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"Penn's Treaty" by Edward Hicks

Culture

Revisionist history at The Met

Matthew Wexler Mar 18, 2025 0

A viewing of Edward Hicks' 1847 painting "Penn's Treaty" rubbed me the wrong way. Here's why.

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Firelei Báez’s untitled (“Tabula Anemographica seu Pyxis Navtic”).

Culture

Objects may be closer than they appear

Matthew Wexler Jan 14, 2025 0

A cherub siting at the Whitney thanks to artist Firelei Beaez.

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Sadie Sink in "John Proctor is the Villain."

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Sadie Sink leads a powerful Gen Z takedown of ‘The Crucible’

Jude Cramer Apr 19, 2025

Nicholas Barasch, Ramin Karimloo and Jinkx Monsoon in "Pirates! The Penzance Musical"

Sneak Peek

PHOTOS: First look at this modern major ‘Pirates! The Penzance Musical’

Matthew Wexler Apr 18, 2025

The cast of "Stranger Things: The First Shadow"

Sneak Peek

PHOTOS: Broadway gets ‘Stranger’ with the biggest spectacle of the season

Matthew Wexler Apr 17, 2025

Adrienne Warren and Nick Jonas in "The Last Five Years."

Reviews

‘The Last Five Years’: Nick Jonas, Adrienne Warren, and a temporally twisted love story

Matthew Wexler Apr 16, 2025