Arts & Life

Photo “Sothiou,” a silk-screen print of a photograph by Khadija Saye, 24, who died in the Grenfell Tower fire, was displayed on Tuesday at the Tate Britain. Credit Khadija Saye, Courtesy of Jealous Gallery and The Studio of Nicola Green LONDON — An artwork by Khadija Saye, a 24-year-old British …

Photo Jessica Chastain in “The Zookeeper’s Wife.” Credit Anne Marie Fox/Focus Features Animals rule the screen, with visits to fictional menageries in “The Zookeeper’s Wife” and “Postcards From the Zoo,” and real ones in “Amazing Monkeys” and “Great Yellowstone Thaw.” What’s Streaming THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE (2017) on iTunes and Amazon. …

But the Signature Center’s multiple stages and radiating layout reminded them of their own theater complex, right down to the way actors exit through the lobby just like the audience, which encourages conversation. Visions of what they could do if they had the run of the place overtook them. “I …

When they conduct what is commonly known as a conversation, they only half hear one another. But the director, Daniel Aukin, and his perfectly mismatched cast — Eboni Booth, Bobby Moreno, Deirdre O’Connell and Frederick Weller — find the resonant meaning in the battle between hope and cynicism that infuses …

It was Paul Zukofsky’s fate to have belonged to both of those groups. In adult life, Mr. Zukofsky was known to aficionados as an ardent champion of composers including Philip Glass, John Cage, Milton Babbitt and Charles Wuorinen. Continue reading the main story He was also known to literary scholars …

After starring as the lead role in 1997’s “The Boxer,” Mr. Day-Lewis disappeared from the screen. It wasn’t until five years later when the reclusive actor was coaxed by Martin Scorsese to star in “Gangs of New York” alongside Leonardo DiCaprio. During that time, he reportedly took up shoemaking in …

Photo Sara Mearns as a guest artist with the Isadora Duncan Dance Company in “Narcissus,” at the Joyce Theater. Credit Andrea Mohin/The New York Times Isadora Duncan (1877-1927) may be the most influential dancer who ever lived — the one who did the most to change how others danced. Ballet …

It’s hard to imagine a better setting for Ms. Gill’s bold and haunting “Catacomb” than the Greek Revival rotunda of Federal Hall. This 2016 piece is extremely spare, strange and slow-moving, almost a memory play. Under the rotunda’s oculus, it felt like a 3-D Antonioni film: the unease, the longueurs, …

Photo Prodigy, the rapper from Queens who helped define the sound of New York hip-hop as one-half of Mobb Deep, has died at 42. Credit Chad Batka for The New York Times Prodigy, the hard-nosed Queens rapper who kiln-fired New York hip-hop into a thing of unhurried attitude and stoic …

Photo Chris Harrison, the host of “Bachelor in Paradise.” The show will return after an investigation of cast members’ behavior found no wrongdoing. Credit Richard Shotwell/Invision, via Associated Press In a surprising twist, the latest season of ABC’s “Bachelor in Paradise” is to resume taping after an investigation into an …