viernes, 22 de julio de 2011

Lucian Freud, Figurative Painter Who Redefined Portraiture, Is Dead at 88

By WILLIAM GRIMES

Mr. Freud, a grandson of Sigmund Freud, was called “the greatest living realist painter” by one art critic in the late 1980s.

Showing Off Eclectic Tastes

By LARRY ROHTER

Marcelo D2 will kick off Brasil Summerfest in New York, which focuses on some underappreciated genres and less familiar names from Brazil.

ART REVIEW

“Three Capacity Men,” a 2005 sculpture by Thomas Schütte in “Ostalgia,” an exhibition of art from and about Russia and the former Soviet bloc, now at the New Museum.

When Repression Was a Muse

By HOLLAND COTTER

The New Museum takes a welcome turn to the substantive with an exhibition of art from and about Russia and the former Soviet bloc.

Slide Show: ‘Ostalgia’

Nikki Reed, a star in the coming “Twilight” movie, greets fans at Comic-Con.

Vampires Meet Auteurs at Fan Fest

By BROOKS BARNES

The “Twilight” phenomenon showed no signs of abating at Comic-Con International in San Diego, where a studio presentation drew hundreds of ravenous fans.

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CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK

Down South, Where the Stereotypes Bloom

By GINIA BELLAFANTE

Two new reality shows on CMT continue a trend among shows set in the South: urbanity is scarce, and a certain brand of womanhood is promoted.

ART REVIEW

Lyonel Feininger: At the Edge of the World “Newspaper Readers,” (1909), oil on canvas, at this exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

A Modernist Who Thrived at the Margins of Painting

By ROBERTA SMITH

“At the Edge of the World,” at the Whitney, is an effective if incomplete reintroduction to the work of Lyonel Feininger, an American-born artist who was a major figure of the Bauhaus.

Works by, from left, Peter Dayton, Richard Prince, Ryan McGinness (on back wall) and Raymond Pettibon at the “Nose Job” show in East Hampton.

Not That Kind of Nose Job

By RANDY KENNEDY

At a gallery in East Hampton, artists try their hand at nose-cone decorating.

THEATER REVIEW | 'DEATH TAKES A HOLIDAY'

Death Takes a Holiday Julian Ovenden and Jill Paice star in this new musical, based on an Italian play, at the Laura Pels Theater.

Set Aside That Scythe, and Let’s Put on a Show

By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

The new musical “Death Takes a Holiday” finds the Grim Reaper visiting the living and breaking into song.

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MOVIE REVIEW | 'FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS'

Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake in “Friends With Benefits,” directed by Will Gluck, a romantic comedy about romantic comedy.

It’s Just Sex. We’re Just Friends. You Know the Rules. Etc., Etc.

By MANOHLA DARGIS

Will Gluck’s “Friends With Benefits,” starring Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake, is a romantic comedy about romantic comedy.

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MOVIE REVIEW | 'CAPTAIN AMERICA'

Hey, Brooklyn, Where’d You Get Those Muscles?

By A. O. SCOTT

“Captain America,” like its unapologetically corny hero, is propelled by unpretentious and plucky ingenuity.

BOOKS OF THE TIMES

‘David Bowie: Starman’

By BY PAUL TRYNKA
Reviewed by DWIGHT GARNER

“David Bowie: Starman,” by Paul Trynka, views its rock-star subject as a shape-shifting and calculating cabaret singer.

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INSIDE ART

Blockbuster Growth in the Met’s Attendance

By CAROL VOGEL

Suddenly the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a hot ticket; the Philadelphia Museum of Art announced the acquisition of a large and varied group of artworks.

This week: Jon Caramanica brings back hundred-degree tales of Indie Nation from the Pitchfork Festival in Chicago; Jim McKinley speaks with Mitch Winehouse, crooner and dad-in-the-shadows; and we check into CDs by NRBQ and Oren Ambarchi with Jim O’Rourke