John Mellencamp during his show at Radio City Music Hall on Friday, with Dane Clark on drums.
Getting older was on John Mellencamp’s mind during his Radio City Music Hall show, but he didn’t discard the past.
What astonishes in the exhibition “Secrets of the Silk Road” at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia is that its ephemeral artifacts — brocaded cloth, felt hats, even fried dough — still exist.
Donovan Hohn’s “Moby-Duck” is a book that works as a lively travelogue as well as a voyage of discovery and a philosophical inquiry.
The film director Mike Figgis’s staging of Donizetti’s “Lucrezia Borgia” at the English National Opera in London involves projected films that overwhelm the stage action.
The Wooster Group’s new production of Tennessee Williams’s 1977 play “Vieux Carré” draws from various influences, including Chinese opera, the films of Paul Morrissey and the videos of Ryan Trecartin.
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Rossini’s “Armida,” with Renée Fleming in the title role, is a dull, disappointing revival.
Melissa Ross’s “Thinner Than Water” is an engaging play about the corrosive bond of family.
Dances by Bill Young, Colleen Thomas and others were part of the 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Festival.
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Melena Ryzik is back to report on all the news and the nonsense of awards season.
Featuring the critics’ choices for Oscar nominees, the year’s best performances, overlooked films and more.
Unofficial nominees for best credit sequences in the movies of 2010.
Works by Ai Weiwei, Gerhard Richter and Andy Warhol all sold briskly at Sotheby's and Christie's sales this week.
The emergence of new institutions is raising the possibility that the city could emerge as a true European cultural capital.
A demonstration staged inside and outside the auction house to protest budget cuts in Britain did not disrupt the sale of pieces from Andy Warhol and Gerhard Richter.
An impromptu conversation led to the creation of a new work, premiered in Lucerne by the cellist Mischa Maisky and the pianist Martha Argerich.
Entrepreneurs are setting up venues that offer a fresh generation of Turkish players a chance to perform original compositions, as more established artists wonder where the audience has gone.
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