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Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story When the British comedian Rosie Holt heard that Rishi Sunak, then the Prime Minister and head of the Conservative Party, would be holding a snap election in July, earlier than many…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In 2001, a friend of mine, the artist Daesha Devón Harris, attended the opening of a Renée Cox exhibition at the Robert Miller Gallery, in New York. At the time, Harris…

Nothing focuses the mind so well as a bare concrete wall. Credit: image via Shutterstock A few years ago, I attended a lecture in which a learned professor complained that American universities are obsessed with ugly buildings. To illustrate his…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story This year’s Oscar season is shaping up like this year’s baseball season: both feature an unusually wide-open and competitive field. The New York Film Festival, which runs Sept. 27 to Oct.…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story “Weird.” It’s an eye-roll-inducing word, overused as it’s been these past two months. The term, which arguably won Governor Tim Walz the No. 2 spot on the Democratic ticket, was a…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Richard BrodyStaff writer 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. The New…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The good news is that the Fountain of Youth exists. The bad news is that it costs a hundred and twenty million dollars. At least, that’s what Francis Ford Coppola paid,…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story If you’ve watched more than a handful of movies over the past few years, you’ve undoubtedly seen a disconcerting ad for AMC Theatres, extolling not only that company but the beauty…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The largest Apple Store in Washington, D.C., occupies the neoclassical shell of the former Carnegie Library. Last Friday, it opened two hours early, at 8 A.M., for the launch of the…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In Annie Ernaux’s novelistic memoir “The Years,” she charts how a woman’s selfhood can slip away as she becomes enmeshed in new identities such as wife or mother. Through photographs, though,…