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SEEING THINGS

Sebastian Barry's Irish marvels.

PLEASE INVITE ME TO YOUR PARTY

I’m a great guest. For one, I will appreciate all your deep cleaning. The baseboards you scrubbed, the silverware you polished to a high gleam, the corners you awkwardly maneuvered the Swiffer into, to sweep the last crumbs and bits of cat hair out of sight.

PINS AND NEEDLES

How Demna engineered the rise— and near-fall—of the house of Balenciaga.

UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES

\"Inside\" and \"What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears?\"

GEORGIA ON OUR MIND

The musical \"Parade\" revisits the charged trial of Leo Frank.

GHOSTS ON THE STAGE

Pina Bausch's legacy.

HIVE MIND

\"Swarm,\" on Prime Video.

DRAWING BOARD

The graphic designer Milton Glaser made America cool again.

Τimes of the Sign

The Hollywood sign began its life, fittingly enough, as a flashy billboard no more permanent than a film set. In the 100 years since. it has been rebuilt, rebranded, and reborn as a beacon for aspiring stars from around the world and a reminder of just how few dreams of fame and fortune come true.

A Gut-Renovated Doll's House

Jessica Chastain stars in Jamie Lloyd's very bare staging.

The Group Portrait: Kettled, Then Vindicated

The city is making a historic payout to George Floyd protesters.

Good Talk

Can conversation save our souls?

Books – Abolish the Poor

Matthew Desmond argues that poverty persists because we let it.

A Little-Known Planet

An entomologist races to find caterpillars before they disappear.

PAY DIRT

Leafing through the seed catalogues.

GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN

Three years ago, the Metropolitan Museum of Art opened a blockbuster exhibition by Gerhard Richter one of the most important artists working today that was shuttered by the pandemic after only nine days.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN

More than half of abortions in the United States are accomplished with pills, rather than with surgeries.

FALSE STAR

Sterling Holy White Mountain

CLOSE LISTENING

Jessica Chastain stars in \"A Doll's House.\"

HOW TO TELL IF YOU'RE IN A TV SHOW

As someone who writes for TV but lives in the real world, I’ve compiled a handy guide

MAGIC REALISM

The novelist H. G. Carrillo's inventions went too far.

USE YOUR HANDS

How Maylis de Kerangal turns work into writing.

THE GOOD EARTH

Senga Nengudi's journeys through air, water, and sand.

DRILL BITS

Central Cee brings Americans on a tour of British hip-hop.

VILLAGEGATE

At a downtown paper, a fight over succession-and Sarah Jessica Parker.

A New Way to Read Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald never explicitly states Jay Gatsby's race.

We're Already in the Metaverse

Reality is blurred. Boredom is intolerable. And everything is entertainment.

Mysteries of Love

Kate Soper’s "The Romance of the Rose,” and Wagner's "Lohengrin” at the Met.

I Have Questions for ChatGPT

ChatGPT enables users to ask questions or tell a story, and the bot will respond with relevant, natural-sounding answers and topics. —Quoted in Forbes.

MILKING IT

Can breast milk—the gold standard in infant nutrition—bve re-created in a lab?