jueves, 15 de septiembre de 2011

Arts review


ART REVIEW

Unfurling a Life of Creative Exuberance

Several of De Kooning's sculptures.
Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times
Several of De Kooning's sculptures.
“De Kooning: A Retrospective,” opening on Sunday at the Museum of Modern Art, pays long overdue attention to this Abstract Expressionist artist, and pays in full.
MUSIC REVIEW
From left, James Hetfield, Scott Ian, Kerry King, Joey Belladonna and Rob Caggiano performed during the 'Big Four' concert at Yankee Stadium.

Metallica Earns Its Top Billing of the Big Four

The thorough and memorable concert let Metallica lord over its past as it headlined a seven-hour show with Anthrax, Megadeth and Slayer.
CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK
From left, Charles Kelley, Hillary Scott and Dave Haywood, playing at Irving Plaza.

A Gentle Nod to Country, With a Streak of Darkness

Lady Antebellum’s third album, “Own the Night,” elevates the group’s fecklessness to high art and makes no apologies for its blunt-force tactics.
MUSIC REVIEW
Elaine Stritch, performing a program of Stephen Sondheim works on Tuesday night at Café Carlyle.

In Good Times and Bum Times, a Trouper With Feisty Resolve

The ever-resilient Elaine Stritch is performing an all-Sondheim program at Café Carlyle and embracing those pesky obstacles that come with age.
Mikhail Baryshnikov in Paris where he plays a Russian emigre in the play,

Baryshnikov Breaks Out His Russian For ‘In Paris’

Mikhail Baryshnikov is performing in “In Paris,” a stark, experimental theatrical adaptation of a 1940 short story by Ivan Bunin, the first Russian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
DANCE REVIEW

A Bold and Ferocious Swirl

“Swan Lake” opened the New York City Ballet’s new season, and Peter Martins makes it different if not always good.
BOOKS OF THE TIMES
Joe McGinniss

‘The Rogue’

Joe McGinniss searches for “the real Sarah Palin” by moving in next door to her.
Rocco Landesman, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, backed ArtPlace.

Consortium Views Arts as Engines of Recovery

ArtPlace has brought foundations, corporations and federal agencies together to sponsor arts projects around the country.
Television
THE NEW SEASON

Six Actresses Not in Search of TV Work

This season networks are hoping that Kat Dennings and a handful of other not-all-that-well-known young actresses will be able to carry television shows of their own.
CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK
Danny DeVito, Charlie Day and Kaitlin Olson in “It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.”

It’s a Close Contest, but One Is Cruder

The next few days bring the return of two of cable’s raunchiest sitcoms, “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” and “Blue Mountain State.”
ARTSBEAT Q. & A.
Emmys Watch: Peter Berg on 'Friday Night Lights'

Emmys Watch: Peter Berg on 'Friday Night Lights'

It took five seasons of time-slot swaps, near cancellations, lamentations from fans and a network-sharing agreement, but “Friday Night Lights,”finally received an Emmy nomination.

INTERACTIVE FEATURE: The New York Times Fall TV Ratings Pool

Tell us which shows from the Fall TV season will be the ratings winners and which shows will be canceled.
The New Season | Film
Ryan Gosling in a scene from “Drive,” directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, in which Mr. Gosling plays a Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driver.

A Heartthrob Finds His Tough-Guy Side

Ryan Gosling’s coming roles suggest that the vengeance-fueled “Drive” is just the beginning of a new tough-guy phase.
ARTS & LEISURE

The Name Might Escape, Not the Work

The faces, bodies and performances of character actors can linger in your memory even if you can’t quite recall their names.


THE WEEK AHEAD
Marcel Bozzuffi, right, in William Friedkin's “French Connection,” from 1971, which Film Forum will show beginning Wednesday.

Sept. 11 — Sept. 17

A selection of events this week.
The Listings
Longer versions of selected event listings in the New York area this week are now available online.

VIDEO FEATURE:Artists Reflect on Sept. 11

To mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11, The New York Times asked eight artists in disciplines like dance and film to talk about how that day and its aftermath have informed their work and lives.

Outdone by Reality

In the last 10 years, some eloquent or daring works of art about 9/11 and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq eventually did emerge, but none were really game-changing.

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