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    1. PhotoLeo Villareal’s “The Bay Lights,” a temporary installation in 2013, was redone in 2016 to become a permanent fixture for the San Francisco Bay Bridge. Mr. Villareal will join the network of Superblue artists.
      CreditLeo Villareal and Illuminate; James Ewing

      Will Superblue Be the ‘Infinity Room’ Writ Large?

      Art objects are a bore. People want multisensory “experiences,” the more immersive the better. With JR, James Turrell, teamLab and more, a new business venture funded by Marc Glimcher and Laurene Powell Jobs hopes to deliver.

      By Frank Rose

    2. Photo“You have to love something enough to work hard,” Sam Jay said, “and stand-up is the only thing I love like that.”
      CreditJingyu Lin for The New York Times

      On Comedy

      Sam Jay: A Comic Who Belongs to No Camp

      With a deadpan glare, the stand-up takes shots at everyone and won’t say something funny just for a laugh. Now she’s on the cusp of breaking out, thanks to a Netflix special.

      By Jason Zinoman

  1. Art Review

    What Worried Artists in Lockdown? The Same Things as Everyone Else

    A major European show of work made during coronavirus confinement deals with boredom, doubt and isolation.

    By Kimberly Bradley

  2. Critic’s Pick

    ‘Sunless Shadows’ Review: A Harsh Look at Iranian Women in Prison

    Mehrdad Oskouei’s documentary brings empathy to a tough subject: women and girls convicted of murdering male family members.

    By Kristen Yoonsoo Kim

  3. Reporter’s Notebook

    It’s (Almost) Business as Usual at the Salzburg Festival

    A bustling event for a wealthy and elegant audience is underway in Austria, despite the coronavirus pandemic.

    By A.J. Goldmann

  4. Seth Rogen and Seth Rogen on Playing Ancestral Homies

    In “An American Pickle,” the actor contemplates how our forebears would view us, something he’s thought about a lot during the pandemic.

    By Dave Itzkoff

  5. Fiction

    Hit Hard by Recession, an Irish Family Faces a Bitter Struggle

    Caoilinn Hughes’s novel “The Wild Laughter” considers the catastrophic effects of the fall of the Celtic Tiger.

    By John Boyne

  6. Fiction

    What Parents Leave Behind When They Die

    Jill McCorkle’s “Hieroglyphics” examines the end of life through the stories of an aging couple and a tragic murder trial.

    By Sylvia Brownrigg

  7. Best of Late Night

    Jimmy Fallon: Trump’s Latest Interview Made His Briefings Look Good

    The “Axios on HBO” interview was “such a disaster, at one point FEMA showed up and wrapped Trump in a foil blanket,” the “Tonight Show” host said.

    By Trish Bendix

  8. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Rafiki’ and ‘Big Brother’

    A forbidden love story comes to Criterion. And a longstanding game show begins its 22nd season.

    By Mariel Wamsley

  9. Disney, Staggered by Pandemic, Sees a Streaming Boom

    The company lost $4.7 billion in the latest quarter, but also reported that Disney+ has about 60.5 million subscribers after nine months of operation.

    By Brooks Barnes

  10. In ‘Luster,’ a Young Woman Moves in With Her Lover — and His Family

    Raven Leilani’s novel concerns a young Black woman who becomes involved with an older white man who is in an open marriage.

    By Parul Sehgal