Thursday, April 30, 2026

Joe Turner’s Come and Gone by Rhoda Feng

At the outset of the Great Migration, trajectories converge beyond the wreckage of history in August Wilson’s 1988 drama. Cedric “The Entertainer” as Seth Holly, Taraji P. Henson as B…

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Paul Klee by Reinaldo Laddaga

A new show highlights the astonishingly phantasmagoric works created by the artist in response to the rise of National Socialism. Paul Klee: Other Possible Worlds, installation view. Courte…

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Our Land (Nuestra Tierra) by Leo Goldsmith

In Lucrecia Martel’s first full-length documentary, a continued fascination with the limitations of perspective and the obtuseness of the bourgeoisie. Still from Our Land (Nuestra Tierra)…

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Fortress Besieged by Andrew Chan

Qian Zhongshu’s epic picaresque from 1947 presents a world in which fraudulence and opportunism cast a shadow across all levels of society. Fortress Besieged, by Qian Zhongshu, translated…

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Thursday, April 23, 2026

Ceija Stojka by Ania Szremski

Light in the dark, dark in the light: the Austrian Romani artist’s work is given space to speak for itself in a show at the Drawing Center. Ceija Stojka: Making Visible, installation view…

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La maison des bois by Melissa Anderson

Maurice Pialat’s compassionate 1971 miniseries examines the Great War’s fracturing of civilian life. Hervé Lévy as ​​Hervé Gardy and Michel Terrazon as Michel Latour in La maison…

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The Book That Taught the World to Orgasm and Then Disappeared by Sasha Archibald

Rosa Campbell chronicles Shere Hite’s groundbreaking 1976 report on clitoral stimulation and its fate in the culture. The Book That Taught the World to Orgasm and Then Disappeared: Shere …

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Grandma Moses by Jennifer Krasinski

One viewer’s embrace of sweet nostalgia is another’s artificial fantasy of yesteryear. Grandma Moses: A Good Day’s Work, installation view. Courtesy Smithsonian American Art Museum. …

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Thursday, April 16, 2026

Noah Davis by Aruna D'souza

A traveling retrospective of essential viewing makes an elegiac landing at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Noah Davis, installation view. Courtesy Philadelphia Museum of Art. Pictured, far …

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Superstars by Brian Dillon

C'est cool . . . Ann Scott's novel set amid a '90s Parisian milieu of techno beats, club drugs, and bisexual ravers. Superstars, by Ann Scott, translated by Jonathan Woollen, Astra House, …

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Intelligence Is the Art of Remaining Faithful under Shifting Circumstances by Sukhdev Sandhu

Created in collaboration with Anselm Kiefer, a new book by the late Alexander Kluge reveals the polymath's dizzying, allusive, spellbinding depths. Intelligence is the Art of Remaining Fai…

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Blue Heron by Michelle Orange

Family tragedy and fracture evoke lingering questions in Sophy Romvari's debut feature, set on Vancouver Island. Still from Blue Heron. Courtesy Janus Films. Blue Heron, written and dir…

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Thursday, April 9, 2026

The Palm House by Zack Hatfield

Awkward parties, dreary bars, rudderless female narrator: Gwendoline Riley's latest is a delicate novel about love, friendship, and contempt. The Palm House, by Gwendoline Riley, New York …

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No New York by Geeta Dayal

Adele Bertei's book forefronts the many women artists, filmmakers, and musicians who were integral to the no wave scene. No New York: A Memoir of No Wave and the Women Who Shaped the Scene,…

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Tina Aumont by Beatrice Loayza

In a new retrospective series at Anthology, an indelible actress whose story remains full of ellipses. Tina Aumont as Henriette in Fellini's Casanova. © Universal. "La fille des étoile…

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Whitney Biennial 2026 by Ania Szremski

The critics aren't all right: this year's survey is a sharply political and totally sincere iteration. Whitney Biennial 2026, installation view. Courtesy Whitney Museum of American Art. Pho…

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Thursday, April 2, 2026

The Wonderful World That Almost Was by Moyra Davey

Lovers, friends, rivals, antagonists: Andrew Durbin's revelatory biography of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek. The Wonderful World That Almost Was: A Life of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek, by Andrew …

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Transcription by Sasha Frere-Jones

In Ben Lerner's fourth novel, the dilemma of a broken phone powers a story about consciousness and connection. Transcription, by Ben Lerner, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 130 pages, $25 '�…

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Robyn by Nathan Lee

With her latest album, Sexistential, the artist enters her neurochemistry era. Sexistential, by Robyn, Young '   '   ' That sound you heard last November when Robyn relea…

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The Christophers by Melissa Anderson

Steven Soderbergh's intriguing new drama about the anguish of abandoning one's art. Michaela Coel as Lori Butler and Ian McKellen as Julian Sklar in The Christophers. Courtesy Neon. Photo: …

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Thursday, March 26, 2026

Gone bird-watchin’ . . . by 4 Columns

We're taking a spring-break hiatus, but will be returning on Friday, April 3! 4Columns mascot Sparky and assistant senior editor Bolek are looking forward to taking things bird by bird duri…

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Thursday, March 19, 2026

Offenses by Sasha Frere-Jones

The latest book by Constance Debré explores the horrors and bonds of shared violence and its role as mediating force. Offenses, by Constance Debré, translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman, Semiot…

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Miroirs No. 3 by Melissa Anderson

The unheimlich maneuver: Christian Petzold's film pits the cozy rituals of domesticity against the eeriness of family secrets. Philip Froissant as Jakob, Paula Beer as Laura, and Barbara Au…

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Ralph Lemon by Pamela Sneed

In the artist's exhibition, an unsettling visual travelogue through Black history and the American South. Ralph Lemon: From Out of Space, installation view. Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery. P…

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The Complete Works of Ricardo Reis by Mark Dery

A collection of poetry by one of Fernando Pessoa's most gifted heteronyms presents an ode to the antidisciplinarian spirit. The Complete Works of Ricardo Reis, by Fernando Pessoa, edited by…

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Thursday, March 12, 2026

Elucid & Sebb Bash by Harmony Holiday

In the duo's new hip-hop album, I Guess U Had to Be There, a lyricism that finds its solidarity with the '60s. I Guess U Had to Be There, by Elucid & Sebb Bash, Backwoodz Studioz …

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Love Is Blind by Paul Chan

Help, I need somebody . . . Through the tenth season of the unscripted TV show, questions of intimacy, drama, personal growth, and Plato. Emma Betsinger and Mike Gibney in season 10 of Love…

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The Bride! by Johanna Fateman

It's alive! Maggie Gyllenhaal's Bride of Frankenstein reboot is a stupefying series of almost-good ideas. Christian Bale as Frank and Jessie Buckley as The Bride in The Bride! Photo: Niko T…

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Now I Surrender by Will Noah

Álvaro Enrigue's latest novel intricately weaves Mexican-western pastiche with autofiction and historical research. Now I Surrender, by Álvaro Enrigue, translated by Natasha Wimmer, R…

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Thursday, March 5, 2026

An Arrow in Flight by Brian Dillon

A collection of Irish writer Mary Lavin's most skillful, subtle, and furious short stories, selected and introduced by Colm Tóibín. An Arrow in Flight: Selected Stories, by Mary Lavin…

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The Little Sister and Love Me Tender by Melissa Anderson

Two tales of coming out: new films by Hafsia Herzi and Anna Cazenave Cambet are a study in contrasting experiences of self-reckoning and sapphic sexuality. Nadia Melliti as Fatima in The Li…

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2025-2026 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 12, 2025: Call Me Izzy - Studio 54
Sep 16, 2025: Art - Music Box Theatre
Oct 08, 2025: Beetlejuice - Palace Theatre
Nov 13, 2025: Oedipus - Studio 54
Nov 16, 2025: Chess - Imperial Theatre
Mar 23, 2026: Giant - Music Box Theatre
Apr 06, 2026: Becky Shaw - Hayes Theater
Apr 16, 2026: Proof - Booth Theatre
Apr 26, 2026: Drama Desk Cut-Off