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For This Crime Show, the NYPD Holds the Camera
In Episode 1 of a new podcast, New York City police officers find the body of an unidentified 4-year-old girl in a cooler near the Henry Hudson Parkway in Upper Manhattan. Technically, she is “Homicide No. 79” of 1991, but the detectives, some of whom have children of their own, rename her: Baby Hope.
African American Art Quilts Find a Museum Home in California
Almost 3,000 quilts by African American artists — including more than 500 by Rosie Lee Tompkins, a quilt maker whose formally inventive work has helped elevate the standing of the discipline in the art world — are heading to the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive as a bequest by Eli Leon. Leon, who died last year, was a voracious collector and champion of African American quilting.
At Guggenheim, Works & Process Looks Backward and Forward
NEW YORK — Dance Theater of Harlem will return to the site of its official New York debut as a part of the fall Works & Process season at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. The company, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary, will perform Arthur Mitchell’s “Tones II,” portions of George Balanchine’s “The Four Temperaments” and a piece by Robert Garland in the museum’s rotunda on Sept. 30.Lopez Ochoa Wins Jacob's Pillow Dance Award
Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, a versatile choreographer whose work includes flamenco, hip-hop, classical ballet and contemporary dance pieces, is the recipient of the 2019 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award, the organization announced Wednesday. Lopez Ochoa will accept the award, which comes with a $25,000 cash prize, on June 15 at the Jacob’s Pillow season-opening gala in Beckett, Massachusetts.Nikolaj Coster-Waldau to Play Macbeth Onstage at the Geffen Playhouse
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is no stranger to the bloody side of feudal politics. He’s been playing Jaime Lannister, a character known for his murder of a king, on HBO’s “Game of Thrones” for seven seasons. He’ll continue in this vein in November when he portrays another king killer, Macbeth, in a production of Shakespeare’s tragedy directed by “Game of Thrones” alumnus Matt Shakman at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, California, from Nov. 5 through Dec. 8.Tolkien's World: An Exhibition Transports Us to Middle-earth
NEW YORK — If you have ever opened a fantasy novel and found a map, you most likely have J.R.R. Tolkien to thank. He probably deserves some credit, too, for inspiring future fantasy writers to create their own languages. And if you’ve ever completed a book and found that there’s an online encyclopedia dedicated to its world and mythology — that’s also thanks to Tolkien.Warhol Foundation Overturns 8-Year Smithsonian Funding Ban
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has announced that it will award $100,000 to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian — ending an 8-year-old ban on providing money to the Smithsonian Institution.The Dalí and the Kingpin's Wife
“The Dance” is perhaps not the best painting by Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí, but it’s probably the one with the most interesting history.The Dalí and the Kingpin's Wife
“The Dance” is perhaps not the best painting by Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí, but it’s probably the one with the most interesting history.Crossing the Line festival challenges itself to evolve
For her inaugural season, Geraghty wanted to apply the festival’s transgressive ethos to new areas, including generational differences and some of the more basic concepts we use to order our world.
An angel of New York, regaining her glow
Yet every day into that dark world walked a woman who brought the inmates care, compassion and practical help.
Daniel Fish's 'White Noise' set for American debut
NEW YORK — New York fans of Daniel Fish’s Tony-nominated production of “Oklahoma!” will soon have the opportunity to experience another remix of an American classic by the director.
Socrates questions, a contemporary philosopher answers
Almost 2,500 years after his death, Socrates continues to fascinate. The Greek thinker is seen, by some, as the father of philosophy, a martyr for the cause of freedom of speech and even as a kind of secular saint.
Harkness Dance Center set to expand thanks to a $5 million gift
NEW YORK — The Harkness Dance Center at the 92nd Street Y is expanding thanks to a $5 million gift from Jody Gottfried Arnhold, a board member for the organization, and her husband, John.
Hammer Museum auction at Sotheby's will benefit artist fund
Artists can be reluctant to part with their work, especially if they’re not being paid.
The Met will use its facade and Great Hall to showcase contemporary art
NEW YORK — As the Metropolitan Museum of Art prepares to close the Met Breuer, where, among other things, it staged multiple exhibits of contemporary art, the museum is making a point of staging high-profile exhibits from contemporary artists in its flagship space on Fifth Avenue.
Lopez Ochoa wins Jacob's Pillow Dance Award
Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, a versatile choreographer whose work includes flamenco, hip-hop, classical ballet and contemporary dance pieces, is the recipient of the 2019 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award, the organization announced Wednesday.
How do you build a giant glass box? Very carefully
NEW YORK — The panes of glass do not look out of place here on the Upper East Side. They could easily be going into an office building or luxury apartment in this neighborhood.
Inaugural Berresford Prize honors behind-the-scenes work in the arts
The new prize is named for Susan V. Berresford, a co-founder and current trustee of United States Artists, an organization that attempts to show the value of artists to American society.
JACK arts venue finds a new home and some new leadership
On Tuesday, Alec Duffy, the co-director of JACK, announced that the organization has signed a 10-year lease to move into a larger home.
