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From NYT ARTS section
arts
Kendrick Lamar’s Protégé Baby Keem Tells the Whole Story, Warts and All
The 25-year-old rapper and producer knows he’s benefited from his cousin’s support. But the path to his autobiographical album, “Casino,” was his alone.
By Ross Scarano and Clement Pascal
arts
Luke Tennie Stirs the Pot
After a breakout performance on “Shrinking,” the actor can now be seen on “Abbott Elementary” and “The Pitt.”
By Alexis Soloski and Victor Llorente
arts
‘Greater New York’ Brings the Noisy, Messy Vitality of 53 Artists
The signature survey by MoMA PS 1 of artists living and working in the city highlights those whose talent is often hidden in plain sight.
By Max Lakin and Vincent Tullo
theater
Review: ‘The Fear of 13’ Doesn’t Entirely Add Up
Adrien Brody and Tessa Thompson make confident Broadway debuts, but the uneven script makes for a narratively slippery prison drama.
By Helen Shaw
arts
Even Michael Jordan Will Sit Down to Talk About This Basketball Legend
A new documentary by the “Black-ish” creator Kenya Barris looks at the legacy of Jerry West, a figure so crucial to the N.B.A.’s history that he’s the league’s logo.
By Jonathan Abrams
arts
The Phillies Owner’s Other Superstars
Mets fans, avert your eyes: John Middleton, majority owner of the Phillies, and his wife have a deep bench of American art stars, and they’ve lent them in a dual display for the 250th.
By Patricia Leigh Brown and Michelle Gustafson
movies
‘Mother Mary’ Review: Anne Hathaway Strikes a Pose
The actress plays a pop star who reunites with Michaela Coel’s fashion designer. But the spectacle you see onscreen is far more engaging than the dialogue.
By Manohla Dargis
arts
The Enduring Beauty of Black-and-White Games
Mouse: P.I. for Hire is the latest monochrome adventure in an industry often obsessed with realistic graphics.
By George Bass
theater
Coming to Broadway: Molière, ‘The Full Monty’ and a Play About D.J.s
Roundabout Theater Company, one of the four nonprofits with Broadway houses, plans three Broadway shows next season.
By Michael Paulson
arts
5 Takeaways From the Live Nation Antitrust Trial
A jury found that the concert giant operated as a monopoly, a verdict that could have major reverberations in the music industry.
By Ben Sisario
arts
It’s (Always) the Season for Anime
There’s a new crop four times a year. This spring, the Ghibli-like “Witch Hat Atelier” and the alternate-future samurai saga “Nippon Sangoku” stand out.
By Mike Hale
arts
A Sculptor’s Life, in Constant Motion
A career-spanning Alexander Calder exhibition in Paris turns the viewer into a collaborator and lifts the soul.
By Emily LaBarge and Dmitry Kostyukov
arts
A Huge Statue of a Black Woman Opens a New Door to London’s V&A
Thomas J Price’s bronze figures present anonymous Black people at heroic scale. After an installation in Times Square sparked a furor, his latest work welcomes visitors to a new museum outpost.
By Eleanor Stanford
movies
‘Lee Cronin’s The Mummy’ Review: Fresh From the Sarcophagus
The movie revives one of cinema’s unforgettable monsters with a macabre makeover, but it spins out in the attempt.
By Nicolas Rapold
magazine
What We Lose When Everything Is ‘-Coded’
On the social internet, our fascination with analyzing the hidden messages in our culture has been flattened into one word.
By Dan Brooks
theater
‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ Returns With Contemporary Bite
A new London production highlights the story’s racial element and shows how much has changed since the play’s 1963 premiere.
By Houman Barekat
travel
36 Hours in Santa Cruz, Calif.
Find in microcosm so much that is great about California, including towering redwoods, surf culture and renowned wineries.
By David Farley and Ruth Fremson
movies
‘Normal’ Review: This Town Is Anything But
Bob Odenkirk plays a sheriff who uncovers a dangerous secret in this hyper-violent, small-town crime caper.
By Jeannette Catsoulis
movies
‘Mad Bills to Pay’ Review: Growing Up Unexpectedly
A girlfriend’s pregnancy upends the life of a young man in the Bronx in this first feature by Joel Alfonso Vargas that unspools with sedulous care.
By Natalia Winkelman
movies
‘Erupcja’ Review: Dancing Through the Ash
Charli XCX stars in this drama about a young woman who can’t quite tell the difference between freedom and fleeing.
By Brandon Yu
movies
‘Eagles of the Republic’ Review: How Authoritarians Clip Wings
In the director Tarik Saleh’s latest feature on contemporary Egypt, a movie star is made to appear in a propaganda film.
By Ben Kenigsberg
movies
‘Blue Heron’ Review: Rewinding Time to Find a Brother
Sophy Romvari’s superb debut feature blends memory, documentary and fiction to process a family wound.
By Alissa Wilkinson
movies
‘Amrum’ Review: A Moral Awakening
In this World War II-era coming-of-age drama, a young boy living on a remote German island questions his parents for the first time.
By Beatrice Loayza
movies
‘Balls Up’ Review: Offend It Like Beckham
Two condom salesmen, Mark Wahlberg and Paul Walter Hauser, embark on a bawdy, digressive picaresque in Peter Farrelly’s defiantly lowbrow film.
By Calum Marsh
arts
Stephen Colbert Wants the Vice President to Lay Off the Pope
The “Late Show” host scolded JD Vance for suggesting that Pope Leo XIV “be careful when he talks about matters of theology.”
By Trish Bendix
theater
Julio Torres in ‘Color Theories,’ and More Theater to Stream
Other picks include the historical hip-hop musical “Mexodus,” an Anne Carson radio play and a century-old play about machines replacing humans.
By Rachel Sherman
books
Barbara Gordon, 90, Dies; Wrote a Best Seller About Her Pill Addiction
Her 1979 memoir, “I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can,” which also became a movie, detailed years of prescription drug abuse and offered an indictment of American psychiatry.
By Trip Gabriel
briefing
The Good List: 7 Things to Add Some Delight to Your Day
Train jazz, the “Brady Bunch” house and the gift of time.
By Melissa Kirsch
arts
Jury Finds Live Nation Acts as a Monopoly in a Victory for States
In a verdict that could have far-reaching consequences in the music industry, the live colossus that includes Ticketmaster was found to have violated antitrust laws.
By Ben Sisario
theater
‘The Adding Machine’ Review: A Man Is Made Redundant
Daphne Rubin-Vega stars as a laid-off office worker who spins into a murderous rage in this update of Elmer L. Rice’s 1923 classic.
By Laura Collins-Hughes
arts
Review: Here’s Johnny! (And Bach and 4 Choreographers)
The violinist Johnny Gandelsman wanted his music to move. In the overly winsome “Johnny Loves Johann,” he performs Bach’s cello suites alongside four dance artists.
By Gia Kourlas
arts
How to Win a $1.2 Million Picasso Without Really Trying
A Parisian software salesman entered a charity raffle and came away with a piece of history: “I have some paintings, but not like a Picasso.”
By Derrick Bryson Taylor
arts
Putting Connecticut Artists in the Spotlight
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield will showcase works by people who live and work in New York’s shadow.
By Annabel Keenan
arts
In the Tech Heart of Texas, an Art Show Built on Data, Code and A.I.
The showcase features works that change from hour to hour, invite interaction and interrogate the idea of creativity itself.
By Jillian Anthony
arts
Honoring Frederic Church: Beyond the Hudson River School
His many achievements have been obscured, some believe, by his reputation as a provincial landscape painter.
By Hilarie M. Sheets
theater
‘Giant’ and Roald Dahl’s Antisemitism: What’s Fact and Fiction?
Mark Rosenblatt’s Broadway play, starring John Lithgow as the British children’s book author, draws from Dahl’s comments over the years.
By Sarah Bahr
arts
‘Rethinking, Reimagining and Reinstalling’ the Metropolitan Museum of Art
A $1.5 billion project will transform the nation’s most-visited art museum, with renovations involving a quarter of the galleries and public spaces.
By John Hanc
arts
What to See This Spring at Museums Across the Country
The season includes a Duchamp retrospective at MoMA, a window on Etruscan civilization at the de Young in San Francisco and a fashion celebration at the Phoenix Art Museum.
By Morgan Malget