How the Louvre’s Leonardo Blockbuster Shows a Master’s Progress
Eight highlights from the exhibition plot Leonardo da Vinci’s trajectory as an artist and show the breadth of his talents.
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CreditNARA The Army Is Looking for a Few Good Art Experts
A new reserve group, inspired by the Monuments Men of the World War II era, will aim to protect antiquities and important cultural sites in war zones.
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CreditMagdalena Wosinska for The New York Times Helen Mirren Plays Catherine II in the Years That Made Her ‘the Great’
In HBO’s “Catherine the Great,” Mirren portrays the 18th-century Russian empress at the height of her powers.
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CreditFrancis Specker/CBS, via Getty Images A Church Service Inspired by Beyoncé, No Halo Required
The Beyoncé Mass explores how issues of race and gender impact the lives, voices and bodies of black women. (It’s not, however, about worshiping Beyoncé.)
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CreditFranz Neumayr/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The Arts Are Shunning Big Oil. The Salzburg Festival Isn’t.
As some institutions shy away from oil and gas money, the prestigious music event has a new sponsor: Gazprom.
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CreditKen Howard/Metropolitan Opera Review: Mark Morris’s Dancing ‘Orfeo’ Returns to the Met Opera
This revival of Gluck’s “Orfeo ed Euridice” opened as one of the Met’s popular new Sunday matinees, a welcome series that may also be straining the company.
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CreditSara Krulwich/The New York Times Review: ‘Forbidden Broadway’ Sticks It to the Great Woke Way
Gerard Alessandrini’s franchise was looking as long in the tooth as the shows it aimed to skewer. A new edition brings it back to hilarious life.
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CreditGreenwood Cultural Center, via Associated Press ‘Watchmen’ Opened With the Tulsa Race Riot. Here’s What to Read About It.
The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, depicted in Sunday’s series premiere of “Watchmen” on HBO, was one of the worst outbreaks of racial violence in American history.
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CreditPool photo by Alec Tabak, via Reuters Cuba Gooding Jr. Ignored Woman’s Plea to Not Touch Her, Suit Says
The lawsuit, filed by a woman who served Mr. Gooding at a Manhattan nightclub, said the actor pinched her buttocks and repeatedly tried to touch her again.
