Art and Culture

The D-Day landing beaches, the mythical Mount Olympus, and the site where Buddha delivered his first sermon after enlightenment are among the 25 landmarks that the UNESCO World Heritage…
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Federal investigators said high-ranking administrators at the New York State Museum in Albany directed a subordinate to falsify time sheets, allowing the state to improperly draw down $597,624 in federal grants from 2020 to 2022.…
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When I retired from my day job in 2015, the late David Graeber kindly sent a video message to my retirement party. “Congratulations, George, on leaving your bullshit job so you can get on with your real work.” David had recently written…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbgkUcCbu3c I’d like to draw attention to four of the public responses to my recent blog on the “Orchestra Gap,” in which I observe among the younger members of major American orchestras “diminished…
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Dear Friends, I’m continuing to serialize my World Cup novella at Cult Classic. Best,SamCAN ART EXIST IN THE AI ERA?Recently, I’ve come across the same — deeply depressing — idea from several different directions. The idea is that the…
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We visit film festivals to marvel at excellent cinema. We also go to catch a glimpse of what filmmaking and media production might look like in the future. At Montréal’s Fantasia International Film Festival, which closes on Aug. 2,…
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This strategy of manufacturing a froth of interest around a given subject, from Nicki Minaj’s political perspectives to Sydney Sweeney’s jean ads, has recently been especially effective, and has moved culture-war fights from the trenches…
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The bureaucrat sent an email to him with a dread warning. The books must go, it decreed. There was nothing healthy nor wise in the practice, for the keeping of books on bookshelves is now “the unnecessary storing of combustible…
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Every parent of young children has a book they’re sick of reading aloud, whether it’s The Rainbow Fish or Goodnight Moon. In recent years, however, moms and dads are facing a fresh misery when it comes to bedtime stories: AI-generated…
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