Meet Joan Jonas, One of America’s Most Elusive Artists

Even the act of arranging the MoMA show proves how much Jonas’s collective work defies easy collection or categorization. The process of choosing pieces, many featuring numerous elements — masks, clothing, drawings, headdresses, books, props — from so enduring and varied a career was a yearslong endeavor for the museum, a puzzle that needed solving by…

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Hearing Loss as You Age: What to Know

Hearing loss can sneak up on us — so gradually that many of us don’t notice the change. You might think: Wow, was that restaurant noisy? I couldn’t hear a thing. My TV must be breaking down. I keep having to turn up the volume. But it might not be the TV or the restaurant;…

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Pat Steir’s Blue Period – The New York Times

A stack of yellow and red bands drip from the top of “Painted Rain #3” (2022-23), a painting by the artist Pat Steir. Coalescing against a bright turquoise backdrop with layers of poured-on paint, the combination imbues the artwork with the sense that you’re peering into a sun shower. Hanging vertically at nine feet, the…

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Oprah to Leave Weight Watchers Board

Oprah Winfrey said that she was stepping down from the board of Weight Watchers, a few months after going public about taking a medication for weight loss. The entertainment mogul has been the most prominent spokeswoman for Weight Watchers since joining its board in 2015, helping it weather competition from other weight loss companies while…

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Trustworthy Recipes for False Spring

During a trip to the grocery store this week, I was stopped in my tracks by my one true harbinger of warmer days to come: the arrival of ranunculus, a darling of spring and my favorite blooms, in the floral section. It is also, coincidentally, “false spring” here in New York, with temperatures tipping into…

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How to Check in on Your Emotional Well-Being

We know we should get a physical exam every year; we have annual reviews at work; some couples even do periodic relationship audits. And yet many of us don’t regularly check in with our emotional health — though it is arguably the most important contributor to overall well-being. The New York Times talked to experts…

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