


07/30/2010 06:30 AM
Laughter in the Park Series Puts Comedy Outdoors
Laughter in the Park puts stand-up comics under the sunshine.


07/30/2010 06:28 AM
Events Inspired by the Written Word
Free things to do in New York City this weekend.


07/30/2010 06:10 AM
Urban Athlete: The Ultimate Game: Disc in Hand, Expecting to Fly
Nearly five million people played a game of ultimate last year, including aging players who refuse to walk, or limp, away.


07/30/2010 06:30 AM
House Tour: Great Barrington, Mass.
A light-filled house on a hillside in Great Barrington, Mass., is designed to show off art, minimize maintenance and increase energy efficiency.


07/30/2010 04:10 AM
It?s Been a Gloomy Summer on New York Stages
It may be the season for breezy entertainment, but you wouldn?t know it from New York?s theaters.


07/29/2010 07:05 PM
Arts & Leisure Preview: The Arcade Fire, a Thriving Throwback
The Arcade Fire has thrived in the digital age, but it takes its inspiration from the era of album rock.


07/30/2010 04:00 AM
Spike TV?s ?Scrappers,? Brooklyn Junkmen
A Brooklyn junkman finds the sweaty path to his own business leads him into a series on Spike TV.


07/30/2010 03:43 AM
The Age of Laura Linney
She didn?t hit her stride until her mid-30s. Can her new role in a dark TV comedy make her a middle-aged success?


07/23/2010 10:42 PM
The Week Ahead: July 25 ? 31
A listing of cultural events this week.


07/30/2010 03:30 AM
Hong Kong Book Fair Seeks to Develop Global Profile
The event, which attracted more than 920,000 people this year, is a raucous commercial affair that is extending its offerings to include more international authors and more English-language material.


07/30/2010 03:30 AM
A Popular Chinese Blogger Finds a Place to Speak Openly
Critics of Beijing's politics and social policies, like the popular blogger Han Han, embrace the Hong Kong Book Fair for the chance it offers "to say whatever you want.''


07/29/2010 03:30 AM
North Korean Opera Draws Acclaim in China
The recent Chinese tour of the North Korean Sea of Blood Opera Company, which Kim Jong-il is credited with helping to establish and direct, was met by a veritable media and audience frenzy.


07/28/2010 04:00 AM
On the London Stage: Onstage Risks and Rewards
The year's busy theater season allows audience members to see the greatness of some performers -- like Roger Allam's Falstaff -- as well as the limitations of others, or to take center stage themselves.


07/28/2010 11:30 AM
Review: 'A Silent Woman' With a Big Voice
Richard Strauss' "Die schweigsame Frau" ("The Silent Woman") enjoys a rollicking new production by the Bayerische Staatsoper at the Prinzregententheater in Munich.


07/26/2010 03:20 AM
Hollywood Animation With a Decidedly French Flavor
With French film and television production in the doldrums, Paris-based animation and visual effects studios like Mac Guff Ligne are looking to Hollywood for new business.


 
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