Art Review
Like Living, Only More So
By ROBERTA SMITH
Ryan Trecartin’s “Any Ever” is a game-changing exhibition of videos and installation art that teeters giddily at the intersection of art, reality television and social networking.
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"The Cunning Little Vixen": Isabel Bayrakdarian in this New York Philharmonic production at Avery Fisher Hall.
The New York Philharmonic presents a colorful production of Janacek’s “Cunning Little Vixen” at Avery Fisher Hall.
Movie Review | 'Cars 2'
Sidekick Tries to Tow a Sequel
By A. O. SCOTT
Mater the tow truck, voiced by Larry the Cable Guy, is front and center in Pixar’s new four-wheeled adventure.
Design for the Road in ‘Cars 2’Art Review
Glimpsing Africa Anew in Its Art
By HOLLAND COTTER
Everything is in a spotlight in this show of 30 sculptures, which rethinks and reshapes the old one-tribe-one-style concept.
Life Lessons in ‘Normal Heart’
By PATRICK HEALY
The Broadway revival of Larry Kramer’s 1985 play “The Normal Heart” draws varied reactions from gay people too young to remember the era in which it is set.
Television Review | ‘Rhett & Link’ and ‘Young, Broke & Beautiful’
Finding the Offbeat Off the Beaten Path
By JON CARAMANICA
“Rhett & Link: Commercial Kings” and “Young, Broke & Beautiful,” both with premieres on IFC on Friday, take an interest in people and places most would overlook.
Movie Review | 'Turtle: The Incredible Journey'
The Call of the Wild, Heeded With Tenacity
By MANOHLA DARGIS
In “Turtle,” the loggerhead, a threatened species, embarks on a quarter-century life voyage, a trip that covers thousands of miles and is fraught with life-and-death dangers.
Inside Art
The Morgan Creates a Drawing Institute
By CAROL VOGEL
The Morgan Library & Museum makes a greater investment in drawing, and a Renoir at the Frick gets a closer look.
The Out of Towner
Where Lone Stars Don’t Feel So Alone
By RUTH PENNEBAKER
Ruth Pennebaker and Robert Leleux stroll New York City, savoring some flavors of Texas.
Inside Arts
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Art Review: His First Brush With the City of Light
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Movie Review | 'A Better Life': Drifting Apart, Struggling Together
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Movie Review | 'The Names of Love': You’re a Fascist? Let’s Hop in Bed!
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Movie Review | 'Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop': One Ticked-Off Comic, Venting to the Faithful
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Art Review: A Fine Line: Style or Philosophy?
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ArtsBeat: Rowling Releases 'Harry Potter' Into the Ether on Pottermore
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Movie Review | 'Bad Teacher': When the Teacher Gets High Marks in the Raunchy and the Profane
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Theater Review | 'The Spoon River Project': Good Place for Ghost Stories, Complete With Tombs
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Now Free, a Chinese Dissident Muzzles Himself
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Music Review: A Classicist Who Enjoys Wild Flights of Imagination
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Books of The Times: ‘Fire and Rain’ by David Browne
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Dance Review: A Few Friendly Ghosts Help Out a Master of Tap
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Antiques: Suddenly, Lalique Is Back in Vogue
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Music Review: No Easy Road
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Sleight of Hand in Midtown, Beyond Three-Card Monte
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‘RAY AND BOB BOX’
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Movie Review | 'Leap Year': Bridging Loneliness in Mexico City
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Movie Review | 'A Love Affair of Sorts': A Couple United in Self-Absorption
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Movie Review | 'Raw Faith': Of Spirituality and a Quest for Romance
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Movie Review | 'General Orders No. 9': People vs. Nature in This Look at City and Country
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Movie Review | 'The Best and the Brightest': Posing as a Poet for the Sake of a Child’s Education
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JUDY LEDGERWOOD: ‘April Showers’
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Art in Review: ‘MIXED MESSAGES’: ‘A(I)DS, Art + Words’
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Art in Review: JASON POLAN: ‘Living and Working’
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Art in Review: LUCAS ARRUDA: ‘Deserto-Modelo’
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Weekend Miser
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House Tour: Andes, N.Y.
Podcast: Music
This week: Ben Sisario and Bruce Headlam on the Pandora IPO and what it says about the state of digital music; Rob Kenner on Vybz Kartel, the man and the brand; and new CDs from Barry Manilow; Battles; and Ledisi. Jeremy Egner is your host.
New York Today
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Pop Music
ArtsBeat | Popcast
A Report From the Cloud, and Booker T. Jones
By JEREMY EGNER
Jon Pareles on storing and accessing music ethereally, and a conversation with Booker T. Jones, the Memphis soul keyboardist.
Comments Music Review
Rootless Rapper Finds His Rhythm
By JON CARAMANICA
“Planet Pit,” the sixth album by the Cuban-American rapper Pitbull, completes his long transformation from crunk-era curio to dance-rap star.
Postcards
Interactive | Postcards
Time Travel, by Way of a Tiny Painting
Michael Kimmelman looks at Velázquez’s “View of the Garden of the Villa Medici,” at the Prado, and is transported in time.
On Gallery's Walls, Life Stops and Restarts 
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
An interactive look at 43 girls waiting in line for an open casting call for the coming Broadway revival of “Annie.”
Everyone’s a Critic
Several works from the deluge of contemporary art at the Biennale stuck with a critic from The Times. Add your own impressions in six words.
The Week in Arts
Summer Movies
The critics' take on girls in action movies, Maria Bello's tough dramas, Michael Fassbender on his rise from bit player to leading man and more.
Special Section
Israeli Singer of the World
By RAPHAEL MINDER
Idan Raichel embraces influences as diverse as Ethiopian folk and flamenco.
Christie's Sale Soars, Driven by Beyeler Estate
By SOUREN MELIKIAN
Works from the Beyeler estate drove the success of an auction of modern and Impressionist works on Tuesday.
Artists Investigate Identity and Boundaries in Extraterritorial Waters
By ALICE PFEIFFER
An art project by two Israeli artists has found life in extraterritorial waters off Israel using a floating gallery and conference space as a forum for questions of boundaries and identity.
Turkish Singer Resurfaces After Violent Brush With Death
By SUSANNE GÜSTEN
Ibrahim Tatlises made his first public appearance Sunday since being shot in the head three months ago. Mr. Tatlises may be able to sing again, but he may have to do it in prison.
‘Les Huguenots,’ Making Operatic History Again
By GEORGE LOOMIS
Meyerbeer's grand work is revived, updated but still sweeping.
In Australia, Reality TV Tackles Immigration
By MATT SIEGEL
A series debuting this week addresses one of the country's most heated political debates by sending six native-born Australians on punishing journeys that retrace the voyages of asylum seekers.
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