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Thursday, November 6, 2014

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Miranda Lambert, center, with the producers Chuck Ainlay, left, and Frank Liddell, won four CMA awards on Wednesday, including album of the year.
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Miranda Lambert, center, with the producers Chuck Ainlay, left, and Frank Liddell, won four CMA awards on Wednesday, including album of the year.

The 48th Annual Country Music Association Awards on Wednesday featured pop stars like Ariana Grande but largely failed to reflect the current state of a genre in flux.

Art Review

See Nothing, Hear Nothing, Even if the Artist Is Present

How one participant experienced Marina Abramovic’s “Generator,” at the Sean Kelly Gallery, in which visitors wear blindfolds and headphones, are led into the space and let go.

Movie Review | 'The Theory of Everything'

Marriage Is Hard, Physics Is Easy

Eddie Redmayne stars in James Marsh’s “The Theory of Everything,” a biographical drama about Stephen Hawking’s health, marriage and other struggles.

Theater Review | 'The Object Lesson'

In a Jungle of Boxes, Terrors of a Psychic Spring Cleaning

For “The Object Lesson,” a performance space has been packed with towering cardboard boxes that the audience and the author, Geoff Sobelle, explore in a meditation on human detritus.

One Star, 2 Films and Conflict

A publicity scuffle over Jessica Chastain, who appears in both “Interstellar” and “A Most Violent Year,” exemplifies how actors and filmmakers occasionally face conflicts over overlapping films.

Putting the Cart Before the Art

The overpopulation of food vendors in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art prompted city surveillance in January to confirm whether they were disabled veterans or stand-ins.

A Manet Portrait Fuels High Prices on a Competitive Night for Christie’s

The artist’s 1881 painting of the actress Jeanne Demarsy was bought by the J. Paul Getty Museum for $65.1 million.

Trying to Shatter Ceiling in Online Art Auctions

Despite efforts by auction houses to reach buyers through online auctions, in terms of the highest prices, they have so far shown limitations, especially among top artworks.

Books of The Times

‘The Stranger: Barack Obama in the White House’

In ‘The Stranger,” Chuck Todd, moderator of “Meet the Press,” dissects President Obama’s record.

Theater Review | 'Lift'

They’re Trapped in an Elevator and in Life

Two African-American executives, caught in an elevator during a building crisis, discuss matters of class and sex as well their own threatened physical safety.

Theater Review | 'Wiesenthal'

Hunting Down Nazis and Surviving the Holocaust, at a Cost

The one-man show “Wiesenthal,” written by and starring Tom Dugan, humanizes appalling events.

Sales of Taylor Swift’s ‘1989’ Intensify Streaming Debate

Ms. Swift has the best-selling new album of the year, and has taken center stage in the industry war over streaming services like Spotify.

Music Review

A Cross-Dressing Tour Guide in White Tie and Tails

Patti LuPone’s “Faraway Places Part Two,” at 54 Below, is the sequel to her show there in 2012.

Music Review

From a Billowing Sound to an Ornamental Wisp

Joyce DiDonato returned to Carnegie Hall on Tuesday for a solo recital of songs with a Venetian theme by Vivaldi, Fauré, Rossini and others.

Quick, Robin, to the Blu-ray Box!

The campy 1960s TV series “Batman” has been restored and released on DVD and Blu-ray in a new boxed set.

Dance Review

A Tale Outsmarting Itself, à la Hitchcock

Sally Silvers invokes the mood, imagery and plots of the master of suspense in her work at Roulette.

Dance Review

Skewering the Pretensions of Their Rarefied Milieu

Sending up the pretensions of experimental dance, Larissa Velez-Jackson presented her work “Star Crap Method” at the Chocolate Factory.

Dance Review

Choreographed Anecdotes in a New York Minute

With “Story/Time #35,” at New York Live Arts, Bill T. Jones began two weeks of reading one-minute tales as his dancers perform snippets from his company’s repertory.

Bridge

An Underdog Triumphs at the World Series

The Rosenblum Teams final at the 14th Red Bull World Series in China last month was between Monaco and Poland.

ArtsBeat

Phil Rudd, AC/DC Drummer, Charged With Trying to Hire Hit Man

Mr. Rudd was arrested in New Zealand and charged with trying to hire someone to commit murder.

Press Play
Noteworthy New Music

Exclusive: New Music By Son Little and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

This is the world premiere of “Things I Forgot” by Son Little and the North American debut of “I’m In Your Mind Fuzz” by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. Both are due out on Nov. 11.

Special Section
Holiday Movies

Reese Witherspoon, Steve Carell, “Big Hero 6,” breakthrough performances, movie listings and more.

Fall Arts Preview
Fall Arts Preview - Times 100

How to wade through the crush of culture coming your way this season? Here’s a guide to 100 events that have us especially excited, in order of appearance.

Special Section
Fine Arts & Exhibits

A special section highlights upcoming events and exhibitions, and surveys new developments in prominent museums.

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Bridge Column
Bridge

Medal for American Pair at World Championships

The only American medalists in the three concluding pair events at the world championships in China last month were Reese Milner of Los Angeles and Hemant Lall of Dallas.

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