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TELEVISION

Last Stand

Alice Hoffman’s The Dovekeepers, the New York Times best seller about the Roman siege of a Jewish stronghold, will become a miniseries on CBS March 31.

MUSIC

Out of the Dark

Though founding member Chris Walla left the band last summer, Death Cab for Cutie will release a new, upbeat album, Kintsugi, on March 31.

TELEVISION

Danger Zone

After a year of parenting while conducting covert operations, the spies of FX’s Archer set out on a voyage in the Season 6 finale on April 2.

ART

Tools of The Trade

It looks like a bunch of paintbrushes stuffed in a coffee can. But this is actually a sculpture–Jasper Johns’ Painted Bronze. After 50 years in the painter’s personal collection, the piece will move to New York City’s Museum of Modern Art, where it will be on display intermittently. Critics consider the sculpture a milestone in postwar art: the lettering on the can is hand-painted, the streaks down the rim meticulously faded–even the metallic rim is, in fact, gray paint.

‘NO HUMAN BEING HAS EVER SEEN AN INTELLECT WITH MUSCLES BEFORE.’

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