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  1. Young Artists Rode a $712 Million Boom. Then Came the Bust.

    Artists saw six-figure sales and heard promises of stardom. But with the calamitous downturn in the art market, many collectors bolted — and prices plummeted.

       By Zachary Small and Julia Halperin

    Amani Lewis, shown with a 2024 painting, “Galatians 6:2 — the carriers,” in an artspace in Miami. Another work’s value plummeted by 90 percent. The painter said, “It feels like ‘We’re done with Amani Lewis.’”
    Amani Lewis, shown with a 2024 painting, “Galatians 6:2 — the carriers,” in an artspace in Miami. Another work’s value plummeted by 90 percent. The painter said, “It feels like ‘We’re done with Amani Lewis.’”
    CreditYsa Pérez for The New York Times

    2. How Tau Lewis Channels the Spirit World

      Her first solo museum exhibition, at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, is full of towering, mysterious beings. The exhibit is “all grief work,” she said.

         By Hilarie M. Sheets

      Tau Lewis in her Brooklyn studio, among the giant figures — each about 12 feet tall — that will be part of her first museum show, in Boston.
      Tau Lewis in her Brooklyn studio, among the giant figures — each about 12 feet tall — that will be part of her first museum show, in Boston.
      CreditJeenah Moon for The New York Times

  1. He Made a Game About a Joyous Journey. He Also Got a Bit Lost.

    Anthony Tan was 16 when his idea for a video game about a deer caught the industry’s eye. Nine years later, he’s still working on it.

       By Jackson Ryan

    Anthony Tan’s early solo projects were filled with inside jokes and memes that could make his friends laugh. He placed pressure on himself that his next game, Way to the Woods, would give players goose bumps.
    CreditKristoffer Paulsen for The New York Times

  2. ‘Shoot Me Up With a Big One’: The Pain of Matthew Perry’s Last Days

    Court papers show that Mr. Perry, the “Friends” star who had long struggled with addiction, was increasingly taking ketamine, a powerful anesthetic, in the days before he died.

       By Julia Jacobs and Matt Stevens

    Matthew Perry in 2022, the year he released a memoir about his struggles with addiction.
    CreditMichelle Groskopf for The New York Times

  3. All the ‘Alien’ Movies, Ranked

    With “Alien: Romulus” hitting theaters, the 45-year-old series is getting a new jolt of life. How does the latest film stack up against its predecessors?

       By Elisabeth Vincentelli

    Cailee Spaeny in “Alien: Romulus,” the newest entry in the series.
    Credit20th Century Studios/20th Century Studios, via Associated Press

  4. Awkwafina Is Taking John Cena’s Advice

    They are co-stars in the new film “Jackpot!” with Simu Liu.

       By Kathryn Shattuck

    “There were only three things that I could really watch with my grandma: Lucy, Carol Burnett, ‘My Cousin Vinny,’” Awkwafina said.
    CreditMario Anzuoni/Reuters
    My Ten

  5. ‘It Ends With Us’: The Press Tour Drama, Explained

    What’s happening onscreen has become secondary to the conversation about differences between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, her co-star and director.

       By Shivani Gonzalez

    Blake Lively at the London premiere of “It Ends With Us.”
    CreditGareth Cattermole/Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images

  1. Missouri Woman Charged in Scheme to Defraud Presleys and Sell Graceland

    A woman named Lisa Jeanine Findley was arrested and accused of a brazen effort to foreclose on Elvis Presley’s home in Memphis.

       By Matt Stevens

    Not for sale: A Tennessee judge blocked an effort to auction off Graceland, Elvis Presley’s home in Memphis, after lawyers for his heirs argued that it was part of a fraud.
    CreditNikki Boertman/Reuters

  2. How Well Do You Know Your Disaster Movies?

    From “Armageddon” to “The Towering Inferno,” a look back at decades of movie catastrophe.

       By Manohla Dargis and Amy Nicholson

    Credit20th Century Fox; Avalanche Productions; Warner Bros.

  3. Richard Kind Is Still Waiting for His Big Break

    Amazingly prolific and beloved by Hollywood royalty, the actor has a self-image that belies his status and achievements. “I just work,” he said.

       By Esther Zuckerman

    CreditDanielle Amy for The New York Times

  4. Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’s Throwback Duet, and 8 More New Songs

    Hear tracks by the Linda Lindas featuring Weird Al Yankovic, Chlöe and Anderson .Paak, Lou Reed’s early band and others.

       By Jon Pareles and Lindsay Zoladz

    Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars sing about loving each other until the end of the world in “Die With a Smile.”
    CreditJohn Esparza
    The Playlist

  5. An Earthling With an Extraterrestrial Pen Pal Imagines a Cooler World

    “The systems we’ve learned to depend on are harming us and our planet — but what an opportunity for great change this can be!”

       By Haruka Aoki

    CreditHaruka Aoki
    Sketch Pad

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