The Arts is a broad subdivision of culture, comprised of many expressive disciplines. In modern usage, it is a broader term than art, which usually means the visual arts (comprised of both fine art and crafts).

A precise definition of the arts can be contentious, but the following areas of activity are usually included:

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Artists Make Money By Forgoing Traditional Galleries
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:47:00 -0400
It isn't easy to make money as an artist these days, but three crafty New Yorkers are managing to sell their work — and make a living — outside the traditional gallery system.
Different Year, Same 'Marienbad'
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:55:00 -0400
When it came out in 1961, Alain Resnais' Last Year at Marienbad perplexed and excited audiences with its surrealistic storytelling. John Powers has a review of the film's Criterion Collection re-release.
For Sale: Your Michael Jackson Memorabilia
Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:33:00 -0400
Since Michael Jackson died last week, his trading cards, old albums and autographs are selling for huge amounts of money. A letter Michael Jackson wrote to an unknown "Greg" sold for $20,000, and an album signed by all of the Jackson 5 sold for $27,000.

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Keep the Music, Add the Views
By BEN SISARIO Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:01:32 -0000
Thanks to the ingenuity and one-upmanship of local concert promoters, yet more concerts are turning up in the most unusual and amazing places.
An Appraisal: A Character Actor of Intensified Normalness
By A. O. SCOTT Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:56:21 -0000
In his best movie roles, Karl Malden is specifically the other man, the guy defined partly by his lack of certain attributes abundantly present in the protagonist.
Deal Near on Jackson Service, as Custody Battle Looms
By JONATHAN D. GLATER and LIZ ROBBINS Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:28:53 -0000
Michael Jackson’s family faced a potential custody battle with the mother of two of his children.

Arts & Culture

Vince Aletti: Holland Tunnel
Vince Aletti Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0000
The Museum of the City of New York celebrates the four-hundredth anniversary of the settlement of the original Dutch colonies in New York with an exhibition of works by twelve Dutch photographers, most residents of the city, who explore our shared history. The result, “Dutch Seen: New York Rediscovered . . .
Sasha Frere-Jones; The Grates, at Pianos.
Sasha Frere-Jones Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0000
The Grates are an Australian trio who specialize in exuberance. Their sound is bouncy, unadorned rock that has family ties to the riot-grrrl tradition but has passed through several generations of pop-friendly breeding. (It is not unfair to say that they sound like a sunnier version of the . . .
Nancy Franklin: The secret life of an American schoolteacher.
Nancy Franklin Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:00:00 -0000
The title of the new HBO Sunday-night series “Hung” isn’t meant to be a double entendre of the kind that induces snickers--it’s straightforward descriptive slang, a reference to the physical endowments of the show’s main character, Ray Drecker (Thomas Jane). But the word, despite what it implies about . . .

Christian Science Monitor | Arts & Entertainment

Films to make you think
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:00:00 -0500
These documentaries may change your dinner menu and your travel itinerary.
Review: 'Public Enemies'
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:00:00 -0500
This retelling of Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger, played by Johnny Depp, falls hard for the antihero mythology.
Review: 'Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love'
Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:00:00 -0500
The power of one man's voice to inspire change is captured in this documentary about Africa's biggest pop star.

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