
Nina Siegal
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Culture Writer at The New York Times
Culture writer for The New York Times from Amsterdam. Author of three novels and a forthcoming nonfiction book. Mom, dog owner, kickboxer
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Nina Siegal
Dries Verhoeven has constructed a replica grocery store for his latest provocative performance. Between two aisles of a grocery store, a woman is having a destructive meltdown. She opens a jar of applesauce, spits in it and returns it to the shelf. She squirts a tube of mayonnaise onto the floor, then smears tomato sauce from a container on her chest. Climbing the shelves, she recites a soliloquy on the joys of shoplifting. "Why call it stealing?" she says, with surprising calm.
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2 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Nina Siegal
In "The Art Spy," Michelle Young shines new light on the heroic French curator Rose Valland. When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. THE ART SPY: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland, by Michelle YoungIn 1980, while living in Belgium, the historian Lynn H.
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3 weeks ago |
nytimes.com | Nina Siegal
A new institution in the harbor of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, combines art and artifacts to underscore that migrant journeys are part of a universal human experience. More than a century ago, millions of people trying to escape poverty, persecution or war in Europe boarded ships in the harbor of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, for a trans-Atlantic journey to a new life.
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4 weeks ago |
nybooks.com | Nina Siegal
The word “resistance” is in heavy rotation these days, but it’s difficult to pin down its meaning in the current political landscape. For Americans of the last generation, however, it generally referred to the heroic French Resistance, which fought fascism during World War II by means of espionage and sabotage. This Resistance was not a single unified movement.
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1 month ago |
nytimes.com | Nina Siegal
Paul Klee's "Angelus Novus," which inspired Walter Benjamin, Laurie Anderson and Wim Wenders, will go on show to commemorate the 80th anniversary of World War II's end. The angel is kept in a state of darkness, because it is delicate and vulnerable to light. The subject of a century of philosophical debate, and the inspiration for works of poetry, theater, music and film, the angel, called "Angelus Novus," is a powerfully enigmatic figure.
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