Friday, November 18, 2011

Arts

Art Review

Medieval Foes With Whimsy

Kings and pawns from the Lewis chessmen set.
Karsten Moran for The New York Times

Kings and pawns from the Lewis chessmen set.

“The Game of Kings: Medieval Ivory Chessmen From the Isle of Lewis,” the famous cache of pieces beautifully carved from walrus tusks by anonymous artisans, are on view at the Cloisters.

Movie Review | 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part I'

Edward, You May Now Bite the Bride

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart star in Bill Condon’s melodrama — the first of a two-part adaptation of the series’ last book.

Theater Review | 'Private Lives'

An Enduring Marriage of Wit and Lust

Richard Eyre’s revival of Noël Coward’s “Private Lives,” which stars Kim Cattrall and Paul Gross, is frothier, broader and sillier than its immediate Broadway predecessor.

Art Review

This Gay American Life, in Code or in Your Face

“Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture,” at the Brooklyn Museum, is billed as the first major museum exhibition of its kind.

The Out of Towner

The City, Inside Yet Out

A bus tour of New York City with a knowledgeable and fun guide can be great, but even the best tours keep you from discovering the city for yourself.

Television Review

Cryogenically Frozen in the 1970s

“Woody Allen: A Documentary,” on PBS on Sunday and Monday, spends most of its time on this filmmaker’s early works.

Books of The Times

‘Then Again’

In her memoir “Then Again,” Diane Keaton entwines her story with that of her mother.

2011 Holiday Gift Guide

Plan your holiday shopping with The New York Times 2011 Holiday Gift Guide.

Podcast: Music

Jon Caramanica on Drake; Larry Rohter on Romeo Santos; and new releases by Caveman, Los Campesinos! and the Fall. Ben Ratliff is the host.

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Arts & Leisure
Arts & Leisure

Storybook Ballerina’s True-Life Adventure

The picture book “A Very Young Dancer” influenced a generation of girls in 1976. But its protagonist’s later life wasn’t all slippers and stages.

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Drake Pushes Rap Toward the Gothic

On “Take Care,” his second album, Drake explores moodier emotional terrain in a range of styles.

Magazine Preview

On Composing for Kermit the Frog

Frogs can sing, penguins can’t and other lessons that Bret McKenzie, of the musical-comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, learned while writing music for the Muppets.

The Week Ahead

Nov. 13 — 19

A selection of cultural events this week.

At the Metropolitan Museum, a New Wing, a New Vista

On Nov. 1, after eight years of renovations, the Metropolitan Museum of Art opened its new Islamic wing.

Audio & Photos: The Bolshoi Theater Reopens

After six years of renovation and reconstruction, the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow reopened.

Movies
Holiday Movies

Steven Spielberg, Charlize Theron, breakthrough performances and more about this season's new films.

Special Section
The New Season

Listings of the concerts, films, plays, TV shows and other events that will fill the fall arts season.

Turkish Television Takes on Topic of Child Brides

A trailer for a new TV soap opera bears a striking resemblance to the real-life testimonies of child brides interviewed for a documentary film by women's rights activists being released next week.

In Matters of the Heart, ‘Contes d’Hoffmann’ Skips a Beat

The finale in Offenbach's opera remains a problem in a production at Bayerische Staatsoper.

Dictators, Duchesses and Jukebox Musicals

Notable theatrical offerings in London include a riveting play about Stalin, a strained take on intrigue around Wallis Simpson and a production about the early Beatles.

Keyed to Detail, No Matter How Crazy

For the Dutch designer Aldo Bakker, the little things translate into intelligent design.

The Fever Bubbling in Contemporary Art Sales

Billionaires seeking safety and true believers forged a bullish market this week in New York.

Fortune Smiles on Abstract Art

Clifford Still and Gerhard Richter paintings were the stars of Sotheby's Contemporary sale.

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