A New Kind of Art Boom, and Other Culture Highlights From This Week’s New York
Photo: Queens Museum of Art
In this week's magazine, Jerry Saltz says that despite dire art-market predictions, artists and galleries are busting out. Justin Davidson interviews Monty Python's Eric Idle and weighs in on Alan Gilbert's quiet revolution at the New York Philharmonic. David Edelstein reviews An Education, Capitalism: A Love Story, and The Damned United. Lori Fradkin raps with Whip It's Ari Graynor. Scott Brown reviews A Steady Rain and Superior Donuts. And Boris Kachka interviews Oleanna's Julia Stiles.

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