He looked up with a provocative grin, “Hi pal, where’s the brass band?” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The article, which also included provocative material, caused a sensation, coloring many of the interview questions that would be fired at Bobby for years after. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I’d sworn I wouldn’t go past the end of the village, but it’s a woman’s provocative to change her mind. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

This with a provocative glance, and a gleam of teeth. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The proportions of the place are all off, and not in a provocative way. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

More work on this provocative thesis is clearly needed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

If anything, they encouraged Alice Paul and her allies to stage more provocative protests that attracted larger crowds and led to more arrests. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Another e-mail came from a corporation in Pennsylvania, less formally written, telling her a local professor had identified her as a provocative race blogger and asking if she would lead their annual diversity workshop. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The girl tribute from District 1, looking provocative in a see-through gold gown, steps up the center of the stage to join Caesar for her interview. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Identifying these surprising and provocative themes was a breakthrough, but the Times is not in the dissertation business. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He continued his speech, citing more myths about TB, and when he was done the moderator thanked him for giving a provocative talk. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

In 1976 Edward N. Luttwak, now at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, in Washington, D.C., published a short, provocative book about imperial Rome that distinguished between territorial and hegemonic empires. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me,” Farmer replied, “but why do you qualify my talk as provocative? I just said we should treat sick people, if we have the technology.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Around that time a merry, foul-mouthed, provocative woman came to the house to help with the chores, and she knew how to read the future in cards. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

When I asked her once why she didn’t walk to the gym and do five minutes less on the treadmill, she looked at me as if I were being willfully provocative. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

These associations make a sea of voluptuous models and titillating cover lines more lively than a sea of sexy models and provocative cover lines. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She loved the spirited discussions and provocative debates. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Dorcas dances well—not as fast as some others, but she is graceful, in spite of those shaming shoes, and she is provocative. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was to be an intricate and provocative design in green, yellow, and blue pins, all cool colors, and its title was Pre-Cambrian Memory. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harriet Beecher Stowe, the renowned best-selling American author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, offered to write for Stanton, but only if the paper would consider a less provocative name. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The hypothesis of unconscious motivation explains why the murderers perceived innocuous and relatively unknown victims as provocative and thereby suitable targets for aggression. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I am glad not to be wearing the gaudy, provocative clothing that seems to be drawing stares and whispers to Lil and Em. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

To stay awake and alert, the captain, a Greek man of middle age, liked to take up provocative subjects. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Her efforts to conceal herself were oddly provocative, far more so than if she’d simply gone about the business naked. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When I entered a civilian writing career in New York City, I collected, around Harlem, a good deal of provocative material and then proposed an article about the cult to the Reader’s Digest. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was very racy, provocative, a lot of nudity, but the story was powerful, and even though for the first few weeks only a few people showed up to see it, word started to spread. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Then there was Dr. James Parkinson, who was also an early socialist and author of many provocative pamphlets with titles like "Revolution without Bloodshed." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

For all the tantalizing and provocative character of the Viking results, I know a hundred places on Mars which are far more interesting than our landing sites. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I strutted on high heels and placed my hand on my hip in a provocative pose. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Why? Do you find this”—he strikes a ridiculously provocative pose—“distracting?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

After dinner, while the Yoshotos were discussing, in Japanese, some perhaps provocative topic, I asked to be excused from the table. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

With her girlish, provocative gait, she ran over to Ben’s side of the car and began eating french fries as she whispered to Ben. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, some provocative theoretical studies have suggested that planetary systems are a galactic commonplace. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Applying the praise-word “champion” to Adolf Hitler feels a bit odd, and I don’t wish to be needlessly provocative. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

According to a provocative insight by Paul MacLean, the higher functions of the brain evolved in three successive stages. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Active, small, and indomitable like Úrsula, and almost as pretty and provocative as Remedios the Beauty, she was endowed with a rare instinct for anticipating fashion. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Thank god we live in Shaker,” Lexie said one day during a provocative episode entitled “Stop Bringing White Girls Home to Dinner!” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

This banner and two similar ones were particularly provocative because the country was at war with Germany. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The results have been tantalizing, annoying, provocative, stimulating, and, at least until recently, substantially inconclusive. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Politicians would sometimes say provocative things—such as that his exoneration just proved the system works—which irritated and angered me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She knew that even offering to leave now could be provocative. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

At the time, the ungrammatical and somehow provocative use of “like” instead of “as” created a minor sensation. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t say anything, I just waited for him to explain, because he never says anything provocative without explaining himself. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t help walking around it and reading the provocative stickers. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She spent a lot of her time making unnecessary journeys into the town where, with her good looks and provocative body, she could be sure of admiration, and more, from the young men. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had been brought up around plenty of cursing, and knew every word and provocative construction, but since she’d become a mother, since she’d converted, she hadn’t sworn more than once or twice. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Among his nine major plays, the first to draw national attention was "Back of the Throat," a provocative drama about federal agents interrogating a Muslim-American writer in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Seattle playwright Yussef El Guindi wins prestigious award 2012-04-01T20:52:33Z

A visit to the Louvre in Paris, for instance, shows how dependent Western art is on Ancient Greek and Roman myths for provocative subject matter. In Hawaii, local legends enrich, inform the visitor experience 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z

Among the young designer scene of Milan, if you can call it that, there seems to be a desire to push boundaries with clothes that are intentionally provocative. | Fast Fashion: Genny Is Back on the Runway 2011-09-22T20:47:26Z

Lambert is, on all fronts, a more thoughtful, precise, provocative and creative artist. Luke Combs and Miranda Lambert, Both Bound by Country’s Gendered Rule Book 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z

The other high point occurred in "Hypnotic Suggestion," an original composition that yielded some genuinely provocative, forward-looking passages from Goode and the quartet. Brad Goode comes home to celebrate a Green Mill anniversary 2011-06-04T13:29:00Z

Aren’t we lucky that people like you can go on a TV show and be paid for being provocative? Bill Maher speaks his truth: “I have never, in my entire 23 years on television, tried to offend people” 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z

The scandals did, in fact, torpedo the release of his 2017 feature, “I Love You, Daddy,” a tale with sexual dimensions that were sufficiently provocative as to be characterized as nose-thumbing. ‘Fourth of July’ Review: Fraught Family Dynamics From Louis C.K. 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z

Everyone seems to agree that the work counts among Beethoven’s supreme achievements, a provocative overview of his technical command, endless imagination and biting wit. Music Review: Beth Levin Plays Beethoven Variations at Bargemusic 2010-07-04T21:51:00Z

It’s not like I do these issues because I feel provocative. | Fast Fashion: Franca Sozzani Hates Fashionistas 2011-09-23T17:56:30Z

Unlike his predecessors, Jonathan Meades doesn't seek to be a figure of authority: his judgments are not so much magisterial as provocative. In praise of … Jonathan Meades 2013-01-29T22:49:06Z

But when her message earns no “likes,” she comes up with something more provocative: “If the police watched them die, doesn’t that mean,” she writes, “that the government is also a terrorist?” Review | Megha Majumdar’s ‘A Burning’ is blazing up the bestseller list and emerging as the must-read novel of the summer 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z

He draws other parallels between the Italian-born women, including their interest in contemporary art, their provocative aesthetic and their broad definition of "beauty." Fly on the wall at Prada and Schiaparelli's table 2012-05-08T18:39:13Z

Opera fans who object to contemporary productions of revered works that seem driven by some provocative concept often wonder where it will all end. ‘Butterfly’ and ‘Carmen,’ in Bold and Vivid Cuts 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z

It will also allow the gallery to perhaps be more provocative and more reactive to contemporary events. Life as a US drone operator: 'it's like playing a video game for four years' 2013-07-28T13:25:50Z

Every single frame of Django Unchained could be considered offensive: the subject matter, the metronomic use of racial insults, the violence – and occasionally the outfits – are all wildly provocative. Django Unchained, Djack Whitehall and Djames Delingpole 2013-01-13T20:00:00Z

Perhaps because of their country’s fraught 20th-century history, the Germans are more apprehensive, and more provocative. Galleries: Big Brother is watching 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

It is a provocative exploration of gender, marriage and love in a society still wrestling with how to blend patriarchal traditions with modern urban life. Analysis | ‘Made in Heaven’ offers a groundbreaking look behind big fat Indian weddings 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z

"Publishing provocative memoirs only increased my salary and stature. Only good things happened," I said. A spy in the house of my first love 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z

It might be easy to dismiss him as a safe comic, less provocative than those who court gasps with material on race, sex and gender. Sick of Angry Comics? Try Some Sweet-Tempered Stand-Up 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

Six-and-a-half minutes long and flagrantly provocative, it's a deeply uncomfortable song, its protagonist anguished and violated. Taylor Swift is angry, darn it 2010-10-23T00:16:00Z

The musician, writer and spoken-word artist Lydia Lunch is an immediately provocative figure. ‘Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over’ Review: A Punk Provocateur Endures 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z

“This album heralded an age of really imaginative and provocative packaging,” said the rock critic Richard Harrington, who is working on a book about controversial album art. Art of the Rolling Stones: Behind That Zipper and That Tongue 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z

Paul McCarthy --  the artist famous for his often provocative installations -- will also be honored at the museum's Oct. Diane Keaton, Paul McCarthy to be honored at Hammer Museum 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z

One of the "Young British Artists" who burst onto the art scene in the 1990s, Emin is renowned for her provocative and confessional art. Tracey Emin neon lights up 10 Downing Street 2011-08-21T11:53:09Z

His previous book, The Bottom Billion, a provocative look at the economics of the poorest, was lauded by US treasury secretary Larry Summers and billionaire George Soros. The Plundered Planet: How to Reconcile Prosperity with Nature by Paul Collier 2010-05-07T23:12:00Z

Plunket is as surprised as anyone that a publisher was willing to take a risk by reviving an out of print novel, especially such a deliberately provocative one. Taking a Late-in-Life Victory Lap, Thanks to His Novel’s ‘Lunatic Energy’ 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z

In his early tracks, like “’97 Bonnie and Clyde” or “The Real Slim Shady,” Eminem was provocative in a manner that was all about cultural context. On Eminem's fifteenth anniversary, his act feels more tired than ever 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z

BBC One controller Charlotte Moore called the show's initial run "visceral, emotional and provocative from beginning to end", referring to a cliffhanger ending as the action drew to a close. Happy Valley returning to BBC One 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z

“The show is hugely popular because it's fun. It's not a controversial show, but it's a provocative title.” Carpenter arts center director resigns, saying cancellation of race-themed show is censorship 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

This is the passionate play of a genius at work: ceaselessly experimental, provocative, brave. The Virgin of the Rocks: Da Vinci decoded 2010-07-13T20:31:00Z

Ms. Wearing has been creating provocative and penetrating works that probe questions of identity for three decades. Gillian Wearing Has Turned Masks Into an Art Form 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z

Each week in Bookends, two writers take on pressing and provocative questions about the world of books. Bookends: Are Novelists Too Wary of Criticizing Other Novelists? 2013-09-03T17:19:22Z

She’ll keep you watching and interested as you follow her through this perverse, provocative story about women, their appetites and a world that barbarically tries to control them both. ‘The Wonder’ Review: The Hungry Woman 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z

“I mean, those kinds of lyrics were very tongue-in-cheek and intended to be provocative.” The All-Female Band Fanny Made History. A New Doc Illuminates It. 2022-05-25T04:00:00Z

For only a pianist who believes in the musical intelligence of his audience would play a set as inquisitive, demanding and provocative as the performance Perez turned in Thursday night at the Jazz Showcase. The provocative pianism of Danilo Perez 2011-04-22T14:03:00Z

Charnonneau was an interesting, amusing and provocative man and I like to think he brought out the best in me.” ‘Sweet Caress’ review: A portrait of a photographer’s tumultuous career 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z

Reed has been widely credited with expanding the lexicon of rock music with provocative lyrics that chronicled androgyny, illicit sex and drug abuse. Rocker Lou Reed leaves estate to wife, sister 2013-11-05T18:46:25Z

“But the material arguably calls for a more proactively provocative approach.” What’s on TV Thursday: Leonard Bernstein’s ‘Mass’ and ‘Trial by Fire’ 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z

It’s provocative — one of the most invigorating sights in a New York museum at the moment. Félix Fénéon, the Collector-Anarchist Who Was Seurat’s First Champion 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z

His most ardent fans have labeled him a genius auteur, while others have criticize his provocative approach to revisionist histories. Actors Who Got the 'Tarantino Boost' 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z

Although her publicist had a wheelchair ready and a midwife on call, Maya, who has a deep and instinctive affinity for the provocative, knew that this Grammy moment was not to be missed. M.I.A.?s Agitprop Pop 2010-05-26T04:15:00Z

The disruption in the premiere comes when Brittany, who is married to Cody, sends private, provocative texts to Mike, who is married to Maria. Exploring ‘Married at First Sight,’ ‘Surviving Marriage’ and ‘Neighbors With Benefits’ 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z

Our reviewer, Lauren Oyler, called Chin’s debut a “realistic portrayal of a woman in crisis” and a “subtly provocative depiction of the tech industry, and this country, as tilting ever more off-kilter.” New in Paperback: ‘Oh William!’ and ‘The Great Mistake’ 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z

And there are restaurants that embrace local history, including a provocative one that celebrates Ukrainian partisans during World War II, and is chockablock with anti-Soviet slogans. Impossible to Forget: Lviv, Ukraine 2011-01-07T19:55:00Z

It helped that they were dashing and cosmopolitan, trailed by salacious gossip and provocative political associations. The Woman Behind Latin America's Literary Boom 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z

At its most provocative, “Severe Clear” pungently evokes a heroic Marine Corps mystique. Movie Review | 'Severe Clear': In Iraq Marine Documentary, Bad Food and ?Steel Rain? 2010-03-12T00:42:00Z

Styles is such a magnetic onstage performer, provocative interview subject and fearlessly androgynous fashion plate that his records have come to feel like missed opportunities — the least personality-driven expressions of his otherwise compelling celebrity. Harry Styles Is Still a Dreamy Cipher on His Third LP, ‘Harry’s House’ 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z

Presumably, the project also incorporates provocative subjects — sex, violence, racism — the long and torturous 20th century as recorded by its artists. MoMA’s Daydream of Progress 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z

It was a coup for the company, since he is one of the most celebrated and bravest impresarios of our time, with provocative glory trailing him from Frankfurt to Brussels, from Salzburg to Paris. Arts & Leisure: Arena Opera, Mortier Style 2011-07-14T13:38:17Z

But Christmas is a difficult period for a magazine editor to do something provocative because somewhere in the back of people’s minds is “It’s a time to be jolly!” Rising design star: Naz Sahin 2012-05-17T21:42:00Z

But "Spring Breakers" is also provocative in various ways -totally unsurprising from the guy who wrote Larry Clark's "Kids" at age 19 - depending on the viewer. Review: `Spring Breakers' is a hypnotic mix 2013-03-13T21:55:13Z

The highly eloquent Lewis also gets his say, and his due, in this work praised by New York critics as a lively, provocative and witty "war of words." Freud and C.S. Lewis debate faith and atheism in Taproot play 2012-03-22T20:11:08Z

To many in the audience, this is exciting: “Naharin’s Virus” wins immediate whoops and cheers, while the “Offending the Audience” monologue is treated as a form of amusingly provocative entertainment. With Batsheva, Politics Inside and Outside the Joyce Theater 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z

It checks in on the status of a misplaced but provocative artistic thread, providing a welcome update. Object lessons at Torrance Art Museum's 'Another Thing Coming' 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z

They are proud of their ability to roll with the collaborative punches, to build provocative episodes with deceptively conventional surfaces. CBS Censors “The Good Fight” for a Musical Short About China 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z

Known for pushing boundaries and sometimes provocative imagery, her work has influenced scores of artists. Madonna takes on frightening world with new album 'Madame X' 2019-06-13T04:00:00Z

At his best, Davis draws provocative connections between these men and their work. The Secret Is Out: Penguins Are Promiscuous Too 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z

While to his fans Stone’s alternate histories are provocative, his detractors see them as grossly irresponsible cherry-picking. Oliver Stone Rewrites History — Again 2012-11-25T03:37:22Z

So far, though, they seem to be less viral and get less engagement, in the form of responses, likes and retweets, than Mr. Trump’s most provocative text tweets. Trump’s Tweets Pivot, Loudly, to Video 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z

But it's a provocative expression of dissent by people whose views aren't exactly over-represented elsewhere in the broadcast media this week. Thatcher Ding Dong! chart campaign is puerile – but the best protest available 2013-04-11T11:46:33Z

I don’t swear in front of my parents, don’t really do anything at all that would get me in trouble or seem provocative in any way. I'm not like them, but I can pretend (Obviously, this is an essay about Kurt Cobain and Nirvana) 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z

ET, Dads is the new season at its worst: dated, cheaply provocative, and laboriously unfunny. Dads and Brooklyn Nine-Nine: From Worst to Best In One Hour 2013-09-17T09:30:32Z

“As O’Sullivan shows in her fascinating and provocative book,” Emily Eakin writes in her review, modern medicine is accustomed to treating the physical body but for certain conditions, “we ignore social factors at our peril.” 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

There would be other adult bullies, in television news particularly, where I found executive producers who reveled in using vile and provocative language in front of female subordinates, almost daring the men to do something. My Struggle to Write Honestly About a Test of Manhood 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z

The structural intricacies here are exhausting rather than involving, and the flirtations with the fantastical come off as silly rather than provocative. David Mitchell Brings His Novelistic High Jinks to the Swinging ’60s 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z

The solutions he proposes in the second half of “Trumpocalypse” are bold and provocative, but not wild-eyed. David Frum Rethinks Conservatism 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z

Alone in Paris, he invented an entire imaginary society of activists—men in green, yellow, and red glasses—who penned provocative articles for the paper. The Egyptian Satirist Who Inspired a Revolution 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z

“The New Digital Age” is much more prescient and provocative than it is silly. Books of The Times: ‘The New Digital Age,’ by Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen 2013-04-25T22:05:35Z

Unpredictable behavior was his norm, elusiveness his everyday mode, and provocative answers a matter of course. Sigmar Polke, Whose Sly Works Shaped Contemporary Painting, Dies at 69 2010-06-12T02:59:00Z

He did not mention the violence and in general, this was not one of his more intellectually provocative sets. Louis CK Performs at Madison Square Garden 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

But it was some video, heavy on provocative imagery that reimagined its singer as witchy priestess, while the song was preoccupied with the permutations of “slay.” Beyoncé, the Past is Calling, and It’s Lady Gaga 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z

A generally positive review in The Times, in the fall of 1972, noted his work’s “subtle and provocative undulations.” The Hammer biennial's breakout star? A 78-year-old retired gardener from Compton who once worked for Marlon Brando 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z

Stone has charted — through his own provocative lens — much of the last 50 years of American history in movies that gave politically charged figures splashy big-screen portraits. Oliver Stone revisits JFK assassination in new documentary 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z

To protest a neo-Nazi rally in Warsaw in 2010, “Common Cause” members arrived on the scene dressed in dangerously provocative outsider attire: striped uniforms similar to those worn by World War II concentration camp prisoners. Art Review: ‘Pawel Althamer: The Neighbors’ Is at the New Museum 2014-02-13T20:22:19Z

No one knows what it means, but it’s provocative. Jay-Z Channels Nirvana: A Look Back at His 7 Most Unexpected Samples 2013-07-09T19:42:02Z

The rest of the civilized movie world knows Ruiz as a playful, provocative intellect with not a trace of writer's, filmer's or talker's block. Raul Ruiz, 1941-2011: Death of a Little-Known Movie Master 2011-08-22T10:20:00Z

According to Netflix, the new original comedy-drama series promises to be a wild and provocative glimpse into "female identity and desire." Gina Rodriguez stares down apocalypse, and more on Netflix this month 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z

Beneath the polished surface and enthralling plotlines of Bennett’s second novel, after her much admired “The Mothers,” lies a provocative meditation on the possibilities and limits of self-definition. The 10 Best Books of 2020 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z

In any case, nonprofit theaters should take the dare and, when possible, give this bracingly provocative piece the additional exposure it merits. Musicals from movies, TV, history try to find footing on slippery Broadway 2010-12-18T01:22:59Z

This provocative and strange tradecraft drama followed Danny, a young gay man pulled into a world of intrigue after his lover goes missing. Here Are the Best TV Shows of 2016 So Far 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z

Our critic called it “Lumet’s toughest, most provocative film in years.” The Best Movies on Amazon Prime Video Right Now 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z

But the story the book tells is an interesting one, and its ending chapter has a provocative title, “What is a Photographer?” Review | How photography became the ‘dominant form of recording the world’ 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

This gritty debut novel pairs a nail-biter about a drone pilot involved in a major intelligence screw-up with a provocative story about currency traders who profit from the financial impact of global terrorism. Notable fiction books of 2015 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z

What Don comes up with is provocative and references its own cheekiness. 'Mad Men' Watch: Scrappiness in the Sixties 2010-07-26T12:19:00Z

Piers Morgan is surely the most provocative artist of our time. Piers Morgan is our greatest living artist 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z

There’s a wrinkle here, and it’s one that is provocative enough to be on a law school exam. Sudanese Refugees Can Pursue Copyright Claims Over Reese Witherspoon Film 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

Mr. Anger included provocative juxtapositions: Nazi imagery and excerpts from a life-of-Jesus movie. Kenneth Anger, 96, Dies; Experimental Filmmaker Left a Pop Culture Legacy 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z

That it is also an excellent superhero film as well – witty, thrilling and provocative – almost feels like a bonus. Black Panther's Chadwick Boseman: 'Everybody’s minds are opening up' 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z

With its frank examination of race, gender and class, "American Crime" is the more thematically provocative show, a gratifying breakthrough for television and a truly golden child of the age. ABC's 'American Crime,' USA's 'Dig' up the ante on Thursdays 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z

The always provocative Christopher Hitchens died six years ago, but his presence can still be felt. New & Noteworthy 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z

In a statement last week, Mr. Spencer said that he was put in a “kidnapping scenario” and “repeatedly asked to shout provocative language.” Sacha Baron Cohen Is Duping Republicans. Is He the James O’Keefe of the Left? 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z

Elsewhere on TV, big-in-every-sense dramas like This Is Us and The Handmaid's Tale strain for striking, provocative moments at the expense of recognizable humanity. 'The Deuce' Succeeds Because It's Not More of the Same 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z

And within the frame of a three-sided relationship, it asks provocative questions about the value of pictures that freeze fleeting moments for posterity. Theater Listings for April 1-7 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z

Henderek said that her intention was to keep the focus in the right place and that if a choreographer dwells on something provocative, the audience “will miss something else.” A Surprising Global Dance Showcase, Deep in the Heart of Texas 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z

Stewart gave her all to the movie, studying Diana’s posture, mannerisms and accent; the resulting performance, potent and provocative, has thrust her to the front of this year’s crop of best-actress Oscar contenders. Kristen Stewart’s Princess Diaries 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z

I remember feeling momentarily let down that it was neither trademark Avedon glamorous nor provocative but instead depicted the goofy, slightly awkward person that is indisputably me. On Being Photographed by Richard Avedon 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z

Is it right or wrong for me to manipulate that situation and be provocative to win the "documentary war"? I won't answer that question, but I love it. Drugs, death and documentary ethics: "Amazing Johnathan" director Ben Berman on his meta-movie 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z

Shawn Vestal’s darkly provocative story collection rivets a reader’s attention early on. Divining darkness at the western edge 2013-04-10T18:13:54Z

The provocative work sparked a debate at the opening so intense that Goode Bryant had to tell people to “sit down, shut up, and have a conversation” — which they did. A Utopian Space for Black Artists, Reimagined at MoMA 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z

"I knew that it would be provocative and yes, I was taking a big chance," Wilmore said. Comic Larry Wilmore says he's willing to take the heat for his widely panned correspondents dinner speech, saying his tone didn't fit the room 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z

Still, his stance is provocative for a number of reasons, considering his leadership position in New York fashion. Front Row: Marc Jacobs and Underage Models 2012-02-15T23:23:38Z

But he said: “I think there is a sincere difference between being provocative and being inciting. And it’s certainly not being inciting or searching to do so.” Making Dramas About Mideast Can Be Complicated 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z

The piece takes its name from the nine lenses mounted on a Google Street View car, and uses screenshots of strange and provocative images captured by the Google cameras. Hirshhorn Suspends Jon Rafman Show After Allegations of Sexual Misconduct 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z

Nolan and Cameron would of course protest that their worlds are fantasy entertainments, or at most provocative thought-experiments, and that it's us who invest them with political or cultural significance brought from outside. Why Hollywood's response to 9/11 involved Harry Potter and Spider-Man 2011-09-09T18:51:00Z

Sacha Baron Cohen was a surprise nominee for his provocative Showtime network show “Who Is America?,” which embarrassed U.S. politicians by duping them with a fake persona played by the comedian. Golden Globes snub 'Handmaid's Tale,' 'Atlanta' in TV series races 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z

He began his 1983 movie, “Burroughs,” about the provocative Beat writer William S. Burroughs, in 1978, while studying film at New York University. Review: ‘Uncle Howard’ Looks Back at a Filmmaker’s Work Cut Short 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

Famously, the ingenuity of the English language and our fondness for puns has since been shown at its finest by slogans on everything everywhere including a provocative position at the top of women's stockings. Keep Calm and Carry On trademark battle enters new year 2013-01-02T19:53:35Z

Densmore: Why is there such passion for any sort of gossipy, provocative sensual stuff? Drummer says Jim Morrison never exposed himself 2010-12-03T02:36:00Z

Among Havana’s privileged class are artists and writers who can, to a certain extent, make provocative creative statements. A Design Lover's Guide To Cuba 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

The new ad campaign, appearing now, features models in their underpants, just as many of Mr. Klein’s most provocative did. Can Raf Simons Reinvent American Fashion? 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z

Mikhail’s thesis — “whether politicians, pundits and traditional historians like it or not, the world we inhabit is very much an Ottoman one” — is provocative, but he develops a strong case for it. New in Paperback: ‘What You Are Going Through,’ ‘Finding Freedom’ 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z

Written in the form of David’s angst-ridden memoir, this funny, provocative novel examines the grievous consequences of living in denial about what we eat. Katy Simpson Smith’s ‘The Story of Land and Sea,’ and More 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z

Alex Ross Perry, whose second feature, “The Color Wheel,” was a provocative standout here four years ago, is hardly a realist. BAMcinemaFest Opts to Be Unlikable and Thought-Provoking 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z

In 1989, "Sex, Lies, and Videotape" billed itself as "the most provocative film of the year." Sects, lies and videotape: "Archive 81" and the mystique of the semipermanent artifact 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z

Mr. Cywinski, of the Auschwitz museum, said he expected the exhibition to be provocative, with some patrons drawing connections between the rise of Nazism and events around the world today. Auschwitz Artifacts to Go on Tour, Very Carefully 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z

The nonfiction bestseller list is traditionally peppered with controversial figures and provocative subject matter. The year’s unlikeliest bestselling author: Hitler 2014-01-09T15:54:00Z

Many of the ideas Johnson explores are provocative. Author sees blueprints for social change in Internet design 2012-10-05T22:21:47Z

Gilbert & George are known for their provocative artworks, which are at odds with wider trends. A Museum at the Center of the Gilbert & George Universe 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z

His career encompasses protests for artistic freedom in 1979, provocative works in the 1990s and a role in designing the Bird's Nest stadium for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Detained Chinese artist Ai allowed to meet wife after six weeks 2011-05-16T05:43:22Z

The Bible itself could be considered highly offensive and provocative. The Holy Bible: Broomberg and Chanarin's religious experience 2013-06-11T10:52:00Z

For all its provocative bits Mr. Mueller’s book feels unctuous — oil coated — right from the start. Books of The Times: ?Extra Virginity? by Tom Mueller; a Word on Olive Oil - Review 2011-12-07T21:50:14Z

Pushing hard to be provocative, Ms. Drury ultimately overplays her hand in a raucous finale. Theater Review: ‘We Are Proud to Present a Presentation,’ at Soho Rep 2012-11-16T23:47:40Z

There are obviously tensions at play – provocative housework certainly sets the teeth on edge – but your letter hints at problems beginning only after their house move. My wealthy daughter-in-law always treats us very rudely 2017-12-24T05:00:00Z

But there’s sharp and provocative calculation at work here as well. Review: In ‘The Events,’ a Shooting Leaves a Survivor in Purgatory 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

Or that by laughing at something provocative — in front of other people — you might be somehow complicit. On Comedy: Appreciating the Comics Sean Patton and Ted Alexandro 2014-03-12T20:01:16Z

I loved doing that play and, especially given how provocative a piece it was, every single performance pulled something unique and different from the audience. Angela Lansbury, Chris Pine, Rajiv Joseph: Favorite memories from 50 years of Center Theatre Group 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z

And I thought starting with a question — and a provocative question — would sort of speed up that process.” How to Craft an Opening Line to Electrify a Theater Audience 2012-10-28T04:10:05Z

This week the Tribeca Film Festival announced it’s debuting a provocative new documentary with the flamboyant name “Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Controversy.” Anti-vaxxer’s Tribeca triumph: Discredited doctor’s documentary about “the long-debated link between autism and vaccines” doesn’t belong in respected festival 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z

In a separate study of girls’ magazines, she found that the percentage of provocative clothing had more than doubled since 1971. This Life: Clothing Straddles the Line Between Sweet and Skimpy 2013-05-10T21:46:08Z

“She had an intense mischievous streak and liked anything edgy or provocative, so she would have loved this,” Ms. Prose said. ‘The Hand That Feeds You,’ a Thriller Written as an Act of Love for Its Originator 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z

In my opinion, the editorial cartoon is supposed to be provocative. When a cartoonist becomes a hero: Rob Rogers on losing his job for making fun of Donald Trump 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z

The second gallery groups together stars, like Mr. Salle, with others, including Joyce Pensato, overlooked until recently, who dallied in the images of popular culture, pulling its meanings in provocative directions. Painting From the 1980s, When Brash Met Flash 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z

“Case Closed,” a new true-crime podcast from Macmillan Books, has what is, for its genre, a provocative premise—it promises answers. “Case Closed,” Reviewed: Do We Really Want a True-Crime Podcast With Answers? 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z

It was, as Neil remarked later, "an extraordinarily provocative and stupid thing to do". When Brixton burned 2011-04-09T23:05:03Z

Childish Gambino’s new song “This Is America” opened at No. 1 on the Billboard singles chart, helped by a provocative video — continuous dancing interspersed with startling scenes of riots and shootings — that quickly went viral. Childish Gambino’s ‘This Is America’ Hits No. 1, Boosted by a Provocative Video 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z

Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, one of the most consistently provocative contemporary art galleries in Manhattan, will close after 26 years. Gavin Brown Closes His Gallery and Joins Forces With Barbara Gladstone 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z

Prum, an ornithologist and museum curator, resurrects Darwin’s provocative theory of sexual selection, which argues that animals select mates on the basis of beauty, not just genetic fitness. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2017 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z

Like “Sapiens,” it is lively, provocative and sure to be another hit among the pooh-bahs. Review: ‘Homo Deus’ Foresees a Godlike Future. (Ignore the Techno-Overlords.) 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z

In the band’s brief original run it was known as much for provocative press-generating incidents as for songs like “God Save the Queen” and “Anarchy in the U.K.” ArtsBeat: 'Anarchy' at 35: A New Record Deal for the Sex Pistols 2012-02-27T13:56:58Z

The technical security of her dancing enables her to play with difficult choreography in a manner which is almost provocative. Tamara Rojo 2010-12-05T00:05:00Z

The most creative fashion designers are forever in search of new ways to express their vision in a manner that is both provocative and pragmatic. A rhythm travels from black sororities to a Paris runway — and now to Seventh Avenue

Her entire style was to be provocative and mean-spirited, to provoke an emotional reaction from her feminist opponents, which she could then use as gloating evidence that she'd gotten to them. "Mrs. America" captures the birth of the modern day right-wing troll 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z

A few of them were poignant or provocative. In defense of Andy Rooney 2011-09-28T13:29:00Z

Describing the series as "provocative and ground-breaking," Showtime said TV camera crews are being embedded for 10 months with the team, its management and wives and girlfriends of the players. San Francisco Giants to star in reality TV show 2011-01-14T22:15:01Z

Her self-confessed “waif” – mysterious, impulsive, changer of hairstyles and sexually provocative – is not a million miles away from her Garden State persona; just with Damien Rice on the soundtrack rather than the Shins. Natalie Portman's 20 best film performances – ranked! 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z

His reasons are at the heart of this film’s provocative theological premise, which is that God, at long last fed up with humanity, has decided to wipe us all out. 2010-02-06T02:29:00Z

It could be provocative if the lesson weren’t so basic, and if Sammy didn’t eventually capitulate to sharing the emotional needs that are fueling the fiasco. ‘Zoey’s Perfect Wedding’ Review: The Bride’s Big Disaster 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z

But alternate history can also prove to be unexpectedly provocative. ‘Confederate’ Poses Test Over Race for ‘Game of Thrones’ Creators and HBO 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z

It is instead admirably restrained, deeply appreciative of some aspects of Islam and ultimately far more interested in raising provocative questions than in definitively answering them. Books of The Times: ?American Dervish? ? By Ayad Akhtar ? Review 2012-01-04T22:00:52Z

Within his comfort zone, though, Mr. Koren can be funny, psychologically acute and philosophically provocative. Art Review: Edward Koren at the Wallach and Luise Ross Galleries 2010-05-20T21:44:00Z

“It’s very beautiful and very provocative — it’s about intimacy, and people trying to find intimacy in spite of all the obstacles in the way.” Pulitzer-Winning Play ‘Cost of Living’ Will Become a Musical 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z

The Pecan Street team is already using it to upend long-held theories about electricity use and test provocative new distribution methods, which could make our power cleaner and cheaper. Is This America's Smartest City? 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

Skimming the obituaries, I see the emphasis is, predictably, on Berger as a “provocative” critic who unmasked the arrangements of power and property behind art and its discourses. Postscript: John Berger, 1926-2017 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z

Sure, sexual innuendo is commonplace: on television and in glossy magazines and in the provocative attire of women on the streets. Sexual Revolution Slowly Progressing in Russia 2010-07-14T21:08:00Z

This consistently provocative and entertaining body of work has earned Pollan huge praise, including a place on Time’s list of the most influential people on the planet. Michael Pollan: Bad food is costing America its economic health 2013-12-08T19:00:00Z

Its subtitle, "Imagine the World Without Her," makes a provocative premise. 'America' documentary rebuts history of exploitation argument 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z

It is a provocative premise, though it’s not clear what, if anything, “Wheel” is trying to say with it. Review: This ‘Wheel of Time’ Goes Nowhere Fast 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z

The playwright and director S. Asher Gelman follows up “Afterglow,” a provocative play about an open marriage, with another sexually charged drama. 10 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z

The best of them are personable, chatty and full of provocative questions. Drip-fed up: why don't theatres get Twitter? 2011-02-08T15:43:00Z

A provocative mixture of poetry, prose and cartoons, Alt Lit is suffused with the online world. New alternatives for Alt Lit 2013-06-06T12:34:25Z

With this show, WGN America is asserting its right to make provocative television. Got DVR space? Even WGN’s Kentucky hillbilly drama ‘Outsiders’ is pretty good. 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z

The story itself is richer and more provocative than it's ever been, and everyone seems to be working at cross purposes. "True Blood" returns with even sharper teeth 2010-06-12T00:20:00Z

For some of the audience members it may be provocative. Dance Review: Lauri Stalling?s gloATL Drafts Viewers at DMAC Center 2010-06-14T01:40:00Z

Yes, the title was provocative, but only if you miss the irony, and given the endpaper pictures in How To Be A Domestic Goddess, it seems to me hard to do so. Nigella Lawson: my life in food 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z

Her new novel, “Outlawed,” stirs up the western with a provocative blend of alt-history and feminist consciousness. Review | In Anna North’s riveting ‘Outlawed,’ there’s nothing more dangerous than a childless woman 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z

Steadman’s deliciously provocative novel dishes up enough questions to fill the entire space devoted to this review. Review | Best known for her role on ‘Downton Abbey,’ Catherine Steadman is making a splash as an author 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z

The provocative designer was detained last week after a couple accused him of making anti-Semitic remarks. Dior says Paris show on despite Galliano sacking 2011-03-02T13:01:20Z

There are few things in this world more provocative than authentic vulnerability. Nicki Minaj’s radical vulnerability 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z

Described by The Times as "one of the most provocative artists in film today," Menkes' films are complex, dark, disturbing — and not surprisingly often met with hostility. Fandor's Fix gives female directors a vital platform 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z

To my surprise, I found it lively and provocative, full of the kind of novel perceptions that can make a familiar subject interesting again. World War II Seen by a Classicist, and Other New Books About Conflict 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z

This ability to render subconscious trauma into provocative theatrical expression, as potentially unsettling as entertaining, has earned him a lot of attention in a very short time. A Playwright Who Won’t Let Anyone Off the Hook 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z

Hence the “ecological despair” that the conservation biologist Chris Thomas identifies early in his provocative new book. We Aren’t Destroying the Earth 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z

Gaga, 32, soared to fame 10 years ago with catchy dance songs, provocative outfits and elaborate stage shows that brought her six Grammy Awards. Lady Gaga says 'Star is Born' character not at all like her 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z

The other half of the exhibition traces Mr. Haacke’s career through some of his most provocative works. In Transit Blog: Hans Haacke Show in Madrid Connects Art and Commerce 2012-02-23T17:15:36Z

In between this introspection, though, Brown squirms into provocative missteps that beleaguer his contribution to an important conversation. What It Means to Be the ‘Token’ Black Kid in a Rich, White World 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z

Bringing an electric guitar and band with him onstage to launch into "Maggie's Farm" was more than an artistic change, it was a provocative act. Ownership of Dylan's historic guitar in dispute 2012-07-12T04:05:11Z

It typically presents an eclectic mix of provocative contemporary sounds, and this year is no different. Sasquatch! Music Festival lineup announced 2011-02-07T06:12:04Z

The book’s argument is simple, convincing and provocative. Pushback 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z

He wrote a series of acclaimed and provocative historical novels, including "Julian," "Burr" and "Lincoln." Gore Vidal, celebrated author, playwright, dies 2012-08-01T17:33:11Z

The prejudicial scolding of the trailer—the presumption of fat-shaming—failed to appreciate that “Insatiable” is excitingly preposterous, but it did provide an early proof of the show’s provocative power. The Provocative, Preposterous Power of “Insatiable” 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z

The cinematic and psychologically provocative "survival horror" titles of the 1990s scared by holding back. Dead Space 2 ? review 2011-01-25T00:05:01Z

A riotous portrait of a naive rocker with a penchant for foolishness, “Sick on You” is packed with louche behavior, provocative musicianship and outrageous ­social gaffes. ‘Sick On You: The Disastrous Story of the Hollywood Brats’ 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z

LaQuanda says glowingly after a long earful of his provocative data. Review | This galvanizing new play tries to humanize lives lived behind bars 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z

The play rises above the hype, the hard sell and the emotional aerobics to offer a welcome, provocative perspective on the bigger picture. Stage reader review roundup 2012-06-01T14:52:34Z

And yet “Modern Family” was never thought of as political or particularly provocative. Review | ‘Modern Family’ series finale: A heartfelt end to a show that made us laugh and changed some minds 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z

“Anyone who knows anything about history understands that tactically and morally, Geller’s provocative Muhammad Cartoon Contest was no different than Dr. Martin Luther King’s landmark march from Selma to Montgomery,” one staffer wrote. Bannon molded Breitbart into a far-right sledgehammer. How it will be wielded in the Trump era? 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

But the reality is far more provocative and, honestly, a relief. In breaking up with Kim Wexler, "Better Call Saul" maps a noble end to a stellar portrait of a lady 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z

“The way he deals with sexuality, the way he deals with feminism — there’s a controversy to it that’s very timely, very provocative. It hasn’t been overly homogenized. It sets off sparks.” Pop Artist Tom Wesselmann’s Estate Will Be Represented by 2 Dealers 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z

The resulting soundtrack might be one of Zimmer’s most unorthodox and most provocative. How Hans Zimmer Conjured the Otherworldly Sounds of ‘Dune’ 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z

Although the Provos had concrete goals — combating air pollution, providing free sex education and child care — the protests were often, well, provocative. Amalia Pica's protest art screams its message with whispers of white 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z

A “what if” feature lets museumgoers respond to provocative speculation, like the prospect that the city’s population might begin shrinking or the subways might stop running after midnight. This Museum Show Explains Why New York Is So New Yorky 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

It takes nothing away from the film to say I found his comparing himself to Jesus and Gandhi both provocative and a bit offensive. Russell Brand's Documentarian: Following the Star Is a 'Roller-Coaster Ride' 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z

Dear Amy: I'm responding to your provocative letter from "Got to Go in L.A.," who asked the timeless question: In a gender nonspecific bathroom, how should a user leave the toilet seat? Perspective | Ask Amy: Boyfriend has elaborate explanation for suspected cheating 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

And the other had to do with the fine line between what does get published and what doesn’t, because we publish so many provocative images. Rising design star: Naz Sahin 2012-05-17T21:42:00Z

This forces the Nilssons — and readers — to face some provocative questions. Lisa Scottoline’s ‘Most Wanted’: A nail-biting story that asks, ‘What would you do?’ 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z

Here are some other tips for living a normal life without drinking: Say provocative things while sober. Must I drink to socialize? 2012-10-09T00:00:00Z

But the material brought together is rich, its arrangements provocative and its ideas morally probing. Art Review: ‘Rise and Fall of Apartheid’ at Center of Photography 2012-09-20T22:48:21Z

Lovely to look at and fun to appraise, Stoker has provocative sexual tensions but little emotional kick. Stoker: Gloom with a View 2013-03-01T04:30:31Z

“My film was provocative and raw, and as a starter that morning was probably seen like quite a statement from the festival itself,” Mr. Escalante said. At Cannes, le Booing Isn’t Just Reserved for Bad Films 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z

What have we learned from this provocative romance? Review | Niall Leonard is E.L. James’s husband, but his new novel shows he’s more than a plus-one 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z

His provocative, at times chilling, book is essential reading for those who think about the future. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z

Ms. Bennett allows her characters to follow their worst impulses, and she handles provocative issues with intelligence, empathy and dark humor. Newly Released Books 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z

The basket, Maraniss writes, “had been Wallace’s ‘freedom song,’ a provocative, forceful, and in its own way violent statement.” ‘Strong Inside: Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South’ 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z

Comedians generally end their sets with a surefire joke that gets a big laugh, not a provocative question that stuns the crowd into silence. Best Comedy of 2019 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z

In these images, plaintiff is dressed in provocative attire, is in sexually suggestive poses, and is in photographs indicating that she engages in sexually charged encounters with more than one man at a time. Derrick Rose rape accuser's name to be made public during trial, judge rules 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z

In other places it may sound like a deliberately provocative political statement. Black Can Be Even More Beautiful 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z

But his unusual program, striking for its intellectual rigor and depth of imagination, also created an aural portrait of the past century that was provocative, unsettling and profoundly moving. Organist Jeremy Filsell’s clever profile of 20th-century pieces at the Kennedy Center

Jemisin’s sprawling and provocative new novel, “The City We Became,” in which New York City and its denizens battle an alien force intent upon eradicating them. Review | N.K. Jemisin’s fantasy tale ‘The City We Became’ shows the resilience of New York 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z

They called on institutions and organizations to "refrain from divisive events, actions and rhetoric, including glorification of convicted war criminals, historic revisionism and the provocative use of symbols". Pressure grows to cancel Bosnia concert by Croat nationalist 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z

This is provocative writing, but provocation is far from being Lawrence's aim. Rereading: The Rainbow by DH Lawrence 2011-03-19T00:06:22Z

That may sound grim — the excitement of a TED talk and the vision of “Westworld” — but in Winterson’s hands it’s a bag of provocative tricks and treats. Review | In ‘Frankissstein,’ Jeanette Winterson brings something zany and intellectual ALIVE! 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z

The critique was found on the official White House website, flagging its brief statement with a provocative headline: “Amid a Pandemic, Voice of America Spends Your Money to Promote Foreign Propaganda.” White House attacks Voice of America, claiming it promoted Chinese propaganda 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z

A groundbreaking ensemble internationally known for its provocative programming, it evaporated in recent years to a trickle of community-oriented chamber-music events. Brooklyn Philharmonic Lands Alan Pierson as Artistic Director 2011-10-01T04:00:06Z

Festival play is all that can be expected outside of Europe, but "Berlin '36'" does make a provocative selection certain to stir debate. 2010-01-11T02:52:00Z

One of its court artists was, however, the most provocative erotic artist of the Renaissance. Are these Shakespeare's dirty pictures? 2010-12-10T13:46:00Z

Slasher movies demand a certain willingness to be provocative, or even tasteless: a little incendiary zeal is essential to the effect. ‘They/Them’ Review: Scared Straight 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z

All have wholeheartedly embraced the language of sexualisation, decrying the ready availability of "inappropriate" and "provocative" material, and all are regularly quoted in the media. Reactionary forces are shaping the debate on internet porn 2010-12-23T15:30:00Z

Yet Sunday night at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Los Angeles Master Chorale took the provocative step of performing the "St. Matthew" as participatory music. L.A. Master Chorale brings sense of community to 'St. Matthew' Passion 2015-02-03T05:00:00Z

Scott Spencer’s rich, provocative 11th novel, “River Under the Road,” dissects the shoals of failure and privilege for such artistic types. Can you live a moral and creative life and still enjoy a bit of luxury? 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z

In “Hollywood: The Oral History,” we have the provocative or amusing or illustrative words of hundreds of insiders to entertain us. That’s Entertainment! Here’s a Dishy History of Hollywood. 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z

Yet it’s also a story in which a sexualized Black man is, at least initially, held captive to the desires of a lonely white woman who wants what he’s got — provocative terrain the movie ignores. ‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’ Review: Desire, Once Upon a Time 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z

The collaborations were, at times, bittersweet: in one room filled with press cuttings, a provocative yet vulnerable Marilyn Monroe poses in a black, backless Dior dress for a photo. Dior exhibit traces 60 years of cinema 2012-05-10T21:16:08Z

The message is provocative: Whistler pours scorn on the sentimentality and piety of his age. Beautiful rebels: the daring art of the aesthetic movement 2011-03-28T20:31:01Z

Still, they are conceptually provocative and should startle just about anyone, regardless of race, creed or color, even if his often thin, indifferently worked surfaces can leave something to be desired as paintings. Review: ‘Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic’ at the Brooklyn Museum 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z

But overall this is a lively, provocative riff off post-9/11 paranoia, by way of Denmark. Oregon Shakespeare Festival celebrates 75th year with intriguing interpretations 2010-06-25T21:24:00Z

These characters offer a provocative alternative to our real-world religious leaders, or lack thereof. Nearing 50, Ethan Hawke’s latest radical transformation — violent abolitionist John Brown — suits an explorer of ‘intense faith’ 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z

The slightly provocative label is another American touch. 5 red wines to enjoy alfresco

She was not just a brilliant Chinese writer, she also deserves credit as a thoughtful, provocative writer in English. Chinese Writer Cements a Legacy 2010-10-01T12:30:00Z

They were either too provocative or too tame, too weird or too bland, too political or not political enough. The Oscars Are a Mess. Let’s Make Them Messier. 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z

This is the question at the heart of Amy Seek's provocative, emotionally resonant new memoir, "God and Jetfire: Confessions of a Birth Mother." Amy Seek's 'Confessions of a Birth Mother' explores meanings of motherhood 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

But the imagery is not that involving, especially in comparison with the boldly surreal, excitingly provocative Willy Decker staging it’s replacing. Review: ‘La Traviata’ Opens a New Era at the Met Opera 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z

It’s a challenging and provocative movie, and Mulligan is being tipped for silverware greatness. Dune, Bond and Top Gun returns: Films to look out for in 2021 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z

Emma Baconnet, an art student from Lyon, France, said it was “very important” for climate protesters to be provocative to get their message heard. U.K. Museums Face a Sticky Problem From Climate Protests 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z

What an interesting, provocative thing to say, she might have said. Toni Morrison’s Truth 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z

Dull, generic and padded, the series, one of the premiere offerings for NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service on Wednesday, transmutes a provocative warning into a vision of a sci-fi world that feels neither brave nor new. Review: Peacock’s ‘Brave New World’ Is Neither Brave Nor New 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z

These structures combined provocative design with the latest advancements in security, while incorporating green building systems that reduced energy costs. Why so many architects are angered by "Making Federal Buildings Beautiful Again" 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z

“She’s also fearless around big, difficult provocative subject matter,” Smith says. Lillian Hellman is once again a presence in Washington 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

"Planet of the Humans" may be Moore's most provocative project yet, because the film questions the flawed thinking and self-congratulatory activism of the environmentalist left rather than the usual targets of right-wing corruption. Why "Planet of the Humans," Michael Moore’s new film about green energy, is so controversial 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z

His constructions from the mid-1950s on are as philosophically provocative as they are funny. An H.C. Westermann Retrospective Melds Humor and Provocation 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z

Do you think the provocative title gives your film an edge in that it makes people want to watch it? Short docs, big Oscar hopes: "A Night at the Garden," "My Dead Dad's Porno Tapes" and "Los Comandos" 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z

In other words, it’s all a part of “cancel culture” — the catchphrase for how the masses supposedly gang up to silence provocative voices. Perspective | So you’re being held accountable? That’s not ‘cancel culture.’ 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z

“Many of their films provide an uncompromising view of difficulty in modern society. They’re not deliberately provocative, but they also don’t offer us comfortable resolutions.” Tibet Stands Out in China’s Entries at Shanghai International Film Festival 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z

It is described by NBC as a "provocative new drama about a time and place that challenged the social mores, where a visionary entrepreneur created an empire and an icon changed American culture." TV watchdog says "Playboy Club" glamorizes porn 2011-07-27T19:00:19Z

Finley’s whole career has been predicated on the former, on the sense that art should be provocative, responsive to its times. Karen Finley, Banned Books Week and the responsibilities of art 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z

There’s something intellectually provocative about “Milk Bar Life,” with its mad juxtapositions of Fruity Pebbles and slow-simmered sauces. ‘Milk Bar Life,’ reviewed: guilty pleasures, sweet and savory alike 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z

"Art should be provocative and controversial," she told The Associated Press, insisting that the poster does not seek to propagate Nazism but instead wants to explore "symbols and how they work." Mickey Mouse with Nazi symbol ignites Polish anger 2010-07-14T11:55:00Z

Works like these are provocative, to say the least. Special Report: Contemporary Art: Going His Own Way, a Pakistani Artist Arrives 2010-10-13T13:00:00Z

Like the provocative classics Dog Day Afternoon and Network, this is discomfiting entertainment–its edges are serrated, sharp enough to cut. Why Money Monster Will Make You Mad As Hell 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

Your films are often controversial, explicit, and provocative. Catherine Breillat, legendary provocateur, on her sexual manifesto on film and why she hates porn 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

For one week in February, “Redneck ____” by Wheeler Walker Jr., a provocative creation of the comedian Ben Hoffman, was both the No. 1 comedy album and the No. 9 country album. Corn Pone, Rebooted: Country’s New Humor 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z

The pairing of a provocative Korean auteur and a glossy throwback espionage mini-series might seem an odd one. Park Chan-wook Brings His Art-House Eye to ‘The Little Drummer Girl’ 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z

The most memorable galleries are devoted to modern Aboriginal art, including bark paintings, mixed media installations and provocative work by the photographer Tracey Moffatt. In Sydney, Lively Culture Amid Natural Beauty 2014-04-11T18:04:18Z

It’s a fascinating collection of pieces—sometimes hilarious, often unsettling, always probing and provocative—about, well, Muslim life in America, past and present. “All Muslim life in America is seen through the lens of terrorism” 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z

Elegant yet provocative, this work, for Ms. Le, is something of a retort to people who accuse her of fetishizing conflict, or of being too cozy with the military. Troubled Turf: The Photographs of An-My Le 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z

These authorial asides are always helpful, often provocative and sometimes outright funny. Review | Elizabeth Barrett Browning was ahead of her time. ‘Two-Way Mirror’ does justice to her riveting life. 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z

He created a huge body of often groundbreaking works that remain intriguing, atmospheric, provocative and occasionally silly. Music Review: Juilliard School?s Focus! Festival Celebrates John Cage 2012-01-29T22:47:28Z

First off was Emerald Fennell, who won the night’s first award — best original screenplay — for the fierce and provocative revenge thriller, “Promising Young Woman,” her directorial debut. Oscar moments: History, glamour … and what a weird ending 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z

EDT, will serve as a platform to broadcast inspirational and provocative films and stories highlighting women's issues around the world. Beyonce, Madonna and Tutu team up for women at London charity gig 2013-05-28T20:21:21Z

Mr. Yiannopoulos, an editor at Breitbart News, often engages in provocative displays to highlight what he considers the intolerance of the political left. Bill Maher Invites Milo Yiannopoulos, and Another Guest Cancels 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z

I couldn’t tell where Ms. Ochs and Ms. Cushnie were going with all this — and I don’t think they knew, either — but at least they weren’t afraid to be provocative. | Fashion Review: Peter Som, Richard Chai, The Row, Cushnie et Ochs, M. Patmos, Jason Wu, Kimberly Ovitz, Wes Gordon: Fashion Review 2011-09-10T01:07:02Z

The way it dramatizes themes of power, coercion and repression feels provocative, and yet it’s hard to locate an explicit social or political critique. At a Berlin Festival, Avant-Garde Theater from Europe and New York 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z

Titled “Fuzzy Math,” the N.Y. artist’s L.A. debut fills four spacious galleries with a provocative combination of luxurious sensuality and adequate craftsmanship — a skill set more common to weekend hobbyists than specialized professions. Sadie Benning, 'Fuzzy Math,' at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z

That hot tub scene particularly unnerved him, and he thinks some of the numbers can be a little provocative. Parents of tween Gleeks keep hands on pause button 2010-05-18T19:52:00Z

“I feel like I’ve done the processing and put in the work to earn a title or a thought that feels provocative,” she added. Jennette McCurdy Is Ready to Move Forward, and to Look Back 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z

Do you have a particular favourite passage from Beyond Good and Evil that exemplifies Nietzsche’s direct and provocative approach? Who was Nietzsche? 2012-10-01T11:45:00Z

Blackstock said he was captivated by the “clarity of voice and the metaphorical, rich prose,” and by Nguyen’s provocative subversion of the spy thriller. He Writes Unreliable Narrators Because He Is One, Too 2021-02-21T05:00:00Z

Unlimited's circus adventure for families The Giant and the Bear is at West Yorkshire Playhouse, where tonight and tomorrow you can also see Ontroerend Goed's provocative Audience. What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips 2012-06-29T15:43:54Z

Russell's provocative performance in "The Outlaw" — and the studio publicity shots posing her in a low-cut blouse while reclined on a stack of hay bales — marked a turning point in moviedom sexuality. Screen siren Jane Russell dies at 89 2011-03-01T04:30:00Z

K.’s Socratic assault on the illogical, racist and shortsighted beliefs of his fellow citizens raises not a single surprisingly or truly provocative moment. In ‘The One-Eyed Man,’ Ron Currie has created a character for our times 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z

Alas, the more provocative Michael — and all the existential and ethical issues he represents — lingers in the periphery. ‘Operation Mincemeat’ Review: A Bland Hash 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z

“My words of nearly a decade ago were, at the time, totally failed and unfortunate efforts to be provocative,” Gunn said in a statement. Dan Harmon deletes Twitter account after obscene video sketch resurfaces 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z

Irreverent and provocative comedy drama, both are set to launch a host of new and emerging talent and characters. Rhys Thomas to star in Channel 4's Naked Apes 2011-02-11T07:30:14Z

An intelligent, cleverly performed evening, but an exercise in style rather than a provocative examination of the nature of faith. The Cardinals – review 2013-01-15T18:17:53Z

It was anarchistic without being revolutionary, explicit and in-your-face without being provocative. Review: ‘Die Monosau’ Revives Chaotic Energy in Berlin 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z

Spotting an opportunity in the West End's burgeoning sex industry, he helped shape the Soho we know today with his provocative and alluring signage. Neon designer Chris Bracey dies 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z

The magazine's next editor, Gérard Biard, spoke at the gala, saying, "It's the function of satire, being provocative and offensive, is it not? Being shocked is part of a democratic debate. Being shot is not." J.K. Rowling defends 'offensive and bigoted' Donald Trump's free speech 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z

And Paul finally realizes that his office/apartment/mole cave of blurry boundaries, provocative teenagers and angry fathers-in-law from exotic complicated countries, does not, right now, feel like the best place to raise a 12-year-old. "In Treatment" recap: Paul gives up on parenting 2010-11-24T13:30:00Z

It’s a provocative record, too, about war and mind control and black solidarity in what she calls the “world of greed and hate.” Music Review: Erykah Badu at the Brooklyn Academy of Music 2013-06-09T21:45:40Z

The playwright’s provocative new comedy explores what goes on behind the closed doors of three families in a seemingly squeaky-clean multiracial American town. Theater Listings for Jan. 10-16 2014-01-16T18:35:23Z

Yet that original, provocative mind still circles endlessly around one all-consuming question: why do people hate me so? Guardian Angel: My Story, My Britain by Melanie Phillips – review 2013-05-17T06:32:01Z

The past-present parallelism is provocative, but it also seems faintly superficial — a way of eliding distinctions and streamlining history. ‘Blue Island’ Review: In Hong Kong, the Past Is Present 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z

It was very provocative, and there’s a lot to dig into. On life, death and love, Savages offer no easy answers: “To keep the ambiguity and the tension has been an intention” 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

And he touches on almost every aspect of human life and he has something to say about it that’s usually somewhat provocative and intriguing. Who was Nietzsche? 2012-10-01T11:45:00Z

Beginning in 1914, the French artist Marcel Duchamp used mechanically reproduced commercial objects for his so-called readymades, an instantly provocative series of found sculptures. The Folk Power of Jamaican Dancehall Signs 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z

She quickly gained a reputation for provocative fashion choices, such as the dress made of raw beef that she wore at a 2010 awards show. Lady Gaga, citing pain, cancels 10 European shows on 'Joanne' tour 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z

It tells an extremely provocative story about each of these and in the third essay it even connects up with Nietzsche’s interest in questions about the nature of truth and why we value truth. Who was Nietzsche? 2012-10-01T11:45:00Z

Certainly the programs by the Dominic Walsh Dance Theater on Thursday and Company C Contemporary Ballet on Friday were provocative; neither was satisfactory. Critic’s Notebook: Dominic Walsh and Others at the Joyce Theater 2013-08-11T22:38:15Z

That third mention refers to CBS' “Survivor: Island of the Idols,” unscripted entertainment edited to fit whatever narrative producers deem to be most provocative. From "Survivor" to D.C., women are showing up strong on TV, but does patriarchal America care? 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z

Abercrombie & Fitch has long been famed for its seductive wares and provocative campaigns. Why are parents defending a kids' push-up bra? 2011-03-30T15:20:00Z

Why successfully remove yourself from public life, only to return to say and do provocative things in front of every camera possible, without at least offering a coherent explanation? Review | Kanye West’s ‘Ye’ is the unedited ramblings of the world’s oldest adolescent 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z

Reporters peppered her with questions about her provocative choice of outfits. TV reporter Ines Sainz steals the Super Bowl spotlight 2011-02-01T22:44:57Z

The gala concert would be filmed by Martin Scorsese, who in the last few years had directed the provocative and acclaimed films “Mean Streets,” “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore” and “Taxi Driver.” How ‘The Last Waltz’ Became One of Rock’s Greatest Docs 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z

—Maxine Powell I have long admired Beyoncé for her ability to balance a provocative, sexy stage style with a mostly classy offstage image. Author explores the early years of Motown in ‘The Art of Grace’ 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z

Here, the racial specificity is intentional and, in contrast to "SNL" sketches like "Black Jeopardy," provocative. From "The Bachelor" to "Bridgerton," examining the fraught dynamics of interracial romance on TV 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z

She raged against war in general and Israel in particular; plenty of Jewish visitors saw the vigil and its provocative spokesperson as symbols of anti-Semitism rather than pacifism. Pennsylvania Ave. activist Concepcion Picciotto’s vigil lives on after her death — with some changes 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z

“So, to be slightly provocative, I mentioned in my profile that I thought it was overrated, and challenged someone to persuade me it was great,” she says. What makes men send dick pics? 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z

At heart it’s a provocative and empathetic meditation on cinema, human tragedy, collective memory and how we each relate to grief, pain and loss. Casting JonBenét director on our obsession with the murder of a child pageant queen 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

I missed the novel’s provocative ambiguity and its startling flashes of humor. About a (Bad) Boy 2011-12-08T13:15:55Z

“Slave Play,” the buzzy and provocative drama that was nominated for 12 Tony Awards but won none, will return to Broadway this fall. ‘Slave Play’ Was Shut Out at the Tonys. But It’s Coming Back to Broadway. 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z

Waters remains as cheerfully provocative as ever but, in the aftermath of the US election, even he is wrestling with how to tell new jokes. John Waters: ‘A new kind of anarchy is going to happen next’ 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z

Nods were spread among numerous hits from the pop diva's provocative, self-titled visual album, which she released without warning late last year. Beyonce leads 2014 MTV Video Music Award nominations 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

Not everyone likes the idea, though, and some arts leaders maintain that theater should be unsettling and provocative. Brace Yourself in Act II: Trigger Warnings Come to the Stage 2018-11-18T05:00:00Z

Each wears a smock with a big “K” sewn to the chest — presumably for “Kembra,” though standing together the smocks read a more provocative “KKK.” Warhol, Nico, a naked handstand, a crucifix: The Broad kicks off 'Happenings' with songs and shocks 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z

At his best he serves up provocative theories that encourage us to look at the world anew. Books Of the Times: ‘Antifragile,’ by Nassim Nicholas Taleb 2012-12-17T05:15:19Z

Maier captures slices of life, but more than that: she composes, shapes her images with an provocative mix of detachment and empathy. The strange case of Vivian Maier 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z

“Translife,” which opened on July 26 and runs through Wednesday, is a deliberately provocative exhibition that includes 53 works by more than 80 artists from around the world. Art: A Beijing Exhibition on Art for the 'Post-Human Era' 2011-08-11T11:30:08Z

One of the things parents worry about, especially with girls, is if they are going out with boys, or wearing provocative clothing. 'Your child is going to experiment': what teenagers really think 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z

In the meantime, this is a distinctive and provocative body of work. Spike Lee’s ‘Pass Over,’ an Offbeat Melding of Cinema and Theater 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z

“We try to not make the works selected about the actual child but about the residency in general,” Ms. Kudon explained, which in each case used art to address a provocative question. Spare Times for Children for May 23-29 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Skirball Center, seeks to answer that provocative question. Spare Times for Children for May 29-June 4 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

Critics have long referred to Don Rigoberto as Vargas Llosa’s alter ego, but I’d vote for this provocative little trickster: a brilliant fabulist who’s always three steps ahead of everyone else. Mario Vargas Llosa’s delicious melodrama of sex, love and revenge 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

For Exhibit A, look no further than “First Reformed,” which even at its most disturbing possesses the most provocative and haunting qualities of a truly great film. Perspective | Quality vs. pleasure: Just because a movie is good doesn’t mean you have to like it. 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z

He took it home and called in the morning to say he had been up all night reading it, and it was brilliant and provocative. Clash of the Booker titans 2013-05-23T13:57:00Z

That makes the current season's auxiliary theme provocative on a deeper level that it initially seems. "Star Trek: Picard" challenges us to consider that our icons change, yes even in franchises 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z

His couture is consistently brilliant and daring, right up to the provocative collection he showed in January with models styled to look like Amy Winehouse, barely six months after her death. Gaultier, Under New Management, and Focus of an Exhibition, Has a New Lease on Life 2012-02-29T21:29:58Z

He is also a provocative wine writer, both in his annual catalogs, and in his philosophical 2010 book, “Reading Between the Wines,” in which he argued persuasively for wine’s centrality to culture. The Best Wine Books of 2018 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z

I’m not one of those columnists who are always taking wildly provocative positions just to attract attention. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: Don’t tell me to ‘Have a nice day’ 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z

“Hot Girls Wanted” is a documentary with a provocative subject and title but an uncertain tone that vacillates between weary outrage and motherly concern. Review: ‘Hot Girls Wanted,’ About the Choices Actresses in Pornography Make 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z

But there are also good reasons for leaving some things unsaid and for not taking the most provocative, attention-getting approach to a given topic. Motherlode Blog: (Not) Writing ‘Click Bait’ Headlines for Fun and Profit 2014-01-15T01:27:50Z

The technique, he says, is to find environmental leaders who make provocative statements and use them to paint the whole movement as fringe or radical. A Green New Deal ignites an old red scare 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z

We do not view this collection as provocative—it contains pieces that are staples in many people’s wardrobes: jeans, biker jackets and T-shirts. Carpetbagger Blog: What Do 'Dragon Tattoo' and 'Iron Lady' Have in Common? Ask the Grousers 2011-12-23T13:30:35Z

The Drawing Room, until 30 June House 2012Art festival in Brighton and Hove including artists' open houses and David Batchelor's provocative Skip.• Damien Hirst, Richard Serra and Tracey Emin ? the week in art 2012-05-18T14:03:06Z

It’s a perfect blend of froth and substance, a guilty pleasure wrapped around a provocative history lesson. Review | ‘The Doll Factory’ is a guilty pleasure wrapped around a provocative history lesson 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z

That said, if not taken too seriously, Hunt’s musings on our relationship to the underground world, drawing on literary, academic and mythological sources, are both provocative and satisfying. A Deep Dive Into the ‘Underground’ World of Caves and Tunnels 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z

She is internationally known for provocative works that explore social and political issues. Cuban artist Tania Bruguera released but detained again 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z

It was meant to exist more as a provocative gesture, lodged in art history. ‘Marvelous Sugar Baby’ as a Contribution to Ephemeral Art 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z

Tweaking a tiny totalitarian state and its dynastic leader is — or was probably intended to be — a way of striking a provocative and topical pose while still playing it safe. ‘The Interview,’ With James Franco and Seth Rogen, Is Back On 2014-12-25T05:00:00Z

By the end of the show, Hedwig’s ability to see herself as a complete human being leads her to invoke a community of other provocative musicians like herself and stand to join them. How LGBTQ love saves Christianity: A priest explains 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z

The cabaret, located at the edge of Montmartre, in Paris, France, attracted audience members from all social strata with its circus-inspired events and provocative dancing, most notably the cancan. Moulin Rouge Through the Decades 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z

His body seemed to curl and ripple even when he was standing still, and he uttered his crisply pronounced words with a provocative languor. In Alan Rickman the Stage Actor, an Erotic Blend of Desire and Conscience 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

Lee Alexander McQueen was widely regarded as one of the world's most provocative and respected designers who was not afraid of creating raw emotions through his dresses. Burton remains faithful to McQueen in fashion debut 2010-10-05T21:41:00Z

A passionate and often excitable writer, Almond can be a bold and incisive critic, but also occasionally trollishly provocative, as though tipping sacred cows was an end in itself. Jon Stewart, capitalist stooge? 2012-07-25T21:00:00Z

Bush responds by mentioning critics who said he should have gone to the Wall to celebrate with demonstrators, and explains how the Russians might have considered that unnecessarily provocative. HBO documentarians look for Bush the man 2012-06-11T11:46:12Z

The government removed several exhibits deemed provocative from the exhibition devoted to women’s rights, which included a performance in which Danish artist Julie Savery disrobed. Kyrgyzstan censors "provocative" women's rights art event over nudity 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z

The international sex symbol was famous for provocative routines in a nude body stocking with a bejeweled bra and golden headdress. Femme Fatale, Fallen Woman, Spy: Looking for the Real Mata Hari 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z

Ultimately, "I'm Thinking of Ending Things" is as provocative as it is exasperating. Charlie Kaufman's exasperating "I'm Thinking of Ending Things" could've been a masterpiece 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z

The Australia native’s four most recent albums — two with the Bad Seeds and two with his primal and provocative side project Grinderman — mark the greatest sustained stretch of an already decorated career. Nick Cave looks into his dark mind with ‘20,000 Days on Earth’ documentary

France’s provocative solution is “Welcome to Chechnya,” the unsettling film that debuted Tuesday on HBO and involves extensive postproduction work: It marshals advanced computer technology to superimpose supple, completely fabricated faces over 23 hunted individuals. Deepfake Technology Enters the Documentary World 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z

MacFarlane's performance last year put off critics with his song-and-dance routines, as well as provocative bits about Jews, gays and female nudity in film. Oscars telecast scores highest audience in a decade 2014-03-03T22:51:00Z

"While in Berlin Asia had mentioned that she was being extorted for a large sum of money every month by someone who was blackmailing them with a provocative image," McGowan's statement said. Rose McGowan speaks out about Asia Argento sexual assault allegations 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z

There was a time when Family Guy's provocative gags challenged the ethics, politics and humour of the audience. Is it time to retire the Family Guy? 2012-05-17T11:20:10Z

If anything, “Hillbilly Elegy” is too tasteful, too sensitive for its own good, studiously unwilling to be as wild or provocative as its characters. ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Review: I Remember Mamaw 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z

“It’s a provocative thesis, but one of the marvels of Robin’s razor-sharp book is how carefully he marshals his evidence,” our critic Jennifer Szalai writes. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z

That’s the provocative question explored in the documentary “Planet of the Humans,” which is backed and promoted by filmmaker Michael Moore and directed by one of his longtime collaborators. New Michael Moore-backed doc tackles alternative energy 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z

Set in the Philippines, this novel raises provocative questions about history and hypocrisy as it follows two women with dueling modern-day film scripts about a colonial-era massacre. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z

Herzog's mystical questions about Cro-Magnon existential awareness and whether their dreams are part of our collective memory are provocative and even endearing. 'Cave of Forgotten Dreams': Werner Herzog's priceless look at 32,000-year-old art 2011-05-05T23:52:06Z

The eminent film scholar makes the provocative case that the erotic life of movies shapes and misshapes us, and suggests that since the Production Code of the 1930s, cinema has helped subvert smug heterosexual pieties. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z

In recent years, Nicki Minaj has gone as high on the charts, but typically with her more pop-leaning songs like “Super Bass” and “Bang Bang, or “Anaconda,” which benefited from a provocative video. How Cardi B’s ‘Bodak Yellow’ Took Over the Summer 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z

The BBC said Brand’s jokes were “deliberately provocative”, as the show’s title suggests. Nigel Farage furious over TV show assassinating 'Neil Fromage' 2019-07-01T04:00:00Z

Yet he was only a few sips into a Diet Pepsi before he began offering some provocative views. An Empire Where the Curtain Would Not Fall 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z

Around this time last year I wrote about FX's "Chozen," an animated comedy about a gay white rapper that could have been a provocative skewering of the genre's misogynist and homophobic ways. 'Empire' sends a powerful LGBT message 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z

As with so many of the other insights offered by this provocative book, her claims create more mystery than they dispel. Books of The Times: Behind That Humble Pitchfork, a Complex Artist 2010-10-03T22:19:00Z

If you've ever paid your toddler to pole dance in a sexually provocative manner in your living room, please get in touch – so I can pass your details to the authorities. Sex, lies and teenage girls 2013-03-11T11:00:01Z

“In the Dark” asks different kinds of questions and provides decisive and provocative answers, with implications far beyond the details of each particular case. Why “In the Dark” May Be the Best Podcast of the Year 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

Well, Four Lions is certainly provocative, but the real shock is how conservative it appears on the surface. This week's new DVD and Blu-ray 2010-08-27T23:05:00Z

The film concludes on a note of cautious optimism, with the signing of the Oslo Accords, and while embracing that agreement may be naïve or nostalgic, it hardly seems offensive or even especially provocative. | 'Miral': Hopes and Struggles in a Difficult Land 2011-03-24T21:53:01Z

This canvas was followed by similar portraits, including a provocative image of a woman giving birth — titled “My Birth,” it is now owned by Madonna — painted after the death of Kahlo’s mother. Frida Kahlo in ‘Gringolandia’ 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z

Josh Radnor stars as a high school English teacher who takes over the drama department with the unlikely goal of staging a musical that’s more provocative than another production of “Grease.” Perspective | ‘The Chi,’ ‘Versace,’ ‘Altered Carbon’ and other winter shows to help you hibernate 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z

Luminously photographed and nimbly edited, “The Worst Ones” — which won the Un Certain Regard competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022 — offers a provocative critique of filmmaking practices. ‘The Worst Ones’ Review: The Gazes of Children 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z

It’s mild because Jeremy O. Harris’s play, which opened at the Golden Theater on Sunday, is one of the best and most provocative new works to show up on Broadway in years. Review: ‘Slave Play,’ Four Times as Big and Just as Searing 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z

It's an upsetting, if provocative premise, smartly adapted by "The X-Files'" Frank Spotnitz and one made glorious by sets and cinematography worthy of a Scott production. 'The Man in the High Castle' is Amazon's only good new show 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

But Joshua Kendall, an editor at Mulholland, thought that the story’s provocative political message was its central strength and bought it based on the first 80 pages. In His New Novel, Ben Winters Dares to Mix Slavery and Sci-Fi 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z

He recalled Presley once listening attentively as advisers explained that he needed to stop his provocative gyrating during television performances, to avoid offending parents of the teenage girls who screamed for him. Alfred Wertheimer, Early Photographer of Elvis Presley, Dies at 84 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z

It went on to say “we would never tolerate any attempt to advance a racist agenda using our organization, and we were appalled when these provocative, unwarranted allegations were raised.” ArtsBeat: Academy Defends Cutting Grammy Categories 2011-07-07T20:39:54Z

They thought I was going to come and be provocative, right, because of my past. Carla Bruni: Sarkozy and me 2013-06-01T08:00:00Z

But it has also established Tsang as an artist capable of crafting ambitious, provocative spectacles on a cinematic scale. An Artist’s Queer Take on ‘Moby-Dick’ 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z

So it’s completely different and it’s very weird and it’s very provocative when you think about it. Is a “Star Trek” future possible? “You can have anything you want at any time, anywhere, on demand” 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z

As befits a man known for his provocative images of sometimes naked women, he wears swim trunks and seems to be doing his best to strike a sexy pose. Art Review: The Art and Heart of the Dealer 2011-08-04T22:07:12Z

The Brits should be a chance to do something vaguely provocative because you know people are watching. The Cribs' Ryan Jarman: 'This is the only job I can do ... McDonald's wouldn't employ me' 2013-02-27T09:28:23Z

The program focuses on pieces that reveal the mystical, progressive, even radical side of Liszt, including some with provocative titles, like “Bagatelle Without Tonality.” Classical Music & Opera Listings for May 30-June 5 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

The rain seems to be dousing Jesse's usual provocative default mode. "In Treatment" recap: Finally, some sexual tension 2010-11-17T13:30:00Z

Paul Sidey, his editor at publishers Hutchinson, said that Guest's appeal lay in the fact that he was "always confident, funny, enlightening and provocative". The strange life of Tim Guest 2010-03-28T00:05:00Z

Some of his productions were banned by Soviet authorities for being politically provocative. Russian theater director Fomenko dies at 80 2012-08-09T14:21:16Z

On Thursday, the Whitney revealed the 63 participants in its sprawling survey of what’s happening now in contemporary art — the new, the influential and the potentially provocative. Here Comes the Whitney Biennial, Reflecting the Tumult of the Times 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

Change is slow and incremental, rather than provocative and revolutionary. Saudi artists escape from the desert to find outlet in Britain 2012-10-04T10:51:50Z

In 2011, a provocative theater rendition in New Delhi explored the role of women in Indian society. ACT gambles big on 'The Ramayana, a Hindu epic cherished by millions 2012-10-10T22:44:05Z

It was a far cry from the look she cultivated when she first appeared on the fashion scene typically dressed in a punkish, provocative mixture of men’s and women’s wear. Will the Fashion World Accept Andreja Pejic As a Woman? 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z

And in Sweden there’s a provocative masculinity in it somehow. “The Duty of Literature Is to Fight Fiction” 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z

As provocative and original as ever, the two-minute trailer can be viewed online. 50 years of Breathless 2010-06-05T23:04:00Z

It is calming and provocative at the same time. Let's hear it for Bruce Nauman, sculptor of sound 2012-06-27T14:35:46Z

This is the first major news role since his CNN gig, Politico reports, also observing that Morgan “will fit right in with Mail Online’s provocative approach to news and gossip.” The 8 most tabloid-y things Piers Morgan did as a CNN host 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z

In telephone interviews, Mr. Vaughn and Mr. Eagle, a rapper based in Los Angeles, discussed tackling provocative issues onstage, creating work that rises to meet audiences’ expectations and more. In ‘The New Negroes,’ Unpacking the Politics Behind a Word 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z

In a provocative move, Pierpont reveals how all of the Shanleys’ lives will turn out, soup to nuts, in the middle of the novel — then returns to the period she is covering. ‘Among the Ten Thousand Things’: A family torn apart by infidelity 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z

It’s a complex portrait of an artist, who liked to take provocative photographs at sex clubs in the Valley and was also, unbeknownst even to most of his closest friends, managing cystic fibrosis. Sundance: Anton Yelchin celebrated in intimate documentary 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z

After a presidential campaign that underscored various women’s rights issues, what better art exhibition to review than one devoted to provocative images of female independence at its most intimate, centering explicitly on the body. A ‘Nasty Woman’ of Contemporary Art Fearlessly Renders the Body 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

Gadsby tells us she's succeeded doing "trauma in the context of comedy;" she shushes us not to take the "bait" and hoot when she says something provocative. With "Douglas," Hannah Gadsby is a comedy pioneer with her whimsical, meticulous show about autism 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z

The orchestra told Hershkowitz that rather than just coming out in an evening dress, they wanted her to create a concept and a staging and that they’d like something provocative. Perspective | Opera plays its Trump card: Yes, the president is showing up in Verdi 2019-07-03T04:00:00Z

A provocative sequence compares Maduro’s authoritarian consolidation of power to efforts by leaders like Putin and Trump. ‘A La Calle’ Review: In Venezuela, a Chorus of Discontent 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z

The film aims to be pulpy and provocative, teasing the idea that its lovesick protagonist turns homicidal with jealousy. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z

An essay she wrote for The Times in 1970 started with a provocative question – “Why have there been no ‘great’ women composers?” – and then enumerated reasons, including gender bias and societal expectations of domestic compliancy. Pauline Oliveros, Composer Who Championed ‘Deep Listening,’ Dies at 84 2016-11-27T05:00:00Z

To be sure, Cohen's comedy can be fearless and in some circles, it seems provocative. Cohen up to satirical tricks again in "Dictator" 2012-05-16T11:05:57Z

The first Latin trap songs to rise above the din were hard-nosed and provocative, attracting acclaim as well as controversy over lyrics about drugs, sex and violence. Record labels said Latin trap was ‘going nowhere.’ Billions of YouTube views proved them wrong. 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z

And I tried to be provocative with the title, but in 1980 there was basically nothing, and by the end of the decade there was something. “It’s not about Nirvana”: The real story of the music uprising which upended corporate rock and killed hair metal 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z

Sixteen years later Mr. Steinberg followed up this challenge with one of the most provocative art-historical studies of the 20th century, “The Sexuality of Christ in Renaissance Art and in Modern Oblivion.” Leo Steinberg, Adventurous Art Historian, Dies at 90 2011-03-14T23:19:13Z

I knew that I would write about each song directly and that I wanted to intersperse those chapters with provocative side questions about the album as a whole — I had that structure sitting there. Are literary classics obsolete? 2012-05-31T00:00:00Z

Belafonte’s final film appearance came, significantly, in a work of protest by a provocative Black filmmaker. Watch These Great Harry Belafonte Screen Performances 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z

Sometimes something is too provocative or too sexist or too racist, but it will inspire a line of thinking that will help develop an image that is publishable. Rising design star: Naz Sahin 2012-05-17T21:42:00Z

That film, and her 1993 Western, “The Ballad of Little Jo,” were deeply feminist, unabashedly provocative stories about singular women battling the prejudices of their times; period pieces with contemporary resonance. Review: ‘Sophie and the Rising Sun’ Has Forbidden Love in a Foreboding Time 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

The bar keeps going up in the arena of self-consciously provocative teenage drama. Review: HBO Raises the Stakes on Teenage Transgression in ‘Euphoria’ 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z

The strokes may look broad but they are as finessed as they come – and the very existence of Jane is as inherently provocative as anything in Black Mirror or The Handmaid’s Tale. Farewell Jane the Virgin: the best possible antidote to TV's bleak streak 2019-07-31T04:00:00Z

As is so often the case in Powers’s books, “The Overstory” includes a radical expert who hypnotizes us with the provocative implications of her field. Review | The most exciting novel about trees you’ll ever read 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z

Cheeky and provocative as the production is, no one who sees it—or who has read “Julius Caesar”—could mistake it for an incitement toward political violence, against President Trump or otherwise. The 2017 Tony Awards: Lost in Spacey 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z

A graduate of the Louvre’s school, he gained a reputation as a provocative curator from the start of his career, according to the French daily Le Monde. The Pompidou Center Gets a New Leader 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z

It doesn’t help that Gina behaves in provocative ways that make sense only if you are a playwright trying to vary the texture of what otherwise amounts to a desperate monologue. Review: ‘Office Hour’ Is the Play That Goes Bang 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z

In an earlier trailer, words such as "controversial" and "provocative" flare over the screen, but whether they're referencing the film or Lohan's personal life is unclear. Lindsay Lohan as Liz Taylor: a comeback with all the hallmarks of another disaster 2012-11-24T15:37:28Z

The taxonomy gets more intricate from there: What if a business owner commissions some old-school, NYC-style spray paint lettering, and then another artist illegally slaps a provocative, wheat-pasted poster across the street? How to look at graffiti 2020-08-22T04:00:00Z

Maybe being a little “provocative” is okay on occasion, but let’s not go too far. Perspective | The media feel safest in the middle lane. Just ask Jeff Flake, John Kasich and Howard Schultz. 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z

Eunice Johnson was the chief organizer of the show and regularly traveled to Europe in search of the most theatrical, entertaining and provocative clothes. Review | When black models walking the runway was about more than just the clothes 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z

Listening to “Tannhäuser,” which opened at the Bavarian State Opera here on Sunday, in a new production directed and designed by the provocative theater artist Romeo Castellucci, will convince you that you’ve verily been saved. Review: Opera Lovers, Make a Pilgrimage to Munich for ‘Tannhäuser’ 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z

This was both a barefaced artistic gesture and a political statement, wilfully provocative in its thrust and feminist in its undertow. Mishka Henner's erased images: art or insult? 2012-05-23T14:49:29Z

But TV Centre itself was every bit as exciting as I'd hoped it would be when I first saw Norris McWhirter's democratically provocative conga line weave through its concrete columns. Farewell, BBC TV Centre. You were Britain's very own Disneyland 2013-03-31T00:05:37Z

For every essay in “Appalachian Reckoning” that’s provocative, another is unreadable. ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ Had Strong Opinions About Appalachians. Now, Appalachians Return the Favor. 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z

I find his novels — even the bad ones — surprising and provocative and deeply emotional, and also illuminating as to the ways we read now. Why to Read Dickens Now (Or Watch Him on TV) 2012-01-26T19:39:00Z

In the past few years, the network has forged a new path under the president Kevin Reilly, with more provocative series like “Animal Kingdom” and “Claws.” How ‘The Alienist’ Finally Found a Screen 2018-01-05T05:00:00Z

Two years later, the United States infuriated Cuban officials by installing a digital sign that scrolled news reports and provocative quotes in five-foot-tall letters on the side of the building. Change in U.S. policy toward Cuba dismantles an artifact of the Cold War 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

Television then was rife with mostly stodgy male pundits, and her knack for the provocative sound bite proved compelling. Not Done Yet 2010-10-08T21:40:00Z

Russell was even more provocative in his 1970 film "The Dance of the Seven Veils: A Comic Strip in Seven Episodes." British film director Ken Russell dies at 84 2011-11-28T12:07:21Z

What we have here are excellent transfers of hard-to-see films that provide fine showcases for some of the most provocative actresses of the postwar years. 2010-02-06T01:50:00Z

He dressed the band members in red clothing based on the Soviet flag, placed politically provocative slogans onstage and presided over their swift demise. Malcolm McLaren, Seminal Punk Figure, Dies at 64 2010-04-08T23:26:00Z

As far as preening, provocative, self-important, misguided and annoyingly good-looking frontmen go, Jim Morrison was the best of his era. The Doors are as respect-worthy as MC5 2010-04-05T10:06:00Z

This has been the central question of Ellis’s career: Is he talented or only provocative? Bret Easton Ellis Has Calmed Down. He Thinks You Should, Too. 2019-03-31T04:00:00Z

As racial tensions build in the town halfway through the season, the story becomes grand in scale but teeters with some of its provocative twists. Review: ‘Shots Fired’ Complicates Black, White and Blue 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z

The author and humorist Paul Rudnick said he was going to watch in the hopes of seeing an athlete in a rainbow unitard or something similarly provocative. Noted: Citing Discrimination, Some Gays and Lesbians Call for Boycott of Winter Olympics in Sochi 2014-01-31T21:21:10Z

The premiere plants its share of provocative clues, including a grove of trees that keeps appearing in a child's crayon drawings. AMC's 'The Killing': back to life for season 3 2013-05-08T14:22:09Z

He likes being provocative but he's not conscienceless. After Charlottesville, solving the problem of angry men: What does healthy masculinity look like? 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z

He’s happily married with three children, but it’s clear he adores this provocative, witty woman. The most delightful heroine since Elizabeth Bennet 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z

Leave it to Kara Walker, a provocative American artist, to turn the crystals into a work of art. Sour sweet 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z

These observations are provoked by some very sniffy and patronising reactions to the calculatedly provocative film Ted. Ted – review 2012-08-04T23:05:27Z

It’s an experience as much as a story: arresting, disorienting and provocative. Review: ‘I Love Dick’ Sketches an Artistic Love Triangle 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z

He would be halfway to a provocative spoof of a nineteen-eighties banker if “Black Monday” were engaged in satire, rather than a sloppy sort of frat-bro camp. “Black Monday,” Reviewed: In Praise of Regina Hall and Little Else 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z

The maddening grin, the provocative inflections in his voice, the girl on his arm, the air of invincibility – everything about Sidney sparks a competitive combustion that burns away Bowman’s uncertainties. My streaming gem: why you should watch Pit Stop 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z

Professor Ewell, they wrote, delivered a provocative polemic with accusations aimed at living scholars and Professor Jackson simply answered in kind. Obscure Musicology Journal Sparks Battles Over Race and Free Speech 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z

Adonis deserves the prize for being, as Edward Said called him, "today's most daring and provocative Arab poet". Why Adonis should win the Nobel 2010-10-06T14:00:00Z

Thompson is an especially exciting choice for Shylock: One eagerly awaits how a superb Black actor navigates that eternally provocative Jewish character. Britney Spears and . . . Shakespeare Theatre? Built on an unlikely coupling, a musical with her songs might be bound for Broadway. 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z

OK, it may not be sidesplitting, but Blier is at least remaining true to the provocative style of film-making that, during a couple of decades from the mid-70s onwards, made him so feted and bankable. Bertrand Blier's new comedy sidekick 2011-02-03T22:15:01Z

Her act, provocative in an airbrushed sort of way, has emboldened Cointreau, the upscale spirits brand, to name her its global ambassador. Dita Von Teese, From Burlesque to a Brand 2012-11-24T00:05:20Z

Instead, we're presented with debates in which motivations for participating in protest or sitting them out receive thoughtful, provocative exploration. On TV, protesters are faceless rabble while cops are bestowed with humanity 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z

It was brilliant in garnering attention, fiercely provocative, unashamedly controversial. Ten years of Jezebel: the website that changed women's media forever 2017-05-20T04:00:00Z

The state-within-a-state conspiring against the elected president was provocative and timely. Homeland season six finale recap – America First 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z

But on the other hand, to say this trivialization is truly damaging in a moral sense may be giving too much weight to a frivolous, self-consciously provocative holiday. The Ethics of Wearing an Ebola Costume for Halloween 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

There’s a whole other movie somewhere in that statement, a more provocative one. Review: ‘The Quest of Alain Ducasse’ Follows the Tastes of a Chef 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z

This year OSN offered a second season of what it calls the first Saudi musical, “Hindistani,” a show that by aiming to be provocative highlights society’s lingering inhibitions. | The TV Watch: Saudi Arabia: Ramadan TV Gently Pushes Saudi Boundaries 2012-08-20T02:22:34Z

In the late 1970s, lines were blurring — punk was embracing reggae; African music was getting heard in Europe; and Vivien Goldman, a journalist chronicling these provocative times, decided to become a musician as well. Reissues: ’50s Moxie, ’60s Soul and ’90s Hip-Hop 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

Taylor aims to explode popular myths about the Revolution, exposing Patriot contradictions and hypocrisies in his provocative, convincing account. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

"Maybe some people find it frustrating, but I find if really interesting and provocative." Cormac McCarthy keeps moviegoers guessing in 'The Counselor' 2013-10-23T22:33:23Z

She also wants to impress a reality-show producer who is sniffing around campus looking for provocative material. ‘Dear White People,’ About Racial Hypocrisy at a College 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

In the hermetic worlds of their films, luxurious blankets of dust arrive from nowhere, dormant for centuries, gathering at psychologically fraught moments to scatter and rearrange into vague yet provocative new positions. Quay Brothers at MoMA: Bending Realities for People and Puppets 2012-08-10T12:16:29Z

“I was paid to be provocative,” he declared. Said something you’d like to forget? CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski won’t let it go. 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z

Here the anachronism saw some great contrasting modern, even futurist, suits with tiny waists and provocative peaked shoulders. Westwood, Gaultier, Viktor & Rolf play on style 2013-03-03T03:01:05Z

She noted that, of the studies she looked at, “the largest and most provocative of the studies focused on whether breakfast plays a role in weight loss.” Is breakfast really the most important meal of the day? Well, it depends 2016-11-12T05:00:00Z

And yet his mother considers him similar to his father: in argument, at least, he is “provocative, stubborn.” This Week in Fiction: Tim Parks 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z

There isn’t a provocative bone in this film’s body. Paul Thomas Anderson Goes Back to the Valley With ‘Licorice Pizza’ 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z

Alas, the whole project is out of bounds in multiple ways: Charles self-published “An Accidental Life,” we’ve been friends for years and the book is almost certain to be provocative, perhaps scabrous, possibly libelous. Review | One critic’s summer reading list: From a scandalous memoir to obscure literary journalism 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z

Equally provocative, in a quieter way, is a Japanese screen to whose depiction of childhood innocence Ruth Lozner has added falling bombs, thus commemorating the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Review | In the galleries: Breaching the border between art and furniture 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z

Yet as provocative as many of Ross’s points are, “Like a Bomb Going Off” is a bit slow-moving. ‘Like a Bomb Going Off,’ by Janice Ross 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

But this opening line of Lisa See’s new novel, “The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane,” is also a provocative challenge to the reader. Lisa See’s new novel draws readers along a fantastic tea-infused trail 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z

Pope.L’s provocative performances in particular mix issues of art, the body, language and race into thorny, mind-bending tangles. The Expansive Provocateur Pope.L, in Smaller, Potent Doses 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z

Traveling side by side, 140 years apart, these alternating stories about Willa and Thatcher maintain their distinctive tones but echo one another in curious, provocative ways. Review | In Barbara Kingsolver’s ‘Unsheltered,’ Trump is just the latest threat to Earth’s survival 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z

As for the owner of Nirvana's most provocative, er, member, Spencer Elden is notoriously proud of his place in rock history. Facebook bans Nirvana album cover ? then says Nevermind 2011-07-28T09:39:04Z

Three decades after Andy Warhol’s death, he remains one of America’s most provocative artists. Seven Artists on the Warhol Influence 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z

Steadman delves into the sign’s provocative history, recounting the sensationalized story of a young woman who jumped off it after losing a breakout role to another, at the time, unknown actress named Katharine Hepburn. Review | Catherine Steadman of ‘Downton Abbey’ pens another screen-worthy thriller 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z

Describing it as “dramatically provocative and thoughtful,” Pantone says the color communicates “originality, ingenuity and visionary thinking that points us toward the future.” Pantone’s 2018 color of the year — and 10 ways you can decorate with it. 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z

But taken as a whole, her body of communication on the issue, such as the things she chooses to retweet and the provocative language she uses while doing so — cumulatively, it sucks. Perspective | Listening to ‘The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling’ is exhausting work 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z

Ms. Young, a provocative performance artist, was at the center of a controversy in February when the P.S. Ann Liv Young Plans a Return; P.S. 1 Says No 2010-08-11T22:38:00Z

He would direct a production of Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar,” with the title character a provocative but inexact stand-in for President Trump. Trump Supporters Drive an Effort to Bury the Public Theater 2017-06-12T04:00:00Z

The new policy is a stunning corporate clampdown on the kind of provocative and even inflammatory talk that has long driven the business model for Cumulus and other talk show broadcasters. Talk-radio owner orders conservative hosts to temper election fraud rhetoric 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z

A number of sexy thrillers that dramatize the history of radical politics or pose provocative hypotheticals about the future of activism have emerged. ‘Dry Ground Burning’ Review: Feminist Gangsters, Brazilian Style 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z

The debate revolves around where the line is, between something that is provocative and shocking enough to make the drama work, and something that is so provocative and shocking that it’s just… horrible. 'Peep Show with female losers? Bring it on!' – Sam Bain on why comedy needs diversity 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z

Moore's gift is in her judicious use of provocative gaps. 'February': Life in the wake of a Newfoundland tragedy 2010-04-14T21:28:00Z

Washington, Congress and the White House have always provided provocative backdrops for Hollywood. Perspective | The Trump cult has obliterated the line between citizenship and fandom, with deadly results 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z

Paul Cameron Hardy’s provocative, patchy “Mope,” at Ensemble Studio Theater, is set in the unglamorous world of sex entertainment. Review: ‘Mope’ Examines Porn, Where a Man’s Just the Sum of His Parts 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z

There’s the provocative George Washington with a gag over his mouth at 15th and U. The young boy screeching into a tin-can telephone down an alley in Columbia Heights. Washington is fighting graffiti artists — but it loves the graffiti aesthetic 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z

They were supposed to be provocative, but mostly looked pointless. At Gucci, Dressing for the Post-Human World 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z

Mr. Schivelbusch’s pithy and provocative books won praise from academics for microscopically connecting history with quotidian life. Wolfgang Schivelbusch, Polymathic Cultural Historian, Dies at 81 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z

But those now-famous opening lines were far more provocative when Truman Capote wrote them in his 1959 essay “Brooklyn Heights: A Personal Memoir” for Holiday magazine. Spare Times for Nov. 6-12 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z

I don’t think when you do a film you go, “Oh my God, I’m going to do a provocative film.” Isabelle Huppert Doesn’t Watch Her Past Films, but She Will Discuss Them 2022-02-15T05:00:00Z

No catalog with grandly conceived, fascinatingly provocative essays, but rather a collection of concerts, several handed over to other ensembles. NY Phil Biennial laudable, yet in need of curatorial vision 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

With the combination of sharp writing and comically savvy female hosts, “Saturday Night Live” this season has been unusually rich in funny, provocative female-focused moments. Television: Anna Faris and Other Female Hosts on ?Saturday Night Live? 2012-02-26T03:04:12Z

Throughout his career Mr. Arthus-Bertrand has often insisted on free access to his art, a particularly provocative stance in a country with a long attachment to strict intellectual property rules. For a Filmmaker, the Green Things in Life Are Free 2011-01-30T02:13:01Z

In the film’s most provocative scene, she approaches a group of black British teenagers for help, only to receive a chastening reminder that skin colour is no guarantee of solidarity. Nightmare on asylum street: His House, the horror film about the migrant crisis 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z

The installations of Troy Gua add a final provocative note to the show. Review: Kirkland exhibit asks, Is connectivity really bringing us closer together? 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z

Torn out of their usual more predictable contexts, the artworks require us to see them differently, posing provocative questions. | Bernard-Henri Lévy on Art and Philosophy 2013-05-31T21:49:07Z

Philip Duff, an Irish-born, New York-based cocktail expert and consultant, is unsure why the drink is considered any more offensive than other drinks with provocative names. The Irish Car Bomb: the controversial drink with a split reputation 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

Russell was even more provocative in his 1970 film, "The Dance of the Seven Veils: A Comic Strip in Seven Episodes." British film director Ken Russell dies at 84 2011-11-28T10:48:08Z

But in 2010, Menashi clearly meant to refer to a concept that goes by a much less provocative name in academic circles: “ethnic democracy.” Why Are American Jews Falling Out of Love With Israel? 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z

The British comedian Jimmy Carr delivers a compilation of his best one-liners and provocative jokes in this new special. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Colette’ and ‘Terrace House’ 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z

One reader, Joseph Swensen, sent in a thoughtful but provocative e-mail. ArtsBeat: Reader Response: Orchestras Are Over-Extended 2011-04-22T15:56:25Z

"You want clear, tangible, provocative signifiers, and you want to construct them in a way that flows, but slightly doesn't make sense," says Andrews of the verbal clues. Raime: 'We wanted rawness' 2012-11-22T20:00:02Z

It is one of the many reflections on contemporary society that this provocative exhibition raises. When Japan Had a Third Gender 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z

Mandelbrot was a provocative mathematician, a subversive geometer. Beno?t B Mandelbrot: the man who made geometry an art 2010-10-19T12:12:00Z

Perhaps the most searing and provocative broadcast series of the year, ABC's "American Crime" examined the racial and cultural tensions that erupted around the brutal attack of a white couple in their suburban home. Emmy chat: Come talk to Regina King of 'American Crime' 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z

The result is provocative, funny, contrarian and stimulating. The Heretic - review 2011-02-11T00:20:01Z

Over the last few years Ms. Perry, 25, has proved adept at working those angles, making an unlikely turnaround from gospel singer to provocative starlet, while keeping her audience tracking the authenticity of both. Arts & Leisure Preview: Katy Perry, Pop Cartoon Sprung From the Playbook 2010-08-19T17:54:00Z

Variety film critic Owen Gleiberman said the film "has the distinction of being the first dramatic comedy that’s an explicit - and provocative - allegory of the Age of Trump." 'Beatriz at Dinner' seen as tale for the Trump era 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z

This is not the sk8er boi-esque image of the early naughts, in which women were asked to be provocative and tomboyish, but also, still hot. A man tried to body shame the gloriously unabashed Billie Eilish. It didn’t go well 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z

Rampant misogyny, according to Daisey, is an American epidemic and constructs an “untellable story” — one that he’ll try to tell, of course, because he’s, well, provocative. The Guy Who Lied About Apple Sweatshops Has Stuff to Say About Women 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z

If the photos were fun and the quotes were provocative, who cared? 5 Bands the NME Lovingly, Relentlessly Championed 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z

It seems that adding a wheelchair to Jenner’s scant outfit is nothing more than a provocative game of dress-up. Dear Kylie Jenner, my wheelchair isn’t a prop: Stop playing dress-up games with my reality 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

It's a risky deal — especially for network TV — but one that this provocative soap pulls off, thanks to the panache of newcomer James Wolk. Fall TV: The five best new shows 2010-09-07T00:56:00Z

In these images, Plaintiff is dressed in provocative attire, is in sexually suggestive poses, and is in photographs indicating that she engages in sexually charged encounters with more than one man at a time. Derrick Rose rape case: alleged victim's lawyers call for NBA to investigate 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

Angelina Jolie received the Stanley Kramer award for "In the Land of Blood and Honey," which she wrote, directed and produced, an accolade reserved for contributions that highlight provocative social issues. "The Artist" wins over producers at Guild Awards 2012-01-22T08:24:30Z

More provocative than persuasive, these near-soliloquies add buckets of information, but you can hear the writing in every phrase and weighted pause. ‘Montana Story’ Review: A Domestic Drama in Big Sky Country 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z

Saying he woke up the first morning of his cancelation in a good mood, Adams ends the episode saying that being provocative drives energy to the point. "Was it something I said?": “Dilbert” creator Scott Adams reacts to cancelation post racist outburst 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z

Mr. Chin is by now a well-known figure, a skilled organizer of socially provocative works that can last for years. The Plot to Put Conceptual Art on ‘Melrose Place.’ Yes, Really. 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z

Once the velvet rope rises at a virtual nightclub, spectators wander from room to room, checking out provocative acts. In These Immersive Shows, the Jury Is In (Your Home) 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z

But it isn’t too much to ask Chappelle to be the thoughtfully provocative, excellent comedian he used to be. What happened to Dave Chappelle: The cruelty of "Sticks & Stones" is a sign of the times 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z

His conservatism — rarely articulated outright but implicit in every meticulous frame and carefully wrought sentence — is intriguing and provocative. Review: In Eugène Green’s ‘La Sapienza,’ a Search of Ideals of Civilization 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

“It does make such a provocative little chapel for what has got to be the best painting in the world,” Selldorf, the architect, says. The Frick Savors the Opulence of Emptiness 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z

Both men delight in being provocative, on the page and off, yet feign shock that anyone has ever been provoked. Books of The Times: Throwing Mud and Calling It Beautiful 2011-01-11T22:06:40Z

This, I suppose, is its own form of trigger warning -- a reminder that freedom is provocative, dangerous even, precisely because it requires us to think for ourselves. A warning about trigger warnings 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z

He became so well known for his early provocative work, some for the streets, others on canvases to sell, that he landed in Life magazine. The Return of the Shadowman 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z

Dr. Emanuel, now 57 years old, is smart, mature, productive and provocative in his ideas about avoiding aging. The Atlantic is wrong about aging: Why our anti-elderly bias needs to change 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z

The provocative choreographer and performance artist Ann Liv Young loves a good revenge tale. Ann Liv Young on Elektra, a ‘More Primitive Version of Myself’ 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z

Such disruptions in a program by Ms. Young, the provocative choreographer and performance artist, are commonplace, but in this hourlong work, a companion to her forthcoming “Elektra,” the do-over was a rare occurrence. Review: ‘Elektra Cabaret,’ a Show by Ann Liv Young 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z

Mr. Blick noted that “The Honorable Woman” would inevitably be “provocative just by choice of its subject matter.” Making Dramas About Mideast Can Be Complicated 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z

All this despite the song in question being about as provocative to western minds as a kitten doing a cute sneeze. Pyongyang goes pop: A spy reviews Lethal Bizzle 2011-02-09T09:00:03Z

The result is a provocative, hopeful if necessarily incomplete account of one victory in a long struggle. 'Budrus': Nonviolence put to the test in West Bank documentary 2010-12-16T21:50:14Z

In three provocative debut novels out this September, writers from different parts of the world weigh in on these questions by examining what it means to be a woman with agency. Review | Societal expectations? Please. For the female protagonists in these 3 debut novels, it’s time to break the mold. 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z

The studio has established itself during the last five years with some of the most provocative programs, including "Mad Men," "Orange Is the New Black" and "Nashville." Billionaire John Malone buys big stake in Lionsgate; Starz may benefit 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

The band's co-founder has announced his retirement from one of the most provocative roups in American alternative rock, choosing instead to focus on his solo work. Gene's goodbye to Dean means the end of Ween 2012-05-30T10:03:00Z

In this sense, just representing breastfeeding in any form can be provocative. Modern Body Horror Is Turning Breastfeeding Into an Act of Terror 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z

Last, on Sunday evening, came the versatile, inimitable Ensemble Dal Niente, in one of its popular, provocative “Hard Music, Hard Liquor” gigs. New-Music Festival in Chicago Offers the Complicated and the Compelling 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z

Despite the risk of making such a provocative film, Gharavi was able to find a sympathetic producer who gave her the connections to make the Iran shoot possible. I Am Nasrine director Tina Gharavi: 'The British public has been hijacked' 2013-02-08T17:27:05Z

Inspired by topical events and filmed in a small, nightclub-like studio north of Los Angeles four days ahead of broadcast, "Brand X" finds the ex-husband of pop singer Katy Perry in reflective and provocative form. Russell Brand returns to stand-up on TV's "Brand X" 2012-06-28T12:03:19Z

Yes, it’s a purposefully provocative headline, but it goes to the core of the debate over life/work balance. Motherlode: Should Women Be Doctors? 2011-06-13T16:12:37Z

Culturally, "The Idol" which was lauded by the network as "HBO's most exciting and provocative original programs," just didn't appeal to what people are craving on TV. Why "The Idol" being canceled is causing so much joy 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z

But Lincoln Center Festival in July comes closest to a big international festival of the performance arts, and it has become less ambitious and less provocative than it once was.  Why does L.A. need its own summer classical music festival? For answers, look 6,000 miles away 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z

The artist found a provocative platform from which to develop fresh ideas and got, I would guess, some cash. Last Chance: The Upper East Side Goes Grungy 2011-03-01T21:43:48Z

The Corcoran created two companion exhibits featuring 12 new, provocative works by Thomas called "Strange Fruit" that includes images harkening back to slavery and 25 photographs by Gordon Parks. Leading black artists featured at Corcoran Gallery 2011-09-30T19:27:09Z

More provocative are his comments about The Times and The Wall Street Journal, where he spent nearly two decades as arts and culture editor. Books of The Times: ‘Steal the Menu,’ by Raymond Sokolov 2013-05-09T21:24:23Z

To someone who could only see her as an artificial construct, she would just be a man dressed up as a woman saying deliberately provocative things. Craig Brown: The Lost Diaries 2010-10-01T23:05:00Z

Thirty years into her career, this provocative British artist has her first American retrospective. New York Art Guide: How to Navigate Museums This Holiday 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z

But in the end, it’s a provocative novel with difficult questions about the fundamental nature how people choose to live their lives. Antonia Honeywell's novel 'The Ship' asks what happens when we get everything we thought we wanted 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z

Rear Window, which was shot on a single studio set and starred Stewart, Grace Kelly and Raymond Burr, is widely regarded as one of Hitchcock's most assured and provocative thrillers. Disturbia did not steal Rear Window plot, judge rules 2010-09-22T14:38:00Z

They suggest nothing entertaining, insightful or provocative about how we live. Perspective | Mr. President, you don’t know a poorly written novel 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z

Yet her primary thesis, that white feminists are dismissive of and destructive to women of color, is not particularly provocative or new. Dissecting Black Love, White Tears and Racialized Sexual Panic 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z

The way you structure your films, it’s very provocative to me. Claire Denis Talks to Barry Jenkins About Director Anxiety and Expectations 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z

I’ve known guys who won’t look at a provocative roadside billboard, guys who avert their eyes when they see a panty hose ad in The Financial Times. The lie detector test that saved my marriage 2013-01-02T22:01:00Z

It’s a tempting, provocative question, and a good one. Lost John Coltrane Recording From 1963 Will Be Released at Last 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z

He went on: "I call upon Chairman Khrushchev to halt and eliminate this clandestine, reckless and provocative threat to world peace." October 1962: the month that modern culture was born 2012-09-29T22:12:23Z

"The Miramar Murders" may be a flawed telling of a flawed case, but, like the triple homicide it recounts, it is certainly provocative. In the provocative "Miramar Murders," a suspect is apprehended but justice still remains in question 2021-03-14T05:00:00Z

The title track from Amanda Shires’s upcoming album is a poetic and provocative torch song enlivened by an electrifying vocal performance. Beyoncé’s Dance-Floor Salvation, and 12 More New Songs 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z

A particular highlight is Agnès Varda, whose gentle demeanor and thoughtful musings on the artistic impulse are both pleasing and provocative. 'Great Directors': Lights, camera, action on 10 filmmaker interviews 2010-08-05T20:31:00Z

These provocative memoirs explore big subjects: childhood, power, independence, desire. Review | What does it mean to be a ‘horse girl’? It’s more than a silly kid who wants a pony. 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z

The theater company Clubbed Thumb says its mission is to develop and produce “funny, strange and provocative new plays by living American writers.” Review: In ‘Wilder Gone,’ the Pull of Soil, Soul and Preacher Sex 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z

"We thought this would be a provocative and effective way to help try to preserve the language and at the same time preserve the culture," Wheeler told Reuters. Native American tribe plans to dub 'Star Wars' in Navajo 2013-05-02T01:14:08Z

His novel is a sensitive, provocative plea to recognize what gets lost in the exchange. Review | Surveillance, hacking, government overreach: ‘Overthrow’ tackles modern fears 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z

The Hammer describes Stark as a "lyricist“ who uses both words and images "to create provocative and self-reflexive works that pose universal questions.” Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland's trip to L.A.'s Hammer Museum -- and the women artists they went to see 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z

Creative, provocative, extreme — all words that could be applied to Patricia Kopatchinskaja’s musicianship, and still the description would not quite capture her talent. Classical Music in NYC This Week 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z

With a storytelling style that grabs viewers by the throat, Ms. Nevins helped change the image of documentaries from stodgy to provocative. The Grande Dame of Documentary is Leaving Her Home at HBO 2017-12-16T05:00:00Z

“Nothing holds up,” he said, a provocative argument that no one would make about drama. Lenny Bruce Shattered Taboos, but Was He Funny? 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z

At first, Mr. Rapp’s signature gothic sensibility appears to be in abeyance in this provocative if improbable comedy-drama about a cultural conflagration taking place in “a small town in the American heartland.” Theater Review: At the Vineyard, Reading Can Be Hazardous 2010-05-20T04:12:00Z

The work is colorful, provocative, amusing and unexpected. In Transit Blog: In Prague, a Showcase for Art Students and Professors 2012-01-03T11:00:41Z

And it asks provocative questions about the value of what is seen in pictures that freeze fleeting moments for posterity. Review: ‘Really’ Compares the Fixed Image With Life’s Flux 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z

Macro presents more substantive exhibitions, from provocative portraiture photography to large-scale installations, like a multicolored crocheted work by the artist Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam that served as an ersatz jungle gym for neighborhood children in 2014. What to Do in Rome 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z

Perhaps he just understands better than most of his peers that musical stars are meant to be extraordinary, provocative, divisive, controversial figures. Kanye West: Yeezus – review 2013-06-17T14:56:34Z

Toward the end, the story begins to fray, and Mr. Sivan seems driven to find ever more extreme and provocative images. Review: In ‘Tikkun,’ a Hasidic Student’s Visions Merge With Metaphor 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

Vidal was, in short, brilliantly provocative, often right and completely insufferable. Michael Mewshaw’s ‘Sympathy for the Devil: Four Decades of Friendship with Gore Vidal’ 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z

The more you know, the more you may be shocked by Christopher Alden's provocative production and the intense, superbly detailed performance by Dudamel, the orchestra and a gripping, outstanding cast. Dudamel and the L.A. Phil illuminate, elevate 'Cosi fan Tutte' 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z

In 1941, while still a student at Cambridge, he published a novel, No Such Liberty, which drew provocative parallels between Nazi Germany and the British wartime state. The joy of Alex Comfort 2012-12-28T22:55:14Z

The result is an unusually substantive comedy, a perfect summer novel: funny and tender but also provocative and wise. Review | The perfect summer novel: ‘Strangers and Cousins’ is an unusually substantive comedy 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z

GKIDS, which recently distributed the acclaimed animated film “Sita Sings the Blues,” is dedicated to giving other creative choices because, Mr. Beckman said, “there is an appetite and demand for provocative cinema.” Coming-of-Age Filmgoers: You?re Not in Kansas Anymore 2010-02-26T18:41:00Z

Kohan is developing a provocative period drama for the premium cable network,  The Hollywood Reporter. Orange Is the New Black Creator Pens Period Drama for HBO 2013-12-05T18:00:49Z

Some of the best of this season fall squarely into the latter category — the more personal or provocative the pictures, the more lasting the result. The personal, provocative on display in fall photo books 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z

Mr. Vidal, wasn’t it a provocative act to try to raise the Vietcong flag in the park in the film we just saw? Buckley, Vidal, and the Birth of Buzz 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z

Bravos also to On the Boards, now 35 years young, which brought us a banquet of provocative, magnetic performance pieces from here and abroad — inspiring in their inventiveness, and perspectives on a wider world. Footlight Awards: honoring 2012’s best in performing arts 2012-12-27T19:23:58Z

If that isn’t a hallmark of inventive, provocative television, I’m not sure what is. “Watchmen” is a brutally provocative reckoning of alternate history 2019-10-20T04:00:00Z

Rousso’s historical work is known for being lucid, provocative, and revealing. The Deep Irony of a Scholar of Vichy France Being Detained in Houston 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z

Consisting primarily of a video trilogy, it is at once somber, provocative and superbly well done, with a strangely perfect, perfectly disturbing, yet ineffably wry confusion of ideology, geography, propaganda and history. Art In Review: Yael Bartana: And Europe Will Be Stunned 2013-04-18T20:30:52Z

But one result was that comparisons to disaster, revolution and politics, not especially smart or provocative to begin with, seemed no more serious than the mouthed sound effects and gibberish. ‘We Are Still Watching,’ by Ivana Müller, Compels Participation 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z

Dr. Potts recalled a particularly provocative show in Berlin some years ago: “Giacometti, the Egyptian,” which debuted at the Staatliche Museum. To Draw Viewers, Museums Show That What’s Old Is New Again 2018-10-25T04:00:00Z

Though perhaps a bit too much of a repeat for fans of the original, it’s a fine, moody and provocative series for those who like a good ghost story, but without the subtitles. TV picks: 'American Crime,' 'Dig,' 'The Returned' 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

“Like many comedians,” the network said, “Trevor Noah pushes boundaries; he is provocative and spares no one, himself included.” Trevor Noah Responds to Backlash Over Past Tweets 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

Her familiarity with the dismal science radiates through her provocative new work, “Edge of Chaos,” as she argues compellingly that the global failure to achieve sustained, inclusive growth underpins the rampant political turmoil. Dambisa Moyo’s Proposals for Saving Democracy 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z

In Ms. Parker’s work, Ms. Wagstaff added, “insatiable curiosity” often leads to “difficult cultural territories, but the results are never less than provocative and surprising.” Cornelia Parker to Fill Met Museum's Roof Garden Next Year 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z

At first, the column’s weekly introduction promised these would be “pressing and provocative questions about the world of books.” Kill the Bookends column: Why the New York Times Book Review’s most frustrating feature has to go 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z

Criticism erupted in August over a promotional poster for "Cuties" depicting its young cast members in provocative poses and revealing costumes. "Cancel Netflix" backlash grows over "Cuties" film’s sexualization of young girls 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z

For the most part such pictures seem nonexploitative, reflecting a collaboration in which the models exult in their bodies, provocative by choice. On the Runway Blog: Denis Piel, Real to the Touch 2012-08-17T17:53:54Z

“It promises to be the new ‘Spoonbridge and Cherry,’” she said, “in respectful but provocative dialogue with it — a kind of pop dialogue.” The New Cherries on Top of the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

Showing up to a stranger’s house for sex may seem provocative to some, but it’s become a mundane interaction among gay men who use apps like Grindr. ‘The Gold Room’ Review: Gay Sexuality on Shuffle Mode 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z

And it poses provocative questions about the depths to which humans will sink when there aren’t consequences. Is ‘Westworld’ HBO’s Next Big Hit? 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z

"Homeland continues to prove its strength for Showtime, and is one of television's most exciting, provocative and widely-discussed shows," David Nevins, president of entertainment at the network, said. Homeland and Masters of Sex renewed 2013-10-23T11:11:41Z

In another alarming international development, Russian fighter jets, continuing a pattern of increasingly provocative behavior toward the United States, attack the control tower at LaGuardia Airport. Dave Barry’s Year in Review: Trump and the ‘hideous monstrosity’ that was 2016 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z

Was she trying to be provocative, or seeking out dangerous parts? Charlotte Rampling: ‘I’ve got a very restless character. It’s a beast’ 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z

The setting was the Breuer’s big inaugural exhibition “Unfinished: Thoughts Left Visible,” as provocative a springboard for opinions as any. What Do You See in Art? Nearly 50 People Told Us 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

We’re asking a lot of questions that are provocative, and the comic isn’t providing easy or simple answers. Podcasts About Marvel’s ‘X-Men’ Resonate With L.G.B.T.Q. Fans 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z

Though predictably reverential, the exhibits were also thoughtful and provocative. In Los Angeles, a new museum celebrates the art of moviemaking 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

So, upon reading your provocative title, I was surprised to see the only reference to marijuana was the author’s puerile insult. jamtiki 56, Grandfather, did my homework. Ron Paul's Plan for Medicare Reform: Legalize Pot 2012-01-26T20:33:59Z

Mia Hansen-Love’s latest film, “Bergman Island,” is a simultaneously enigmatic and provocative treatment of the knotty intertwining of life and art. ‘All Is Forgiven’ Review: A Distinctive First Feature 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z

At its sharpest, the book is truly provocative; at its weakest, it sounds like another hectoring issue of Adbusters, e.g. Don DeLillo’s novel ‘Zero K’ captures the swelling fears of our age 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z

His big break arrived in 2003 with Nip/Tuck, the soapy and provocative drama about two Miami cosmetic surgeons, for which Murphy won his first Golden Globe. American success story: how Ryan Murphy became Netflix's $300m man 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z

More than 3,000 people signed an online petition urging the mayor to stop the event and its “provocative, aggressive and vulgar” participants. Pride parades in Poland prove flashpoint ahead of general election 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

In Allen’s fashioning, Black experience is never subject to conventional parameters of time and space, and his magic realism, instead of being performatively exuberant or purposefully provocative, is plainly unsettling and disturbing. Black Experience, Past and Present, Made Haunting and Surreal 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z

It’s no coincidence that one of the most provocative American takes on Sept. 11 has been Art Spiegelman’s. Review: ‘Persepolis,’ by Marjane Satrapi 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

Streep says "probably the most provocative thing it does is consider that she is human." Meryl Streep says playing Thatcher was daunting 2012-01-04T15:08:07Z

In his recital here, the choices of pieces and the musical connections among them were striking and provocative. Music: Two Young Pianists, Forging Connections 2010-02-25T22:49:00Z

It's a provocative effort, but one rather undone by a sententious ending that suggests the suffering of these men was worthy because it helped further the civil rights movement. In pursuit of US theatre's past perfect 2010-12-22T12:45:04Z

To me, however, the most provocative — and sci-fi — part of Ms. Shah’s book is not about the ways humans have altered the evolution of pandemics. Review: ‘Pandemic’ Explains How to Host the Perfect Pathogen Party 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z

One day in 2016, Torrey Townsend unexpectedly received a message from Robert O’Hara, a writer and director then on the rise thanks to his raucous, exuberantly provocative satires “Bootycandy” and “Barbecue.” ‘A Level of Abuse’: Laying Bare Theater’s Dirty Secrets 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z

“Tom is a provocative philosopher, and his book will interest people,” he continued. Thomas Nagel Is Praised by Creationists 2013-02-06T22:56:34Z

De la Cruz said she decided to pull out as soon as she heard what had happened to Hopkins, whom she called a "provocative and daring" writer. Authors' boycott cancels Teen Lit festival after Ellen Hopkins 'disinvited' 2010-09-07T15:37:00Z

It was almost provocative in how willfully unmarketable it was, so I wanted to see what was inside. A Minute With: Colin Firth from royal to ordinary 'Arthur Newman' 2013-04-25T17:20:37Z

Dameron was a composer and an arranger who also played piano—soloing modestly but landing some provocative chords behind his notable soloists, as in his quintet recording featuring his elegant composition “A Bebop Carol.” The Year’s Most Essential Jazz Reissue 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z

Then, like a lot of such polemics, he builds from that to a provocative, prescriptive decree that will get more attention than the valid insight. Go Ahead, Binge-Watch That TV Show 2012-07-10T13:41:52Z

Whether a Black substitute host of a popular talk show was an antidote for malaise or a provocative reflection of it, Belafonte went beyond the chummy ribbing that was Carson’s forte. Harry Belafonte, Folk Hero 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z

Is the plot of "It Can't Happen Here," the provocative 1935 novel by Sinclair Lewis that imagines a United States under the spell of a folksy fascist dictator from the American South, preposterous? What our writers love this week 2011-10-19T22:54:04Z

By pinpointing the date of your decision to the day after the last presidential election, you are either being provocative or seriously clueless. Confessions of a ‘Second-Class Grandchild’ 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z

Out of the doomed empire came some of the most provocative and brilliant art of the modern age, with Klimt and contemporaries such as Schiele investigating sexuality and the psyche years before the surrealists. The Habsburgs shaped the story of Europe ? and of its art 2011-07-25T14:10:19Z

The Brooklyn Folk Festival feels like an unexpected haven for folk’s weirder, wilder, more diverse, and more provocative strains. Keep Folk Music Weird 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z

Some of them can come off as a bit provocative by appearing to make sport of grave topics in the news. This site bet big on political gambling. Regulators want it shut down. 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z

The keen fan will recognise strands of Alien's DNA, so to speak, but the ideas tackled in this film are unique, large and provocative. Ridley Scott's Alien prequel no longer an Alien prequel 2011-01-17T15:56:46Z

And, like artists and writers, he wanted to be provocative. Stirling buildings 2011-03-20T00:01:01Z

These formative efforts are more personal and provocative, if less ingratiating, than Mr. Othoniel’s recent glass sculptures. Art Review: ‘Jean-Michel Othoniel: My Way’ at Brooklyn Museum 2012-08-23T20:26:09Z

The most compelling speculative fiction takes something about the world as it exists and alters it in such a way that the familiar is made into something provocative. "Little Bird": The terrifying possibility of what a Christian nationalist America could look like 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z

Louis C.K., one of the most respected and celebrated comedians today, has built a public persona that simultaneously capitalizes on the praise afforded to the provocative auteur and to the Hollywood do-gooder. How the Myth of the Artistic Genius Excuses the Abuse of Women 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

But in performance, now no less than in 2002, when it had its New York debut at the Public Theater, it is mostly delightful and provocative. Review: In ‘Take Me Out,’ Whose Team Are You On? 2022-04-04T04:00:00Z

But the root conceit is fascinating and provocative. Art of fear: which are the best books inspired by the second world war? 2013-05-09T16:08:37Z

It’s an abundance of provocative ideas balanced by a lean production. Bring on the ‘Stormy Weather’: In Series does Shakespeare by way of Billie Holiday 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z

His plays were seen at Caffe Cino in the West Village, La MaMa on the Lower East Side and other Manhattan spots known for the provocative and the outlandish. Jeff Weiss, an Unconventional Theatrical Force, Dies at 82 2022-10-18T04:00:00Z

It was a wonderful, exuberant, absolute, deliberately provocative statement, and I loved its audacity and the exuberance with which the piece defended its indefensible claim. NSO offers energetic Dvorak and a fresh cellist​ 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

Mr. Kotkin also offers a more provocative and less familiar prescription: Don’t succumb to knee-jerk environmentalists; a stagnant or shrinking population would be worse than growth. Books of The Times: A Nation 400 Million Strong 2010-02-25T23:00:00Z

“Cesare” is by no means lightweight fare, but it’s provocative, stimulating and deeply satisfying. Review | A Nazi admiral secretly thwarts his superiors in Jerome Charyn’s ‘Cesare’ 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z

And yet “The Living Room” is provocative, not staid but stirring. Why everything in this 'Living Room' is covered in gray felt 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z

"Holy Spider" also features some very intense and provocative moments not just involving the crimes, but also in how women are seen and treated in Iran. "Holy Spider" examines a "serial killer society," in which Iranian sex workers are targeted 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

The result is less provocative than Ai’s work, but more beautiful. In the galleries: Images of history, in black and white 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

Kendall’s argument unfolds across 18 provocative essays, including “It’s Raining Patriarchy,” “The Fetishization of Fierce” and “Parenting While Marginalized.” Review | ‘Hood Feminism’ makes a convincing — and urgent — case about how race and class divide women 2020-04-08T04:00:00Z

In 2009, Richard Powers explored happiness in a provocative novel called “Generosity,” but his approach was concerned largely with genetics and pharmaceuticals. Review | What does a father most want for his children? James Wood’s novel shows us. 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z

That Malevich’s provocative works survived the turbulent world in which they were created is something of an art world miracle. Celebrating Kazimir Malevich, a pioneer in abstract art 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z

As Amtiskaw so eloquently argues, it causes problems for the rule of law that Atticus himself seeks to protect – and that seems both deliberate, and deliberately provocative. To Kill a Mockingbird: a book that still raises questions about 'good' justice 2013-07-18T08:33:11Z

Some have also raised provocative questions in their fields. MacArthur Foundation Announces Winners of ?Genius? Awards 2011-09-20T04:00:05Z

But just because you make a generic shape in a provocative material does not mean the garment itself is provocative. Magical Thinking at Céline and Comme des Garçons 2015-10-04T04:00:00Z

But here’s another thing I can say: Any book with neuroscience this complex and content this provocative really needs footnotes. ‘Patient H.M.’ Recalls the Story of a Surgery That Took a Man’s Memories 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z

The provocative, visceral trailer for this satirical teen thriller suggests it’s the demon spawn of “Heathers” and “The Purge” — and that’s not a bad thing. The Best and Worst Movie Trailers From Comic-Con 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z

And Europe Will Be Stunned … might be Israeli artist Bartana's masterpiece: a deeply provocative meditation on Jewish identity that levels political punches with surreal wit. This week's new exhibitions 2012-05-18T23:05:00Z

Sam Morrill, a lead curator for the website, called the documentary “one of the most provocative and celebrated films” on Vimeo. The Gathering of the Juggalos, Now in Its 17th Year 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

If you receive photos of the provocative artist Jeff Koons’s sculptures looming under and over international landmarks, don’t be alarmed: It’s just augmented reality. Snapchat and Jeff Koons Collaborate on Augmented Reality Art Project 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z

Ms. Williams’s sentences can be funny and provocative, but the relation of one to the next is most often a deep mystery. Samantha Hunt’s ‘Mr. Splitfoot,’ and More 2016-01-27T05:00:00Z

“BrainDead” was a political show from the start, but “The Purge” series has been slower in opening up to provocative commentary. When bloody horror movies are actually about . . . politics 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z

The most provocative of the exhibitions is at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, an institution that is more popular with black residents. Detroit Museums Examine the Riots That Changed the City 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z

Soon the show covered provocative topics like the Equal Rights Amendment, sexual dysfunction and marijuana, and guests included inventors, soap opera writers and politicians’ wives, among them Barbara Bush and Mamie Eisenhower. The Best of Barbara Walters 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z

It's a resolution she has stuck to through the quarter century in which she has established herself as one of theatre's most innovative and provocative dramatists. Caryl Churchill, by the people who know her best 2012-10-03T17:44:37Z

What remained in his playing was startling: a smooth legato in his improvising, dynamically even, almost lapidary; a manner of accompanying soloists so silky it was almost provocative. Peter Bernstein Quartet at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z

Rick Owens put full-frontal male nudity on his runway in a provocative statement on gender biases. Spring 2016 is all about lacy shirts, floral prints, silky fabrics — for men. Hey, why not? 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

Even though the King of Pop had been a megastar for years, the NBC Sports press department found itself fielding reporter queries about his provocative dance moves. Super Bowl wasn't always the audience magnet it is now 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z

He writes powerful and lyrical nonfiction from Afghanistan, from Buenos Aires, from Mississippi, all of it urgent and provocative. Dave Eggers: By the Book 2012-07-12T20:05:01Z

Currently in the middle of an expansion plan, the theatre has staged provocative plays, using drama to challenge power, corruption, conservatism and traditionalism. Juliano Mer-Khamis obituary 2011-04-11T18:02:15Z

Much of the energy among art collectors these days is devoted to the shock of the new: contemporary art in all of its provocative glory. A Peek Inside Jean-Louis Remilleux’s Chateau and French History 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z

This is not fertile ground to foment original, provocative work. Chris Rock's "Selective Outrage" best exemplifies that comedy isn't black or white – it's green 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z

The sheets of paper that Colson conjures throughout bear no writing, yet they serve as reminders, prompts to provocative self-reflexive questions. Jeff Colson, wizard of illusion, at Maloney Fine Art 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z

In a style marked by humor, frankness, and empathy, Perel’s talks and books take a counterintuitive approach to answering provocative questions: How did the romantic couple become the primary unit of organization in society? Love Is Not a Permanent State of Enthusiasm: An Interview with Esther Perel 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z

Parlux Fragrances, who made the fragrance, holds that Rihanna is known for her provocative songs and most women would not consider the ad demeaning. Rihanna Perfume Ad Deemed Too Sexy for UK Children 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z

"Killing Eve" is a provocative case of a series that has fallen prey to its central assets. "Killing Eve" is back and misses its calling, despite faint echoes of its past seduction 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z

The study defined sexting as “the transmission via electronic means of sexually provocative or explicit images or videos featuring someone known to the sender and/or receiver.” Teenage Girls Are Damned If They Sext, Damned If They Don't 2014-06-18T04:00:00Z

End of Men may be making a very large argument – that, in terms of male-female relations, we’ve “reached the end of 200,000 years of human history” – but the book is not gratuitously provocative. Is The Atlantic making us stupid? 2012-09-10T16:26:00Z

London Spy, which aired in the U.K. last year and premieres stateside Jan. 21, is provocative and strange. Review: 'London Spy' Delves Into the Inner Life of a Gay Sleuth 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z

It’s also possible to present provocative ideas without stalling the narrative. Guns, Gunfights and the Legends of the Wild West 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z

There is nothing original about it, nor radical, provocative, subversive or any of the other qualities associated with the avant-garde. Design: The Power, or Folly, of a Product's Name 2011-10-30T13:00:09Z

The action is the smashing costume to the story’s substance and its provocative examinations of the benefits and drawbacks of cultural expansion. "Vikings" kicks off its final season with its own "tender moment" in history 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z

Their stage styles, at once theatrically provocative and somberly human, seamlessly integrate their screen acting experience. Who is Hamlet? Three actors make their case 2017-08-19T04:00:00Z

To have any full sense of what’s in store here, you would need to be acquainted with the previous work of Mr. Bradshaw, who is fast becoming the American theater’s most distinctively provocative playwright. Theater Review: Thomas Bradshaw’s ‘Intimacy’ Makes Sex Neighborly 2014-01-30T03:00:17Z

By turns heartrending and hilarious, films from Colombia, Chile and Peru seared strong and provocative images into my memory. ?Viva! Latin America is brought to life in Manchester through film 2011-04-01T16:38:03Z

How I Spent My Summer of Riesling, by Terroir On June 21 the sommelier and restaurateur Paul Grieco did something mischievous, idealistic, provocative, ornery and, in its way, rather sweet. The Tipsy Diaries: Paul Grieco?s Summer of Riesling at Terroir 2010-08-05T16:19:00Z

One of the principles that Mac sets for Will’s new newscast is that it will always try to present the best version of a party’s argument, not the most provocative or caricatured one for ratings. Dead Tree Alert: Blowhardball: The Not-So-Special Comment of HBO’s The Newsroom 2012-06-21T12:53:34Z

I tried to explain that the Internet has a different definition of trolling, and that in this context, the word meant being cheekily provocative. Forget the handmade wreaths. Now Martha Stewart hangs with Snoop Dogg and makes weed jokes. 2017-10-14T04:00:00Z

For instance, implying that a sinister ruling cabal wants to turn America into a police state: that’s provocative, if unoriginal in rock. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-02-28T23:00:00Z

It’s kind of irresistible, but despite the provocative title, the film is not really about a parent’s pornography collection. Short docs, big Oscar hopes: "A Night at the Garden," "My Dead Dad's Porno Tapes" and "Los Comandos" 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z

Though his movies may initially disorient you, that’s by design: By the time you acclimate to one of McQueen’s opening shots, you’ve been taught how to watch the provocative feature that follows. In a Steve McQueen Film, the First Frame Is Everything 2018-11-21T05:00:00Z

The shots are particularly provocative considering Harington’s recent statements on his future with the show. The Internet Is Going Crazy Over Photos That Could Prove Jon Snow Is Alive 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z

This is a complex and provocative play that is worth your time. Review: Real Russians and Fake News in ‘Describe the Night’ 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z

His hit The Corrections won him an army of readers, then he published a set of provocative cultural essays – and this autumn, Freedom, his first novel since The Corrections, will be finally be published. Jonathan Franzen's Freedom: the novel of the century 2010-08-23T11:18:00Z

And though the pilot of "Halt and Catch Fire," AMC's latest character-driven drama premiering Sunday, doesn't hit the gloriously high bar set by the opening episode of "Mad Men," it is provocative and promising nonetheless. 'Halt and Catch Fire' dives into '80s tech war with AMC flair 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z

Do you know how many truly talented choreographers out there would be just thrilled to jump in and make these musical numbers artistically interesting and provocative? Can Madonna get "Glee" into the groove? 2010-04-21T05:01:00Z

But the series, which seemed content to remain a provocative, sometimes coy, character portrait, took an enormous turn in the penultimate episode when a hand-addressed letter from Durst to Berman surfaced. In 'The Jinx,' Durst reminds us of the narrative power of crime dramas 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z

Between 1966 and 1974, over 200 itinerant alternative theatre companies sprang up all over Britain, presenting entertaining, provocative and incendiary new work throughout the country. Find a play. Squat a building. Steal a van. Now make a show 2010-06-28T14:04:00Z

In his smart and provocative new book, Moyn suggests that making war less cruel diverts Americans from pursuing the more radical goal of genuine peace. 9 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

The dances were an education in ways of seeing the world, some familiar, others provocative and eye-opening. Dance review: ‘Glory of Numbers’ is about the beauty

All of them are provocative, pertinent, well made and, yes, in some cases even entertaining. The Hidden Gems of 2017 Movies Are on ... Netflix? 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z

Brilliant and provocative, shallow and preposterous: the two wings of Carlos Reygadas's film-making personality are clearly, even oppressively apparent in his new movie. Post Tenebras Lux – review 2013-03-21T21:30:02Z

It’s a provocative scene, which calls out E.R.S.’s own past failings. Review: Revisiting ‘Baldwin and Buckley at Cambridge’ 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z

It described the film as "provocative and elegantly directed". Georgian film wins top Sarajevo film fest award, Cleese and Stone honored 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z

This year’s most provocative, entertaining and deliciously weird movies have transported us back in time to New England in the 1630s and Dublin in the 1980s. The Best Movies of 2016 So Far 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z

There, 108 images — 47 of them never before exhibited — and an excellent catalog provide a provocative tour through the photographer’s accomplishments. Sally Mann’s Haunted South 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z

“He publicly humiliates. He’s provocative. He’s deliberately confrontational. He’s all of those things,” he said. Gary Oldman Found James Dean and His Wife at a Gallery 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z

But has Hollywood’s old guard changed enough to embrace a provocative filmmaker who has made what some critics call his best movie in years? Who Will Be Nominated for Best Director? 2019-01-01T05:00:00Z

The story ran under a large photo of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort shrouded in palm trees, itself a provocative news decision contrasting Trump’s tax records with his wealth. Times’ tax story is talker, but perceptions mostly hold 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z

Club roundtable carried the provocative headline “Maybe the Oscars got it right this year,” neatly sidestepping the conversation around “Selma” to discuss indie favorites like “The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “Boyhood.” How Common and John Legend’s performance of “Glory” fired up Oscar night’s idling empathy machine 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z

Dickens, he noted, couldn’t write explicitly about certain provocative subjects because of the era he lived in. Steven Knight’s ‘Great Expectations’ is a Dark Dream World 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z

But while the former are calm and introspective, the latter are provocative, outgoing and incautious. What films and books reveal about your personality type | Ben Ambridge 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z

North Korea's official news agency then published statements from an unnamed government official, who like Ja called the film an "act of war", as well as "reckless US provocative insanity". North Korea complains to UN about Seth Rogen comedy The Interview 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

The clothes were so ostentatious as to be provocative in their own way. Fashion Review: Mugler, Gareth Pugh, Balmain ? Review 2012-03-03T13:51:00Z

I’m aware that these questions aren’t new or original, and that they’ve been more elegantly expressed by others, but they were provocative to me then and for different reasons still are today. This Week in Fiction: Thomas Pierce 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z

“Within pop music, within three-minute songs, the exciting thing is to see how you can reshape the formula and still come up with something provocative that hasn’t been done,” Russell said. Now Sparks Can Confuse Fans on the Big Screen 2021-06-18T04:00:00Z

"We can all have a fantasy and it can be a provocative fantasy," Rønde says. YouTube bans ad for porn website aimed at disabled people 2013-05-09T06:34:56Z

There is not a lot of socio-politically provocative art to be found in this vast maze of art shops — not of the blunt, direct kind, anyway. Art Review | 'The Armory Show': Ahoy From Nudes, a Pirate and Scrooge McDuck 2010-03-04T23:28:00Z

His chapter on the SAT is a fine, provocative example. Books of The Times: Application Adventure: A Dad?s College Essay 2011-03-03T16:59:43Z

The best reason to read this book is simply that it is fantastic: original, provocative, revelatory and bursting with life.  An almost-lost gem: 'Whatever Happened to Interracial Love' 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z

The book is by Harvey Fierstein and it is about as provocative and challenging as a soft toy. Kinky Boots – review 2013-04-05T09:57:07Z

It was admired, but also considered deeply provocative. Roman erotica lacks a sense of sin 2013-03-26T14:37:18Z

Like those Japanese ceramic knives that lacerate careless fingers with startling ease, these dazzlingly physical productions by provocative Australian director Barrie Kosky are exercises in surgically slicing through vital skin. L.A. Opera goes cutting edge in double bill of Purcell, Bartók 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z

Their definition: “To dance to popular music in a sexually provocative manner, using thrusting movements of the bottom and hips while in a low, squatting stance.” Oxford Dictionary Adds 'Fo' Shizzle,' 'Masshole' and 'Hot Mess' 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z

Mr. Cloud is known for applying bold colors to unusually shaped canvases, as well as for discreetly provocative gestures, like his “Hanging” paintings, a series of triangular constructions draped with small nooses. Mike Cloud: Painting Outside the Safe Space 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z

The band offers a proposal that is both visual and aural, feminine and masculine, provocative and subtle. December's best music from across the MAP 2012-12-19T10:00:00Z

Niels Bohr, who was at the heart of the new sub-atomic physics in the early 20th century, put the mystery of what he and others were finding into provocative sayings. Want to imagine what the Higgs boson might look like? Embrace modern art 2011-07-27T15:31:36Z

My plan was always to be a bit provocative to get attention and be very, very honest.” ‘I became an icon. Now I want to be an oracle’: Diane von Furstenberg is ready for her third act. 2018-06-02T04:00:00Z

The fibreglass sculpture was created in 1997 by the Chapman brothers, who are known for their explicit and provocative works. Gallery removes Chapmans sculpture 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z

To some he's a prankster cracking poker-faced one-liners, but to others his cross-examination of art-making is inspired, delightful and provocative in equal measures. This week's new exhibitions 2011-01-15T00:06:09Z

It's meant to be "risque and provocative" and "a combination of intimidation and sexuality," one of its partners, David Koral, told the Los Angeles Times in October. GOP fires staffer over $1,946 topless club visit 2010-03-30T15:35:00Z

So when he wrote in the Hollywood Reporter last week that the movie business is “a white industry,” his appraisal was familiarly provocative. Chris Rock Is Right: Hollywood Isn't Fair to Black Films 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z

This might be a provocative film with any leading lady. The Cannes Countdown: Six Contenders for Major Awards 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z

In its riveting Los Angeles premiere, playwright Ellen McLaughlin’s potent assault on sexual abuse in the military by way of the titular legendary Greek warrior scores a dead-on triumph – raw, provocative, poetic and indelible. 'Ajax in Iraq' at Miles Memorial Playhouse 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

In 1980, for instance, he photocopied and pasted around the city provocative collages made from cut-up and recombined New York Post headlines. Art Review: ?Keith Haring: 1978-1982? at Brooklyn Museum 2012-03-22T20:22:59Z

Instead, he somehow blames Wood for doing his job and using provocative quotes that are on record . . . and for a tweet that the Los Angeles Times posted with an excerpt of those quotes. After slamming Taylor Swift's songwriting, Blur frontman Damon Albarn continues to play the victim 2022-01-25T05:00:00Z

Arts budgets are being slashed all over Northern Ireland, but The MAC is still putting on provocative exhibitions. 36 Hours in Belfast 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z

Buzz Bissinger found these worlds that are endlessly interesting and provocative. ArtsBeat Q. & A.: Emmys Watch: Peter Berg on 'Friday Night Lights' 2011-09-14T19:00:24Z

“Washington Black” doesn’t suggest that slave and master suffer equally, of course, but it raises provocative questions about the way privilege poisons even those who benefit from it. Review | In ‘Washington Black,’ a 19th-century slave escapes on a balloon 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z

The terrorist attack — on a comic-book store hosting a talk by a cartoonist known for his provocative representations of Muhammad — is just one such epochal event. What if You Could Go Back in Time to Stop Terrorists Before They Strike? 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z

Those who try to silence or shush us with comments about our overactive imaginations or so-called provocative behaviour. #MeToo is here to stay. We must challenge all men about sexual harassment 2017-10-28T04:00:00Z

Akhtar has a provocative way of putting truth in the mouths of his devils. Seduced by Ayad Akhtar's 'Junk,' the new play that picks apart the Wall Street playbook 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z

It was Newton’s idea to go out on armed patrol with other Black Panthers and bear witness to racist or provocative police action. Black power’s coolest radicals (but also a gang of ruthless killers) 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z

Clearly, the protest is provocative – even in Paris, where this man who may be religiously offended, or just offended by women in general, appears to be kicking her. A gloriously crude topless 'jihad' from a Femen activist 2013-04-05T15:18:20Z

A vital takeaway from “Surviving R. Kelly,” the emotionally provocative docuseries currently airing on Lifetime, is that people need to see the faces of the women and men Robert Kelly has allegedly wronged. Is time finally up for R. Kelly? "Surviving" series shows why he's been protected for so long 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z

But that could change after watching this versatile actor and provocative writer’s performance in “Ghetto Klown,” his latest autobiographical one-man Broadway show, now at the Lyceum Theater. James Brown and Al Pacino, Salsa Added 2011-04-10T00:51:52Z

Her approach so far is both empathetic and a little provocative. The Couples Therapy Expert Esther Perel Takes On Sex and Sexuality 2014-01-24T22:13:57Z

Similarly, one episode’s concluding sequence, in which students put on a wildly provocative modern-dance as Huffman watched grimly, felt both unrealistic and a signal of the show’s overzealous ambition. American Crime's Second Season Was the Perfect Antidote to Fuller House 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z

“Sex Education,” as a counterpoint to legislative madness, manages to be heartfelt, funny, provocative and even better, responsible in its view of teen relationships and coupling. From "Porky's" to "Sex Education": Teen raunch comedies thrive in the worst of times 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z

Some argued that publishers have become too fearful of provoking controversy or becoming targets of critical social-media campaigns, and have pulled back from publishing provocative or polarizing authors. Was Norman Mailer Canceled? His Publishers Say No. 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z

Yet over several hours my initial alienation and annoyance gave way to a swelling appreciation of Hey Baby, not as a game but as a provocative, important work of interactive art as social commentary. Video Game Review: In Hey Baby, Street Wolves Meet Their Match 2010-06-07T22:22:00Z

The project suggests, said David Lipman, chairman of the Lipman advertising agency,   “that somebody is making fun of the status quo in a very provocative way,  winking, and smiling.” Cheeky ?Ads? With a Whiff of Parody 2011-11-04T17:53:12Z

The Austrian feminist avant-garde artist Renate Bertlmann — who has been using latex to make provocative performances, photos and sculptures since the 1970s — was probably the most startling of these. Brussels Art Week Expands at a Tricky Time 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z

She may come across as all hard edges and provocative poses, but for her divisiveness is a dead end. Album review: Lady Gaga, 'Born This Way' 2011-05-20T05:36:35Z

Roth’s insistence on producing “The Admission,” Lerner’s provocative drama about a massacre of Palestinian villagers by Israeli soldiers in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, sparked a bitter dispute with his superiors at the D.C. A playwright who wants to change society, not merely observe it 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

Streep said the film's most provocative idea is that it asks audiences to regard this iconic political figure as human — just like ourselves. Meryl Streep on becoming 'The Iron Lady' 2012-01-10T18:45:04Z

Abubakar Adam Ibrahim was bracing for a backlash when he published his provocative debut novel, “Season of Crimson Blossoms,” in Nigeria two years ago. A Wave of New Fiction From Nigeria, as Young Writers Experiment With New Genres 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z

Inappropriate costume of the day: "America's Next Top Model" winner Adrianne Curry was kicked out of Comic-Con for wearing too provocative an outfit this year. Five pop culture items we missed 2011-07-26T23:11:00Z

The refined poise of his playing was ever at odds with his provocative persona, his delight in shocking friends with vulgar, outrageous conversational turns. He Was a ‘Bad Boy’ Harpsichordist, and the Best of His Age 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z

His widow Elize said the famously provocative film maker passed away peacefully in his sleep on Sunday afternoon. "Women in Love" director Ken Russell dies 2011-11-29T07:21:35Z

The contrast is a provocative one; if Vanessa’s libertinism feels more of a piece with Bloomsbury’s contemporary reputation, Virginia’s tense and worried physicality has become — unfairly, I think — associated with her brand of modernism. Beholding Virginia Woolf Through the Women in Her Life 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z

What was fresh and provocative soon became tired and commonplace. One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind 2011-07-16T23:05:46Z

At its most provocative, it suggests a tension between spirit and flesh in the nun's maternal feelings. 'Marie's Story' follows a familiar, retreaded path 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

Intimate is now the new punk that is provocative. Javier Bardem moves Cannes crowd in "Biutiful" 2010-05-17T14:01:00Z

As three siblings gather to celebrate the 75th birthday of their father, a World War II veteran, the middle son is about to publish a provocative book about Israel and the Holocaust. This Time, It’s Dear Dad, Not Evan Hansen 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z

Mr. de Botton’s book is by far the better one: It’s funnier and rangier, more lucid and more provocative. Books of The Times: Alain de Botton on Sex, and Philippa Perry on Sanity 2013-01-03T22:53:59Z

Of all the provocative, shocking things Madonna has done in her career, of all the chameleon-like transformations, her most radical act has simply been aging while being female. Madonna at 60: From Material Girl to Golden Girl, on her own terms 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z

Hitchcock was of course adored by Truffaut and the new French generation, and Thomson suggests that the provocative, endlessly deconstructible shower scene ignited the discipline of film studies itself. The Moment of Psycho: How Alfred Hitchcock Taught America to Love Murder by David Thomson | The Girl in Alfred Hitchcock's Shower by Robert Graysmith 2010-04-02T23:06:00Z

Mr. Burns is a more serious and provocative work than any of these. When The Simpsons Rules the World: Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play 2013-09-25T09:45:34Z

It was a provocative and bold combination, much like Manifesto’s mission: to push for the innovative use of Prague’s cityscape while stimulating the senses. A Prague Food Market Spans the Globe 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z

More crucially, Nasar's book doesn't contain any new revelations or provocative reinterpretations of her chosen thinkers. Sylvia Nasar's 'Grand Pursuit' devalued by errors 2011-09-07T20:10:05Z

Gregg’s clever and provocative book is full of irreverent notions and funny anecdotes — the creative upside to being a human animal. Humans Know a Lot, This Author Concedes, and Most of It Is Useless 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z

After studying painting in Zagreb, she joined the punky, provocative group of artists who congregated at Belgrade’s Student Art Center. Marina Abramovic Comes Home, and Comes Clean 2019-09-25T04:00:00Z

He associates with the cool photographers and provocative musicians, and despite showing at the beginning of each season, has his radar attuned to the models of the moment. An American in Paris, Again: Alexander Wang at Balenciaga 2012-12-07T23:22:34Z

Yet provocative and insightful ideas fire this intriguing staging. Music Review: Hans Neuenfels Gathers Rats in ?Lohengrin? 2010-08-04T22:14:00Z

She could even do raunch, belting out "rock me" with a great growl on the R to make the invitation sound distinctly provocative. In praise of ? Sister Rosetta Tharpe 2011-01-14T00:05:08Z

The movie is provocative but rarely thought-provoking, and it stops short of any startling psychological or political insight. | 'The Devil?s Double': Straight From Uday Hussein?s Inner Circle 2011-07-29T00:16:46Z

In addition to your artwork, you also do editorial illustrations, some of which are quite provocative, tackling topics like religious terrorism or the Pakistani military. Samya Arif, a Pakistani Artist Aiming to Go Beyond Ornamentation 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z

Marshall and a pre-"Brady Bunch" Robert Reed, was sharp and provocative where this one feels shallow and forced. New legal drama "The Defenders" should be outlawed 2010-09-21T02:16:00Z

Almqvist said The Swedish rockers are known for their on stage antics while clad in black suits and ties, led by Almqvist, who combines hyper energy and scissor kicks with provocative comments to the audience. Rockers The Hives lay down the law for "Lex Hives" 2012-06-14T20:27:11Z

The journalist Studs Terkel’s interview collections were filled with “provocative insights and colorful, detailed personal histories from a broad mix of people,” as The New York Times put it in his obituary, in 2008. Theater to Stream: ‘The Wolves,’ and More Archival Treasures 2021-07-21T04:00:00Z

Why do provocative operas like “Dog Days” rarely reach New York? Music Review: ‘Dog Days,’ New Opera, at Peak Performances in Montclair 2012-10-03T20:58:42Z

Gurung uses fashion, particularly his runway shows, the way a musician might deploy particularly pointed lyrics or an artist might unveil a provocative canvas. Is Prabal Gurung the most woke man in fashion? 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z

The award was viewed as provocative and a slap in the face for sexual abuse victims and #MeToo campaigners who have struggled to gain recognition in France. Polanski’s ‘Oscar’ divides elite world of French cinema 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z

Weiss details the tribalism within the women’s movement as personified by Catt and the more militant and provocative Alice Paul, who led the National Woman’s Party. In ‘The Woman’s Hour,’ the Battle Over the 19th Amendment Comes to Life 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z

It was far from the only provocative pronouncement Mr. West made this year. 2018: The Year in Stuff 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z

Emphasizing the rough, chilly beauty of the west coast of Vancouver Island, they've created a gorgeous and provocative film that consistently rises above its Flipper-ish genre. 'The Whale': Charming tale about Luna surfaces 2011-09-08T20:33:15Z

After the aggression of the God v science debates, Mr Spencer’s book is a gentler, though no less provocative, contribution to the discussion. The search goes on 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z

It was quite provocative, really outrageous, this gigantic production, fantastic production. Memories of Donna Summer From Her Disco Days 2012-05-20T00:57:16Z

The avant-garde hotel resembles a contemporary art gallery, with provocative pieces sprinkled around the public areas and guest rooms. What’s it like to film a TV travel show? I joined the crew of “Travels With Darley” to find out. 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

In one of his provocative works, Ai Weiwei smashes what appears to be a priceless historic vase. Scandal in China over the museum with 40,000 fake artefacts 2013-07-17T15:49:36Z

The artwork is deliberately provocative, he said, commenting on the way adolescent stars are often sexualised. Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez immortalised in nude sculpture 2011-08-11T10:42:24Z

Her music is small-c conservative; in its sound and its message, it walks back the most provocative, and most interesting, aspects of contemporary pop music. Meghan Trainor Is All About the Boys on Title, With Mixed Results 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z

“In this case the media trumped up the charges and said some pretty provocative things that would instill fear in the average American,” Ms. Duane de la Vega said. ?Better This World? on ?POV? Examines Use of Informants 2011-09-04T22:33:04Z

A show dedicated to the memory of one of the most daring, provocative, wonderfully contrary and enduringly influential writers of the 20th century: the French rebel playwright and composer of autobiographical fictions Jean Genet. This week's new exhibitions 2011-08-05T23:09:02Z

By ventriloquizing a woman to voice his most provocative punch lines, he seems to concede that he might not possess the authority to pull off the jokes, or the argument, on his own. Daniel Sloss’s “X,” a Laddish Comic’s Reckoning with #MeToo 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z

Powerful, unpredictable, provocative and riveting, it was the best thing on TV this year, hands down. AP Emmy pundits favor ‘The Crown,’ ‘Ted Lasso’ for honors 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z

It was provocative, and I knew it was going to be tough for people. ‘The Idol’ Creators: ‘This Is Not Going to Be for Everybody’ 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z

It’s a provocative, entertaining book that, much like Wolfe did, exposes our collective foibles and makes everybody look a little cartoonish. Review | David Duchovny wants to be taken seriously as a novelist. His new book makes a good case. 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z

In a gesture interpreted as protest, Lorde stitched a provocative poem by the artist Jenny Holzer into the back of her red dress: “Rejoice! Our times are intolerable,” the poem began. Top Female Music Executives Send Rebuke to Grammys Leadership 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z

Here too we hear the anticipated accounts — again no less outrageous or provocative for their inevitability — of bias and limits. Ladies Who Launch: Women Who Opened the Door to Space Exploration 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z

If you don’t mind me asking, in what way did you think it was provocative? On life, death and love, Savages offer no easy answers: “To keep the ambiguity and the tension has been an intention” 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

Wild was a pitiless and provocative warrior: He liked to goad, to rouse tempers, to leave rubble in his wake, to impose Carthaginian terms. A Rousing Novel Follows a Brigade of Black Soldiers in the Civil War 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z

“She doesn’t repeat herself. She’s always trying to make paintings that no one has seen before, paintings that are a really provocative combination of pleasure and politics.” With Big, Bold Art, Sarah Cain Redefines Seriousness in Painting 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z

Kevin O'Connor "A bold, visually dazzling, provocative, hilarious and moving film that confirms Harmony Korine as the most important filmmaker of his generation." The best films of 2013 (so far) 2013-06-21T15:49:46Z

Other assertions are more provocative: "All tyrannies involve the supposedly perfect understanding of someone else's needs." Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived Life by Adam Phillips – review 2013-07-09T11:19:15Z

There’s at least one provocative bone in this film’s body. Paul Thomas Anderson Goes Back to the Valley With ‘Licorice Pizza’ 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z

He never wants to shock, he insists, but when I use the word “provocative”, he nods thoughtfully. Yorgos Lanthimos, ​director of The Lobster, on his wild, star-studded life of Queen Anne 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z

It is also a mood piece about innocence, a provocative and unlikely rejoinder to the song’s tabloid DNA. Good News for MTV’s V.M.A.s: Music Videos Matter Again 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

Her powerful and provocative text goes on for thirty-four lines in this manner. Viet Thanh Nguyen on the Democrats' failure and our future 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

Benign jesters and warty trolls alike offer them up as provocative replies to any issue you can think of. Fifteen years later "Tropic Thunder" is a flawed comedy that we're still trying to agree on 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z

Theatre 503 enables the debut of another new writer and provocative themes with The Biting Point. This week's new theatre 2011-02-12T00:05:39Z

Few artifacts at the provocative new exhibition at Discovery Times Square —“The Dead Sea Scrolls: Life and Faith in Biblical Times” — will inspire aesthetic wonder. Exhibition Review: ?The Dead Sea Scrolls? at Discovery Times Square - Review 2011-10-28T22:51:17Z

As anyone who remembers “JFK,” his 1991 film about the Kennedy assassination, can attest, Mr. Stone has his own paranoid tendencies, but they are muted in this provocative, if shallow, exaltation of Latin American socialism. | 'South of the Border': Oliver Stone, Tour Guide 2010-06-24T23:25:00Z

Too elaborate by half, probably – but it’s what Bong does with that parable that makes the relentless, politically provocative and visually spectacular “Snowpiercer” the best action film of 2014, and probably the best film, period. “Snowpiercer”: Movie of the year, at least so far 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z

Her comments are more annoying than provocative: “Would you say that you’ve moved past the very worst of your grief?” Books of The Times: ?The Beginner?s Goodbye,? by Anne Tyler 2012-04-05T20:53:51Z

Rather than “innocuous shrines of history” protected, in the words of President Trump, by “nice people,” they are “provocative assertions of white supremacy” built when its defenders felt threatened. Slavery and the Holocaust: How Americans and Germans Cope With Past Evils 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z

Here in excerpts from the conversation, Ms. Dunham talks about her nominations and another provocative year for her series. ArtsBeat: Emmy Nominees: Lena Dunham of ‘Girls’ 2013-07-18T13:59:12Z

At 67, Ms. Jones’s confidence is extreme but relaxed; her whole enterprise is bold, honest, provocative and peaceful, like the event she was headlining. Review: Grace Jones Headlines a Bold Afropunk Festival Lineup 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z

It’s an engrossing and darkly funny one-woman show, but doesn’t quite make the best of its provocative premise. ‘Boy Parts’ Review: Onstage, a Dangerous Woman Isn’t Enough 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z

Jahjah launched the provocative idea to make Arabic one of the national languages of this country. Rachida Lamrabet: 'Literature helps when you are trying to form an identity' 2013-03-22T17:57:44Z

The provocative new film, “The Ring Thing,” playing Outfest July 15, tackles the thorny issue of same-sex marriage and divorce by presenting various opinions from both gay and straight subjects. “The Ring Thing”: We won the right to marry, now what the hell do we do with it? 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z

Like all of Megan’s music, “Shots Fired” is a provocative invitation to consider what it means when a woman wields sexual, economic and artistic power in a world designed and defined by men. Snapshots of the Many Megan Thee Stallions 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z

Nova’s work with visual artists was no less provocative. She Brought New Sounds to Colombia. The World’s Catching Up. 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z

The two white artists intended for the exhibit to be provocative and to spark a dialogue, but they didn’t expect a firestorm. A university gallery showed art with Confederate imagery. Then students called to remove it. 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z

As on “Orange,” the comedy of “Social Distance” is sharp, provocative and cathartic, and more often than not, it’s rooted in pain. In Shows Like ‘Social Distance,’ TV Learns to Work From Home 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z

It’s provocative, but for Lady Gaga, perhaps a mite too ideological. Music: Girl Pop?s Lady Gaga Makeover 2010-07-21T19:40:00Z

Gifted with ferocious intelligence and cutting wit, he became known for his provocative remarks and pro-Palestinian stance. Admiring Godard's Latest and Greatest 2010-05-14T14:30:00Z

The gallery gathers provocative skateboard graphics produced by an array of skaters, graphic designers and contemporary artists, including Ed Templeton and Todd Francis. Datebook: Vintage car design, objects of desire, flight of the bumblebee 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

He offers a devastating critique of the economics profession and asks provocative questions. No fear to tread 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

And so the only things available to say about an intensely provocative and deeply challenging show are broad comments about how well-made it is or how diverse and how talented the cast is. Orange Is The New Black Has A Spoiler Problem 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

Mr. Rivers’s blustery playing with the Miles Davis Quintet, captured on the album “Miles in Tokyo,” suggested a provocative but imperfect fit. Sam Rivers, Jazz Musician, Dies at 88 2011-12-28T00:24:59Z

Ms. Griffin passed out buttons and called her guest “provocative.” Mickey Kaus Seeks to Correct the Flaws of Liberalism 2010-06-04T21:43:00Z

Not much has been revealed about the show, which Deadline Hollywood described as a “provocative exploration of human sexuality.” Michelle Monaghan at the heart of ‘True Detective’ 2014-03-06T20:41:09Z

Having “Sharp Stick” to explore her most provocative side, however, allowed Dunham to “pull back” in certain ways when it came to her follow-up. Lena Dunham Channels a Voice of a (Different) Generation 2022-09-23T04:00:00Z

Five women wearing bright-colored balaclavas took part in the provocative protest in February, but only three were identified and arrested. Moscow police search for other Pussy Riot members 2012-08-20T20:15:08Z

And while his lyrics feel as lazy and careless as ever, Thicke is also shrewd enough to defuse his most provocative lines with silliness. Robin Thicke ignites discussion with ‘Paula,’ but these songs aren’t worth talking about

In the past two decades the New York-based Yuskavage has emerged as one of the most provocative painters of her generation. Artist of the week 85: Lisa Yuskavage 2010-04-28T14:29:00Z

He’s as foulmouthed as the earlier Andrew Dice Clay, but the provocative element has been replaced — deliberately — with boorishness. Review: In ‘Dice,’ the Real Andrew Dice Clay Gets Fictional 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z

If you sometimes feel that Germany has contributed more than its share of provocative, irreverent artists to 20th- and 21st-century art, you may be right. Art Review: Bleak Visions From Early-20th-Century Rebels 2011-03-24T22:07:05Z

The results celebrate the same architectural “imagination” as the American pavilion, but in ways that are both more subtle and more provocative. A grassroots, handmade Venice Architecture Biennale from Alejandro Aravena 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z

The hang is associative and provocative and avoids explicit comment on the what or the why of Lüpertz’s art. Review | Is he or isn’t he an abstract painter? Two museums differ. 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z

The Superflex bathroom was unveiled last Friday as part of “Living as Form,” an enthralling, philosophically provocative round-up of 20 years’ worth of socially engaged art. Art Review: ?Living as Form? at Essex Street Market - Review 2011-09-29T22:41:46Z

In addition to her flashy crib, Noni stays at high-end hotels, stars in provocative music videos and walks the red carpet at award shows. 'Beyond the Lights' director gave film's star a crash course in diva 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z

This work, by Mr. Ho, provides an English translation of the poetry of Ren Hang, a Beijing photographer best known for his surrealistic images of naked young models in provocative poses. Chinese Cultural Nomads Find an Oasis 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

They were interesting, distinctive, even provocative, meaning that all of them will not be to everybody’s taste. In Trying Times, 20 Wines Under $20 That Revive and Restore 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z

The animated comedy Family Guy has launched its annual provocative pitch for an Emmy award, taking out a "For Your Consideration" advert that spoofs its main rival for best comedy, Lena Dunham's show Girls. All-male Egyptian sitcom leaves women out of laughs 2013-06-18T14:15:00Z

Otherwise the laughs are thick and frequent, the concept is provocative, and the material both varied and stellar. Boundless talent in 'Sky's the Limit' 2011-07-18T22:25:00Z

But it is the friends’ flee, fight, freeze — or throw under the bus — banter that makes the film provocative fun. ‘The Blackening’ Review: Race Against a Killer 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z

The roster includes films with more provocative themes: “Obvious Child” is an abortion comedy, and “The Foxy Merkins” focuses on lesbian hookers, a topic that has become a Sundance perennial. A Sundance Lineup Laced With Race, Horror and Family Turmoil 2013-12-04T22:27:15Z

This is where Godspeed's operation as a collective, rather than a regular band, becomes politically provocative. Godspeed You! Black Emperor: 'You make music for the king and his court, or for the serfs outside the walls' 2012-10-11T09:18:00Z

Even so, Bowie’s U.S. label of the era, RCA, reissued the album in a less provocative cover, depicting Bowie in a more common rockstar pose: a macho kick. How the 1970s Launched David Bowie's Career 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z

And though she dies spouting fountains of blood while reciting the play’s prologue, she returns in time to endorse Gary’s dream of retooling the horror around them as provocative political entertainment. Review: Taylor Mac’s ‘Gary’ Finds Hope and Humor on a Pile of Corpses 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z

Chinese Internet firm Tencent Holdings Ltd is partnering with Time Warner Inc's HBO network to stream its TV shows, which are known for their provocative content and may draw scrutiny from the country's authorities. China's Tencent partners with HBO for TV show streaming 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z

But in other cases, the film, good or bad, is simply provocative, too much to digest for audiences whose tastes run the gamut. At Cannes, le Booing Isn’t Just Reserved for Bad Films 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z

In her most famous number, the Danse Sauvage, she sent up prevailing notions of race with a fabulously provocative shimmy in nothing but a skirt of bananas. The 10 best dancers 2010-07-31T23:04:00Z

It’s provocative, sure, but is this a terrible, unspeakable truth or is it just Mr. Birbiglia spinning personal inadequacy as universal experience? Review: Mike Birbiglia Has a ‘New One.’ It’s Funny Until It Isn’t. 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z

Which, by the way, is why Trump tweets such provocative garbage to begin with. Writer Greg Olear on “Dirty Rubles”: Trump is “gravest existential threat” to America in... 2018-07-28T04:00:00Z

At the end of class, Bill would return our papers from the previous week, each illuminated with his editing suggestions and provocative marginalia. Tuesdays with William Zinsser 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z

The setting allows the duo and their fellow executive producer Xan Aranda to embrace a variety of genres, provocative plots and feelings within one season, and under a single banner. Hotel-based shows “Room 104″ and “The Guest Book” have limited staying power 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

The combination provides provocative insights and reasoned arguments about one of today’s burning issues. ‘Control: A Living Newspaper’ explores gun ownership, violence 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z

Surprisingly, this scissors-and-paste technique can lead to provocative results, largely through the juxtaposition of radically differing texts about the same subject. Review | My nightstand runneth over: A proud nerd recommends new intellectual and cultural histories 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z

Not subtle nor provocative, but heaps of moon Nazi, belly laugh inducing fun. Open thread: What's the most frightening film you've ever seen? 2012-06-01T08:26:33Z

The Hollywood Reporter described it a "stimulating, sobering work from a distinctive new American playwright," and the trade journal Variety found it "an intellectually engaging play on a politically provocative topic." Pulitzer-winning play 'Disgraced' probes identity, prejudice 2014-10-24T04:00:00Z

Mr. Ross ended up making major additions, turning Jackie Burke into a version of himself: aggressive, provocative, quick to attack his audience. How Robert De Niro Learned to Become ‘The Comedian’ 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z

A sex vixen fashioned in the image of her rock-star mentor and one-time lover, Prince, Matthews had several provocative hits in the early 1980s as lead singer of the group Vanity 6. Prince Discovery Denise 'Vanity' Matthews Dies Aged 57 2016-02-15T05:00:00Z

Nothing else in the set is quite as provocative, but then neither is it particularly memorable, either. Schumann: Carnaval; Impromptus Op 5; Noveletten Op 21, etc ? review 2011-08-25T22:15:00Z

Capable of moving between myriad personas and sonic backdrops that cut through hard-core rap, pop fluff and sticky dance floor bangers, the always provocative Nicki Minaj makes us stop and pay attention. A guide to BET Experience shows that are worth catching 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z

But The Slap feels like a broadcast network took an HBO-style project–provocative premise, specific cultural milieu–and then killed it with a pile of “Make the subtext more explicit!” notes. Review: The Slap Beats Its Viewers Over the Head 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z

Rossell's staged portraits of rich and famous Mexican society women in provocative poses caused a storm when first shown in Mexico eight years ago. Les Rencontres d'Arles 2011 ? review 2011-07-09T23:06:19Z

There’s a wealth of provocative and creative Black-focused programs in February, looking deep into the past to examine topics such as the roots of slavery and the achievements of towering figures including Frederick Douglass. TV marks Black History Month with provocative, creative fare 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z

As Mister Jiu’s seasonal menu moves from winter to spring, it promises to grow even more compelling and provocative. San Francisco Restaurant Offers a Twist on Its Chinatown Neighbors 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z

In the most provocative scene, Brown, along with other young black boys, is put in a boxing ring, blindfolded, and told to fight for the entertainment of white Southern gentry. ‘Get On Up’ Stars Chadwick Boseman as James Brown 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

There’s something provocative in a woman trying on a male politician’s unexamined confidence, his viewing of the other people in the room as temporarily useful props. Trump Said, ‘I Have the Best Words.’ Now They’re Hers. 2020-05-27T04:00:00Z

It's been arguably the best stretch of his career, one vacillating between comedy and drama and defined not by summer blockbusters but by provocative director-oriented fare. Producing more, Brad Pitt is 'Killing Them Softly' 2012-05-24T10:54:09Z

Those “provocative role models” include the stockbroker, suffragist and presidential candidate Victoria C. Woodhull; her sister Tennessee Claflin; the sexologist Ida C. Craddock; the anarchist Emma Goldman; and the birth control activist Margaret Sanger. ‘The Man Who Hated Women’ Is Mostly About the Women He Hated 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z

It is in no way challenging or provocative, but it is never dull or obvious. | 'Win Win': Riding the Wave of Life?s Indignities 2011-03-17T23:03:24Z

It's that provocative showmanship, that charged populism, that makes South Korean mainstream cinema so distinctive and fascinating. Seoul searching: how politics plays out in South Korean cinema 2012-11-07T13:31:27Z

It’s a fascinating, odd song, a tug of war between muscle and heart, and maybe the most stylistically provocative song to come out of country’s recent flirtation with hip-hop. Chase Rice, Sam Hunt and Dr. John Release New Albums 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z

Atlantic is a magazine, and it’s no secret that it’s a very provocative one. Online dating isn’t killing marriage! 2013-01-12T23:00:00Z

Though Mr. Toscani courted controversy for years, in the end he appeared to have been ousted not for one of his provocative campaigns but because of a spontaneous remark. Benetton Severs Ties With Oliviero Toscani 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z

And his nine-minute-long clip for "Born Free" proved to be even more provocative. MIA: 'I'm here for the people' 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z

The play’s provocative conclusion might surprise some fans, since it departs from the company’s creed. The Amoralists Ready a New Play, ?Amerissiah? 2010-06-05T02:03:00Z

Even mapping other people's countries without permission was seen as bad manners – and possibly provocative. Under Every Leaf by William Beaver - review 2012-05-18T08:00:03Z

Dire too is the intentionally and sluggishly provocative scene in which Florent-Claude confronts a pedophile but does not turn him in to the authorities. In Michel Houellebecq’s ‘Serotonin,’ the Provocative Beat Goes On (and On) 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z

Fashion magazines traffic in superficiality, but their most provocative images, the ones that demand more than a glance, express some truth below the glitter. Perspective | What does Vogue do in a pandemic? It shows medical workers as heroic — but also human 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z

His writing for this group was provocative and ambitious from the very start: The music he makes is melancholy and marbled with darkness, but it’s wry, too, not overly self-serious. Live Jazz: 3 May Standouts, From Sullivan Fortner to Dana Murray 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z

“But the other stance is so much more theatrical and provocative.” For the Public Library, Martha Graham Is the Missing Link 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z

Vann's provocative prose is filled with a sense of wonder and beauty, even when the lives he describes are tragic. Novels focus on gritty realism, anger, loss, family dysfunction 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z

Still, as this episode’s grossly provocative opening scene reminds us, Goodwin still has a way with words. ‘House of Cards’ Season 4, Episode 1: Is Claire Out of the Woods? 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z

Even without the its provocative themes, “American Crime” would be notable in the stories it chooses to tell. TV picks: 'American Crime,' 'Dig,' 'The Returned' 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

Elsewhere, diaphanous see-through outer garments in black tulle really worked well in bringing home the collection's message of provocative shyness. Chanel heads up imaginative, spirited day of shows 2012-10-02T22:56:10Z

The title of this book, “The Idolatry of God,” is immediately provocative. Christians should abandon Christianity 2013-04-21T16:00:00Z

But there’s plenty else that’s eye-catching and provocative in this multifaceted show. ‘The Ghost of Architecture’ haunts Henry Art Gallery 2013-08-15T19:20:58Z

These might be provocative questions in a less pretentious and punishing context.  Theater Review: ?Massacre (Sing to Your Children)? at Rattlestick 2012-04-16T21:52:09Z

The movie is entertaining enough to be a hit — its domestic grosses are currently approaching $150 million — and provocative enough to incite debate among historians and Op-Ed columnists. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Lincoln’ and Other Serious Films Top Oscar Nominee List 2013-01-11T04:30:04Z

Nor will it be particularly shocking, since Gervais’s self-consciously provocative ain’t-I-a-stinker shtick is now so well rehearsed that you could set your clock by it. Ricky Gervais isn't the Golden Globes host we want – but the one we deserve 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z

His two female performers portrayed a series of provocative characters through monologue, movement and music. Dance Finds a Home in Museums 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

“My style in life is not very provocative,” she said. Sara Gilbert Balances Her Lives on ‘The Conners’ and ‘The Talk’ 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z

He was charismatic, witty and, at times, provocative. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Cherish the Day’ and ‘For Life’ 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

That was not exactly the reaction the folks at Clarins were going for, but, Mr. Pistorius said, he recognized that the campaign would be provocative. Model and Front-Runner 2011-07-13T20:10:26Z

At last year’s conference in Long Beach, Calif., the sex researcher Christopher Ryan shared some provocative theories about the challenges of human monogamy. Chris Anderson, Curator of TED Talks, Builds his Brand 2014-03-07T21:53:45Z

The record companies’ solution: produce copies of albums scrubbed of their most provocative vocabulary. Cardi B’s ‘WAP’ Proves Music’s Dirty Secret: Censorship Is Good Business 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z

You reveal quite a lot about yourself, you’re quite provocative about things, you tell stories. Alan Cumming on Speaking His Mind, Making His Own Hats and Getting In Touch With His Inner Elf 2012-12-07T13:00:31Z

But in a more general sense, there’s a provocative entwining of art and social consciousness here, particularly in the pieces by McIntyre and Schreier. Review | In Kennedy Center’s Ballet Across America, a women’s movement 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z

The Brooklyn Museum, seen as one of New York City’s premier art institutions, is known for socially progressive, topical and sometimes provocative exhibits. Brooklyn Museum Employees Take Steps Toward a Union 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z

“Like many comedians, Trevor Noah pushes boundaries; he is provocative and spares no one, himself included,” Comedy Central said in an emailed statement. Comedy Central Calls Criticism of Trevor Noah ‘Unfair’ 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

Using altered advertising slogans, an interactive kissing booth and other provocative conceptual techniques on the theme of gay rights, Hesh, an Alexandria artist, blurs the line between art and advocacy. Spring Arts Preview: In the galleries 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z

Sounds provocative — and when was the last time you heard about a professional production expressly for teenagers? Spare Times: For Children, for Jan. 27-Feb. 2 2012-01-26T22:42:16Z

The music video for “Formation” features provocative images referencing Hurricane Katrina and the Black Lives Matter movement and her Super Bowl back-up dancers wore afros and black berets: Police unions across the country are boycotting Beyoncé 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z

The provocative comedy that triggered a devastating cyberattack on Sony Pictures made an unprecedented online debut after hacker threats prevented its wide release on Christmas Day. North Korea pushes Myanmar to seize pirated versions of 'The Interview': media 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

The message’s emotional spark lies in its provocative delivery. A Cute Internet Star Flirts. All He Wants Is Your Password. 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

Deliberately provocative, she has confided in interviews that after giving birth to her son, she ate his placenta. An Interview With January Jones of ‘Mad Men’ 2013-05-17T22:09:45Z

You will need to call for returns to this harpsichordist’s concert at Carnegie, and rightly so: He is an essential and provocative artist. 7 Classical Music Concerts to See in NYC This Weekend 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

“It’s a kind of blind faith. But you would hope that, over time, what a documentary can do is engage and challenge people in ways that are powerful and provocative.” 'How to stop an out-of-control president': the Trump films that may swing the midterms 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z

Nowadays, though, it is possible to believe in a new kind of fairy-tale curse, in which actors once known for wide-ranging and provocative live-action roles become trapped in their cartoon-animal identities. Film: All Creatures Great and Lizardy, and Humans, Too 2011-03-18T21:35:47Z

Sinead O’Connor was found dead in a private home in London, the city’s police said on Thursday, a day after the provocative Irish singer’s death was announced. Sinead O’Connor’s Death Is Not Suspicious, Police Say 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z

Though it will certainly prove too provocative for some parents, I can think of far, far worse things to discover on your teenager’s laptop. Review | ‘Sex Education’ is a bracingly frank look at high school’s busy birds and bees 2019-01-11T05:00:00Z

The Thing was a riot of inventive, provocative design work and HR Giger's work in Alien was iconic enough to influence hundreds of other, lesser films. Where's the thrill in today's cookie-cutter monster movies? 2011-08-16T16:58:08Z

The East is a neat and provocative thriller, but its social message is hobbled by a high regard for youthful angst; Freud would be weak-kneed at the number of parental issues present here. The East star Brit Marling is a Hollywood connundrum 2013-06-28T13:00:00Z

A Facebook spokeswoman said there was no “broad ban on ‘cougar ads,’ ” but that any advertisement’s “image and language cannot be overtly provocative or sexual.” This Life: Google Restricts Ads for ?Cougar? Sites 2010-05-15T15:20:00Z

In 11 short videos posted online, Abounaddara, an anonymous group of self-taught and provocative filmmakers, shared interviews with players on a national squad. Syrian Film Collective Offers View of Life Behind a Conflict 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z

The latter was intended for the official Salon exhibition, where its sprawled nudity was considered quite provocative enough. Gustave Courbet's The Origin of the World still over-excites art critics 2013-02-08T13:57:43Z

With The Holy Bible project, though, the choice of both text and images is altogether more problematic and may be seen by some as wilfully provocative, indeed blasphemous. The Holy Bible: Broomberg and Chanarin's religious experience 2013-06-11T10:52:00Z

But this provocative, discomfiting film, is not to be missed. Michel Franco's dystopian drama "New Order" is an electrifying cattle prod to the nether regions 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z

Less momentous, but maybe more provocative, my daughter is now nine—the age I was when my dad died. Don DeLillo and Move-In Day 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z

But his award is richly deserved; not least because it proves that provocative, genre-busting comedy can be as successful as the rest. Chortle awards: did we strike comedy gold? 2010-03-24T12:06:00Z

A tart of apples and black olives was more provocative than delicious. Bouley in TriBeCa Still Goes Its Own Way, Seductively 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z

It's no secret in Hollywood that sex sells when it comes to marketing provocative films. 'Grey' area: For a provocative film, many shades of marketing 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

The endowment abolished grants to individual artists, whose work could be provocative — and labeled offensive by some conservatives, causing free speech fights. Republicans Start Lining Up to Fight for the N.E.A. and N.E.H. 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z

A catalyst and an irritant, funny and kinky and helplessly provocative, it was a tiny show that cast a huge shadow. Goodbye “Girls”: A Review of a Fittingly Imperfect Finale 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z

Jokubaviciute approaches the piano with attentive precision — every note, keyed or otherwise, placed within the instrument’s resonance for maximum clarity — combined with a provocative, febrile intelligence. Midori and Ieva Jokubaviciute demand attention with performance at Library of Congress 2019-11-03T04:00:00Z

Shakur, the iconic West Coast rapper and activist killed in 1996, is never mentioned in all this; instead, the narrative is structured around some of his most popular and provocative songs. In Tupac Shakur's 'Holler If Ya Hear Me,' an unlikely Broadway trip 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z

In a playfully provocative 1995 New York piece, “Glory Holes,” a canvas sheet, pierced with embroidered holes, teases with glimpses of a hidden life on the other side. Special Report: Contemporary Art: A French Artist's Solitary Path 2011-10-13T11:00:14Z

Anchored by the producer Marley Marl, it included a wide range of provocative rappers. The Juice Crew: A Rap History Reunion 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z

It had been a while since Wynton Marsalis — the famously provocative trumpeter and Jazz at Lincoln Center patriarch — had stirred controversy on the level that he did in May. Wynton Marsalis Provokes Again With Head-Scratching ‘Ever Fonky Lowdown’ 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z

I think the fashion business is a little bit dull without him and I loved his provocative punk rock attitude. Hollywood, fashion elite recall McQueen at NY gala 2011-05-03T10:53:12Z

She went a little crazy at the end and after 9/11 her anti-Muslim rhetoric was so provocative and inflammatory. Scientology Fascinates the Author Lawrence Wright 2013-01-02T22:27:36Z

That’s a provocative notion, playing with the issues of deception, identity, sabotage and suspicion between the sexes in “Much Ado.” ‘Paper Bullets’ takes aim at celebrity culture — and misses 2013-03-20T21:35:38Z

She inundates her home again in the more engaging and provocative “Léontine Keeps House,” in which the stakes are higher because she’s been left home alone to care for her much-younger sibling and a dog. Rewriting Women Back Into Film History 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z

Thus it is she, not Russell, who anticipates the is-she-naked-or-isn't-she Marilyn Monroe of the no less provocative Some Like It Hot. Gilda is pure, undistilled Rita Hayworth 2011-07-15T23:09:01Z

And with its sexually explicit choreography and erotic polymorphism, the “Cabaret” of 1998 was confrontationally provocative. Theater Review: ‘Cabaret’ Opens, With Alan Cumming and Michelle Williams 2014-04-25T02:00:02Z

“Black-ish” made a lot of noise prior to its debut due to its provocative title but once it debuted the controversy faded into background noise. TV revivals and inclusive casting: An opportunity that can’t just be skin-deep 2018-08-26T04:00:00Z

Along with the single came a provocative video that supposedly highlighted the pressures faced by women in the entertainment industry, but also faced charges of racism for its portrayal of black women. 14 Albums To Look Forward To In 2014 2014-01-09T17:15:53Z

“I don’t want to sound inflammatory or provocative,” and “I don’t want to put a stick in Gorbachev’s eye.” Yearning for an Earlier Era of American Diplomacy 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z

Deftly and daringly presented, the recipes in this collection seem provocative and fashioned for a mature palate. Washington Post Food section’s best cookbooks of 2014 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z

Richly provocative in its ambiguities of theme and technique, it blends past and present into a single, vibrant, paradox-filled vision. Ingenious artist Katherine Ace shows work at Seattle's Woodside/Braseth Gallery 2010-09-22T23:13:00Z

I always say that it is not I who is provocative or scandalous, rather that the world is old and moldy. Catherine Breillat, legendary provocateur, on her sexual manifesto on film and why she hates porn 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

“A Dangerous Method” is full of ideas about sexuality — some quite provocative, even a century after their first articulation — but it also recognizes and communicates the erotic power of ideas. | 'A Dangerous Method': ?A Dangerous Method,? by David Cronenberg - Review 2011-11-22T18:02:01Z

Its influence is prevalent throughout mainstream American pop music, including the bright colored wigs and provocative outfits women wear and the dance moves popularized at parties and in its music videos. The Grammys Are on Sunday. She’s Already Won. 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z

My writing has been cathartic and a witness to fact being more extreme, provocative and, frankly, funnier than fiction. How to survive the death of a loved one 2017-04-22T04:00:00Z

In this provocative if highly original account of the year 1979 and its political significance, the pope is hailed as an unlikely "rebel" figure, who helped stage a counter-revolution against moribund ideologies. Strange Rebels: 1979 and the Birth of the 21st Century by Christian Caryl – review 2013-07-07T07:01:13Z

In a series of deeply learned and lucid books, he has opened up the subject to non-specialist readers, offering some provocative and searching questions for Christian readers of their scriptures. Christian Beginnings by Geza Vermes - review 2012-07-11T07:00:02Z

He is mild mannered and soft-spoken, and nothing suggests he has made a career of writing, acting in and directing provocative horror movies with titles like “Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind.” Arts & Leisure: Jos? Mojica Marins, Brazilian Filmmaker, Conjures Macabre 2011-10-19T16:23:12Z

It instantly attracted a clientele that liked their music harsh and their clothes provocative. Wax Trax concerts to salute founders and their misfit genius 2011-04-06T05:51:08Z

The result, inadvertent but still provocative, is a record of how much daily life and experience was shared by the people whom racist American custom and law treated as separate. The Democratic Vision of a Lost and Found Early-Twentieth-Century Portrait Photographer 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z

Angelia Levy of Silver Spring, Md., tweeted that the spread was "kind of iffy, but it's provocative." Viva Vogue Italia? Oil-inspired spread stirs muck 2010-08-10T19:22:00Z

Berkeley’s tradition of free speech — even when deemed provocative — decided not to rescind Maher’s invitation. U.C. Berkeley administration keeps Bill Maher as commencement speaker 2014-10-31T04:00:00Z

When he wants to be, Mr. Audiard is France’s most provocative director — a major film artist who doesn’t care about what’s politically correct, only what is just. Six French Films That Speak to the Identity of the Nation 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z

After No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood went up against each other at the Oscars, Rudin said being involved with two such "challenging, provocative movies" would be enough for any career. The Social Network creator to tell true story of crime, sex... and moon rocks 2011-01-23T00:07:00Z

But it is provocative simply in showing how trust is gained and kept, even after the swindled kids have understood their robbers’ motives. Ruben Ostlund’s ‘Involuntary,’ ‘Play’ and ‘The Guitar Mongoloid’ 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z

Daniel Harding, the young British conductor who will lead the Dresden Staatskapelle in Brahms’s “German Requiem,” said the engagement provided an opportunity to work within a provocative context. Matters of Spirit In a World Of Hectic Clamor 2010-10-22T08:06:00Z

They’re not afraid of being provocative or asking quite challenging questions in their work. Tribeca Interview: Tom Hiddleston 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z

The idea was absolutely not a marketing idea or absolutely not a provocative idea. Why the Velvet Underground could only have come from New York 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z

Times film critic Betsy Sharkey found the film "intriguingly unorthodox" and "a provocative, sometimes satiric drama about the sort of Islamic extremists who make life, especially in the outer reaches, so treacherous these days." 'Timbuktu' director Abderrahmane Sissako shines a light on extremism 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z

They limn a richly provocative cartography of consciousness itself and its heretofore under-realized possibilities. Art in Review: Paul Laffoley: ‘The Boston Visionary Cell’ 2013-01-17T22:45:06Z

Mr. Alden’s work has always been thoughtful and provocative, but it has lately taken on an even greater elegance and subtle power. Christopher Alden?s ?Cos? Fan Tutte? at New York City Opera 2011-09-18T01:15:08Z

Punk has thrown up some equally provocative acts. The 'slut rock' of Butcher Babies pales next to music's true female adventurers 2012-07-05T14:16:37Z

But highly provocative productions tend, by their very nature, to be the most dramatically committed. Classical music can unite and console in troubling, angry times 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z

And yes, OK, it is also a romance, albeit of the richest, strangest, most provocative kind. Let the Right One In: No 8 best horror film of all time 2010-10-22T10:47:00Z

When all is said and done, we don’t need more shtick about marital betrayal and who gets to keep the beach house, but we could still use more good, provocative dramedies about the Medicare years. In Netflix’s ‘Grace and Frankie,’ age is just a number that sadly averages zero 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z

But “Unicorn Wars” is forcefully provocative, trying too hard to push buttons at the cost of more nuanced explorations of masculinity and power. ‘Unicorn Wars’ Review: Teddy Bears in Battle 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z

Its ruling continued: "However we noted that the images of Ms Von Bourbon adopting mildly provocative positions and limited and partial nudity were fleeting." Ofcom clears burlesque Talent act 2012-07-23T12:24:37Z

Despite his attraction to provocative, sexual costumes and rock music, he built dances based on structure and form. Dance Review: Michael Clark?s ?Who?s Zoo?? at Whitney Biennial 2012 2012-04-01T21:00:01Z

Toll’s familiarity with this hitherto hidden tussle, while still incomplete, is elaborate enough to be provocative, which new historical ideas often are. How the U.S. Won the War Against Japan 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z

Here are some of the most thoughtful — and provocative. Asian-American Actors Take a Stand and Readers Respond 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z

The first season ended very cleanly and in a bit of a provocative way. Emmy Awards 2018: Bill Hader on Bringing Humor to the Darkness on ‘Barry’ 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z

Such provocative montages mocked newspaper headlines and formed an off-beat commentary on local and international news. Keith Haring, the Political Line – review 2013-05-14T13:01:35Z

Since its July premiere in Britain, comparisons have abounded — “Sex and the City,” “Inside Amy Schumer,” “Bridget Jones’s Diary” — with Ms. Waller-Bridge’s being anointed as one of her generation’s funniest, most provocative voices. What’s on TV Friday: ‘High Maintenance’ and ‘Fleabag’ 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

Many others, though, cracked more vulgar jokes about what they saw as a provocative assembly of hard-to-identify body parts. Martin Luther King Jr. statue in Boston draws online mockery, disdain 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z

The drama murmurs provocative questions but spins away from clear answers in its nowhere world. Fading into the woods with D’Amour’s mysterious ‘Cherokee’ 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z

Murray, known for provocative and political work, said through the gallery that he would have no comment. S.Africa's ANC fumes over art ridiculing president 2012-05-17T17:00:16Z

The simplest and most provocative is that “atheists’ explicit beliefs may differ from the implicit reactions that exist outside of conscious awareness.” Do atheists secretly believe in God? 2013-04-27T12:00:00Z

It helps that Ex Machina has particularly provocative ideas about the world around us. Ex Machina Director Alex Garland May Be Summer's Most Inventive Filmmaker 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z

Also featuring his most highly contested release, Lemon Incest, Love On the Beat would go on to become his most provocative album. Serge Gainsbourg's 20 most scandalous moments 2011-02-28T12:10:13Z

ABC's "American Crime" could have a chance, though, for the provocative and nuanced way it's examined race relations. Emmy predictions: Who wil be nominated for TV movie, limited series and variety? 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

The recently released "Burn It Down: Power, Complicity and a Call for Change in Hollywood" is a thoroughly researched and provocative examination of the sexism, racism and exploitative management practices pervading the entertainment industry. "Burn It Down" or stick around? How TV and movie fans "can be in the fight" to make Hollywood better 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z

He concludes with this provocative point: “If a managed care, population based capitation payment is where Medicare is heading, incentivizing more people to join Medicare Advantage may be a more sensible option.” Health Wonk Review: Hurricane Irene Edition 2011-09-01T13:38:53Z

Was it too provocative at a time of homeland crisis? What to See and Experience in New York City This Spring 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z

She makes a provocative case: that while breast cancer does kill men, we rightly focus on it as a female disease. Suicide and silence: why depressed men are dying for somebody to talk to 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z

Starting with his breakout performance in “The Wire,” the actor, who was found dead on Monday at age 54, tackled characters that allowed him to explore provocative intersections of race, crime, sexuality and masculinity. Where to Stream Michael K. Williams’s Best TV Performances 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z

While the JFK murder has long been fodder for overzealous conspiracy theorists, Server carefully rolls out the details of this provocative plot. Review | The incredible life of ‘Handsome Johnny,’ a gangster worthy of the movies 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z

He began his career as an actor in 1958 before moving into directing in the 1960s, although some of his productions were banned by Soviet authorities for being politically provocative. Russian director Fomenko dies, 80 2012-08-09T16:44:41Z

Roth also writes sumptuous descriptions of 1930s New York City and provocative takes on being Jewish amid pervasive anti-Semitism. 'An American Type': Henry Roth's monumental saga concludes, thanks to a New Yorker editor 2010-07-07T20:48:00Z

The Think & Drink series aims to promote the sharing of ideas and perspectives on provocative topics. Think & Drink series blends pints, punditry 2011-09-20T20:32:03Z

The Knife are admired for warping sounds beyond identification and pitchshifting vocals to blur their gender, so this flagrant erasure of authorship is just the logical conclusion, making avant-garde ideas both provocative and fun. The Knife – review 2013-05-10T17:02:19Z

Always provocative, it explores topics from Christian martyrdom in Islamic Spain to the errors in 20th-century western cinematic depictions of early Muslim armies. Jason Burke: the key books on Muslim extremism 2012-11-07T19:08:19Z

Compared to Rockbitch and Tribe 8's bold, provocative forerunners, Butcher Babies' stage antics seem tame, and drained of any real challenge or danger – elements that can transform mediocre live spectacle into pulse-quickening experiences. The 'slut rock' of Butcher Babies pales next to music's true female adventurers 2012-07-05T14:16:37Z

“It wasn’t supposed to be provocative and shocking, but fun and playful.” Noticed: Celebrity Kissing: What Does It Mean? 2010-06-18T18:41:00Z

This debate over who gets saved and who gets culled — or eaten — raises some uncomfortable questions, making this episode especially provocative. ‘The Last of Us’ Season 1, Episode 8 Recap: There But for the Grace 2023-03-05T05:00:00Z

His conceptually provocative, often funny pictures from 1962 to 2003, drawing attention to the medium itself, will be featured in “Michael Snow: Photo-Centric,” opening Saturday at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. | Art: Before and After, Paris in the 1800s 2014-01-24T19:14:13Z

“Conoley has lost a 14-year veteran of the university who stood up for her principles, while silencing perhaps the most provocative performance of the season,” he wrote on the Arts Integrity Initiative website. A Charged Title. A Canceled Show. Now a Cal State Official Resigns. 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

Among his best-known film and photography series is the wonderful La Villa Basque, which turns a local Californian theme restaurant into a moving, provocative meditation on the ties of culture. Artist of the week special: Asier Mendizabal, Alejandro Vidal, Adri? Juli? 2011-03-30T16:24:00Z

Asia and Vika struggle to emerge as full-fleshed characters from the movie’s dull, blue-grey frames, while the script rushes through provocative plot turns in its bleak procession toward a wrenching conclusion. ‘Asia’ Review: Tough Love and an Indecent Proposal 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z

It’s a provocative moment; as Jenny Han herself wrote in a recent New York Times essay, she had to fight, when pitching her novel as a movie, to keep her heroine Asian-American. The Y.A. Surge at Netflix Is On, With Two Good Comedies 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z

None of these things offer any provocative insight about the material or spiritual conditions of modern life. Review: Kim Gordon’s ‘Design Office: The City Is a Garden,’ Scrawled Words in Critique 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

The gallery, which unveiled a new exhibition space in late 2011, hosts a revolving slate of provocative shows including, currently, a Rebecca Horn exhibition. 36 Hours in Naples, Italy 2013-01-09T16:09:43Z

The Sexual Harassment fragrance was released last year and joined the perfume company’s collection of other provocative named scents like “Gypsy Blood” and “Courtesan Intrigues.” Russian perfume company apologizes for ‘sexual harassment’ fragrance 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z

It's a rare chance to be in at the birth of what's sure to be another provocative and intensely enjoyable stand-up experience. This week's new live comedy 2013-04-20T05:00:20Z

“Martyr” isn’t as good, rousing or provocative as any of that. ‘Martyr’ Review: Tight Bonds and Isolation in Beirut 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z

He wrote and performed melodic ditties in a variety of subgenres, with lyrics full of provocative wordplay. ‘Je T’Aime Moi Non Plus’ Review: Serge Gainsbourg’s Oddball Directorial Debut 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z

It was utterly lovely, quietly provocative, and ephemeral: performed only twice, which is my only complaint. My Favorite Cultural Moments of 2015 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z

Solomon, who also produced the new film, sat down with Dretzin to talk about its provocative message. How Andrew Solomon’s memoir of coming out became a completely different story 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z

The social attitudes of “Spotlight” are, by today’s standards, nearly unimpeachable; its substance is no more provocative than is its style. Social Media Crashes the 2016 Oscars 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

There’s some fascinating and provocative material in “The Capote Tapes” that is diluted by the director Ebs Burnough’s insistence on teasing a question that, arguably, has a self-evident answer. ‘The Capote Tapes’ Review: New Narratives and Unanswered Prayers 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z

“History does repeat itself,” announces a postcard advertising “Love und Greed,” the provocative political and historical cabaret created by Mad Jenny, a.k.a. Review: In ‘Love Und Greed,’ Mad Jenny Doffs Her Hat to the Have-Nots 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z

The provocative title, underlined with a red lipstick smear next to an open tube of lipstick, its cap replaced by the bullet beside it. One thing Amazon got wrong about “I Love Dick” (and women) 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z

The whole experience, floating from one provocative thing to another, amounts to a near-perfect blend of profundity and ephemera—like one’s own thoughts, mercifully elevated. The Paris Review, a Poem a Day, and an Iran Explainer: Three Podcasts to Listen to in January 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z

But the provocative cover artwork suggests a more youthful desire for attention. Nas: 'Hip-hop belongs to all of us now' 2012-07-05T19:31:01Z

"A taut and provocative thriller about damage, vengeance and escape," said one critic. Top of the Lake a plunge into uncharted waters for BBC 2013-07-12T18:39:38Z

The documentary-style music video shows what happens when an uptight Copenhagen masseuse visits a provocative Canadian rock star with a penchant for PVC. Best short films on the web 2010-12-19T00:04:08Z

"His sometimes provocative genius, admired and hailed by all, was constantly opening up new perspectives." 2010-02-12T06:25:00Z

But the well-appointed domestic environments — a living room, sitting room and bathroom — stand in provocative relationship to large portrait photographs of women that dominate each one. Around the Galleries: Matt Wedel's 'Peaceable Fruit' ceramics have a hint of fiery apocalypse 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z

European opera houses do Bernstein and Sondheim, along with other classic shows, all the time, regularly trying to find the kind of daringly relevant dramatic angles too provocative for mainstream commercial theater. A 'Wonderful Town' in search of wonder 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z

With a respectable sampling in its debut, the true test will come in the coming weeks as "American Crime's" gritty, politically provocative narrative builds a following. ABC's 'American Crime' debuts to solid ratings 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

With an instinctive flair for the provocative quote, I began describing the show in the most outrageous terms. Charles Busch on the First Time He Performed in Drag 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z

“I do think in general people are a little bit more careful about how they ask women questions about anything to do with sex, sexuality and provocative content. As they should be.” Anna Paquin: ‘I’ve had some horrific experiences’ 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z

South Koreans are passionate carnivores, as Han Kang is here to confirm in her provocative new novel, “The Vegetarian.” A woman going mad, and a radical refusal, in ‘The Vegetarian’ 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z

Which is to say that “Fast Color” is a provocative approach to superheroes but not a radical revision of cinematic form. “Fast Color,” Reviewed: A Superhero Movie That Pays Close Attention to Ordinary Life 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z

Even so, “Fed Up” arrives at some startling and provocative conclusions, and is well worth seeing even if you think you understand this issue. Katie Couric vs. Big Food: She’s a “strong feminist,” but not an “activist” 2014-05-06T22:59:00Z

I wondered why the French apparently kissed differently than Americans, and why their methods would be so much more provocative and potentially sin-inducing. Purity culture slut-shame blues: Everything I know about sex I learned from Bob Dylan 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z

Ironically, I was able to write about controversial topics, such as offshore money laundering under the provocative headline, “Is Delaware Home to a Grand Corruption?” Career advice for Sean Spicer: Work nights at a supermarket — like I did after he cost me my job 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z

She is a historian and author of the widely-praised and provocative book "Masterless Men: Poor Whites and Slavery in the Antebellum South." Roots of white rage: America’s clash of class and race, from the Civil War to the rise of Trump 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z

In these two books, Miller delivers provocative, imaginative retellings of the story of the goddess Circe and of Homer’s the Iliad, making them accessible and exciting to the young, modern reader. Perspective | 23 adult books for teens who are ready to read beyond the YA shelf 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z

A year ago, David Shambaugh, an American political scientist, fired his opening shot as the new doomsayer, with a provocative opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal: “The Coming Chinese Crackup”. Chronicle of a death foretold 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z

“My words of nearly a decade ago were, at the time, totally failed and unfortunate efforts to be provocative,” said the director of the first two mega-grossing Guardians of the Galaxy blockbusters. Was James Gunn the first undeserving victim of Hollywood’s new zero-tolerance policy? 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z

Five members of the feminist group took part in a provocative performance inside Moscow's main cathedral in February to protest Vladimir Putin's rule and his cozy relationship with the Russian Orthodox Church. 2 Pussy Riot members flee Russia to escape arrest 2012-08-26T10:33:07Z

Also look for the network's first competition show, with the provocative title "Top Hookers." Animal Planet unleashing a new season of shows 2012-04-04T15:58:12Z

He found the trilogy "tragic, sardonic, provocative and sharply insightful, often all at once." Eduardo Galeano, author and journalist, dies at 74 2015-04-13T04:00:00Z

“The People’s Joyful Miraculous Shirt, or the Moralistic Scarecrow,” one of his less provocative but more formally lovely images, depicts a kimonolike, priestly vestment hanging with spread arms on crossed spears. Art Review: A Perverse Mind Populated by Devils, Snakes and Buxom Nudes 2011-03-31T22:27:26Z

Kristin Knox, who writes the Clothes Whisperer fashion blog, finds transparent skirts provocative in just the right degree. As Days Grow Longer, So Do Hems 2011-04-07T01:02:33Z

But the series was skewered by critics — again the provocative and unfunny, this time with an extra helping of racism allegations — and didn’t fare much better with audiences. Seth MacFarlane's surprising tumble 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z

Made at a turning point in the artist’s career, it was vividly colored, dramatically composed — even provocative in its blatant nudity and unflinching emotion. Artificial intelligence is restoring lost works by Klimt, Picasso and Rembrandt. Not everyone is happy about it. 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z

In his current book, Hedges raises provocative questions. A Modern Jeremiah Sees National Decline Everywhere He Looks 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

While we might disagree with his positions, Maher makes some provocative points.  Let’s listen to Bill Maher: On Paris, religion and race, Maher walks a fascinating and tricky line 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z

It is a brilliant and provocative look at sexual politics, identity and the perils of being a modern, urban Indian woman. Royal Court's New Plays from India: snapshots of the subcontinent 2012-11-09T14:53:47Z

But this book has the merit of being right quite a lot of the time and provocative for much of the rest of it. Best architecture books of 2012 2012-12-01T10:00:01Z

Kempson’s feminist politics are provocative, as is the way the play’s structure enacts a central theme of “Frankenstein” itself. Review: Road-Tripping with Frankenstein’s Monster in ‘Maery S.’ 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z

This provocative meditation on the ethics of freedom as a source of constraint, as well as liberation, shows her at her most original and brilliant. 8 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z

There is some genital talk that some people might find problematic, but art will always be provocative. Transgender Lives Onscreen: Seen, but Not Always Believable 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z

Earlier this year it won a special Producers Guild prize – the Stanley Kramer award – for illuminating provocative social issues. Angelina Jolie backs UK fight against rape in war zones 2012-05-29T11:36:14Z

As we held Pat’s hand and tried to say something profound, there was a visual chaos that might have been a metaphor for Pat’s remarkably productive, provocative, meaningful life. ‘A Lowcountry Heart’: Pat Conroy’s final words 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z

The handful of revolutionary Communists nearby were also demonstrating alongside us but they were more provocative. A Century of American Protest 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z

He was provocative but not for provoking’s sake. ‘Prince Was Our True Artist’: Readers Share Their Memories 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z

Instead, "Blonde" director Andrew Dominik and star de Armas have dropped hints to the media about the film's provocative and sensationalist aspects, while, at the same time, expressing incredulity at the film's NC-17 rating. Why is "Blonde" – Netflix’s Marilyn Monroe biopic – rated NC-17 instead of TV-MA? 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z

“Museums are here to show works that are difficult, uncomfortable, provocative,” said Tom Eccles, executive director of the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College. Artists Blast Guggenheim for Pulling Works Involving Animals 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z

Before the Toulouse attacks, the group was known for provocative demonstrations, such as protests last year against a French ban on worshippers praying in the streets and a ban on full-face veils. France arrests suspected Islamists, Sarkozy eyes more raids 2012-03-30T12:05:07Z

Set in 1978, in the early years of the Lebanese Civil War, it draws on Hage’s antic, many-voiced gifts to make a chronicle of war and unrelenting death into a provocative entertainment. A Bawdy Novel Considers the Tragic Absurdities of Lebanon’s Civil War 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z

On Wednesday Ms. Oates doubled down with some provocative language. Joyce Carol Oates Opposes Cultural Shutdown on Inauguration Day, Igniting Debate 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z

Crewe uses the interior depth of John and Henry to build intrigue, creating provocative developments even without the use of overtly dramatic plot points. The Gay Rights Movement Before the Gay Rights Movement 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z

The title of Vali Nasr’s provocative and uneven new book, “The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat,” plays on President Bill Clinton’s description of the United States as the world’s one “indispensable nation.” Books of The Times: ‘The Dispensable Nation,’ by Vali Nasr 2013-04-18T19:27:49Z

Girls album, the upbeat and provocative “Bless This Mess,” which is out on Friday. U.S. Girls’ Luxuriously Absurd Disco, and 9 More New Songs 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z

Across the nation, too, lingering memories of the battles 30 years ago over provocative NEA-funded works has left politicians and arts leaders gun-shy about seeking increased government aid. Arts workers are building a labor movement to save a creative economy in peril 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z

Cleansing From Cubicle to Cubicle AS the producer of some seriously steamy marketing videos, Michael Godshall, a founder of Project Dstllry in Brooklyn, is used to being provocative. Cooler Cleanse and BluePrintCleanse, for Juice Diets at Companies 2012-07-11T20:32:02Z

And maybe to appeal to them, Barneys must be a little less quirky and provocative and local, and more of an accessible global brand with a glossy emporium. Barneys Remakes Itself for the New New York 2012-12-13T15:14:47Z

“To make social change you have to be somewhat provocative,” Keith said, though he doesn’t endorse the idea. Americans want justice for George Floyd. Keith Ellison is in charge of getting it. 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z

Its predecessor — “Are Clothes Modern?” — was organized in 1944, by Bernard Rudofsky, a provocative architect and social historian who posited that most clothing was “anachronistic, irrational and harmful.” MoMA Plunges Headfirst Into Fashion 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z

Because all the intelligent and provocative movies dealing with slavery – and with America's toxic race relations in general – come from the exploitation sector. Django Unchained: the inglorious history of slavery in the movies 2013-01-14T06:00:00Z

To his antagonists, many of whom didn’t realize that’s what they were until he targeted them, he is a nuisance, but a provocative one who’s just informed enough that he can’t be ignored. 6ix9ine, the Chaos Agent 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z

According to Richards, he intended for "The Randumb Show" to be "a series of irreverent conversations between longtime friends," but "my attempts to be funny and provocative were not acceptable." Alarming comments Mike Richards made that have resurfaced continue to cast a shadow over "Jeopardy!" 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z

Seen today, it’s a provocative addition to the literature of incarceration. ‘Sepa: Our Lord of Miracles’ Review: A Prison in the Amazon Jungle 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z

Patrick Healy Ever wonder if there’s provocative and compelling theater in New York that costs as little as $15 a ticket? The Week Ahead: Jan. 2 ? 8 2010-12-31T15:49:43Z

But “Cargo” has more than a few terrifying, and provocative, tricks. Comic Performers Play It Dark in Netflix Movies 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z

Shriver’s large and provocative body of work is evidence that she’s a writer with an imposing intellect, a wealth of firmly held convictions and a take-no-prisoners confidence in her own abilities. Money Can’t Buy Love, but It Can Buy Goods — and in These Stories, Lots of Trouble 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z

It may actually be the most interesting, innovative, provocative and far-reaching video game in the world right now, on any system. Controlling the World, on Your iPhone 2011-07-15T17:13:59Z

Not because of a gaffe or provocative statement, but for a groundbreaking act of generosity. Robert F. Smith's gift to Morehouse grads is wonderful — and shouldn't be so necessary 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z

And that in itself is a valuable and provocative advance. Cindy Sherman’s Divas, Poised for a Final Close-Up 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z

This is the provocative, though not entirely credible, premise of Frank Winters’s “Student Body,” an involving if schematic play at the Flea, starring members of its resident acting company. Review: In ‘Student Body,’ Sex, a Video and a Moral Quandary 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z

I find it quite easy to be funny and tender and provocative all at the same time. Alan Cumming Helps CBS Unfurl Its Rainbow Flag With ‘Instinct’ 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z

You will probably be managing behaviors that are highly provocative, and holding these boundaries will test your patience on every level. Perspective | Our 9-year-old has an unhealthy obsession with online games. What can we do? 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z

Wong Ka Ying, a local artist and curator, said she was impressed by curators’ efforts to present critiques of Hong Kong society, even if in less provocative ways. Hong Kong’s M+ Museum Is Finally Open. It’s Already in Danger. 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z

There's little in a movie like the recent "Spider-Man: No Way Home" that comes across as provocative. How will "Evil Dead" and "Spidey" director Sam Raimi fare in the MCU? It'll swallow his soul 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z

No less provocative was Ms. Rice’s candid admission that she found Shakespeare difficult — a sentiment she expressed in her first news conference as artistic director and in various interviews. Blind to Race, Gender and Disability, Shakespeare’s Globe Goes a New Way 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z

Nevertheless, Ruth’s send-off is a powerful one, and Rampling proves to be the ideal vessel for its provocative implications. ‘Juniper’ Review: Bad Grandma 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z

And thoughtful, often provocative opera productions figured prominently at both ends. Provocative Opera at 2 Extremes: Early and New Music 2011-12-17T05:03:15Z

But for the most part, Siegel’s “Groucho Marx” is trenchant and provocative. The divine madness of Groucho Marx 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z

When you visit the expanded Glenstone Museum, you may find the contemporary artwork to be moving, provocative, weird or simply inscrutable, but one aspect of the experience will be constant: its mindfulness. Glenstone’s landcaping as mindful as its artwork 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z

The pages are populated with lovely colour pictures and stylish paradoxes; lucid dreams, mirages, echoes, bubbles, mirror images and more are explored with a pleasantly provocative insistence on multiplying difficulties. Steven Poole's non-fiction choice ? reviews 2011-03-19T00:06:01Z

Times critic Christopher Knight described the show, which was titled "Phenomenal," as "beautiful and provocative." Kathryn Kanjo named new director of Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z

“Sharjah has moved itself out into the wider international contemporary art world,” she said, “and in doing that it’s inevitable that it’s going to get people who are going to be provocative.” A Film Angers an Emirate Festival 2011-04-13T22:52:06Z

MacFarlane, the creator of provocative animated TV series "Family Guy," will also be showing off his vocal skills, and spending more time on stage than has been traditional for Oscar hosts. Oscar show promises music, megastars and James Bond 2013-02-23T14:09:59Z

There is no question that, in the spirit of Moore's confrontational, provocative, socially committed, progressive style, "Planet of the Humans" is a game-changer designed to spark an intense and meaningful debate over an urgent issue. Why "Planet of the Humans," Michael Moore’s new film about green energy, is so controversial 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z

The great Walker Evans took a whole series of provocative photographs with a concealed camera on the New York subway. Moment of truth 2010-04-17T23:05:00Z

He said he was proud that Mr. Bhakta had provided “an opportunity to convey more provocative perspectives.” Asian Art Museum to Remove Bust of Patron. That’s Just a Start. 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z

After its premiere at Telluride, The Front Runner was met with indifference, a feeling that lingered through to its provocative release date on 8 November, when the US midterms took place. And the nominees aren't: the Oscarbait films that failed in 2019 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z

This, after all, is the thing Bacon was a master of: setting up poignant visual and psychological tensions between fierce passion and provocative restraint. Exhibitions picks of the week 2010-03-27T00:07:00Z

No matter how noble the sentiment, going public with your polemic leaves you open to ridicule – and the occasional slap if the dictum is provocative enough. Pornography is far too complicated to distil into a smart T-shirt slogan 2010-08-28T23:06:00Z

In the 1930s, men’s nipples were just as provocative, shameful and taboo as women’s are now, and men were protesting in much the same way. Scout Willis: Topless Instagram Photos Are a Feminist Issue 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z

Suspenseful, provocative, often terrifying yet compassionate, it pushes a variety of hot buttons — child homelessness, mental illness, nuclear energy — all while creating one of the most memorable teenage protagonists in recent fiction. Review: ‘Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands,’ by Chris Bohjalian

Glen Morgan and James Wong, who wrote “Home,” among many other memorable “X-Files” installments, weren’t trying to be provocative, they said recently. ‘X-Files’ Writers Recall the Show’s Most Disturbing Episode 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z

In his crisp and provocative account, Mr Brown suggests that analysts may be wrong to set much store by Mr Xi’s individual will. The people's pope 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

A key 1963 meeting between Bobby Kennedy and black leaders is the springboard for a provocative look at the black struggle today. 50 notable works of nonfiction in 2018 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z

Though West didn’t address Deadmau5’s specific complaint — or acknowledge that he was torrenting in any way — he provided a series of broader, and increasingly provocative, criticisms of the musician, whose real name is Joel Zimmerman. Kanye West Fires Back at Deadmau5 in New Twitter Feud 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z

Instead of deliberately provocative gender bending, the American designer used Moncler’s skills to create a winter wardrobe for mountain peak and town center: outerwear from padded jackets through parkas to duffle coats. 2010-01-20T05:21:00Z

The implication was that it hadn’t been safe before — that Twitter’s previous bosses had castrated Cook’s natural online state, depriving the masses of his provocative yet hilarious content. Perspective | Elon Musk’s Twitter is a safe space for bros who think they’re funny 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z

Even so, “The Wizard of Oz” is “a really sturdy template,” he continues, adding that it’s “a provocative lens to look at, you know, a lot of different stories through.” ‘Lynch/Oz’ Review: The Yellow Brick Road to ‘Blue Velvet’ 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z

Everyone seems to have forgotten about this series—probably they’re just finding it too grim—but I found this last season, which was set in a maximum-security prison, genuinely provocative and powerful. My Not-Top-Ten Television List, 2018 Edition 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z

Hawkes says the film is "provocative" and has "a lot of heart" Was it too difficult to find a disabled actor for the part? Let's talk about sex 2013-01-18T07:55:33Z

Never mind that Facebook designed its system to promote just the kind of intriguing or provocative content that people can’t resist clicking on. ‘Facebook: The Inside Story’ Offers a Front-Row Seat on Voracious Ambition 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z

Gunn earlier apologized for the tweets, which he called “unfortunate efforts to be provocative.” James Gunn rehired to direct ‘Guardians of the Galaxy 3’ 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z

That’s a provocative idea, and even an untrained philosopher will start asking questions about how this imagined world works. ‘A Bid to Save the World’ at Source Festival

She belongs to the pop culture of video music, and sensational and provocative entertainment for entertainment-sake only. Madonna and Hillary: ‘Witch’ and ‘Nasty Woman’ as Sisters in Arms 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z

But the concoction, she explains in her provocative “Making Oscar Wilde,” had been simmering for a decade. Review | Surprising influences on Oscar Wilde’s greatest works 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z

Mr. Gaffigan’s stand-up material sets him apart from the provocative comics who command attention today; he likes jokes about food and family and schlumpy fatherhood. Review: ‘The Jim Gaffigan Show’ and ‘Impastor,’ Comedies About Liars and Religion 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z

Such dust-ups are part of being a famous and provocative comic today. Review: As Amy Schumer Evolves, So Does Her Arena Show 2016-09-25T04:00:00Z

As it was, the layers of sound, projections and props muddied a provocative concept. At the Kennedy Center, moments of sunlight are glorious but fleeting in ‘The Day’ 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z

And then there was the fantastically troubled, completely transfixing DMX, who, for the last two years of the 1990s, was the most provocative rapper working. Names That Defined Hip-Hop, at the Barclays Center 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z

Wis. billboard warns about dangers of cheese A nonprofit group with a history of provocative takes on food is preparing a billboard in the heart of dairy country about the dangers of eating cheese. District keeping poorly rated driver's ed cars 2011-09-26T12:33:00Z

This surely wasn't any kind of experiment in postmodern living rooted in provocative bohemian fantasies of transcendence. Glastonbury 2010: Paul Morley goes to the festival for the first time. What will he make of it? 2010-06-26T23:05:00Z

Of course, the shows can be provocative, a fact of art that still surprises some folks in politics and business. Review | An unsettled Israeli-Palestinian relationship in ‘The Return’ 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z

"We are not doing anything to be provocative," he said. "Homeland" co-creator wants Israel to be prime spot for U.S. TV shows 2014-05-13T14:24:45Z

Six and a half minutes long and flagrantly provocative, it’s a deeply uncomfortable song, its protagonist anguished and violated. Arts & Leisure Preview: Taylor Swift Is Angry, Darn It 2010-10-20T22:06:00Z

Following the series, Culp took perhaps his most-remembered film role as Wood's husband in the provocative "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice," which looked at the topic of free love and mate- swapping. U.S. actor Robert Culp, 79, dies after fall 2010-03-25T00:22:00Z

It was a provocative ruling, and no one yet fully understands its consequences. Free Lolita! The remarkable story of a remarkable whale held captive for four decades 2014-04-06T10:58:00Z

It’s aggressive and provocative — two qualities you don’t usually expect from a soda commercial, but not surprising at all coming from the minds behind Odd Future. The most racist commercial of all time? 2013-05-01T16:10:00Z

The original readymade sculpture was really only ever intended as a provocative prank, but has gone on to become perhaps the single most influential artwork of the 20th century. Putting modern art on the map 2012-08-24T20:35:17Z

The resulting work opens at the Chocolate Factory on Jan. 9 as part of American Realness, the annual festival, now in its 10th year, highlighting provocative new dance and performance works. A Choreographer Gives In to His Ambition of Recklessness 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z

In 2014, Edward Jay Epstein, the veteran writer on espionage, published a provocative article in The Wall Street Journal proposing another way of looking at Snowden: as a spy. Is Edward Snowden a Spy? A New Book Calls Him One. 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z

It's the first exhibit at the new academy museum site—and the subject is surprisingly provocative and involved. The costumes are the stars of Academy Museum exhibit 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z

A year ago, The Wall Street Journal published an excerpt from Amy Chua’s book, “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,” under the provocative headline “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior.” Motherlode Blog: Who Says American Parents Are Inferior? 2012-02-06T19:36:02Z

"If you are shy, just find something that is a flag to wear, a provocative button or a 'Kiss a Whale' shirt," he says. Social gatherings can ease shyness 2010-12-06T15:44:00Z

For all its glumness, “Insecure” retains an ebulliently hilarious and provocative tone — always great fun to watch. Perspective | Best TV shows of 2017: ‘Twin Peaks,’ ‘Handmaid’s Tale,’ ‘Vietnam War’ and more 2017-12-05T05:00:00Z

It’s what makes him one of the best living writers of fictional dialogue, and it’s what makes his arguments productively provocative. Review | Jonathan Franzen has some baggage. Does his latest essay collection rise above it? 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z

Now comes an equally provocative Mamet piece entitled, simply, Race. Sherlock Holmes, The History Boys, Race: what to see at the theatre this week 2013-05-18T05:00:15Z

Von Trier, the Danish director with a long history of controversy and provocative work, was banned from Cannes in 2011 for commenting that he was a Nazi while promoting his film “Melancholia.” PG-Uh Oh: In Rare Move, M.P.A.A. May Sanction Lars von Trier Film 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z

Ms. Ono’s politics were broad and personal, but still provocative. Review: Modern Sky Festival Unites Budding Stars (Song Dongye) and Celebrities (Yoko Ono) 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z

For its first couple seasons, “Dexter” was a mischievously provocative narrative. ‘Dexter’ and the Shows That Wouldn’t Die 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z

What Howard does is he asks intelligent, provocative questions,” says Daryl Hall. Is Howard Stern going soft or just getting sharper? 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z

The ambience was wildly theatrical: Male patrons were often powdered and rouged, flamboyant cross-dressers had names like Princess Toto and Miss Phoebe, and the clientele would be entertained by provocative “singing waiters.” Regilding the Gilded Age in New York 2015-02-27T05:00:00Z

Rihanna seemed to get the memo: The usually provocative star covered up in an elegant red gown. AP Photos: Grammy Awards feature plenty of skin 2013-02-11T01:49:10Z

That lineage shows in this endlessly surprising and provocative story that deconstructs not just the obvious expressions of sexism but the internal ribs of power that we have tolerated, honored and romanticized for centuries. ‘The Power’ is our era’s ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z

Thaddeus Phillips surveys the dangers and indignities of travel in “17 Border Crossings,” a genial and mildly provocative solo show about people and prepositions — how we get over and around, across and through. Review: In ‘17 Border Crossings,’ Thaddeus Phillips Contemplates the Complexities of Travel 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z

The former Soviet republic’s Ministry of Culture, Information and Tourism said it “objects to a fashion show by nude women in a temple of art and does not support such provocative gestures by contemporary artists”. Kyrgyzstan censors "provocative" women's rights art event over nudity 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z

Trump’s attitude toward celebrities has followed the same pattern, a provocative mix of seeking their approval and attacking their privilege. Master of celebrity: How Trump uses — and bashes — the famous to boost himself 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z

And by foregrounding the creature’s experience and delaying the violence, Bernays solicits our empathy for him — a provocative choice, as Shelley skews a lot more equivocal. Review: ‘Dracula’ and ‘Frankenstein’? Nothing to Be Scared Of 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z

When dressed up for fashion shoots, Daisy is often overtly sexual and provocative; today she is virtually free of makeup, and ridiculously beautiful. The Saturday interview: Pearl and Daisy Lowe 2011-04-01T23:05:38Z

Although it’s not what anyone would call a joyful watch, “Kidding” is a provocative and often heartbreakingly funny exploration of hero worship, grief and coping. Perspective | 10 new shows to check out this fall, including ‘Murphy Brown,’ ‘Camping’ and ‘Forever’ 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

To that end, she has hired provocative photographers like Terry Richardson to shoot Equinox’s ad campaigns. Up Close: Bianca Kosoy Adds Her Creative Touch to Equinox: Up Close 2012-08-29T19:30:41Z

But the show also noted that the photos were no more provocative than anything on the Miss USA website. Miss USA: 'I fear no question' since competition 2010-07-08T23:23:00Z

“Part of our mission here is to support artists investigating contemporary dance in provocative and substantial ways,” said Carla Peterson, the group’s artistic director. 2010-01-08T03:16:00Z

“Today’s couples want something provocative, memorable, experiential, tactile and reflective of who they are as a couple,” Ms. Banta said. A Wedding or an Art Installation? A Little of Both. 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z

Are all perspectives on TV equal, as long as they’re provocative and move the Nielsen meter? Why do cable news shows use so many celebrity ‘experts’? 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z

David Mamet's provocative play was originally staged on Broadway in 2009. VIDEO: Henry gatecrashes radio interview 2013-05-30T09:40:11Z

Stone is known for such provocative films as “Platoon,” ”JFK” and “Born On the Fourth of July.” Oliver Stone writing memoir, scheduled for 2020 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z

Ringgold, who was raised in Harlem and supported the Black Power movement in the 1960s, is remembered in the reductive shorthand of the casual museumgoer as a political artist, and a provocative one. Review | Faith Ringgold is an artist, an activist and a prophet. But that’s only scratching the surface. 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z

In an interview, Alvarez discussed “the big twist scene in the cellar that divides audiences,” saying that it was his intention to “be provocative and push boundaries.” The Twisted Appeal of “Don’t Breathe” 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

This engaging, provocative little movie is a reminder that sometimes the person that scares you most is the person most like you. Cyrus Review: The Year's Scariest Romantic Comedy 2010-06-17T19:45:00Z

But these are not subversive in any provocative way about perceptions of beauty or beastliness. Dance Review: A Fairy Tale, With Nudity, at Abrons Arts Center 2010-04-20T22:32:00Z

In some cases, it may be considered gratuitously provocative. Review: Exploring Captivity in Handel’s ‘Alcina’ and Mozart’s ‘Entführung’ at Aix-en-Provence Festival 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z

Homeland continues to prove its strength for Showtime, and is one of television’s most exciting, provocative and widely-discussed shows. Fan Favorites Masters of Sex and Homeland Renewed for 2014 2013-10-22T20:28:16Z

It described the film as "provocative and elegantly directed". Georgian film wins top Sarajevo film fest award, Cleese and Stone honored 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z

“The Peripheral” is full of arresting, provocative inventions, often simply mentioned in passing. William Gibson’s Man-Made Future 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z

Some of the most provocative features of quantum theory emerged much more recently. David Kaiser's top 10 books about quantum theory 2012-09-26T12:02:55Z

What you get, instead, is a chillier and occasionally provocative rumination on how hard it can be to navigate an altered world. Review | PBS’s ‘World on Fire’ offers something besides the usual heroics of a World War II story 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z

His guitar reads “Arm the Homeless,” matching the provocative signs in the crowd of a few hundred people: “Mein Trump,” “America Was Never Great,” “We Need to Overthrow the System.” Prophets of Rage Bring Their Anger to the Republican Convention 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

And it wasn’t that they were independent or edgy or that the content was risky or provocative. ‘Hollywood Is Changing,’ Says Its Veteran Activist, Tim Robbins 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z

Her memoir, “Hold Still,” offers still more in the shock category, although this time the subjects stretch beyond pre-pubescent children in provocative poses. My critics ‘were in some measure correct,’ Sally Mann admits in memoir 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z

Cultural Programs to Focus on Climate Change In his best-known works, Robert Rauschenberg used nontraditional materials, including found objects, to produce provocative pieces that he called combines. ArtsBeat: Cultural Programs to Focus on Climate Change 2013-07-15T13:28:12Z

Eligibility is determined by "uniqueness of vision, original, provocative subject matter, economy of means and percentage of financing from independent sources." Make room for Indie Spirit Awards, Oscar's maverick cousin 2015-02-20T05:00:00Z

The videos went viral, quickly amassing millions of views and turning Weird Al — a guy who's been up to the same shtick since Madonna was a provocative newcomer — into the talk of the Internet. Emmys 2014: Weird Al Yankovic sticks to his theme, and gets reactions 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z

It is both a pragmatic and provocative event in television history. For 'The Killing,' closure is less than thrilling 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

Whether she’s a peacemaker or a collaborationist, a martyr or a patsy, remains one of the story’s provocative questions. ‘Murina’ Review: Hunting for Independence on Her Terms 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z

“Facing the Monumental” opens with one of Ms. Belmore’s most striking and provocative works, “The Fountain.” A Canadian Museum Promotes Indigenous Art. But Don’t Call It ‘Indian.’ 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

PALMA, Majorca — A provocative theory in vogue among physicists and philosophers suggests that we humans are not experiencing, and have not ever experienced, reality. The Reality Behind ‘Below Deck’ 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z

It makes this slick, provocative dirty movie something its creators could have never imagined: quaint. ‘Basic Instinct’ at 30: A Time Capsule That Can Still Offend 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z

Yet Stoppard's most provocative stroke is to question whether the Cherry Orchard must necessarily end on a dying fall. The Cherry Orchard - review 2010-10-22T20:30:00Z

Blowfly was a loose-tongued character, but even though his subject matter was provocative, his early music was as disciplined as Miami’s mainstream soul; it was often played by the same musicians. Clarence Reid, Singer and Songwriter Also Known as Blowfly, Dies at 76 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z

There is Evelyne Axell’s “Valentine”, in which a zip runs down a sinuous, painted silhouette, in a provocative gesture of female sexuality unleashed. Colour me beautiful 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z

The most provocative questions are extremely personal, dealing with sexual preferences, interests, boundaries, and history. You are more than a sexual fetish — but online dating sites might not think so 2014-03-15T20:30:00Z

Once there was a name for this kind of provocative imagery: we called it Young British Art. Mat Collishaw: still sensational 2013-04-26T15:30:00Z

After all, as she said, a woman in office “can’t be too provocative.” The Fashion Conservatives 2010-10-20T22:33:00Z

Otsuka Chino seamlessly inserts her grown self beside her younger one in old family snapshots, cajoling time into taking a provocative U-turn. In her photos, Ishiuchi Miyako focuses on the dynamics, tensions of postwar Japan 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z

I thought that seemed like a pretty provocative way to start a movie. "There's no agreement on facts": Alex Gibney's look at Russian interference shows America's weakness 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z

Her crowd claps loudly at jokes, especially provocative ones, and the lowest common denominator feels provoked to respond, begetting further jokes at their expense. Patricia Lockwood's Crowd-Pleasing Poetry 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

The Miller Theater will continue to emphasize its traditional strengths – new music, early music and provocative combinations of the two – in its 2014-15 season, which opens on Sept. New Music Meets Early Music in Miller Theater Offerings 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z

Layers have layers, most of them provocative and ultimately meaningless distractions to the true concern. The best new "Black Mirror" episode is a Netflix self-own that plays out our current AI nightmare 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z

Gibson specializes in the rapid appropriation of the most provocative ideas, images and — especially — artifacts circulating in the overlapping worlds of art, advertising, espionage and the global underworld. William Gibson’s ‘The Peripheral’ stars a plucky female gamer with 3D printing skills

The large composition, also dispatched by the painter in just one day, on Jan. 11, 1970, is done in Picasso’s most provocative cartoon style. Auctions: Impressionist and Modern Sale Marred by Optimistic Price Tags 2011-05-04T12:28:14Z

Perhaps the most salient lesson of Brownstein’s engrossing book is that surely as day follows night, America devours its most provocative cultural expression and spits it back up, polished and unthreatening. Why Did Los Angeles Become a Cultural Mecca in the Early 1970s? 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z

Swift herself has been more politically outspoken in recent years, though in ways so pedestrian that only out-of-touch right wingers can imagine she's being provocative. GOP dudes are big mad at Taylor Swift for reminding them that the ladies don't like them 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z

The filmmakers also adapt the game's Dagger of Time, a time-travel device used to reset the action, into a provocative narrative catalyst. "Prince of Persia" royally blows it 2010-05-28T00:20:00Z

But I promised my husband the provocative ensemble would be saved for another time. What I Wore: What I Wore - Ali Wentworth 2012-02-10T23:43:01Z

Third, its conclusions are both provocative and full of implications for the world today. Notes From the Book Review Archives 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z

The Lost Angeles Times described it as "subversive, provocative and unexpected … a hall of mirrors as unsettling as anything Lewis Carroll's Alice ever experienced". Banksy in line for Oscar nomination 2010-11-19T16:20:00Z

“It feels like where we’ve just been. I would encourage people to look for brighter, more atmospheric colors that gesture at something different. Be a little provocative.” Normally a study in contrasts, paint companies’ 2022 colors of the year are pretty much the same 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z

To me, the ending of “The OA” was ludicrous and cheaply provocative; some folks wired differently may find it haunting and profound. Review: The Cryptic Sparkles in ‘The OA.’ Reality Disappoints. 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z

Some of the posters are provocative, explicit or overtly sexual; others are straightforward, tame — even prudish. 50 shades of Shutterstock 2012-05-29T01:00:00Z

These might be requests for some artwork supporting their cause, often taking a provocative stance that might be too dangerous for local artists. Carlos Latuff: The voice of Tripoli ? live from Rio 2011-08-22T21:01:01Z

This film is bold and provocative, but it's weak at the core. Film review: World's Greatest Dad 2010-09-23T22:16:00Z

“He would grow visibly bored if he wasn’t being provocative,” Mr. Butler added. Ronnie Cutrone, a Man of Another, Cooler City 2013-08-02T22:08:34Z

Because the film doesn’t begin to explore the wider implications of that loss of trust, its findings don’t add up to more than a sardonic gloss on a provocative subject. Review: ‘(Dis)Honesty — The Truth About Lies’ Assumes Everyone Tells Them 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

But while conceptually provocative, these works invite, if not demand, the same close looking as her exquisite early tabletop arrangements of small found and natural forms. 4 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z

Over at Grantland, Mark Harris makes a provocative case for eliminating the best animation Oscar. The Carpetbagger: Eliminate an Animation Category? Guillermo del Toro Might Object 2012-02-16T17:26:15Z

His output was variable but, taken overall, constituted a forceful, provocative and original body of work. Nicolas Roeg obituary 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z

The art at Long View may not be thematically provocative, but it’s always beautifully composed and finished. Review | In the galleries: Autobiographical pieces prevail at the Trawick Prize 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z

Organized by the new-music sextet Eighth Blackbird, the festival takes as its starting point Stravinsky’s provocative statement that “music is, by its very nature, essentially powerless to express anything at all.” Music Review: Notes, Melodies and, Here, Politics 2011-02-19T00:40:21Z

It’s also apparent in conversation, as he displays reverence for the much more abrasive, provocative comic Doug Stanhope. Mike Birbiglia Brings ‘Sleepwalk With Me’ to the Big Screen 2012-08-17T20:03:02Z

Overall, however, this latest offering from Sís is both contemplative and provocative. 'The Conference of the Birds': reviving a 12th-century Persian epic 2011-11-16T22:53:03Z

What’s more of a surprise, really, is Stern’s continued and devoted following among so many liberal listeners who dismiss his bullying commentary as simply being provocative. Howard Stern thinks Sam Smith is “ugly, chubby and looks gay” 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z

One peculiar aspect of the “X-Men” films is how often, yet how fleetingly, they are brushed by provocative ideas, or by streaks of alarming beauty; you certainly sense that in the cage. Apocalypse Now: Bryan Singer’s New “X-Men” Movie 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z

“But these are such extraordinarily fluid and provocative times in the world that people’s interest in the political process is either completely exhausted or it’s extremely heightened.” Jessica Chastain’s ‘Miss Sloane’ Echoes Campaign Rhetoric 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z

It was never made to be provocative," says Bonner, "other than we like girl power and we believe in individuals. Comrade Kim Goes Flying: it's North Korea as you've never seen it before 2013-06-26T15:35:20Z

Taken literally, though, the book’s provocative title is misleading: “Hawking Hawking” is a full-fledged biography, not an exposé or takedown. Revisiting the Unusual Celebrity of Stephen Hawking 2021-04-18T04:00:00Z

Her work, which tackles identity politics and detonates cultural stereotypes — of Asian Americans, African Americans, Native Americans, feminists and Caucasian men — is provocative. Playwright Young Jean Lee asks, 'What do we want straight white men to do that they're not doing?' 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z

His thoughts on the subject are provocative, if a little ambiguous. The importance of good editing 2012-06-14T14:04:47Z

The Sundance breakout had many buzzing about its provocative twists but it’s best to go in knowing as little as possible. New this week: Plenty of Dolly Parton and ‘Lucy and Desi’ 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z

The documentary “Little White Lie” would be provocative simply for what it says about race and identity. ‘Little White Lie,’ a Personal Documentary About Race 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z

Yet, “Sort Of” advances no particular agenda, and if the show is provocative, that provocation comes from its lived-in tone, its quietness, its broad acceptance of its characters. Is Bilal Baig Ready for Fame? Sort Of. 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z

Mr. Tagore said he did not believe that the approval process would restrict the display of provocative artistic work on themes like sex. Special Report: Travel Asia: Singapore Recasts Itself as Newest Asian Art Hub 2012-10-12T22:30:11Z

Still, buoyed by the enthusiastic reactions to the movie, Rock is already looking to other provocative projects. Chris Rock is just being his biting, brazen self in 'Top Five' 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z

The casting is a provocative combination of man and material. Josh Groban Takes Aim at His Broadway Dream 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z

Mr. Hammett recently spoke with ArtsBeat by phone about provocative design, evil sounds and how horror fans and metal lovers are kindred spirits. ArtsBeat: Movies, Memorabilia and Metallica 2012-11-27T14:00:59Z

For me, Frankie shares the same provocative, edgy comedy danger that Billy Connolly had early in his career and Billy is now hailed as a national treasure. Frankie Boyle may make BBC comeback 2013-03-25T07:49:18Z

Narrated by a 16-year-old girl in Vermont, Bohjalian’s suspenseful and provocative novel pushes some hot buttons — child homelessness, mental illness, nuclear energy — while creating one of the most memorable teenage protagonists in recent fiction. The top 50 fiction books for 2014

He has a history of making provocative films, the most famous of which is 2004's Black Friday, telling the story of the 1993 Mumbai bombings and the sectarian rivalry behind them. The new Indian cinema: sex, crime and censorship 2012-06-21T19:30:01Z

For prospective distributors in Toronto, the provocative elements seem to have added to the film’s allure. Asking Questions Louis C.K. Doesn’t Want to Answer 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z

Many provocative podcasts, including several hosted by fringe and far-right figures, exist on nearly all the platforms. On Google Podcasts, a Buffet of Hate 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z

Movies that depict heinous real-life criminal acts and attempt to grapple with their human toll are provocative undertakings, particularly when they’re made so soon after the actual events. Review: ‘Patriots Day,’ a Mosaic of Portraits From Marathon Bombing 2016-12-20T05:00:00Z

That title seems to promise provocative comedy with a point of view. Frankie Boyle criticises 'cowardly' BBC for Israel joke apology 2010-04-30T18:15:00Z

Photograph: AP Critics are always praising works of art for being urgent, challenging, disturbing, provocative and so forth. What's wrong with a little escapism in art? | Jonathan Jones 2010-03-26T11:04:00Z

That show couldn’t help but draw out both the power and weakness of his work: his daring reimagination of old themes and provocative use of gritty realism, but also his sentimentality and bathos. ‘200 Years of African American Art’ at Philadelphia Museum of Art 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z

Turk is known for his provocative bronze sculptures of bin bags and waxworks of himself posing as Sid Vicious and Che Guevara. In pictures: Gavin Turk's neon art 2014-01-26T08:32:04Z

But Lightman’s aim in this insightful and provocative musing is to remind us of the centrality of subjectivity in all human endeavors, including those of science. Must Science Conflict With Spirituality? 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z

My sons asked the minister provocative questions, and she asked back. Personal Journeys: Mother and Sons, on the Same Track 2011-06-03T18:55:00Z

When I asked him about that during a recent conversation, he said, “When I said that I don’t feel a responsibility, I was being a little bit sly and provocative on purpose.” Music: A Call for More New Music From New York Philharmonic 2012-01-06T17:00:00Z

Still, "Sex With Strangers" is yet another provocative and timely play to emerge from Steppenwolf. Generations collide in Steppenwolf's smart 'Sex with Strangers' ★★★ 2011-01-31T00:32:11Z

As Spoto, quoting this comment, rightly points out, the director often made provocative remarks for effect. Do Hitchcock and The Girl reveal the horrible truth about Hitch? 2013-01-11T07:00:00Z

To add to the shelf, there is now the authorized biography, “Sontag: Her Life and Work,” by Benjamin Moser, a book as handsome, provocative and troubled as its subject. In ‘Sontag,’ the Author’s Myth Takes Center Stage 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z

“Reality in Bulgaria,” he said, is “more provocative and challenging.” Bulgarian Architects’ State-Sponsored Whimsy 2014-01-19T22:19:53Z

The reading of “Moby-Dick” is the most exciting and provocative part of “All Things Shining.” Books of The Times: The Classics as the Antidote to Modern Malaise 2011-01-04T01:18:40Z

Calvin Klein features a red-and-white quilt in its provocative ad starring the Kardashian-Jenner sisters, who are languorously sprawled across the blanket in nothing but their underwear. This Old Thing? Quilts Hit the Catwalk 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

“But what I really like is to talk about daily life in a provocative way, touching on subjects that are more sensitive, and that’s the focus of my stand-up.” Comedy: A Brazilian?s Comic Mania: Social Media 2011-08-04T12:00:00Z

This pinnacle of the Romantic repertory is bread and butter for full-size symphony orchestras but more provocative fare for a conductorless chamber ensemble. Music Review: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra at Carnegie Hall - Review 2011-10-16T19:24:56Z

Ms. Hayeri herself was stopped and detained last year for wearing thick, black leggings that the morality police found provocative. Lens Blog: Kiana Hayeri's Photos of Young Women in Iran 2012-05-29T15:12:25Z

"People thought it was meant to be a provocative statement… but, for me, it shows a very simple, innocent moment between two people." Working 9 to 5 2011-07-30T23:04:05Z

If the unabashed newcomers who star in MTV’s “Skins” are at all representative of its goal audience, the network should have no fear of offending young sensibilities with its provocative content. ?Skins? Will Arrive Soon on MTV, Baring All That It Can 2011-01-04T01:07:07Z

Nichols said the author's books were "as provocative and cutting-edge today as ever" and that "each generation wants to claim him as its own". Philip K Dick's visionary journals to be published 2010-04-30T11:49:00Z

A provocative artist is the proud new owner of a wedding cake favor from the January 2005 nuptials of President Trump and first lady Melania. Individual cake from Trump's 2005 wedding auctioned off to artist famed for submerging crucifix in own urine 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z

Perfume maker Coty UK said the ad was targeted at readers over 25 years old and that while the image was provocative, it wasn't indecent. Marc Jacobs perfume ad banned in UK 2011-11-09T22:19:10Z

Unfortunately, the story he tells of following an intruder out of his Echo Park home sounds far more subtle and provocative than early episodes of this show. 'Complications' goes crazy with doctor's metamorphosis 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

But if I’m being very lairy and putting it about and being provocative, then you are enticing someone who’s already unhinged – don’t do that. Chrissie Hynde criticised over rape remarks 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z

CANNES, France — A provocative documentary screened in Cannes depicts Prince Philip as a psychopath and the British royal family as racist "gangsters in tiaras." Cannes: Diana film slams UK royals as 'gangsters' 2011-05-13T13:21:04Z

Ms. Steele is about to open a provocative show, “A Queer History of Fashion: From the Closet to the Catwalk,” on Sept. ‘Hippie Chic’ Shows at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2013-08-22T22:01:34Z

A story collection by the provocative author of “Bad Feminist.” What books to read in 2017: 26 titles to start the year 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z

Mr. Bui Jones said he struggled with that Q.& A. because he worried that the Vietnamese authorities might punish Mr. Tuyen for making such provocative comments. Eluding Censors, a Magazine Covers Southeast Asia’s Literary Scene 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z

The Force Awakens” may not be anywhere near as beautiful-looking as “The Revenant” or as provocative a critical plaything as “The Hateful Eight,” but it does more than get the job done. The Year the Studios Get It Right 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z

It’s no accident that Lady Gaga decided to release the video for her provocative single, “Judas,” this Easter. Noticed: For Catholics, Open Attitudes on Gay Issues 2011-04-22T19:37:06Z

From Ms. Wang, she chose a bridal gown, but one that was red, since the color was both provocative, in the context of a wedding, and evocative, in the sense of China. Front Row: Exhibitions Highlight Range of Asian-American Designers 2013-04-24T20:30:55Z

This summer has seen some remarkable developments in the language wars—provocative books and articles by writers who occupy extreme ends of the spectrum. The Long Hot Summer of Grammar 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z

Because nobody ever posts provocative images of beautiful women on the Internet. Kate Upton was surprised -- and angry -- when Cat Daddy video came out 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z

“Eating The Wall Street Journal,” first performed in 1991, involves similarly provocative behavior. What Makes Pope.L’s Art Endure? (It’s Not the Famous Crawls) 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

Seek them out if you are in the mood to sample some surprising, provocative wines. The Oregon Trail 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z

Calexit is at the forefront of a range of comics and cartoon books reacting to the current political climate, a provocative example of artists continuing to reckon with the Trump presidency. Comic Books That Put the Pow in Political Power 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z

When she began taking questions, a young girl with an Australian accent asked how Ms. Rocha was able to make it as a model despite turning down shoots she deemed too provocative. Coco Rocha, Expanding Her Efforts To Be a Role Model 2012-08-31T21:17:25Z

Ms. Phillips defended it as prime New Museum territory — taking risks, showing provocative, important art the public might not see otherwise — but it didn’t help. The Most Powerful Woman in the New York Art World Is Lisa Who? 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z

The American trend for long books filled with mountains of data in support of provocative hypotheses continues. Best psychology books of 2012 2012-11-30T13:00:01Z

Debut author Robert Justice depicts the moment vividly but without sensationalism in his provocative book — a crime novel that explores deep-rooted problems in the American justice system. Review | Robert Justice is using fiction to shed light on the reality of wrongful convictions 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z

The only thing in Mark Edmundson’s new book that isn’t provocative is its title. ‘Self and Soul’: Mark Edmundson’s biting critique of modern complacency 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z

Three weeks into his membership, MacKensie anticipates what promises to be the most provocative show yet, the one that will make him an official member of the Satan Club for life. Sex at the Satan Club 2014-03-08T00:00:00Z

This well-meaning but superficial film skips across the globe, raising some provocative arguments but advancing few. ‘Gringo Trails’ Examines Tourism’s Fallout 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z

The provocative but empty premise of “Homeland” leads us into another jungle maze until we’re too exhausted to suspend our disbelief any longer. Riff: ?Clues That Lead to More Clues That Add Up to Nothing? 2011-12-16T17:03:47Z

“If they call you shocking, scandalous, troublesome, problematic, provocative or dangerous, you are definitely onto something.” How the Grammys Bring Rebels Into the Fold 2023-02-06T05:00:00Z

But it answers only with a provocative silence, as per its title, as if to say that ultimate answers to questions of meaning and being are beyond human comprehension. Richard Serra’s Steel Behemoths Get Into Your Head 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

Far from being cuddly, Bennett also consistently questions conventional moral attitudes to man-boy relationships in a way that is undeniably provocative. Alan Bennett: a quiet radical 2012-10-12T09:38:00Z

The Tanzanian political cartoonist Gado spoke over a slide show of his provocative, taboo-breaking work, which lampooned everything from Chinese investment in Africa to racism, dictatorships and Africa’s relationship with the International Monetary Fund. ArtsBeat: PEN World Voices Festival Opens ‘On the Edge’ 2014-04-29T22:28:21Z

However, I was taken aback by how sexually provocative the performances were, and how revealing the clothing, and felt that it was too early for those routines. X Factor complaints reach 1,000 2010-12-14T12:08:18Z

Kathy Griffin’s press conference became, like her controversial picture of Donald Trump itself, a provocative, memorable and somewhat unhinged work of performance art. Kathy Griffin claims “conspiracy” at mad, looping press conference 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z

But for all his online popularity – from his podcast to his provocative Twitter feed – Limond's TV show seems to be regarded within the BBC as something of a baffling anomaly. Limmy's Show!: why is this fine sitcom broadcast only in Scotland? 2012-11-23T12:14:46Z

I’m glad I did not skip the discussion after the New York premiere of Kyle Patrick Alvarez’s claustrophobic and provocative film “The Stanford Prison Experiment,” because it was not like that at all. Inside “The Stanford Prison Experiment”: Six days in a fake prison, and how they changed the world 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

Eve Ensler is famous for breaking silence by asking provocative questions. Eve Ensler on men and #MeToo: "I have never heard a man publicly, authentically, deeply apologize" 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z

Bringing up his psychiatric care in an interview was an odd move, even “provocative,” says Snyder. @Work Advice: Psych out

But a Murakami novel always promises a provocative, challenging and decidedly quirky perspective. Review: ‘Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage,’ by Haruki Murakami

Each episode of the show spotlights a “civilized yet provocative” conversation about current events between liberal and conservative commentators. 8 Podcasts to Help Make Sense of Post-Trump America 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z

The Miller Theater at Columbia University will continue to emphasize its traditional strengths — new music, early music and provocative combinations of the two — in its 2014-15 season. Miller Theater Season 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z

“My words of nearly a decade ago were, at the time, totally failed and unfortunate efforts to be provocative,” Gunn said in a statement last week about tweets mostly from 2008 to 2011. Perspective | Disney’s axing director James Gunn for his atrocious tweets was understandable. But it was wrong. 2018-07-24T04:00:00Z

Some of his political positions were similarly quarrelsome and provocative. Gore Vidal, 1925-2012: Gore Vidal, Elegant Writer, Dies at 86 2012-08-01T05:20:14Z

Over the final three seasons of “Nurse Jackie,” Flahive and Mensch helped to flesh out Dr. Roman into an idiosyncratic eccentric whose promiscuity was her least provocative personality trait. How ‘GLOW’ Helped Betty Gilpin Embrace Her Inner Weirdo 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z

Universal is distributing "Fifty Shades" in conjunction with its specialty division Focus Features, which has a history of handling sexually provocative material, including "Lust, Caution" and "Brokeback Mountain." 'Fifty Shades of Grey' to steam up Berlin film fest in overseas debut 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z

The Canadian filmmaker Bruce LaBruce is best known for his provocative spins on modern sexuality, but his latest is a semiclassical affair. ‘Saint-Narcisse’ Review: A Classic Romance Between Twin Flames 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z

It was really provocative and quite gritty for its time. Jo Hartley's favourite TV 2013-03-11T12:00:00Z

Nothing political, provocative, or argumentative breaches his walls, and I don’t think it’s a coincidence that little fun does, either. What Makes an Essay American 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

“It’s a bit provocative, it brushes off the tired, dusty image,” he said. Emojis Meet Hieroglyphs: If King Tut Could Text 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z

Their initial antagonism might be promising — hostility is often the catalyst for romantic-comedy bliss — if either one did or said anything funny, clever, provocative or even slightly memorable. 2010-01-08T03:34:00Z

The trick in a movie like this one is to appear daring while playing it safe, to act provocative while not actually provoking anyone. Review: ‘Get Hard,’ With Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

She said she "wanted to be taken seriously as a writer", but her pseudonym was both provocative and prophetic. West's World: The Extraordinary Life of Dame Rebecca West by Lorna Gibb – review 2013-04-07T08:01:02Z

Case in point: Mendelsohn writes about my favorite book, “The Bone Clocks,” that “the structural intricacies here are exhausting rather than involving, and the flirtations with the fantastical come off as silly rather than provocative.” On the ‘Mitchellverse’ and Other Letters to the Editor 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z

Ms. Cho reserved more provocative material for the smaller scale of clubs. The Sneaky Power of Amy Schumer, in ‘Trainwreck’ and Elsewhere 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

I like to be a little shocking, a little provocative. Billy Eichner Wrote Himself Into the Romance He Wanted With ‘Bros’ 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z

“Some photography shows are too provocative for corporates,” she said, “but beautiful clothes mean more businesses want to be linked with and entertain in these rooms.” Fashion Photography Is the Art World’s Rising Star 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z

His provocative sculptures and installations now sell for as much as $190,000. Christian Boltanski Has a Show at the Park Avenue Armory 2010-05-09T23:40:00Z

But audiences who appreciate distinctive and provocative visions will find this production a memorable experience. Intriguing, challenging ‘The Wonderful World of Dissocia’ by Theater Alliance

I have a different interview style; I'm probably a bit more provocative and cheekier. Q&A: Piers Morgan, the Man Stepping into Larry King's Seat 2011-01-14T05:35:00Z

COVENTRY, England — Array Collective, a group of 11 artists who attend political protests in Northern Ireland, wearing carnivalesque costumes and holding funny, provocative banners, has won the Turner Prize, the biggest award in British art. This Year’s Winner of the Turner Prize? A Group That Performs Protest. 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z

A passionate champion of design, she produces exhibitions that are provocative, ambitious, and inherently optimistic about design’s ability to enhance our lives, without ignoring the problems posed by its expeditions into new terrain. Design: MoMA Exhibit Shows How Technology Is Getting the Point Across 2011-07-17T13:17:02Z

This is a social or “crowd” biography of a quietly provocative kind. Was Saul Bellow a Man or a Jerk? Both, a Monumental Biography Concludes 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z

Spinning on an axis of anxiety, “Huesera” raises the provocative idea that motherhood can feel akin to a curse stripping one of stability and sacred autonomies. The Tribeca Festival Returns in Full Bloom 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z

Shortcomings aside, "The Death Instinct" is never less than intelligent, absorbing and provocative. 'The Death Instinct': in 1920, a terrible act of terrorism on Wall Street 2011-01-27T00:59:04Z

To see some of the library’s rare, provocative, and often humorous holdings, click here. A new book celebrates the New York Botanical Garden’s incomparable horticultural library 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z

However, it’s the work in their first-ever solo exhibition, upcoming at R & Company gallery in New York, that may prove their most mature and provocative yet. The Haas Brothers Show Daring Furniture at R & Company 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z

A Florida couple’s "Handmaid’s Tale"-themed pregnancy announcement has been slammed by online critics who say the provocative photo shoot goes too far. Couple's 'Handmaid's Tale'-inspired pregnancy announcement accused of promoting rape 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z

Though, with his suggestions of fetish and pornography — clothes dangled straps that implied bondage, a famous top bared its wearer’s nipple — Mr. Lang had his more provocative moments, too. Helmut Lang Returns! Or Does He? 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z

An entire infrastructure for new, provocative drama was taken from the drawing board and put on the boards in the remarkable space of a few months. Mosaic opens its inaugural curtain with “Unexplored Interior” 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z

As for Ms. Viso herself, she said that provocative issues like cultural representation will continue to be tackled at the Walker. Walker Art Center’s Reckoning With ‘Scaffold’ Isn’t Over Yet 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z

It follows that the series would operate with the same steadiness in its shift from a political saga fueled by struggles over resources into a provocative warning about ignoring so-called fringe actors and their passions. "The Expanse" shows the dangers of treating extremism as a joke 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z

Maybe the idea of people opting in to the shows, through a subscription or download fee, is less provocative than their being pushed to your cable box. The Cosby Show, The Dukes of Hazzard and the Ethics of Reruns 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

Jones, who later wrote a provocative Texas Observer article about her ordeal, had to force herself to hold still during the process. It’s not just forced ultrasound: Abortion rights under assault 2012-10-21T12:00:00Z

But what an unusual and provocative collection this is. Exhibition Review: The World as America Dreamed It 2011-07-27T22:13:47Z

Lady Gaga, who is known for her outrageous stunts and provocative costumes, canceled a concert in Indonesia in 2012 because of security concerns over objections by Islamic groups to her style. Lady Gaga Dubai concert censored to respect culture: report 2014-05-13T11:05:54Z

She made religious epics and documentaries, never hesitating to expand into new or provocative domains. A Century Late, a Giant of Early Cinema Gets Her Closeup 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z

But Rushdie said he would continue to defend even the most provocative individual's right to express an opinion. Rushdie says writers losing influence in West 2012-09-28T18:43:51Z

Here, she has dismantled her library of photography books and made collages that are often funny and provocative. Still Independent, and Still Exceptional 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z

There’s already a provocative and highly contemporary grown-up movie on the docket this week – David Fincher’s “Gone Girl,” mixed bag though it is – so there’s no point getting greedy. “Men, Women & Children”: Hollywood’s Internet lameness reaches new lows 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z

It’s provocative stuff, reflecting not just the tragedies of two years ago but more recent, pressing events. Apple cans game modeled on Foxconn tech workers’ suicides 2012-10-15T20:13:00Z

In a statement considered provocative in its day, Mr. Stern told a panel of commercial artists in 1959, “I like to put my feelings into my photographs.” Bert Stern, Elite Photographer Known for Images of Marilyn Monroe, Dies at 83 2013-06-27T01:42:58Z

You knew he wasn’t going to say or do anything too provocative or divisive or interesting, and that steady blandness reminded me of Johnny Carson, the generic white-guy Oscar host of my youth. This Year, a Plain Old Ordinary Oscars Was Something to Savor 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z

Online reaction was divided, with some slamming Mantel but others defending her words as provocative and thoughtful. Tabloid slams novelist Mantel over Kate comments 2013-02-19T13:58:28Z

But the exhibitions are consistently mind-bending and provocative. Frugal Traveler Blog: 36 Hours? In Queens, Enough Frugal Options for a Week 2012-12-20T17:57:54Z

Before winning election in 2016, Lewis used to have — yes — a radio show on which he said some, well, provocative things. Said something you’d like to forget? CNN’s Andrew Kaczynski won’t let it go. 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z

Other offerings in "Push Play" aren't as provocative, but are just as witty and finely crafted. Eye-popping ceramic art at BAM, the Henry and beyond 2012-02-29T23:57:05Z

Her quick-witted Molly is lucid but always a little lost, pacifying yet provocative, and never romanticized — it’s a deeply affecting performance. At Olney, addiction tale ‘Bad Dog’ wags and snaps 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z

"This new opera is provocative in its themes, exciting in its bravura style and thrilling with its sheer contemporary nerve," it added in language normally reserved for reality TV. Anna Nicole Smith to crash genteel world of opera 2011-02-15T12:23:12Z

The privacy and control of watching online allow provocative messages to feel less threatening, and the ethos of the medium rewards pushing boundaries. The art of advertising things people find gross 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

The title is the French word for “bitter” but this provocative and sensational debut is anything but. New Directors/New Films Series Sets Lineup 2010-02-25T17:48:00Z

The same American giant was using stuffed animals to hilarious, provocative effect in his art decades before Hirst pickled a shark. Why American modern art blows British talent out of the water 2013-02-18T16:51:31Z

He loves everything about it, even the way it sounds when you close the oven door: “It is heaven: sensual, provocative. It’s like living with a creature in your home.” What we’re really fighting about when we fight about gas stoves 2023-01-14T05:00:00Z

In numbers such as the provocative opener “Willkommen,” he sings in brassy, smoky tones, frequently letting a snarl creep in. Review | In this Kit Kat Klub, there’s a little less sleaze but just enough sizzle 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z

But it was deemed too provocative, even for Sweden. Mats Ek — the Swedish rebel choreographer who’s ‘allergic to pretty’ 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z

For all his musical unorthodoxy, Mr. Morente insisted that he was never deliberately trying to be provocative. Enrique Morente, Celebrated Flamenco Singer, Dies at 67 2010-12-15T05:11:10Z

She summoned me to simply listen to a provocative lecture by a genius of the intellect; a nameless phenomenon whose book, “Atlas Shrugged,” was, she declared, the most important book in the lives of people. Jamaican, gay and Ayn Rand made it OK: My amazing “Atlas Shrugged” love story 2014-04-25T23:00:00Z

“I never want to be provocative just for the sake of provocation,” said Madonna, insisting that the butterflies and centipedes she gives birth to in the video mean something. Madonna and Beeple Collaborate on NFT Project 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z

It’s a deliberately provocative gesture that helped make “Salome” the most scandalous opera of its time. It’s ‘Salome.’ But With Puppets. 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z

But the execution, which premieres July 8, doesn't go quite as planned because the sci-fi series, based on the British cult favorite, opens with a provocative scenario -- what happens when people suddenly stop dying? A Minute With: Bill Pullman about "Torchwood" 2011-07-06T14:23:06Z

Women made artistic and provocative statements with fashion in 2016, too. How women reclaimed their place in fashion’s spotlight in 2016 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z

One of the first things you see in the show is a provocative series of images of Lower Manhattan in 2080. Architecture Review | 'Rising Currents: Projects for New York?s Waterfront': Imagining a More Watery New York 2010-03-25T23:27:00Z

By linking the long, slender suits and coats with flat metallic slippers, the intention was unequivocal and provocative. Special Report: Creating a 3-D Geometry 2010-02-22T18:30:00Z

In her new novel, “The Vanishing Half,” Brit Bennett brings to the form a new set of provocative questions: What if passing goes unpunished? Brit Bennett’s New Novel Explores the Power and Performance of Race 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z

The street artist Stefan Strumbel gained nationwide renown a few years ago when he started recreating traditional cuckoo clocks with bright colors and provocative symbols like skulls and grenades. Next Stop: In the Black Forest, Tradition Updated 2012-07-27T17:55:37Z

Wildly provocative sex scenes that upended racial stereotypes. Perspective | Melvin Van Peebles was my father, too 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z

Mr. Navarro’s project is not just a provocative gesture; it is also a sensory experiment. What’s for Lunch? Soup, With a Side of Art 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z

That point was inadvertently proved with perhaps the most provocative kernel of information that emerged during the disorienting past few days. Sony, ‘The Interview’ and the unspoken truth that all movies are political 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

It is profane and provocative, making liberal use of a common racial slur, but its primary objective, both authors said — Mr. Harrelson is also the director — is to be funny. ‘Bullet for Adolf’ by Woody Harrelson and Frankie Hyman 2012-08-02T15:28:53Z

Unfortunately, when it comes to same-sex couples, that’s too often not the case, because even a simple kiss may be viewed as provocative or flaunting. Civilities: What’s so upsetting about a gay couple kissing in public? 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z

He would engage in a provocative act of post-postmodernism by writing a book about failing to get his Holocaust novel published. Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel 2010-06-07T20:59:00Z

The germ of Sky River was an event that had as much kinship with the provocative 1920s art movement Dada as it did with music. 1968's Sky River Rock Festival revisited Friday 2011-08-12T04:42:04Z

When the show opened in Hong Kong, the works remained the same, but its name was decidedly less provocative: “M+ Sigg Collection: Four Decades of Chinese Contemporary Art.” Hong Kong’s M+ Museum Is Finally Open. It’s Already in Danger. 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z

Liebman's albums can sound, positively and negatively, like spur-of-the-moment ventures, but he's a saxophone master and in good, provocative company here. Dave Liebman/Lewis Porter: Surreality – review 2012-11-29T21:40:01Z

Welcome to Round-up: the once-a-week digest of interesting, important and just plain provocative arts and culture stories -- seasoned with bits of Web weirdness. Round-up: Hirst fetus, Cindy Sherman app and Ai Weiwei vase smash 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z

She was an acerbic and provocative conversationalist, whether talking about her views on politics or the latest actor. Sue Mengers and the Hollywood Salon She Left Behind 2011-10-21T20:35:56Z

"The History of Rock 'n' Roll" is loosely organized and somewhat uneven, and even at its best it's not as provocative as previous masterpieces like "Lipstick Traces" or "The Old, Weird America." Into the ether with Greil Marcus' ' History of Rock 'n' Roll' 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z

The inclusion of provocative images in the show was deliberate, Mr. Freedman said. Pantyhose That Make You Think 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

"I never wanted to make something that was overly provocative, I never wanted to shock people," Gordon-Levitt said. Gordon-Levitt's 'Don Jon' gets streamlined title 2013-03-12T11:37:17Z

But we’re long past the time when a novel’s provocative premise could cause a stir. Review | Even before Twitter, Dale Peck was stirring the pot. He’s at it again with a new book. 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z

The definition: "Twerk, v.: dance to popular music in a sexually provocative manner involving thrusting hip movements and a low, squatting stance." 'Twerking' bounces into Oxford dictionary 2013-08-28T06:03:56Z

But I also felt that it was an extremely exciting story, an active, provocative political thriller with a Greek tragic moment at the end, and that film could open it up in a dynamic way.” Movies: ?Coriolanus?: Ralph Fiennes Debut as Film Director 2011-11-27T04:47:17Z

The matching of a cartoon-derived style with sobering or provocative subject matter works particularly well here. Bainbridge’s new art museum: eclectic selection for every taste 2013-08-01T21:44:49Z

Like a companion piece to Cevin Soling’s provocative 2009 documentary, “The War on Kids,” this new investigation reveals the heartbreaking consequences of abused power. Movie Review: ‘Kids for Cash,’ Directed by Robert May 2014-02-28T00:28:36Z

Love it or hate it, Judy Chicago’s “The Dinner Party” remains a great, enduringly provocative monument of feminist art. Art Review: ‘Chicago in L.A.’ Focuses on Judy Chicago’s Early Work 2014-04-10T22:12:38Z

What Charb’s rallying cry speaks to, really, is a decision — the decision for provocative commentators. How cartoonists think about free expression and Islamic extremism 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

That aside, Callender’s debut is tautly written and beautifully realized, and deserves to be ranked among the year’s most ambitious and provocative. A Poltergeist Who Adores Apricots and Cat-Loving A.I. 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z

Picasso is greatest when he is most complex or provocative. Was Picasso's Nude, Green Leaves and Bust really worth ?66m? 2011-03-28T13:14:12Z

Mind you, the Society of Women Artists was permitted to replace McCall's work with another less provocative nude: one where the model wasn't tattooed and standing hand-on-hip, all unbuttoned. How is this painting 'pornographic' and 'disgusting'? 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z

“It is in no way challenging or provocative, but it is never dull or obvious.,” Video: Streaming Video?s Emerging Bounty 2011-08-20T19:33:02Z

They aren’t though; they are a writer’s constructs, at first provocative, finally predictable. 360: A Long Way Around to Find Love 2012-08-03T13:00:56Z

Wey is traveling across the country in service of a provocative dinner series he calls Blackness in America. Discomfort food: Using dinners to talk about race, violence and America 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z

Crafty, charismatic and shamelessly provocative, her father Jean-Marie Le Pen is a former paratrooper and intelligence officer whose unit brutally tortured and killed “Arab terrorists” in Algeria. Euro crisis? vultures 2012-05-17T15:25:00Z

Though the most provocative work in either exhibition is predictably Mr. Ai’s. Design: Looking at China as a Creator, Not Manufacturer 2011-07-10T13:20:00Z

“Movies that depict heinous real-life criminal acts and attempt to grapple with their human toll are provocative undertakings, particularly when they’re made so soon after the actual events,” Glenn Kenny wrote in The Times. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘The BFG’ and ‘Star’ 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z

However, if you’re not familiar with the libretto already, you might just want to invest in the Blu-ray release of this provocative staging, since it offers subtitles. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z

"I think they were trying to be provocative," Scorsese says. Good fellows: Martin Scorsese and Colonel Blimp 2012-10-28T13:00:01Z

In the Beijing salons of the eighties, Xiaobo was dependably provocative. The Widow of a Nobel-Winning Chinese Dissident Rebuilds Her Career as an Artist 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z

Theater tends to be the most politically provocative art form because it uses words to convey its meaning, he said. An assassination 2,061 years in the making: Trump, 'Julius Caesar' and the politics of theater 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z

An exceptionally skillful draftsman and cartoonist, he draws on paper with finely pointed pencils and pens, making comical, metaphorically provocative images in which goofy avatars are absorbed into the bewildering flux of psychic experience. Art in Review: Jeff Ladouceur: ‘Amen’ 2013-06-20T18:08:26Z

It is undeniable that we are living in an era of the Kardashians, a family that has practically reshaped modern beauty standards balancing their provocative aesthetics with appearances at awards ceremonies and magazine covers. While sexual attitudes change, society's objectification of famous young women remains 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z

Those of us who want comedy to be innovative, provocative and progressive aren't going to like Mrs Brown's Boys. Mrs Brown's Boys: how the 'worst comedy ever made' became a smash hit 2013-01-29T16:57:30Z

And I just think if you look at those three words, there’s nothing inherently, in my view, controversial or complicated or challenging or provocative. The author of ‘Just Mercy’ says we’ve made talking about race political — and that has to change 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z

The audacious lighting works with Rigg’s turntable set and Paul McGill’s daring choreography to liven such songs as the provocative “Touch Me” and the troubling “The Dark I Know Well.” Review | ‘Spring Awakening’ lights up Round House Theatre with visual flair 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z

Phillips wishes to enjoy the notoriety of a button-pusher without taking the heat, to make a movie about morality without discussion of morals, to be provocative without answering the question of what’s being provoked. Why so stupid: how Joker is too juvenile to be provocative 2019-10-02T04:00:00Z

As a result, a bounty of stunningly provocative plays — some conventionally drawn, many others mold-breaking — are reaching the stages of New York and beyond with powerful impact. Perspective | How a new generation of black playwrights is taking on race and privilege in the age of Trump 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z

There are huge risks involved in making music that works in this kind of complicatedly provocative way, though: as Ice Cube discovered. What is the most offensive album of all time? 2010-10-21T22:00:00Z

And yet, as the Insider story indicates, "Young women tag him in provocative videos and photos in an attempt to get his attention." "Dexter: New Blood" is less of a revival than another stab at a satisfying closure 2021-11-07T04:00:00Z

In a provocative new book, “The Zoologist’s Guide to the Galaxy,” Arik Kershenbaum contends that life on Earth provides hints of what we might expect to find on other planets. When the Aliens Arrive, What Will They Look Like? A Zoologist Has Answers 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z

"There's a lot to choose from, and that's a good thing, but it's very easy for intriguing, provocative programming just to be snubbed." With this much great TV, snubs are to be expected 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

But for those who are unfamiliar with Everett, it makes no difference: These stories stand alone as fun and provocative tales. 'Assumption': a trio of gripping crime stories 2011-12-28T21:48:07Z

“Special Treatment” never organizes its provocative thoughts into a coherent statement beyond its suggestion that these two professions are examples of greedy con artistry visited on credulous fools. | ?Special Treatment?: Isabelle Huppert in ?Special Treatment? - Review 2011-08-25T23:05:36Z

Emily Mortimer was on hand for Jason Wu, who said his collection aimed to balance beautiful refinement with something provocative and sexy. Starlets, Klum get refined at NY Fashion Week 2012-09-07T21:25:09Z

No one was likely to be smiling at Sesame Workshop when “Happytime” unveiled its provocative marketing tagline: “No Sesame. All Street.” Made of Blue Felt and Working Blue, Too: Dirty Puppets on the Big Screen 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z

Established in 2002 in memory of the Hollywood director, the award is given annually to a movie producer whose work "illuminates provocative social issues in an accessible and elevating fashion." Angelina Jolie's Bosnia movie gets Hollywood award 2011-12-14T01:21:03Z

The latter she dedicated to President Obama, whom she said didn’t accept her invitation: “Maybe I’m too provocative.” On ‘Rebel Heart’ tour stop, Madonna doesn’t miss a beat 2015-09-13T04:00:00Z

Though it has a lot to say about the “you” the world perceives, “Side Show” addresses with more provocative urgency an even bigger question: how you live with yourself. A big, beautiful “Side Show” on Broadway

The willowy Courtin-Clarins sisters wore combinations that were both prim, with high necklines, and slightly provocative, with see-through panels. On the Runway Blog: At a Vuitton Celebration, Concerns About an Era's End 2011-09-22T16:19:23Z

He was doing this sort of Method-actor thing, I think, and he was being very provocative with me. Molly Ringwald Recalls John Hughes 2010-09-17T15:46:00Z

“The concept of having art as something that unifies and also brings distinctiveness and is a little provocative, those are all things that are very characteristic of the Brooklyn cultural district,” Ms. Clark said. Brooklyn Academy of Music Commissions Four New Works of Public Art 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z

And he was as provocative as he was prolific. Stockholm as Strindberg’s Muse 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

The barrooms and coffee houses buzzed with the urgent discourse of painters defining Abstract Expressionism, and of writers kindling the language of an odd, provocative new generation, the so-called Beats. Jerry Tallmer, Critic Who Created the Obies, Dies at 93 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z

Sabah, a prolific and provocative Lebanese singer and actress whose fame in the Arab world endured for six decades, died on Wednesday in Beirut. Sabah, Lebanese Singer and Actress, Dies at 87 2014-11-28T05:00:00Z

In his provocative new monologue "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs," he becomes something else also — an impassioned messenger on a mission. Review: One-man show describes falling in and out of love with Steve Jobs' Apple gadgetry 2011-04-28T00:40:34Z

She quickly gained a reputation for provocative fashion choices, such as the dress made of raw beef that she wore at a 2010 awards show. Lady Gaga, citing pain, cancels 10 European shows on 'Joanne' tour 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z

Lady Gaga is known for being provocative, but she arguably set a new standard for herself last month. How Lady Gaga (and Tony Bennett) Sold 131,000 Jazz Albums 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

Clifford Owens, 48, a Baltimore native known for his mixed media work and provocative performances, lives in New York City. Meet the Artists in Mickalene Thomas’s Orbit 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z

This provocative content sits stiffly inside a neat, formulaic structure where the surprise is hiding, quite literally, under the bed. | 'HotelMotel': Bellhop, There?s a Play in My Room 2011-08-11T02:30:50Z

This isn’t a new or provocative idea, but it can still present a high degree of difficulty in performance. Review: ‘Sung With Words,’ a Collaboration by a Pianist and a Poet 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z

Though James, who's been heavily involved in the film's production, didn't speak specifically about the rating, she did say this about those provocative liaisons: "It's happening." 'Fifty Shades'' Jamie Dornan, Dakota Johnson on 'sexual acrobatics' 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

The left welcomed it – the Guardian's wave-making correspondent Glenn Greenwald tweeted: "You may not agree with all, but the series is provocative and worthwhile." Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States – box set review 2013-07-11T14:00:01Z

By doing so, he reinforces the show's assault on the distinction between meaningful and meaningless – which, six years on, is as hilarious and provocative as ever. Jackson's Way ? review 2011-01-09T21:30:01Z

Most of the exhibitions are not just provocative, but controversial, too, dealing with an array of political and social issues that mark modern-day Turkey. 2010-02-06T04:55:00Z

But the material arguably calls for a more proactively provocative approach. ‘Trial by Fire’ Review: A Strong Case Against the Death Penalty 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z

“Hooded,” presented by Undiscovered Works, is evidence of a provocative and spirited writer whose inkwell overflows onto the page. ‘Hooded; or Being Black for Dummies’ Review: A Tragic Pageantry 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z

But this license and talent, plus the lavish scale of production, add up to little that feels freshly imagined or newly provocative. Review: In ‘Electric Dreams,’ the Future Seems Outdated 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

But the pejorative way "West" floats the references is problematic rather than provocative. 'A Million Ways to Die in the West' shoots self in foot 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

An in-depth study that draws provocative conclusions, "El Sistema: Orchestrating Venezuela's Youth" is bound to raise eyebrows for its often unflattering depiction of how the organization is run. New book about El Sistema paints unflattering portrait 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z

“Ex Machina” This provocative speculative thriller also came out earlier this year and also deserves to be on catching-up watch lists. The best movies of 2015: ‘Spotlight,’ ‘Love & Mercy,’ ‘Creed’ make the top 10 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z

It is, in Mila’s phrase, “an act of rebellion,” as provocative as it is protective. Billie Eilish: Gen Z’s Outrageous Fashion Role Model 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

This created a unique challenge, but one that transformed into a hilarious and provocative opportunity to showcase a different kind of flirting and courtship. Making the "Only Murders in the Building" nearly silent episode 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z

Sometimes this is repellent, sometimes provocative, sometimes even — in “Spring Breakers,” at least — profound. Review: Matthew McConaughey Waxes Poetic in ‘The Beach Bum’ 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z

The opera asks provocative questions: If you cheat in your dreams, aren’t you still cheating? Gotham Chamber Opera Opens Season 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

But now, its provocative name and contrarian approach seem to be paying off in a struggling magazine industry. Garden & Gun Magazine Survives in an Ailing Industry 2012-09-02T22:30:34Z

While the film would have gained resonance if these provocative ideas had been developed more fully, it works well enough on its own terms, with Grillo’s commanding turn anchoring the proceedings. Review: ‘Purge’ sequel provides requisite thrills 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

Lacking the provocative sexual punch and catchy visual vocabulary of her husband’s work, Ms. Feinstein’s more abstract and fanciful work is seen by many to pale next to Mr. Currin’s. Rachel Feinstein and John Currin, Their Own Best Creations 2011-03-11T21:40:24Z

Despite its bright cheer and generally happy ending — not to mention the rat-a-tat of laughter throughout — “Wilder Gone” really does fulfill the “provocative” part of Clubbed Thumb’s mission, insofar as hopefulness may now feel provocative. Review: In ‘Wilder Gone,’ the Pull of Soil, Soul and Preacher Sex 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z

Even more provocative is his contention that such a thing as Virginia barbecue still exists. Where did barbecue begin? Virginia, he says — and he stands by it 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z

Near the end of "Waiting for 'Superman,' " a provocative new documentary about America's public schools, a father and daughter attend the lottery that will determine who will get into a high-performing Los Angeles charter school. Film director Davis Guggenheim hopes to reveal inconvenient truths about schools 2010-09-22T23:09:00Z

Still, nonprofit museums, whose mission is education, are different from galleries, whose mission is commerce — even when a show is as thoughtful and provocative as this one. New gallery adds another dimension with its spacious 'Abstract Sculpture by Women' 1947-2016 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z

And there let me stop, even though Connington’s provocative and suspenseful novel includes much more than I’ve touched on in this partial precis. Review | The 1923 novel ‘Nordenholt’s Million’ explores issues unnervingly familiar in the Trump-covid era 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z

In his 1996 film Breaking the Waves, sexual promiscuity is, in studiedly provocative terms, portrayed as something as healing and even transcendent. Looking for casual sex? Head for the cinema 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z

But the threads that would connect these data points into something coherent — let alone revelatory, moving or provocative — are never supplied. Review: Casting ‘Nina’ Was Controversial, but Is It a Good Movie? 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z

The memo predicted confrontations between supporters and opponents and said that “a range of provocative techniques” would frame the session. Viola Davis and Maggie Gyllenhaal in ?Parent-Trigger? Film 2012-02-20T23:20:38Z

The literary critic Adam Kirsch characterizes the book as provocative. Amos Oz on His Novel ‘Judas,’ Which Challenges Views of a Traitor 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z

Wedding the heroic and the hedonistic, the hard and the soft, the masculine and the feminine, it pulsates with provocative ambiguity. Isaac Mizrahi Unbound at the Jewish Museum 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

The location was also provocative: the archducal visit to Sarajevo was preceded by military maneuvers in the mountains south of the city – not far from the frontier with Serbia. Anatomy of an assassination: Two fateful days that sparked decades of horror 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z

Last year's awards show, which featured a provocative performance by Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke, averaged more than 10 million viewers. TV ratings: 'Big Brother' hits summer high, 'Rising Star' up in finale 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z

Money is hardly a given, however, for the typists at the center of van Druten’s lively 1931 office comedy, “London Wall,” a provocative, socially conscious bit of fun that never made it to Broadway. Theater Review: ‘London Wall,’ an Old Romantic Comedy Resurrected 2014-02-25T21:37:33Z

These installations and sculptures are provocative, of course, but they are funny, too. God save the Queen 2010-05-15T23:05:00Z

He used a lot of dissonance and clutter, but it was provocative, chord-related clutter, not the brilliant-soloist kind made mostly with the right hand. Critic's Notebook: Thelonious Monk International Jazz Piano Competition 2011-09-13T06:51:04Z

Like Roy Hargrove, Cassandra Wilson or Jason Moran a couple of decades earlier, Mr. Ross is an upstart reasserting how scholarly group improvisation, rooted in spiritual intent, might feel fresh — even provocative. How the Vibraphonist Joel Ross Keeps Finding Fresh Rhythms 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z

If you are working in a publicly subsidized building then you have a responsibility to deliver truly interesting, risky, innovative, even provocative work. ‘Britain Is No Home to Me’: Five Artists Respond to ‘Brexit’ 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z

While the title is “provocative,” she said, the book contains no descriptions of people gathering secretly in rooms. Michelle Alexander?s ?New Jim Crow? Raises Drug Law Debates 2012-03-06T23:26:55Z

But the visuals are provocative in their coolness, Mr. Owen reliably delivers the slightly louche world-weariness, and Ms. Seyfried is, sure, mysteriously alluring. ‘How It Ends’ and ‘No Blade of Grass’: Grim Visions of Tomorrow 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z

Community is integral to his playwriting, both in terms of engaging an audience with provocative social questions and collaboratively tackling creative problems tied to the work with fellow company members. The choir sings, playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney takes up the tune 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z

Humor, especially used as a liberal coping mechanism on Comedy Central, became not just a subversive, provocative free-for-all but a form of critique with its own agenda. Gallows humor in the age of #BlackLivesMatter: “Key & Peele” returns and “Why? with Hannibal Buress” premieres, not a moment too soon 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

“My mother was nonchalant, incredibly elegant, provocative, a little mean on the side,” Ms. Leroy-Beaulieu said. Want to Play La Parisienne? Here’s How 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z

The Oscars is being hosted for the first time by provocative "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane. Oscar night to have something for everyone, producers say 2013-02-05T01:16:10Z

Exactly what enables Enitan to harbor this degree of cognitive dissonance is both the crux of “Farming” and a point on which this provocative if slightly plodding movie remains elusive. ‘Farming’ Review: A Young Life of Self-Loathing 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z

At a time of tumultuous race relations, the play was an enormous risk given its provocative dialogue and interracial bedroom scene. Zelda Fichandler, Arena Stage co-founder and matriarch of regional-theater movement, dies at 91 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z

Some insisted that Gibson would say awful things he didn’t mean, just to be provocative. Can Mel Gibson ever be rehabilitated? 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

Just because you portray things not in a positive light doesn’t mean you’re trying to be provocative. Danny McBride: Vice Principals Isn't A Story About Race 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z

It was part of Hitchcock's provocative primness that, after this meticulous outrage, he declared with wide eyes and wider vowels that you couldn't actually see a knife-point piercing flesh. Psycho: Anatomy of a scene 2010-10-22T10:54:00Z

Eligible films must have production budgets of no more than $20 million and meet independent-cinema criteria that include uniqueness of vision and original, provocative subject matter. 'Artist,' 'Take Shelter' lead Spirit Awards noms 2011-11-29T18:29:10Z

The younger Iñárritu started off as a radio host, playing music and writing provocative, comical sketches with a political bent. About That Bear: Alejandro G. Iñárritu Discusses Making ‘The Revenant’ 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z

About four years ago I followed an emailed invitation to an art gallery in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, not entirely expecting to find curious, provocative, contemporary work in that neighborhood, but I did. Finding Art Miles Away From the Expected 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z

Instead, they remember the provocative expression Ms. Jong invented to encapsulate Isadora’s fantasy, the first word of which is “zipless,” the second of which cannot be printed, even today, in this newspaper. ‘Fear of Flying’ by Erica Jong, 40 Years Later 2013-12-19T00:00:45Z

Rather than offering an evolutionary tour of style, the exhibition exudes a feeling: a bold, fluid simultaneity, grounded in striking pattern, color and craftsmanship and provocative references to music, personal stories and indigenous practices. Jeffrey Gibson’s art, on view at SAM, knocks down boundaries with gentle taps and potent blows 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z

A provocative exhibition in London featuring caged and shackled black actors in a re-creation of 19th-century human zoos, created by the South African theater director Brett Bailey, was canceled today amid protests. A Racially Charged Exhibition in London Is Canceled After Protests 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z

Hazleton, a former psychologist, educator and foreign correspondent for Time magazine, spent 14 years in the Middle East, and her accumulated acumen shows in her provocative books about the region's religion and history. Northwest Bookfest returns this weekend 2011-09-23T21:35:04Z

Our motto is “the personal is political,” and what could be more personal, or more provocative, than sex? Perspective | For today’s feminist writers, sex makes a comeback 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z

Our reviewer, Sophie Gee, described Cohen’s memoir of the experience, into which she folds “provocative comparisons” between art and life, as “thoroughly authentic, smart and consoling.” New in Paperback: ‘Transcendent Kingdom’ and ‘Agent Sonya’ 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z

Saying much more would mean giving away at least one huge surprise that this willfully provocative, gaudily transgressive and altogether staggering new play by Jeremy O. Harris has in store. Review: Race and Sex in Plantation America in ‘Slave Play’ 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z

But unlike an appearance by Madonna in the Gulf Arab state in 2012 - which featured erotic dancing, provocative outfits and bare-chested monks - the concert passed off without controversy. Rolling Stones rock Abu Dhabi in first Middle East show 2014-02-21T21:55:03Z

In his brief interview with the AP, Bacile defiantly called Islam a cancer and said he intended the film to be a provocative political statement condemning the religion. California man confirms role in anti-Islam film 2012-09-13T11:53:09Z

Once more, though, it seems churlish to complain when so many provocative ideas flow out of Asimov; when so much of the book is such an effective and prophetic metaphor for our times. Back to the Hugos: The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov 2011-01-06T15:34:14Z

Kael articulated a provocative new vision of American cinema in which the most invigorating films blurred the boundaries of high and low culture. Sunday Reading: The Electrifying Critical Mind of Pauline Kael 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z

With her long poem, Ms. Lewis suggests that one way to answer in the affirmative is by provocative and artful reappropriation. Review: In Robin Coste Lewis’s ‘Voyage of the Sable Venus,’ Poems on Race 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z

The academy, which was founded in 1861 and calls itself America’s oldest continuously operating performing arts center, gained a reputation as the place to find new and provocative work, be it dance, drama or music. Harvey Lichtenstein, Who Led Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Rebirth, Dies at 87 2017-02-11T05:00:00Z

Seen from a certain angle, a story once too provocative to release might be the perfect example of comedy in the post-Sept. A George Carlin Special Too Raw After Sept. 11 Resurfaces Now 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z

On the other hand, the provocative first word of that title — which could be perceived as derogatory — is entirely appropriate. Review: ‘Homos, or Everyone in America,’ Urban Gay Life in Bittersweet Focus 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z

His intricate theories about the geometry of human culture were as paradoxical as they were provocative. Books of The Times: A French Thinker Who Crossed Continents and Cultures 2010-10-17T22:25:00Z

Pivoting off a provocative line by Marianne Moore — “I, too, dislike it.” Review: ‘The Hatred of Poetry’: Let’s Count the Ways 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z

She paces circles around her own mind, a provocative but ultimately frustrating place, not a staging area from which to launch useful action. A Debut Novel With Prose as Lively as Its Heroine’s Mind 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z

“I don’t think it needs to be spread leg to be provocative, personally.” Taking Pornography Low Tech 2010-10-01T20:58:00Z

As an exercise in undercutting the objectifying gaze of the camera, it is both provocative and playful. Francesca Woodman ? review 2010-11-21T00:08:00Z

In David Schickler’s uneasy romance “The Smoker,” from his provocative collection “Kissing in Manhattan,” a high school teacher falls for his beguiling student — and for her urbane parents, too. Dear Match Book: Forbidden Love 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z

Jack is a successful artist who makes large, provocative sculptures and installations that speak to post-Sept. Review: In ‘Among the Ten Thousand Things,’ Julia Pierpont’s First Novel, a Family Struggles 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

What remains from those provocative, costly, and slightly lunatic dreams is the ambition to open up Geffen and make it more welcoming, and not just to classical music lovers. A Notoriously Jinxed Concert Hall Is Reborn, Again 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

But the findings were provocative enough that two of the panel’s seven members, including its chairman, immediately resigned. Dutch Panel for Looted Art Claims Must Change Course, Report Finds 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z

But she isn’t using provocative imagery to score easy points. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z

Indeed, if offence-giving is now the dominant theme in standup comedy, I've not seen the case for it put better than it is here, buttressed by some really interesting, provocative ideas. Comedy gold: Brendon Burns's So I Suppose This Is Offensive Now? 2012-11-22T17:43:08Z

But most campus meme groups  take measures to discourage overly provocative postings: visuals must relate to university life, and bands of student moderators are tasked with deleting irrelevant content. Harvard’s Ugly Offshoot of Campus Meme Culture 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z

Wry and genial, Deitz was interviewed in an ACT rehearsal hall recently about "Yankee Tavern," and asked about its iconic setting and provocative subject matter. Preview: ACT Theatre to stage Steven Dietz's 'Yankee Tavern' 2010-07-25T04:46:00Z

The show, which relies both on Freeman’s gravitas and on up-to-the-minute research, is intended to look at provocative questions — the season premiere, for instance, asks whether there is a genetic basis for poverty. Morgan Freeman: I think people resisting the idea of climate change are stupid 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z

If each network had at least one show last year about a sexually active, provocative, sassy woman — the lady sitcoms — there is no such equivalent trend this year. Don Draper?s reckoning nears 2012-05-21T12:45:00Z

Also populating this beautifully provocative story is a young scientist named Owen, Michael’s protégé, who will play a further role in this story collection. Books of The Times: ‘Archangel,’ by Andrea Barrett 2013-09-02T21:41:52Z

In his own career, he is a rapper, too, and an intricate one, but his subject matter is even more provocative. Beyond ‘Hamilton,’ for Better and for Worse 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z

It's a potential result of extreme nimbyism, at least according to provocative designers Dunne & Raby, whose United Micro Kingdoms show will speculate on what a future England, devolved into four self-contained counties, might look like. The best architecture and design for spring 2013 2013-04-01T06:00:35Z

This led columnist Jon Chait to make a provocative suggestion: what if it’s because men just have lower standards of cleanliness? If I don’t see it, why should I clean it? 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z

“Dirty Corner,” the most provocative work, was first exhibited in 2011 in Milan. Kapoor Sculpture Vandalized at Versailles 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

Beyond its humorously provocative name, James' book examines everything about a**holes, defining them by behavior and type – and moreover, explaining why humans are simultaneously drawn to them and repulsed by them. "The Thing About Pam," "Super Pumped" and "The Dropout" make it official: It's A--hole Season! 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z

Jahnel's parallel life is as a maths academic, and – though he doesn't like simplistic comparisons of his two worlds – he's undoubtedly an advanced investigator of provocative rhythmic numbers-games. Benedikt Jahnel Trio: Equilibrium – review 2013-01-10T22:45:01Z

His playfully provocative first nonfiction book is a feature-length yawp, equal parts memoir and State of the Union address, that will infuriate or delight, depending on your tolerance for irony. Review | In ‘White,’ Bret Easton Ellis baits his critics with morsels specially tooled to elicit outrage 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z

That he tries to justify the act of violence by ascribing some meaning to it — a character talks about growing up and being influenced watching murder on TV — is more questionable than provocative. "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" shows off Quentin Tarantino's best and worst moves 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z

His reviews are not simply reviews; they are provocative contributions to the discourse on theatre, race, class, sexuality, and identity in America. Hilton Als Wins the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism 2017-04-10T04:00:00Z

Still, it’s almost unimaginable that Noah will abandon the provocative sensibility that characterizes so much of his comedy. 6 Things to Expect From Trevor Noah's First Show 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z

They’re encouraged to be somewhat edgy or provocative, and declining to have an opinion kind of defeats the purpose of the show, said Tom Jones, senior media writer at Poynter Institute. Did ABC miss a learning opportunity by suspending Whoopi? 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z

Eyebrows arched at its provocative billboards featuring politicians caught with their pants down with people other than their spouses. "The Ashley Madison Affair" is another doc where the audience is an accessory to the true crime 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z

Again, disturbing but provocative: What does this man do for a living? "Real Housewives of D.C.": Meet the new frenemies 2010-07-31T23:01:00Z

Like all of Studio FormaFantasma’s work, Autarchy is both elegant and unusually eloquent in its analysis of provocative political issues. Design: Creating Objects to Recall the Past 2011-07-24T13:20:03Z

Between these two groups are the women being bartered: many of them uneducated, unformed and unprepared for the consequences of posting provocative selfies on the Internet. | 'Tricked ': ‘Tricked,’ a Documentary About Human Trafficking 2013-12-12T23:51:33Z

But you get a crane-combustion fable in “The Shipment,” the bracingly provocative and funny play about African American identity by the avant-gardist Young Jean Lee. Strap in for ‘The Shipment’ as it delivers weird, entertaining ride 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z

But the ones that really matter would include funny, anarchic, provocative and exhilarating. Films of Jon Moritsugu, Upending Stereotypes With a Wig and a Sneer 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z

On Twitter, Nossel wrote that “literature is meant to be surprising and provocative” and that efforts to erase words that might cause offense only “dilute the power of storytelling.” Salman Rushdie calls revisions to Roald Dahl books ‘absurd censorship’ 2023-02-19T05:00:00Z

It’s really provocative, and evocative, and I think audiences will really like it. Bryan Cranston: ‘I would go to malls, sit near arguing couples and watch them’ 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z

He’s full of talent, charisma and, most provocative of all, turbulence. 'Beautiful' makes a fetching Los Angeles debut at the Pantages 2016-06-26T04:00:00Z

Earnest also says he's confident Wilmore used the word by design and was seeking to be provocative. The White House says President Obama didn't take offense at comedian's use of a racial slur during correspondents' dinner 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z

The premise of the intense, provocative and exceedingly clever “Smoke,” having its world premiere in the Flea Theater’s intimate basement space, could put off anyone who finds sadomasochism, bondage and discipline rather curious hobbies. Kim Davies’s ‘Smoke’ Explores Power and Desire 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z

He’s received resistance from some in the Arab world for his provocative subject matter, an echo of pushback he received in his prior life as an activist trying to engage in dialogue with Zionists. For Saint Levant, Sexy Music Is Personal, and Political 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z

Photograph: Tim Knox The blurb claims that Mary Beard's latest book offers "a provocative tour of what is happening now in classics – learned, trenchant and witty". Confronting the Classics by Mary Beard – review 2013-03-24T11:30:01Z

Is there design in casual remarks and off-the-cuff observations that seem to be deliberately provocative? The controversy behind the painting that will hang at Trump’s inaugural luncheon 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z

Even before his suicide in 2010, Alexander McQueen could fascinate and exasperate with his provocative, highly charged approach to haute couture. 2011's best -- so far! 2011-07-04T15:01:00Z

Her work, whose outsize stylization dazzled some critics and discomforted others, was provocative in every possible sense of the word, and it was meant to be. Eiko Ishioka, Designer, Dies at 73 2012-01-26T18:29:23Z

At the museum, Ms. Pasternak replaced Arnold L. Lehman, who also encouraged provocative shows on hip-hop culture, “Star Wars” and graffiti art. Brooklyn Museum Puts Artwork From Its Critics on Display 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z

From the first sentence — “No, the girl says, she will not wear the fetal monitoring belt” — Erens seizes control of her intense, provocative and deeply rewarding high-wire act of a book. 5 new books not to be missed 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

Charming and confounding poems from a provocative voice. 100 Notable Books of 2016 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

Would this provocative creation be remembered as genius or bunk? Choice Tables: Museum Restaurants: Where Art and Haute Cuisine Meet in Paris 2010-03-12T17:06:00Z

In a film rich with provocative questions, Hausner audaciously examines the ambivalent nature of miracles. 'Lourdes': You better believe it's interesting 2010-04-01T18:56:00Z

But there were plenty of others, whether on the runway or big screen or tennis court, who took oversized opulence and turned it playful or provocative, twisting style excess into unexpected new shapes. The Best Outfits of 2018 2018-12-22T05:00:00Z

As it happens, Mercury Theater’s first production, for which Blitzstein wrote the incidental music, was a provocative adaptation of “Julius Caesar” in 1937. ‘The Cradle Will Rock’ Returns With Its Brazen Politics Intact 2017-07-09T04:00:00Z

In a frank and provocative post that originally appeared on Very Smart Brothas but this week created a stir on HuffPo, writer Damon Young comes clean about his female trouble. Why don’t men believe women? 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z

Johnny, meanwhile, is ensnared by a sexually provocative if nebulous young woman - with the telling monicker of Whatsername - played by a tempting Rebecca Naomi Jones. Alienation sings! 'American Idiot' comes to B'way 2010-04-20T23:17:00Z

If her bottom manages to be both impossible and aspirational, it does so by rejecting media standards of “ideal” beauty, thus turning her selfies from provocative to body positive. Kim Kardashian West at 40: how the queen of social media changed the world 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z

“Like many comedians, Trevor Noah pushes boundaries; he is provocative and spares no one, himself included,”  the network statement. Comedy Central defends new 'Daily Show' host Trevor Noah after tweets 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

Photograph: Str/EPA Outspoken writer who captured the violence and unpredictability of life in Argentina Loud-mouthed, provocative, often downright rude, the writer Rodolfo Fogwill was a legendary figure in recent Argentinian literature. Rodolfo Fogwill obituary 2010-08-27T17:10:00Z

The film “is full of ideas about sexuality — some quite provocative, even a century after their first articulation — but it also recognizes and communicates the erotic power of ideas,” Mr. Scott wrote in November. DVD: John Ford?s ?Fort Apache? on Blu-ray From Warner Home Video 2012-03-25T01:23:02Z

“Cocaine Buffet,” as it was called, didn’t last long in this state, and more than 15 years later, it is still one of the most provocative works in the genre of so-called relational aesthetics. The Artist Rob Pruitt: Paradox on a Pedestal 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z

But, using Italian Arte Povera as a starting point, they do operate in a murky, sometimes provocative area somewhere between nature and culture. 'Seven Reeds,' exploring the 'work' in works of art 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z

Stephen Holden in The New York Times called it a “provocative, if shallow, exaltation of Latin American socialism,” while Entertainment Weekly described it as “rose-colored agitprop.” Oliver Stone?s Latin America in ?South of the Border? 2010-06-26T01:42:00Z

Santorum largely steered clear of the provocative statements that dominated his week. Romney, Santorum clash in testy debate 2012-02-23T06:03:00Z

“I have always found Diane’s work to be intriguing and provocative in its departures from the societal norm or the expected,” Lydia Davis said via email. Diane Williams, a Master of the Very Short Story, Has a Very Big New Book 2018-10-02T04:00:00Z

These few minutes provide all the sex, violence and surreal trashiness to justify Mr. Bieito’s reputation for being controversial and provocative. Calixto Bieito Directs Williams?s ?Camino Real? in Chicago 2012-03-02T18:30:03Z

In 2012, Ms. Wolitzer wrote “The Second Shelf,” a provocative essay for the Times Book Review about how women’s fiction is often taken less seriously than men’s. Why Now May (Finally) Be Meg Wolitzer’s Moment 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z

These years were always going to be provocative, spanning marital chaos, fragile mental health and public confessions of infidelity among members of the royal family. ‘The Crown’: The History Behind Season 5 on Netflix 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z

“But, much like the prickly, talented Ms. Fey, it pulls you in with a provocative and, at least in current American movies, unusual mix of female intelligence, awkwardness and chilled-to-the-bone mean.” What’s on TV Monday: ‘Dancing With the Stars’ and ‘What We Do in the Shadows’ 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z

DTech Lab, which oversaw the uniform redesign, said his theory about the stagnation was that female empowerment in the 1990s was largely provocative and audacious. The Girl Scout Uniform, Updated for Gen Z 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z

They were coherent and complex and provocative, but also casual. Village Vanguard Celebrates Its 80th, Adding Poetry and Comedy to Jazz 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z

“It is not my aim to be provocative,” he said. Anselm Kiefer and His Hallmarks Have a Moment 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z

Some participating artists are well-known, including the feminist activist group Guerrilla Girls, famous for provocative art in public space, and Hans Haacke. What Should Monuments Look Like Now? 25 Artworks Reveal Some Ideas 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z

There have been a slew of “provocative” awareness campaigns centred on messages such as “Save Second Base” and “Save the Ta Tas”, for example. 'Go smoke free. Stay pretty’ – the health campaigns that haven’t heard of feminism 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

Muslims Meet Punk “The Taqwacores” aims for a provocative, anarchic cool by juxtaposing Islam and punk rock. | 'The Taqwacores': Muslims Meet Punk 2010-10-22T00:17:00Z

These were actors performing and ad-libbing short, provocative scenes from books once banned in the United States as part of the New York Public Library’s exhibition, “Secret Society of Forbidden Literature.” ArtsBeat: Where Humbert Humbert Might Whisper in Your Ear 2014-04-15T21:39:23Z

The artist and entrepreneur has perfected the art of the Twitter spree, sharing candid thoughts that are often just as provocative—if not more so—than his music. Meet the 30 Most Influential People on the Internet 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z

That's a provocative approach but leaves a viewer straining to follow an oblique narrative. 'How the Fire Fell': Oregon family descends into madness 2012-01-26T21:14:04Z

Agree or disagree with his ideas, or his intentionally offensive or provocative modes for conveying them, but Charb brought sharp insights to France’s national conversation. In posthumous manifesto, Charlie Hebdo editor speaks out against hate 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z

I don’t think I ever intend to provoke outrage, but I don’t mind being provocative in content. Larry Wilmore on his WHCA dinner speech: ‘I know I lost the room early’ 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z

We need a third place more than ever, and libraries — with quiet courtyards and alcoves, or provocative public meetings and programs — increasingly offer that very place. How to weather the Trump administration: Head to the library 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z

Troy is by turns funny, provocative, inspiring and hurtful, but one thing he will never be as long as he draws breath is silent. Review: Beneath the Bombast, ‘Fences’ Has an Aching Poetry 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z

A trailer for the provocative, comedic documentary shows television and film clips of school shootings, white nationalist demonstrations, footage of Trump’s public speeches, and interviews with ordinary Americans. Michael Moore hopes his film is 'beginning of the end' for Trump 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z

Or a bit of complexity in the lyrics, provocative or principled, that gets in your way: “You’ve got me bleaching my skin/Are you linked up with reptilians?” or “I’m preoccupied, casually hating my life.” Review: In ‘The Blackest Eye,’ Aye Nako Draws on Race and Identity 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

It’s a provocative, hard-line position, one more fitted to an artist than a critic. Against the Grain: Rebecca Morris and Peter Bradley’s Art ‘About Nothing’ 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z

The terms of the arguments here are intelligent, and sometimes even provocative. Theater Review: ‘Casa Valentina,’ a New Play by Harvey Fierstein 2014-04-24T02:00:16Z

Well, the sex talk has not so much gone missing as it has been repackaged, now a little more provocative and a little less instructional. Front Row: Fashion Changes, and So Do the Magazines 2012-02-01T17:07:51Z

Erickson’s provocative and challenging novel is suffused with music, including a playlist compiled by a character. 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

You will see me express provocative views only on comedy shows, on stage and in this column. People hate my video about vegans... is this what it feels like to be Piers Morgan? 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z

As Saperstein says, “Why we consider ourselves punk is how it is useful to be arbitrarily provocative.” Flasher takes the lessons of D.C.’s punk past and charges into the future 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z

These provocative scenes provide clear reminders of something Christians often forget: Christmas celebrates the birth of an immigrant child. Merry Christmas, and happy birthday to a Jewish immigrant 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z

Polataiko, who is famous for provocative art work, such as photographing himself hanging naked from a tree, emphasized the political message. Sleeping Beauty recreated in Kiev museum 2012-09-07T18:04:19Z

Savannah’s dad Seth Bagley told Fox News that his daughter's original video was "a little provocative because it wasn’t 100% accurate." School shootings: Can clear backpacks keep kids safe? Expert weighs in. 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z

Freid, who toured with Wolf as she worked on the set for “Joke Show,” said her abortion material was not recklessly provocative. Michelle Wolf Doesn’t Want to Be Your Folk Hero 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z

The promotional blurb claimed that the item was just like Mourinho himself: “The watch is provocative … the robust exterior hides the genius below.” Still ticking: The improbable survival of the luxury watch business | Simon Garfield 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

The word “provocative” tends to be attached to his theatrical work. Review: In ‘Billy & Billie,’ a Step-Sibling Romance Tests Taboos 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z

In the last week of Jesus’ life, Mr. Aslan writes, he entered Jerusalem with his disciples in a provocative way that recalled royal entrances described in Jewish scripture. Books of The Times: Reza Aslan’s ‘Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth’ 2013-08-05T19:15:02Z

But all three do include exceptional individual works that raise provocative questions. Three art shows in San Diego recall abstraction's prominence 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z

In her most provocative move, around the abbey she engineers a vast labyrinth, a structure whose devotional aura almost camouflages its defensive function. Review | In Lauren Groff’s hands, the tale of a medieval nunnery is must-read fiction 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z

"We want the audience to see this as provocative and sophisticated, not gratuitous and vulgar," she said. A new Carrie glows in a 'Sex and the City' prequel 2013-01-11T14:54:19Z

While most political documentaries are only too eager to tell the viewer what to think, “The Oath” keeps the expectations and sympathies of audiences in provocative flux. Film: ?The Oath, a Documentary by Laura Poitras, Looks at Foreign Policy 2010-05-08T02:48:00Z

That somber, almost classical work is such a staple of early feminist art that it’s strange to discover, in this exhibition, that it was just one of her many theatrical and provocative self-transformations. Art Review: Eleanor Antin’s Selves at Columbia University 2013-09-05T21:49:22Z

Among the actual nominees, I’ve gotten sweeter on “The Big Short,” which translates challenging and provocative material into tremendous entertainment. Oscar 2016 is almost here: Here’s who will win — and who should 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

At least as provocative, “Mardi Gras, New Orleans,” a 1975 photograph by Leon Levinstein, shows a glowering young man, nearly nude, in what appears to be S&M garb. | Long Island: ‘Rabble-Rousers: Art, Dissent, and Social Commentary,’ at the Heckscher Museum of Art 2013-12-27T21:15:33Z

Badly recorded, based on simple riffs and scream-like singing, the feminist singers were dismissed by many critics and listeners as amateur, provocative and obscene. A guide to Pussy Riot's oeuvre 2012-08-18T15:19:07Z

"I don't care if people don't like my haircut or think I dress too this way or my video's too provocative." Pop star Miley Cyrus says she's no "twerk queen" 2013-07-30T18:15:17Z

More recently, I think Catherine Breillat's "Blue Beard" is very provocative and controversial. Now it can be (re)told 2011-08-20T14:01:00Z

Ms. Williams is a commanding and kinetic stage presence, towering over Ms. Robinson, who is more unpredictable and provocative; she is quicker to laugh, to be vulnerable or to insult. In ‘2 Dope Queens’ a Duo Muses Over Life, and Stanley Tucci 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z

Taub poses a simple question and a provocative thesis: Why don’t more prosecutors just lay out the facts about intent and let juries decide? Why We Let White-Collar Criminals Get Away With Their Crimes 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z