New American Realism Emerges Amid Grousing and Hummers
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Although my favorite fiction films at Sundance were different in theme and tone, they were united by stylistic commonalities, a feel for the still moment â and, importantly, for beauty.
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As "The Little Dog Laughed" and "Borat" have lately shown, old-school mockery of homosexuality, refitted for a new, post-politically-correct era, is making a comeback.
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The illustrator Norman Rockwell has often been mocked for creating an America that never was and never will be. But Kevin Rivoli, a photojournalist in upstate New York, will tell you thatâs just not true.
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The Gallery Met at Lincoln Center places Guillermo Kuitcaâs meditations on the architecture of opera houses in intimate proximity to the real thing.
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Two new U.S. television shows are vying to take over from "Sex and the City" as the most fashionable shows on television.
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A landmark exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York tackles surprising contemporary issues.
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Opportunity beckons as never before, as immigrants expand the tastes of mainstream America.
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The Whitney Museum's show, a mad scientists' fair of screwball contraptions, provides a fresh riff on body art.
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At Performa 07, New York Cityâs performance art biennial, most of the events fall somewhere in between dance and theater, in the vast, anarchic ocean of blarney and bliss that is contemporary art.
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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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When the Lincoln Center  Theater presents a new work by Tom Stoppard, it means one thing  for theatergoers:
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Stuart Davisâs drawings, as seen at Hollis Taggart Galleries, are prosaic but precious elements arranged in an ordered alternate world.
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At a time when the country is faced with a new tangle of problems, the return of the â80s action hero suggests that some Americans, particularly men, are looking to revel in the vestigial pleasures of older times and seemingly simpler ways.
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âPattern and Decoration: An Ideal Vision in American Art, 1975-1985,â at the Hudson River Museum, documents the last genuine art movement of the 20th century.
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Three notable exhibitions on the Upper East Side pivot around Minimalism, one of modern artâs most enduringly popular styles.
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In addition to  high-octane energy and a dazzling level of professionalism, the  new national tour of "Rent" (making its first appearance at the  Pantages) is guided by a relentless aesthetic that might be  described as:
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Ronald K. Brownâs repertory program is something of a primer to his magnificently textured style.