Kathleen Massara

Dec 19, 2024 | nytimes.com | Kathleen Massara

One Million Checkboxes is a simple online game that asks players to click or unclick check boxes. See, simple! Designed by Nolen Royalty, a game developer in Brooklyn, the boxes brought joy to some players, who found them soothingly compelling, while others were stressed out by the endeavor since the boxes were constantly being checked and unchecked by thousands of people at a time.

Dec 13, 2024 | nytimes.com | Kathleen Massara

Image Season 3 of "The Bear" turned out to be a disappointing holding action. But its first episode - a fraught, often wordless montage of Carmy's tweezer-cuisine education, obsessive discipline and damaged personal life - was set to a wall-to-wall score, an extended version of "Together" from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (Nine Inch Nails), that pulsed quietly and captured every bit of tense, determined perfectionism within just four chords.

Sep 13, 2023 | nytimes.com | Francheska Melendez |Kathleen Massara

The Reina Sofía museum in Madrid has lifted its ban on photographing "Guernica," saying it hopes to enhance the experience for those viewing the antiwar painting. Francheska Melendez and "No foto!" was long the refrain from guards at the Reina Sofía museum in Madrid if a visitor dared to attempt to take a picture of "Guernica," Picasso's 1937 antiwar masterpiece.

Sep 14, 2022 | nytimes.com | Kathleen Massara

Jan 15, 2022 | nytimes.com | Kathleen Massara