Understated Modernism as Interpreted by a Troupe of Zany Individualists
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How has this troupe managed to stay so fresh and unaffected, and at a time when earnestness and hectic activity for its own sake seem to prevail on both sides of the Atlantic?
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The exhibit âClip/Stamp/Fold: The Radical Architecture of Little Magazinesâ is a piercing critique, intended or not, of the smoothness of our contemporary design culture.
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Innocent by todayâs standards, the humor of âLove American Styleâ is typical of a show that titillated in its day but now plays like a mildly randy glimpse of a more promiscuous, less cynical era.
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A few group shows have jumped the gun with a splash of stylish fizz, a knotty theme, a soak in strangeness, something special to catch the eye at seasonâs end.
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Adam Bockâs new play provides a nifty hour and change of light comedy that bleeds into dark finger-wagging.
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The newly donated collection of Abstract Expressionist paintings at the Metropolitan Museum is largely a delight from beginning to end.
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The Museum of Modern Art offers a magnetic, bizarre and haunting show of works by the Latin American modernist.
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Oren Safdieâs new play about playwriting and generational conflict is sweetly amusing, if dramatically limp.
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Ambitious new string quartets seem to be appearing on the classical landscape faster than condos on the Manhattan skyline. Many of them, like the vigorous Attacca Quartet, are embracing contemporary music.
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âMonsters and Prodigiesâ by the Mexican company Teatro de Ciertos Habitantes gives a zany account of the century of music ruled by castrati.
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In some ways, one might regard the literary couples whose intimate relationships inspired Katie Roipheâs âUncommon Arrangementsâ as performance artists.
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âPersepolis,â austere as it may look, is full of warmth and surprise, alive with humor and a fierce independence of spirit.
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Some thoughts on the New York shows (and parties) from Ralph Lauren, Michael Kors and Narciso Rodriguez.
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Two local shows go beyond comic grotesque or the new objectivity and suggest that German modernism before World War II was united by a relentless scrutiny of the world.
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âWomen in Modernism,â a colloquium held on Thursday night at the Museum of Modern Art, sought to take a more positive look at the role women have played in architectural history.
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A silent cinema revival glories in black-and-white imagery and rich live music for postmodern tales. It makes an "unfilmable" Lovecraft classic a piece of cake. By John Brownlee.
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A review of the Jonathan Saunders, Tuleh, Preen Ohne Titel, Diane Von Furstenberg and Rodnik Fall 2008 collections.