Oceanic Art Surfaces at Met
Museums
BY JAMES GARDNER - Special to the Sun
The slit gongs are back. With their inwardly curving birdlike heads, the gongs in question are among the most potent and prepossessing deities in the pantheon of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, fully a match for Canova's Perseus in the Petrie Court... Please Ride the Art
Design
BY ERICA ORDEN
In a two-story, cinder-block garage on Broome Street, designer Josh Hadar flipped down his protective face mask, fired up a blowtorch, and went to work on a 3-foot piece of metal pipe. When the pipe glowed a vibrant orange, Mr. Hadar used his gloved... Relocate Your Enthusiasm
Television
BY BRENDAN BERNHARD
There are those who like Larry David's raucous HBO sitcom, "Curb Your Enthusiasm," not one bit, and will greet rumors of its impending demise with uncurbed joy, toasts to the future of television, and hopes for the moral improvement of mankind.... Right There In Black & White
BY BRET McCABE
A few weeks ago, a well-intentioned New Yorker critic tackled the hefty subject of race in music in a column about indie rock. Now, nobody wants to rekindle the blog tornado that column generated, but until this discussion also includes how... Reality by Design
Television
BY RUTH GRAHAM
It's been a tough week in the land of television. Tina Fey is on strike, Steve Carell won't cross the picket line, and "The Daily Show" has gone dark. The specter of eternal reruns looms uncomfortably close. The calamity is multiplied by the fact... Youth Leading Youth
Classical Music
BY JAY NORDLINGER
On Sunday afternoon, thousands of people — including famous musicians — crammed into Carnegie Hall to see the future: Gustavo Dudamel. He is a 26-year-old conductor from Venezuela, and the most ballyhooed classical artist this side of Anna Netrebko.... Writers Aim To Set Precedent
Television
BY S. JAMES SNYDER
For many television viewers, the ongoing writers' strike that has sent scribes to the streets of both New York and Los Angeles for a week straight will set in slowly. Sure, David Letterman and Jon Stewart have been stuck on repeat for a week now,... Reviving the Great Man Theory
Books
BY TIMOTHY NAFTALI
The journalist and popular historian Richard Rhodes can be surprisingly hypnotic in his writing, given the complex subjects he chooses to write about. His latest book, "Arsenals of Folly: The Making of the Nuclear Arms Race" (Knopf, 383 pages, $28...
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