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Water's Edge brings Truman Lowe's sculpture to Washington
The Ho-Chunk artist's retrospective at the National Museum of the American Indian rewards attention to space, materials and water as a source of form.
October 12, 2026 · 4 min read
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Grace Sullivan
Grace Sullivan writes about film, TV, books, music and the smaller cultural shifts that say a lot about American life. She is less interested in what trends for a day than in why something sticks around.
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From the Louvre brings 26 Islamic art objects to Washington
The National Museum of Asian Art's Islamic-art exhibition is a manageable place to look closely at materials, workmanship and the journeys objects take.
October 10, 2026 · 4 min read
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Banned Books Week 2026: the campaign and the books behind the lists
The ALA's October 4 through 10 campaign centers on freedom to read. Challenge lists describe attempts to restrict access, not a book's genre or intended audience.
October 4, 2026 · 2 min read
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Draw from the Index of American Design, at home or in Washington
The Index of American Design turns shoes, toys and household objects into subjects worth a second look. A small library exhibition offers a way in.
October 1, 2026 · 4 min read
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Mary Cassatt: After Impressionism, from color prints to a lost Chicago mural
The Chicago exhibition follows Cassatt's later paintings, pastels and color prints, with surviving material connected to her lost 1893 mural Modern Woman.
September 30, 2026 · 3 min read
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Patrick Ryan's Buckeye reaches paperback: two families across generations
Patrick Ryan follows two Midwestern families across generations. The September 29 paperback offers a new format for readers who prefer an extended story in print.
September 29, 2026 · 2 min read
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Home of the Future at LACMA examines the promise of easier housework
LACMA's exhibition traces sixty years of domestic design, from self-cleaning kitchens to plastic houses and desktop computers.
September 28, 2026 · 2 min read
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Brooklyn Book Festival moves indoors after the nor'easter
The 2026 Festival Day canceled its outdoor marketplace and moved three stages inside. Bookend events retained their own venues and registration details.
September 27, 2026 · 2 min read
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NYFF 2026: compare films, ticket routes and screening venues
The 64th New York Film Festival presented 34 Main Slate films, with screenings across five boroughs and several routes to a seat.
September 25, 2026 · 4 min read
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Chasing Clouds at the Met follows painted skies into photography
Oil sketches, paintings and photographs trace the changing ways artists represented a sky that would not stay still.
September 24, 2026 · 3 min read
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All Hours brings Kwame Onwuachi's cooking from breakfast to late snacks
Kwame Onwuachi and Joshua David Stein's 288-page cookbook moves from corn milk French toast to Creole sausage roll-ups and red stew chicken parm.
September 22, 2026 · 2 min read
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Apple Music Hall gives fans a room and a broadcast option
The September 21 London opening joined a 600-capacity venue to recording studios and a broadcast system inside Battersea Power Station.
September 21, 2026 · 2 min read