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    2. Critic’s Notebook

      The Venice Biennale and the Art of Turning Backward

      Every art institution now speaks of progress, justice, transformation. What if all those words hide a more old-fashioned aim?

       By Jason Farago

      Paintings by 20th-century artists hang cheek by jowl in the Central Pavilion of the 2024 Venice Biennale. The nude at center left was painted by the pioneering Brazilian artist Tarsila do Amaral.
      Paintings by 20th-century artists hang cheek by jowl in the Central Pavilion of the 2024 Venice Biennale. The nude at center left was painted by the pioneering Brazilian artist Tarsila do Amaral.
      CreditCasey Kelbaugh for The New York Times

  1. Long-Lost Klimt Painting Sells for $37 Million at Auction

    The portrait was left unfinished in the painter’s studio when he died, and questions persist over the identity of the subject and what happened to the painting during Nazi rule in Austria.

     By Scott Reyburn

    Gustav Klimt’s unfinished, unsigned “Portrait of Fräulein Lieser,” auctioned on Wednesday. Last June, a Klimt saw a record $108.4 million at Sotheby’s in London for his 1918 portrait “Lady With a Fan.”
    Creditvia im Kinsky

  2. ‘Mary Jane’ Review: When Parenting Means Intensive Care

    Amy Herzog’s heartbreaker arrives on Broadway with Rachel McAdams as the alarmingly upbeat mother of a fearfully sick child.

     By Jesse Green

    Rachel McAdams as a mother struggling with her own moral agony in Manhattan Theater Club’s production of “Mary Jane” at the Samuel J. Friedman Theater in Manhattan.
    CreditRichard Termine for The New York Times
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  3. How a Virtual Assistant Taught Me to Appreciate Busywork

    A new category of apps promises to relieve parents of drudgery, with an assist from A.I. But a family’s grunt work is more human, and valuable, than it seems.

     By Amanda Hess

    CreditCari Vander Yacht
    Critic’s Notebook

  4. Vehicle Crash That Injured Film Crew Was Caught on Video

    The collision on the set of “The Pickup” is under investigation. Video shows an armored truck and an S.U.V. veering off a road before the truck flips onto the smaller vehicle.

     By Matt Stevens

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  5. Review: Noche Flamenca, Raising the Dead With Goya

    In “Searching for Goya,” at the Joyce Theater, the troupe uses the painter’s images as frames for flamenco dances.

     By Brian Seibert

    From left, Juan Ogalla, Jesús Helmo, Soledad Barrio and Marina Elana in “Searching for Goya” at the Joyce Theater.
    CreditJim Coleman
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  1. Cristian Macelaru, Decorated Maestro, to Lead Cincinnati Symphony

    He will begin a four-year term as the orchestra’s music director in the 2025-26 season, succeeding Louis Langrée.

     By Javier C. Hernández

    “This was the one orchestra I really wanted to be with in America,” said Cristian Macelaru, who holds posts in Europe with the Orchestre National de France and the WDR Sinfonieorchester in Germany.
    CreditInquam Photos/Via Reuters

  2. ‘So Far From Ukraine’: A Princely Dancer Finds a Home in Miami

    Stanislav Olshanskyi has had to battle homesickness and adjust to Miami City Ballet’s style: quick, light, constantly in motion. He’s also the prince in “Swan Lake.”

     By Marina Harss

    Stanislav Olshanskyi, from Ukraine, now dances for Miami City Ballet. “The war is always present,” he said. “When you’re not thinking about it, suddenly something will remind you.”
    CreditRose Marie Cromwell for The New York Times

  3. Turner Prize Shortlist Leans In to Artists’ Identities

    This year’s four nominees are Claudette Johnson, Jasleen Kaur, Pio Abad and Delaine Le Bas, whose works draw on personal history and cultural interpretations.

     By Alex Marshall

    Installation view of Johnson’s exhibition “Presence,” at the Courtauld Gallery, in London.
    CreditDavid Bebber/The Courtauld

  4. ‘Oh, Mary!,’ a Surprise Downtown Hit, Will Play Broadway This Summer

    Cole Escola’s madcap comedy about the former first lady Mary Todd Lincoln will begin performances in June.

     By Michael Paulson

    Cole Escola, left, as Mary Todd Lincoln and Conrad Ricamora as Abraham Lincoln in the play “Oh, Mary!”
    CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times

  5. What Directors Love About Nicole Kidman

    As the actress receives a life achievement award from the American Film Institute this week, five filmmakers discuss what makes her work so singular.

     By Carlos Aguilar

    Nicole Kidman in “The Hours.” “She is fearless in the characters that she plays,” said its director, Stephen Daldry.
    CreditParamount Pictures

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