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Today's high will be 67ºF, Broken clouds in New York. Tomorrow, expect 67ºF and Clear sky.

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Plum Select: What We Ask of a Statue Is That It Doesn’t Move

Still from What We Ask of a Statue Is That It Doesn’t Move

Daphné Hérétakis’ What We Ask of a Statue Is That It Doesn’t Move is a captivating hybrid short that explores the psychic dissonance of living... Read More

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The Primordial Purity of Yasmin Bawa

Detail of 'Louhi' (2024) by Yasmin Bawa. Hemp, lime, natural pigments. 96 x 83 x 10 cm.

In a studio tucked into Berlin’s Kreuzberg district, Yasmin Bawa is reshaping the language of sculpture—literally. Working primarily with hempcrete, a natural material composed of... Read More

Latest Crossword: I’m Only Sleeping

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Pynchon Returns with a Big Band Mystery

Thomas Pynchon in 1955, before he disappeared from public view. Photograph: Bettmann/Bettmann Archive

At 87, Thomas Pynchon is stepping once more into the literary spotlight—or just close enough to cast a shadow. Shadow Ticket, his first novel in... Read More

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Plum Select: Invention by Courtney Stephens

Still from Invention by Courtney Stephens

Courtney Stephens’ Invention is a film about memory disguised as fiction, or perhaps fiction disguised as memory. Co-written with actor Callie Hernández, the film unfolds... Read More

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Your Stars According to The Stars: April Edition

Still from Barbarella (1968), directed by Roger Vadim. Courtesy of Paramount Pictures and Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica.

“An angel doesn’t make love. An angel is love.” (Barbarella, 1968) Read More

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Featured Classical Art: The Sleeper at Villa Necchi Campiglio

Photo: Villa Necchi Campiglio.

MILAN—Tucked into the garden of Villa Necchi Campiglio in Milan, surrounded by manicured hedges and filtered light, rests a figure barely noticed: The Sleeper, a... Read More