Kissing Up at the Kennedy Center
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The New Studio Museum in Harlem Shows that Black Art Matters
I had to wait for the next generation—my older sister—to break through that uncertainty and introduce me to the political, social, and aesthetic significance of Harlem. In my sister’s…
Oliver Sacks Put Himself Into His Case Studies. What Was the Cost?
As Sacks aged, he felt as if he were gazing at people from the outside. But he also noticed a new kind of affection for humans—“homo sap.” “They’re quite complex (little) creatures (I say…
The New Studio Museum in Harlem Is a Landmark in the History of Black Art
I had to wait for the next generation—my older sister—to break through that uncertainty and introduce me to the political, social, and aesthetic significance of Harlem. In my sister’s…
And Your Little Dog, Too, by David Sedaris
“He just bit me!” I said. The woman stood upright and pushed her hair away from her face. She was pretty except for her mouth, which was thin-lipped and hard-looking. “Huh?” “Your dog just…
Guanyu Xu’s Powerful Photographs of Immigration Limbo
Also: Alvin Ailey’s annual City Center residency, the D.I.Y. virtuoso Jay Som, Alexandra Schwartz’s Shakespeare-movie picks, and more. Source link
Pete Hegseth, in the Tank
The defensive Secretary of War. Source link
The High-Born Rebel Who Took Up the Cause of the Commoner
Much like her childhood identification with communism, her writing began as something of a joke. She was utterly devoted to the Party’s ideals, but she also had a keen eye for…
God Bless “A Christmas Carol,” Every One
There is a street in Naples, Via San Gregorio Armeno, where you can find shop after shop presided over by artisans whose specialty is building Nativity scenes out of papier-maché,…
Deep Cleaning by the Deep State
Redact, expunge, and repeat. Source link
Dev Hynes Returns as Blood Orange
Also: the kamancheh playing of Kayhan Kalhor, Ethan Lipton’s surrealist “The Seat of Our Pants,” our writers’ holiday traditions, and more. Source link
The Trump Administration Gives America the Bird
Every day is turkey day. Source link
Amelia Dimoldenberg Enters the Cartoon Caption Contest
The comedian tries her hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. Source link
Ruth Asawa’s Art of Defiant Hospitality
“It was the first time in my life I didn’t have to do anything,” Asawa later said. She took drawing lessons from three interned Disney animators in an ad-hoc school for the camp’s…
The Icelandic Artist Ragnar Kjartansson, Absurd and Profound in Equal Measures
Kader Attia’s film “La Valise Oubliée” (2024) cracks open a well of family memories, employing photographs and archival materials buried in three suitcases to unpack stories about the…
Robert Rauschenberg’s Art of the Real
On certain days, I’d cut school and head over to the Museum of Modern Art to dream awhile. This was in the mid-nineteen-seventies, and my high school—then called the High School for…
A Master of Fashion Photography Who Embraces Accidents
For Roversi, the studio is “like an empty stage, a space waiting to be filled, a time yet to be invented, where neither seasons, nor days, nor hours exist.” He is clearly caught up in the…
The Ghosts of Gracie Mansion Meet Mr. Mamdani
The Mayor will see you now. Source link
Renoir’s Surprising Experiments in Perception
Also: a Quadrophenia ballet, the brave women of “Liberation,” the cultural business of affairs, and more. Source link
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John Early Enters the Cartoon Caption Contest
The comedian tries his hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. Source link
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Andy Samberg Enters the Cartoon Caption Contest
The actor tackles The New Yorker’s Cartoon Caption Contest. Source link
Edel Rodriguez’s “Mayor Mamdani”
For the cover of the November 17, 2025, issue, the artist Edel Rodriguez chose to portray Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s incoming mayor, in the subway. “Mamdani spent much of his campaign…
Anthony Hopkins’s Beckettian Memoir
Hamlet, to say the least, was in a similar pickle, and it’s almost comically appropriate that Hopkins’s memoir should be so father-haunted. “What the hell is wrong with you? You should get…
Winter Culture Previews
Lorde, Clipse, Sudan Archives There’s a little something for everyone sprinkled across this winter’s slate of shows in contemporary music. Those looking for ambience should catch the…