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The Unseen Sides of Francesca Woodman

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Francesca Woodman did not come by her artistic precocity by accident. Her father, George, was an abstract painter. Her mother, Betty, was a ceramicist. Both made clear to Francesca that art…

“The Sympathizer” Has an Identity Crisis

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story HBO’s “The Sympathizer,” which traces the diasporic aftershocks of the Vietnam War, establishes its pitch-black humor and moral complexity almost immediately, with a scene set in Saigon days before its fall.…

Christopher Durang’s Stage Directions for Life

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story It’s one thing to make nuns funny. It’s another to have a nun cheerily explain the difference between mortal and venial sin, unveil her list of who’s slated for Hell (Zsa…

Ana Juan’s “Clickbait”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Parents aren’t the only caretakers who have to negotiate their children’s relationship to screens—some pet owners also use apps to keep their animals occupied. For the cover of the April 22…

Restaurant Review: Corima

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading the Food Scene newsletter, Helen Rosner’s guide to what, where, and how to eat. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. Before opening Corima, in a moody, rustic space…

The Avant-Garde Is Back on the Launchpad

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Once upon a time, in New York, we measured our lives in Richard Foreman productions. For decades, the crocus of our theatrical spring was the widespread wheat-pasting of his black-and-white posters…

Alex Garland and Park Chan-wook Reckon with America

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Alex BaraschCulture Editor You’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. Kirsten Dunst…

The Heart of Low

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Last winter, I flew to Minneapolis to hear a funk quartet play at a bar. The weather was miserable: hard-frozen snowbanks in every gutter, skating-rink sidewalks, roads so ripped up by…