The best art and architecture of 2024

Our critics’ highlights include magnificently rough portraits by the late Frank Auerbach, Caravaggio’s final painting and a 1930s silo reborn as a museum of modern art

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The 30 best songs of 2024

Listen to a playlist of the best songs of the year as selected by The Times' August Brown and Mikael Wood.
Los Angeles Times - Dec. 10
Best Theater of 2024

Broadway roared back, but the kitties were downtown and the prayer service was in Brooklyn.
The New York Times - Dec. 10
Best of 2024: Our picks for the top TV shows, movies, music, books, art and theater

"Dune: Part Two" and "Anora." Beyoncé, Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan. "The Vince Staples Show" and "The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin." "Kimberly Akimbo" and "Waiting for ...
Los Angeles Times - Dec. 9
The best books of 2024

A new Sally Rooney, the return of le Carré’s George Smiley, plus real-life revelations from Al Pacino and Salman Rushdie ... Guardian critics pick the year’s best fiction, memoir, children’s books ...
The Guardian - Dec. 7
The best fiction of 2024

From Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo to Alan Hollinghurst’s Our Evenings, Percival Everett’s James and a host of inventive debuts – this year’s highlights in fiction. In a year of surprises – a ...
The Guardian - Dec. 7
Best Video Games of 2024

It was supposed to be a sleepy year for the video game industry. Then came surprise hits like Balatro, Animal Well and Astro Bot.
The New York Times - Dec. 6
The 20 best songs of 2024

Here are the year’s most outstanding tracks – from Fontaines DC to Beyoncé via Kendrick Lamar – as voted for by 26 Guardian music writers Continue reading...
The Guardian - Dec. 6
The 10 Best Books of 2024

The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction.
The New York Times - Dec. 3
The best TV shows of 2024

In a year filled with quality series, these subjective choices indicate that great TV shows keep being made, even if the industry is in a bit of slump, our television critic says.
Los Angeles Times - Dec. 3