Arts & Life

Photo The exhibition will include “The Offerings,” a video installation by the Montreal-based filmmaker Kara Blake. Credit Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal Leonard Cohen’s life and career as a visual artist, poet and musician will get the exhibition treatment at the Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal. “Leonard Cohen: Une Brèche …

The agency helped fund the 1956 British film version, starring Edmond O’Brien, Michael Redgrave and Jan Sterling, while the executive director of the American Committee for Cultural Freedom — an affiliate of the C.I.A.-backed Congress for Cultural Freedom — worked behind the scenes to alter Orwell’s bleak ending. The novel …

But since they have begun their deliberations, the jurors have made six requests for clarifications or to hear testimony or evidence from the trial a second time. Judge O’Neill told the jurors that because he acceded to their first request to listen to a reading of testimony, he felt compelled …

The production — which stars Tom Sturridge as Winston Smith, the Everyman who rebels against Big Brother, and Olivia Wilde as Julia, the fellow party member with whom he has a forbidden affair — may be arriving on Broadway at a ripe, perhaps even overripe, moment. Continue reading the main …

Photo Stephen Colbert served up a special birthday card for the president. Credit CBS Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. What do you think of it? What else are you interested in? Let us know: …

“Where they get really distinct from each other is once you leave the fair halls,” Mr. Spiegler said. Continue reading the main story Even for an exposition as established as this one is (in 1970, the inaugural Art Basel was one of the first shows of its kind to be …

“It’s not just about buying,” she said. “It’s about talking to people at the galleries. It’s commercial, but it’s also a cultural event.” Continue reading the main story The Unlimited sector, for large-scale works, has 76 pieces this year, including the last work by the artist Chris Burden (1946–2015), who …

“The museum in the 21st century is also for people, not just for objects: If you extend, you also need to extend those kinds of spaces,” said Sam Keller, the Beyeler’s director. At the same time, “a museum shouldn’t give up what it is and has been: a safe place …

Photo Clémence Poésy and Stephen Dillane, in “The Tunnel.” Credit Kudos Film & Television/PBS “The Tunnel” returns with a fresh investigation — and without the baggage of “The Bridge.” Diane Keaton is honored by the American Film Institute. And Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger and others channel various aspects of Bob …

Over the course of his career, Mr. Wurm has become known for sculptures that are to be interacted with, as performance works. His pieces, while ironic, are meant to convey a deeper metaphysical message. Continue reading the main story “To see the sculpture on the basis of humor is legitimate …