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Books of The Times: ‘Lonleyhearts’ by Marion Meade: Lives of Nathanael West and Eileen McKenney
New York Times - Mar 19, 2010, 12:19 AM, Fri
A grating dual biography of Nathanael West and Eileen McKenney, a defiantly odd couple with literary, Hollywood and Broadway connections, who died young in a car crash in 1940.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Antiques: Asian Art in Galleries and the Ukrainian Institute
New York Times - Mar 19, 2010, 12:18 AM, Fri
New York dealers have formed competing consortiums to promote walking tours of their galleries during the traditional spring Asia Week.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
For Asia Week, Gods, Saints and Flying Heroes
New York Times - Mar 19, 2010, 12:16 AM, Fri
Anyone interested in Buddhist sacred art will want to sample some of these special, open-to-the-public exhibitions in Manhattan for Asia Week.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Inside Art: Steven A. Cohen Buys a Jasper Johns ‘Flag’ Tom Ford to Sell a Warhol Self-Portrait at Sotheby’s Stephen Vitiello Creates ‘Bell’ Project for High Line Park
New York Times - Mar 19, 2010, 12:12 AM, Fri
Less than two months before Christie’s will be selling one of Jasper Johns’s signature “Flag” paintings, the hedge fund billionaire Steven A. Cohen privately scooped up a larger and earlier example of that artist’s seminal image.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
‘Event Horizon’: Antony Gormley’s Skyline Interlopers
New York Times - Mar 19, 2010, 12:09 AM, Fri
For Antony Gormley’s first public art project in New York, 31 naked sculptures of the artist will be perched on rooftops around the city.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Art Review | Josef Albers and Ken Price: Josef Albers and Ken Price: Bauhaus Meets Venice Beach
New York Times - Mar 19, 2010, 12:09 AM, Fri
“Josef Albers/Ken Price,” a thrilling exhibition at the Brooke Alexander Gallery in SoHo, can make you feel as if your eyes were attached to a bigger, more perceptive brain.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Art Review | 'Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art': On the Road With Seekers at the Asia Society
New York Times - Mar 19, 2010, 12:01 AM, Fri
The Asia Society is addressing peregrination and devotion directly in a deftly shaped exhibition called “Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art.”
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Exhibition Review | Hall of Human Origins: In the Smithsonian’s Newest Hall, a Big Family Tree
New York Times - Mar 18, 2010, 11:58 PM, Thu
Long-term hominin evolution is the main concern of the impressive David H. Koch Hall of Human Origins, which opened this week at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Music Review | Pachora: Cross-Cultural Jazz at Rose Live Music
New York Times - Mar 18, 2010, 11:22 PM, Thu
Pachora, led by the drummer Jim Black, performed at Rose Live Music in Brooklyn on Wednesday night.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Dance Review | Yasuko Yokoshi: “Tyler Tyler” Offers Subtle Mix of Gestures
New York Times - Mar 18, 2010, 11:19 PM, Thu
Yasuko Yokoshi’s “Tyler Tyler,” which opened at Dance Theater Workshop on Wednesday, explores the conflation of traditional Japanese and contemporary Western dances and cultures.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Television: Sustaining a Crisis Into Three Seasons on ‘Breaking Bad’
New York Times - Mar 18, 2010, 11:18 PM, Thu
Bryan Cranston’s Walter White, the schoolteacher and meth kingpin protagonist of “Breaking Bad,” returns in Season 3 of the series on Sunday night on AMC.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Movie Review | 'The Runaways': Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart as Rock ’n’ Roll Idols
New York Times - Mar 18, 2010, 11:17 PM, Thu
“The Runaways” evokes its moment and milieu with affectionate, almost uncanny fidelity.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Movie Review | 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid': Zachary Gordon Tries to Navigate Middle School
New York Times - Mar 18, 2010, 11:15 PM, Thu
In “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” episodes that might be howlingly funny on the page turn weirdly gross and sadistic on screen.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Movie Review | 'Vincere': From Marco Bellocchio, a Dictator as Young Lover
New York Times - Mar 18, 2010, 11:13 PM, Thu
“Vincere” is a sustained, alternatingly exhausting and aesthetically exhilarating howl of a film.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Movie Review | 'The Bounty Hunter': Aniston and Butler as Battling Exes
New York Times - Mar 18, 2010, 11:10 PM, Thu
“The Bounty Hunter” is the latest evidence that, when it comes to romantic combat, we live in a more thoughtlessly brutal age than our ancestors did.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Movie Review | 'The Killing Jar': Hostages at the Diner
New York Times - Mar 18, 2010, 11:09 PM, Thu
“The Killing Jar” is a cheapie hostage drama with a lot more swagger than substance.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Movie Review | 'City Island': A Bronx Tale, With Bait
New York Times - Mar 18, 2010, 11:04 PM, Thu
“City Island” is a professionally executed farce of the yelling-family variety.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Movie Review | 'Shutterbug': Photographer, Camera, Subjects
New York Times - Mar 18, 2010, 11:02 PM, Thu
They say you should never look directly into the sun — unless you’re the star of a teeny-tiny indie and need an excuse to squint and experience visions.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Movie Review | 'Neil Young Trunk Show': A Return to Neil Young’s Stage
New York Times - Mar 18, 2010, 11:01 PM, Thu
Beautifully lighted and meticulously recorded, “Neil Young Trunk Show” looks and sounds like several million bucks.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
Movie Review | 'Kimjongilia': Life Under a Tyrant, Even After Escaping
New York Times - Mar 18, 2010, 11:00 PM, Thu
“Kimjongilia” is built around interviews with more than a half-dozen North Koreans who fled their country but can’t shake its hold on their imaginations.
Source URL: http://www.nytimes.com
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