Art and Culture

North Korean defectors say they “used to listen to songs in secret, often not knowing who they were listening to, but clinging to the mysterious and hopeful lyrics. Some even managed to watch K-pop performances, shocked by the…
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Netflix stock plunged 8% on Friday morning to $68.64 a share, after the streamer’s second-quarter earnings report renewed concerns among investors and analysts about the streamer’s future growth.The Los Gatos-based company on Thursday…
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Charlotte was cleaning out her parents’ garage last summer when she found a box of catalogs, circa 1996–1999. dELiA*s, MoxieGirl, Alloy — they were all there. “Instant flashback,” she says, describing how she sat right down on the…
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Flash flooding in New York City this weekend has presented a new test for the New Museum, which experienced a significant water leak on Saturday in a gallery housing work by WangShui. Video footage shared with ARTnews and confirmed by…
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Sitting on his porch in Teshie near Accra, Heavy J dipped a brush into red oil paint and dabbed it carefully on to his canvas – a flour sack – adding blood to a knife being wielded by a man. Higher on the canvas, he had started on an…
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Spotify, it’s fair to say, has made some weird user-experience choices.There are a number of panels in the app, and the layout is confusing. The service constantly tracks your activity. The app also seems to have an odd hostility to…
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This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on video games and physical media, follow Jay Peters. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes on Sunday at 8AM ET. Opt in…
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Keeping pace with Hollywood’s awards horserace.…
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Worlds Beyond Number is a hit podcast where Brennan Lee Mulligan, Erika Ishii, Aabria Iyengar, and Lou Wilson essentially play a long and fascinating role-playing adventure as an audio drama. Mulligan narrates the podcast, and was the…
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Digicams have flooded bars and concert venues, festivals and family gatherings. Here's why.…
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