Fantasizing on the Famous
By ALEXANDRA ALTER
“After,” Anna Todd’s wildly popular web novel based on Harry Styles of the boy band One Direction, is being published as a book.
A Return to Gender-Bending Shakespeare
By MATT WOLF
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Clare Dunne as Prince Hal in Shakespeare’s ‘‘Henry IV’’ at the Donmar Warehouse.
A look at Phyllida Lloyd’s new all-woman “Henry IV,” and bumpy revivals of “Uncle Vanya” and “East Is East” in London.
Opera Review
Distress at Sea, and Offstage
By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
Hundreds assembled near Lincoln Center Plaza on Monday to protest the Metropolitan Opera’s production of “The Death of Klinghoffer,” a raw, penetrating work by John Adams.
Tiny Concerts at Coffee Tables Near You
By MELENA RYZIK
Sofar Sounds artists performing in private homes are joining a global network for the annual CMJ music festival this week.
An Architect’s Big Parisian Moment
By JOSEPH GIOVANNINI
In Paris, Frank Gehry’s new Vuitton Foundation museum is drawing all eyes, and the Pompidou Center is giving the architect a major career retrospective.
Protests Greet Metropolitan Opera’s Premiere of ‘Klinghoffer’
By MICHAEL COOPER
The Metropolitan Opera’s first performance of “The Death of Klinghoffer” was disrupted twice, but both protesters were ushered out.
New Music
Aretha Franklin, Annie Lennox and Kiesza Release New Albums
By JON PARELES, STEPHEN HOLDEN and JON CARAMANICA
New albums from Aretha Franklin, Annie Lennox and Kiesza recall an array of musical styles, old and new.
The Hand That Feeds Bites Back
By JOHN ANDERSON
Suha Arraf, who directed “Villa Touma,” identified her film as Palestinian at the Venice Film Festival. Israel, which helped finance it, objected.
Critic’s Notebook
A Loving, Lingering Farewell Embrace
By ALASTAIR MACAULAY
Wendy Whelan gave her final performances with New York City Ballet after a 30-year career that created roles for some of the most notable ballets of the 21st century.
Park Honan, a Biographer of Authors, Is Dead at 86
By PAUL VITELLO
Mr. Honan’s groundbreaking books included biographies of Matthew Arnold, Robert Browning, Jane Austen and Shakespeare.
Heirs Sue Bank Over Sale of Nazi-Looted Art
By PATRICIA COHEN
A lawsuit filed by members of the Kainer family contends that Swiss bank officials have not distributed money from sales of their relatives’ art that was looted by the Nazis.
Flirting With the Dark Side
By RUTH LA FERLA
Bereavement plays a part in several current museum exhibitions, on television shows and in films.
The Media Equation
The Stream Finally Cracks the Dam of Cable TV
By DAVID CARR
Netflix, which was supposed to lay waste to traditional media companies, may have saved them instead.
Art Review
It Was Hip to Be Square
By ROBERTA SMITH
“Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art showcases Picasso, Braque, Gris and Léger and one man’s generosity.
Movie Review | 'Birdman'
Former Screen Star, Molting on Broadway
By MANOHLA DARGIS
Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s comedy “Birdman” stars Michael Keaton as a onetime movie superhero betting his career on a strange Broadway play.
When the Bright Lights Start to Fade
By MICHAEL WHITE
Plácido Domingo plays a frail, aging man in Verdi’s “I Due Foscari” at the Royal Opera House in London.
Art Review
A Rebel’s Feverish Burst of Insolence
By KEN JOHNSON
“Egon Schiele: Portraits,” at the Neue Galerie, unspools the striking evolution of this Expressionist, who would become one of the 20th century’s most popular artists.
A Family Battles Over a Disappearing Trove of Chinese Paintings
By GRAHAM BOWLEY
As the children of the collector C. C. Wang dispute their legacy, works have gone missing, dismaying art experts.
Brooklyn Inspires African Artists
By DANIEL SCHEFFLER
Brooklyn may be far away from Cape Town, but the New York borough has inspired a new show at Stevenson Gallery in the South African city called “Kings County.”
New Music
Albums by Mary Lambert, Nico & Vinz and Angaleena Presley
By JON CARAMANICA and NATE CHINEN
Mary Lambert’s “Heart on My Sleeve” and Nico & Vinz’s “Black Star Elephant” are rare recent examples of issues-minded pop.
Cosmos as Masterpiece
By MICHAEL BENSON
Over thousands of years, humans have tried to represent the universe in graphic form, whether in manuscripts, paintings, prints, books or supercomputer simulations.
A Malaysian Pop Star Clad in Skinny Jeans and a Hijab
By CHEN MAY YEE
Yuna, a poster girl for young Muslim "hijabsters," has won a clutch of music awards and is currently touring the United States to promote her latest album.
Scholars Fear Loss of Eden in London
By RACHEL DONADIO
The Warburg Institute is under financial pressure from its host, the University of London, and there are worries that it will be broken up or absorbed by another institution.
A Music Festival for a Forlorn Town
By MICHAEL WHITE
The Scottish composer James MacMillan brings top musicians back to his homeland for the Cumnock Tryst.
Patrick Modiano, a Modern ‘Proust,’ Is Awarded Nobel in Literature
By ALEXANDRA ALTER and DAN BILEFSKY
The Swedish Academy cited the ability of Mr. Modiano, whose novels center on topics like memory, identity and guilt, to evoke “the most ungraspable human destinies” in his work.
Tibetan Artists Rise to the Fore
By JOYCE LAU
Gonkar Gyatso hopes his work, which mixes Buddhist iconography and pop images, will someday be shown in his homeland.
Music Review
Swept Up in Bach’s All-Consuming Passion
By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
The Berlin Philharmonic’s performance of “St. Matthew Passion” at the Park Avenue Armory, conducted by Simon Rattle, showed why Bach chose other ways besides opera to tell stories through music.
International Culture | By the Numbers
A Surprising Boom for Russian Art
By STEPHEN HEYMAN
Despite the collapse of the ruble and international sanctions targeting some of Russia's wealthiest citizens, the market for Russian art is at its highest level since 2008, according to a new report.
A Frieze Art Fair That’s All Grown-Up
By SCOTT REYBURN
The 12th annual edition of Frieze, which closes on Sunday, was held, as usual, in a bespoke tent in Regent's Park, and this year featured 162 international dealers.
Frieze Week Descends on London
By SCOTT REYBURN
With nine fairs, seven auctions, and more than 150 selling exhibitions in galleries, London’s “Frieze Week,” which starts Monday, is a hectic seven days in the art world.
International Culture | By The Numbers
Hurray for Nollywood
By STEPHEN HEYMAN
Nigerian cinema may be little known outside of Africa, but the country’s homegrown movie business eclipses Hollywood’s and is second only to India’s Bollywood.
ArtsBeat
International Arts Events Happening in the Week Ahead
By CHRISTOPHER D. SHEA
A slideshow of arts events taking place across the world this coming week.
International Culture | By The Numbers
How Much Is That Doggie From the Movie?
By STEPHEN HEYMAN
A new study tries to show how cinema influences the popularity of certain dog breeds.
The Art of Collecting: Frieze London
New Live Performances Redefine Frieze London’s Limits
By ROSLYN SULCAS
Soup cooked with vegetables grown in Fukushima and choreography to rent by the hour are part of Frieze Live, a new program of performance art at the Frieze Art Fair.
Man and Nature, a Mututally Destructive Relationship
By NAZANIN LANKARANI
The sculptor Vincent Dubourg explores man’s devastating effect on nature, and nature’s ability to destroy the man-made, at an exhibition in Paris through Dec. 20.
The Art of Collecting: Auctions
Auction Houses Gear Up for Frieze Week
By SCOTT REYBURN
Sales are expected to soar during the Frieze London art fair, which brings together so many key players that auctioneers see it as an opportunity too good to miss.
A History of Imperial Russia, in Porcelain
By NINA SIEGAL
The Hermitage Amsterdam museum’s exhibition ‘Dining With the Tsars’ provides a glimpse into the culture of Russian royalty in its heyday.
A Reassessment of Corcos, Sensuality and Subtlety Intact
By RODERICK CONWAY MORRIS
“Corcos: Dreams of the Belle Époque” in Padua contains more than 100 works by the mostly forgotten master portraitist Vittorio Corcos.
Lauren Bacall Dies at 89; in a Bygone Hollywood, She Purred Every Word
By ENID NEMY
Ms. Bacall's provocative glamour elevated her to stardom in Hollywood’s golden age, and her lasting mystique put her on a plateau in American culture that few stars reach.
An Appraisal
Robin Williams, an Improvisational Genius, Forever Present in the Moment
By A. O. SCOTT
To those who saw him, Robin Williams was a comedic force of nature who delivered humor at warp speed.
International Culture | By the Numbers
Country Music Moves Beyond Nashville
By STEPHEN HEYMAN
Country music is gaining popularity outside North America.
International Culture | By the Numbers
Reading Literature on Screen: A Price for Convenience?
By STEPHEN HEYMAN
A forthcoming paper by researchers in France and Norway suggests that there may be some cognitive drawbacks to reading even short works of literature on a screen.
Recent Highlights
Channeling Shakespeare, in a Bohemian Buenos Aires
By NICOLAS RAPOLD
Matías Piñeiro’s twist on “Love’s Labour’s Lost” opens at the Locarno Film Festival.
Front Row Center
Cecilia Bartoli Soars at Salzburg
By GEORGE LOOMIS
The singer has helped make the Whitsun Festival a key fixture on the opera calendar.
Mamet With the Mute Button On
By MATT WOLF
The new London revival of David Mamet’s “Speed-the-Plow,” with Lindsay Lohan and Richard Schiff, seemed a little too cautious.
On the Danube, Ambassadors of Culture
By FREDERICK BERNAS
Artists and performers traveled by boat through an area of Europe torn apart by history.
Muse Steps Away
By ROSLYN SULCAS
Wendy Whelan, a principal dancer with New York City Ballet, will give her farewell performance on Oct. 18.
Nonfiction Takes Root in the Parisian Literary Landscape
By FABRICE ROBINET
A new generation is shaking up the French capital's narrative status quo.
A Prima Donna Stretches in More Daring Roles
By MICHAEL COOPER
Anna Netrebko, one of opera’s reigning stars, is singing the dark and demanding role of Lady Macbeth in Verdi’s “Macbeth” at the Met, to acclaim.
The TV Watch
Where a Mental Illness Can Also Be an Asset
By ALESSANDRA STANLEY
Season 4 of “Homeland” begins on Sunday on Showtime on a new and better course, namely where it started, with the focus on Carrie Mathison.
Performances to Remember in Lyon
By ROSLYN SULCAS
The 2014 Lyon Dance Biennial extended its emphasis this year with an impressive 17 premieres.
Once on This Island
By LARRY ROHTER
In his novel “A Brief History of Seven Killings,” Marlon James tries to make sense of the Jamaica of his childhood, including the 1976 shooting of Bob Marley.
An Organist’s Ongoing Quest: Finding the Truth in Sounds of the Past
By MICHAEL WHITE
Ton Koopman, a Dutch pioneer of early music, says “the truth” of how old music is supposed to sound can often prove divisive and elusive: “I’d guess we know about 35 percent.”
No Longer Lost, He’s Taking the Lead
By ROBERT ITO
As “The Good Lie,” a film about Lost Boys who begin new lives in America, finally opens, one of the actors reflects on his own long, strange trip from Sudan.
International Culture | By the Numbers
The Figures Behind the Catwalk
By STEPHEN HEYMAN
A look at the four main fashion weeks around the world in New York, London, Milan and Paris.
Banned Film Reunites Singapore With Its Exiles
By CHEN MAY YEE
Singaporeans rushed to see “To Singapore, With Love,’' a recently banned documentary by Tan Pin Pin about a group of self-described political exiles now in their 60s.
With ‘Crouching Tiger’ Sequel, Netflix Takes Aim at Hollywood
By EMILY STEEL and BROOKS BARNES
Netflix and the Weinstein Company said that they planned to release a sequel to the movie “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” simultaneously on Netflix and a select number of Imax theaters.
Pynchon’s Cameo, and Other Surrealities
By LOGAN HILL
One mystery in “Inherent Vice,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s adaptation of a Thomas Pynchon novel, is whether the author makes an appearance.
Post-Internet Art Waits Its Turn
By SCOTT REYBURN
Painting still dominates the auctions market, but artworks in new media are vying for collectors' attention.
Bollywood Is Prancing Far Abroad
By ANUPAMA CHOPRA
Bollywood films are gaining a foothold in many international markets, but Britain and the United States remain elusive.
Trapped Irishmen and Anarchic Britons
By MATT WOLF
Enda Walsh’s “Ballyturk” opens at the National Theater; the Royal Court stages Rory Mullarkey’s “The Wolf From the Door”; and “The Comedy of Errors” shows at Shakespeare’s Globe.
Movie Review | 'Gone Girl'
No Job, No Money and Now, No Wife
By MANOHLA DARGIS
“Gone Girl,” David Fincher’s movie adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s best seller, focuses on a young wife who goes missing.
Javier Marías: Spain’s Elegant Master Novelist
By STEPHEN HEYMAN
Long considered something of a niche author among English-speaking readers, the popularity of the Spanish novelist Javier Marías is on the rise.
Opera Review
Season Opens, and the Intrigue Is at Last Onstage
By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
After a summer of acrimonious contract negotiations, the opera began its season with a production of “Le Nozze di Figaro” by the British director Richard Eyre.
In Britain, Opera Season Opens With ‘Otello’ and ‘William Tell’
By GEORGE LOOMIS
The English National Opera staged Verdi’s “Otello,” while the Welsh National Opera tackled Rossini’s final opera, “Guillaume Tell.”
International Culture | By the Numbers
Giving Meaning to ‘Art’
By STEPHEN HEYMAN
Recent experiments by a psychologist who studies how people intuitively determine the value of certain objects show how flimsy or essential the term “art” can be.
A Rebel in Oslo’s Vibrant Arts Scene
By CHARLES CURKIN
Steinar Haga Kristensen is one of a new stable of Norwegian artists, including Marius Engh, Ida Ekblad and Nils Bech, who are part of a cultural resurgence in the Norwegian capital.
The Esoteric World of Print Collecting
By SCOTT REYBURN
Encouraged by the soaring prices of original art and the availability of images of prints online, a new international crowd has entered the specialized market.
Art Review
In Empires’ Remnants, Wonders of Survival
By HOLLAND COTTER
“Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age,” at the Met, is a display of imperial might, and a roll call of states and kingdoms gone.
Martin Amis’s ‘Zone of Interest’ Makes European Publishers Squirm
By RACHEL DONADIO
The novel, set in a concentration camp, has touched off concerns about sensitivity in Europe, where Mr. Amis’s French and German publishers have rejected it.
Idolizing Bollywood’s Bad Boy
By SNIGDHA POONAM
The actor Salman Khan’s effect on Indian men is the subject of “Being Bhaijaan,” a documentary by the directors Shabani Hassanwalia and Samreen Farooqui.
Fashion Photography Is the Art World’s Rising Star
By MELANIE ABRAMS
With the explosion of street-style blogs, Instagram and Pinterest, fashion photography has become the new visual language.
Art Basel
At Art Basel, Film Artists Get a Spotlight of Their Own
By CHRISTOPHER F. SCHUETZE
Film is an increasingly important part of this year’s Art Basel fair — and, by extension, of the collectible contemporary art world.
A Palatial Setting for Surreal Imagery in Venice
By RODERICK CONWAY MORRIS
Palazzo Fortuny, the former Venetian studio of the artist Mariano Fortuny, hosts an exhibition of women artists that highlights Dora Maar, the Surrealist and Picasso muse.
Cannes Film Festival
A Bit of Cinematic Déjà Vu in Cannes
By NICOLAS RAPOLD
This year the festival has a throwback feel, as it continues to be dominated by well-known, world-class filmmakers who have appeared before.
A Hollywood Princess Returns to the Screen
By MICHAEL CIEPLY
Princess Grace returns to Cannes on Wednesday, with the opening-night premiere of “Grace of Monaco.” But the movie’s production turmoil has jolted its fairy-tale story.
Art Basel in Hong Kong
East Meets West at Hong Kong Art Fair, but Who Is Buying?
By SCOTT REYBURN
The potential is strong at Art Basel in Hong Kong, but dealers say it is hard to get the big sales.
Frieze New York
New York Version of Frieze Art Fair Comes Into Its Own
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The American edition of Frieze has drawn 190 galleries from 29 countries this year, with New York galleries making up nearly a third of the exhibitors, some with major artists in solo booths.
Front Row Center
Turin Seizes Its Moment
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The Teatro Regio Torino's current good health is proof that an Italian opera house can flourish when the right conditions are in place.
Multimedia
After Winding Odyssey, Tibetan Texts Find Home in China
By ANDREW JACOBS
An American scholar’s trove of 12,000 Tibetan-language texts has a new home, a lavishly decorated library on the campus of the Southwest University for Nationalities in Chengdu, China.
A New Resource for Buddhist Scholars
The Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center opened its library, with 12,000 works, at the Southwest University for Nationalities in Chengdu, China, in October. Archivists plan to scan the texts digitally.
A Culture of Bidding
Forging an Art Market in China
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In China’s growing art market, now the second largest in the world, outsize auction results often overshadow false sales data and forged art.
The New Collectors
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Like their predecessors across history and geography, China’s newly rich have set out to collect the very best the world has to offer.
Shanghai Film Festival
Stars Descend on Shanghai
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The Shanghai International Film Festival, which runs until June 22, mixes small regional films with global blockbusters.
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