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Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ held off Atee*z’s ‘Golden Hour: Part.1.’ The singer-songwriter Shaboozey opened at No. 5.

Watch Glen Powell and Adria Arjona Fight and Flirt in ‘Hit Man’

The director Richard Linklater narrates a pivotal sequence from his rom-com thriller.

When Vienna’s Opera Tradition Got Too Traditional, They Stepped In

Bogdan Roscic and Lotte de Beer are shaking the dust off Vienna’s two biggest repertory companies.

Santana and Rob Thomas’s ‘Smooth’ at 25

Santana’s track featuring Rob Thomas turns 25 this week. Why is it still a rock blockbuster?

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On Broadway, ‘Suffs’ Has a New Tune (and 6 Tony Nominations)

A reworked opening number, less historical bulk and a general push to “have fun with these women” helped a musical find its way.

How an N.Y.C. Couple Turned a Cabin in the Woods Into Their Rustic Escape

It didn’t help that it was straight out of ‘Twin Peaks’: ‘Wood on wood on wood, in a very terrifying way.’ But now it’s bright and airy.

‘Hit Man’ | Anatomy of a Scene

Richard Linklater, the director of “Hit Man,” narrates a pivotal sequence from his film, starring Glen Powell and Adria Arjona.

Late Night Rips Trump’s First Meeting With Probation Officer

“Things got off to a rough start when Trump offered the probation officer $130,000,” Jimmy Fallon joked.

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The Riotous Basel Social Club Returns—This Time on 50 Acres of Farmland South of theMesseplatz

Cows are among the attendees at the much-anticipated third edition of the itinerant Basel Social Club (BSC) this week. Rather than being in central Basel, the art fair–cum–social gathering is located on 50 acres of open farmland south of the city in Bruderholz. But the organizers of the selling exhibition, which runs opened Sunday and runs through June 16, hadn’t bargained on the local bovine population being such keen art lovers.“They will go up to the artworks, and lick

Sidney Felsen, Cofounder of Printmaking Workshop Gemini G.E.L., Dies at99

Sidney Felsen, cofounder of the famed printmaking workshop Gemini G.E.L., died of renal failure on June 9 in his Los Angeles home. He was 99.“Richard Serra once said, ‘Sidney prefers to hurry slowly,’ and we think that captured him perfectly,” Felsen’s family said in a statement to the Los Angeles Times, which first reported the news.Felsen, his fraternity brother Stanley Grinstein, and Kenneth Tyler founded Gemini G.E.L. (Graphic Editions Limited) in 19

Amid Outcry, Academy Museum to Revise Exhibit on Hollywood’s Jewish Roots

When the museum first opened, it was criticized for omitting Hollywood’s Jewish pioneers. Now it is under fire for what its new exhibit says about them.

Academy Museum to Revise Exhibit on Hollywood’s Jewish Founders

When the museum first opened, it was criticized for omitting Hollywood’s Jewish pioneers. Now it is under fire for what its new exhibit says about them.

No One Told the Cows Not to Lick the Artwork

The Basel Social Club is a rebellious alternative to the more buttoned-up art fair that descends on the Swiss city of Basel each year.

Staff at American Folk Art Museum, Glenstone Museum Vote toUnionize

Staff at the American Folk Art Museum in New York and the Glenstone Museum in Potomac, Maryland, have voted to unionize.The election results among staff at the American Folk Art Museum (AFAM) were unanimously in favor on June 6. Voting with UAW Local 2110 occurred a month after workers at the institution announced their intention to organize for a variety of issues including fair wages and better benefits.AFAM was created in 1961 and changed its name from the Museum of Early American Folk Arts

Shahzia Sikander’s Luminous Art Explores East and West, Past and Present, Order andChaos

On a surprisingly springlike day in late February, Shahzia Sikander was hard at work at Pace Paper Studio in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn. Having just sent off the artworks for her upcoming retrospective in Venice, she was now immersed in a new series of works on paper. She was also fielding calls about a controversy over her work that had just erupted in Texas. The dispute involved an 18-foot-high bronze sculpture recently installed in a plaza at the University of Houston. Titled Witnes

Auditing Body Warns Centre Pompidou’s Major Renovation Project is ‘Underfunded’

As the Centre Pompidou’s planned five-year renovation of its Paris flagship approaches its 2025 start date, new questions arise over the financial viability of the project.At the end of April, a critical report from France’s court of auditors, who assess the use of public funds, revealed that theCentre Pompidou‘s economic model is unsustainable. The report outlines the financial strain on the museum caused by its forthcoming renovation, as well as its establishment of a n

‘Wedding Day at the Cro-Magnons’’ Review: A Bittersweet Premiere

An Arabic production of Wajdi Mouawad’s 1991 work, planned to open in Lebanon, was canceled because of his perceived ties to Israel. It found a home in France.

Kehinde Wiley Denies New Allegations of Sexual Assault from Activist DerrickIngram

For a second time, Kehinde Wiley denied allegations of sexual assault after new claims emerged Monday morning.On Instagram, activist Derrick Ingram accused Wiley, a painter most widely known for doing Barack Obama’s official portrait, of having raped him in 2021. Ingram alleged that the assault happened in Wiley’s SoHo apartment.“Posting something to Instagram doesn’t make it true,” Jennifer Barrett, an attorney for Wiley, said in a statement to ARTnews. “Yet,

Hundreds Laid Off from Philadelphia’s UArts in Conference Call on Last Day ofOperations

Some 600 staffers at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts were laid off on a conference call Friday, on what the college said was its final day of operations. According to local media reports, some staffers were given the option to work through the end of June.On May 31, the University of the Arts, commonly called UArts, informed its approximately 1,100 students and 700 staffers of the imminent closure. Confusion and outrage immediately erupted, as students scrambled for a means to

Bluestockings, Hakim’s, Red Emma’s: How Did These Bookstores Build Movements?

The pandemic fueled a boom in social justice movements and indie bookstores. The two come together in these worker-owned shops.

The Constant Metamorphosis of Nona Hendryx

“Lady Marmalade,” her hit with Labelle, is turning 50. She’s nearing 80. But the singer, designer and technologist isn’t slowing down. She’s entering a new virtual world.

In New Exhibition Series, Curator Avi Lubin Centers Artists from Kibbutzim Along the Israel-GazaBorder

In his 1968 print Remaining Words, Israeli artist Dov Heller wrote in blocky Hebrew letters: “I finished reserve duty on Friday/I was in Gaza they threw rocks there/Today I want peace more than ever.”The work, created not long after the 1967 Six-Day War, was never exhibited during Heller’s lifetime—he died in 2018. The print, along with numerous other works, was found tucked in a drawer at his home in Kibbutz Nirim, a community along the border with Gaza, where he l

Glenstone Workers Vote to Unionize, Mass Layoffs at Philly’s UArts, New Museum Set for Naples, and More: Morning Links for June 10,2024

To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday,signupfor ourBreakfast with ARTnewsnewsletter.THE HEADLINESCLOSED FOR BUSINESS. More details are emerging about the sudden closure of Philadelphia’s University of the Arts (UArts), whose last day of operation was on June 8. Students and faculty only learned of the shuttering days one week prior. Local publications report that600 staffers were laid off during a conference call that Friday, with some giv

How ‘The Outsiders’ Staged a Broadway Fight Club

To produce this Tony-nominated show’s climactic rumble, the creators, cast and crew gave it everything they've got.

A Cave Explorer Died 99 Years Ago. Now His Story Is Broadway Bound.

“Floyd Collins,” a musical about a trapped spelunker and the media circus surrounding his failed rescue, had a brief Off Broadway run in 1996.

Susan Jaffe Wants to Build a New Era at American Ballet Theater

“We have to really become creative about everything we do,” said Jaffe, as the company works to address financial woes and carve a modern identity.

Jill Ciment’s New Memoir Revisits Her Affair With a Much Older Man

Jill Ciment’s 1996 memoir “Half a Life” described her teenage affair with the man she eventually married. Her new memoir, “Consent,” dramatically revises some details.

What’s on TV This Week: Celine Dion and the Stanley Cup Finals

The pop star does her first interview on NBC since her stiff person syndrome diagnosis. And the Oilers and the Panthers compete in the pro hockey championship.

Debby Lee Cohen, Who Helped Prune Plastic From Schools, Dies at 64

Her successful campaign against foam lunch trays in New York City led to similar city and statewide bans — and taught a group of fifth graders how to take on City Hall.

Jean-Philippe Allard, Jazz Producer and Musicians’ Advocate, Dies at 67

He called himself a “professional listener,” and he tended to develop lifelong relationships with the artists he worked with.