Celebrity Memorabilia Becomes the Star of Auction Season
As the art market wobbles, estate sales are filling holes in the auction calendar.
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Arts
For Barkley Hendricks, Finally a Seat at the Head of the Table
An underground virtuoso, always being discovered in bits and pieces, the portraitist solidifies his place in the canon with a solo show at the Frick — its first ever for a Black artist.
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Sterlin Harjo on Ending ‘Reservation Dogs’ in That Good Way
The co-creator and showrunner talked about why three seasons was just right, and why the show is likely to be the most important thing he ever makes.
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Whatever Happened to Local Comedy Scenes?
A new book argues that the isolation of a pre-social media era helped fuel a fertile Chicago ecosystem for offbeat stand-up comedians.
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Review: Some Problems With Contemporary Ballet
Philadelphia’s BalletX, a company dedicated to presenting new works, falters with a triple bill at the Joyce Theater in Manhattan.
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Jorja Smith Puts a Beat Behind Mixed Emotions on ‘Falling or Flying’
The English songwriter uses vocal nuance instead of volume and lets the rhythms stir things up on her second studio album.
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The Award-Winning Polish Sinema That Poland’s Leaders Hate
The director Agnieszka Holland says her movie “Green Border” encourages empathy with migrants trying to enter Poland. But the government has likened it to Nazi propaganda.
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Review: ‘Purlie Victorious’ Throws a Comic Funeral for Racism
Ossie Davis’s 1961 play is no period piece, as a blazing and hilarious revival starring Leslie Odom Jr. testifies.
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Hattie McDaniel’s Historic Oscar Will Return to Its Desired Home
The plaque that McDaniel, the first Black winner of an Academy Award, bequeathed to Howard University has been missing for about 50 years. Now a replacement is on its way.
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Enough About Gram Parsons’s Death. It’s Time to Celebrate His Music.
The country-rock pioneer died 50 years ago at age 26 with two influential solo albums to his name, leaving a legion of “what if”s behind.
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