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What Did Mozart’s Life Look Like?
An exhibition at the Morgan Library guides visitors through the life and career of the virtuoso via art and well-preserved ephemera.
Greta Rainbow
Greta Rainbow is a research editor and culture writer living in New York. Her essays and criticism have appeared in the Guardian, Los Angeles Review of Books, and New York Magazine, among others.
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Artists Pay Tribute to Koyo Kouoh in Poetry Caravan at Venice Biennale
The late curator's 1999 voyage with nine African poets inspired a moving procession led by María Magdalena Campos-Pons, writers, and musicians.
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Shoot the Shit With Jack Kerouac
In NYC, an exhibition of cherished letters, photographs, and talismans brings us into the daily life of the reluctant Beat Generation icon.
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Pat Steir, Painter of Cascading Infinities, Dies at 87
Through works like her celebrated “Waterfalls” series, she leaves a legacy of artistic surrender and reverence for the gesture.
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Joel Meyerowitz on Photographing Giorgio Morandi’s Studio
“He was assembling a force field of geometric objects,” said Meyerowitz, whose book of images exploring the painter's famous still lifes is being rereleased this spring.
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Finding God at the Brooklyn Museum
The Ancient Egyptian “Book of the Dead” turned me into a believer. We talked to the curators and conservators to learn how it came to be.
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A Tour Inside the NY Botanical Garden’s Trippy Orchid Show
Classic city scenes become floral fantasies in this year’s pop-timistic iteration of the park’s iconic annual show.
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Your Guide to a Sexy, Artsy, Non-Boring Valentine’s Day in NYC
A Brooklyn zine fair, an exhibition on sex and cults, and other activities to spend the day with your lover, your polycule, or just yourself.
Book Review
The Contemporary Relevance of Palestinian Tatreez
“When people wear Palestinian embroidery, it’s not just decorative. It's beautiful, of course, but it is saying something,” says author Joanna Barakat.
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The Messy Family Drama of Ancient Egyptian Gods
We walk you through the incestuous, murderous, and surprisingly relatable world of Egyptian deities at The Met.
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TEFAF New York Is a Cabinet of Curiosities
From lesser-known Meret Oppenheim works to Anna Weyant’s jewel-box paintings, this over-the-top New York fair is rich with gems waiting to be discovered.
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The Intimate Vignettes of the New Jersey Arts Annual
The works in the exhibition take us far away, as if to suggest that our complicated lineages are a point on which we connect.