Art and Culture

We’re selling vibes, textures. A sunset on the hills in Chianti, riding a bike on an island in Sicily. Imagine us discussing it in parliament with an Italian accent: l’importanza del made in Italy. We use the English expression…
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The major exhibition featuring collections from both institutions will be staged first in Paris at the Centre Pompidou, after its five-year renovation, around 2029 or 2030, before being hosted at the M+ with a focus on visual culture in…
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An attorney for authors confirmed on Thursday that “authors and other copyright holders filed claims covering over 92% of the more than 480,000 works included in the settlement.” But objectors maintain that…
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Creatives around the world have recently taken to social media to offer their art in exchange for anything other than money. “If my art isn’t in your budget right now, I’ll accept the following as payment…” the viral posts on Instagram…
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Oscar-nominated Iranian director Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident) is set to again face trial in Iran on charges of “propaganda against the regime.” Branch 26 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Tehran has…
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The French government announced Monday morning the team of architects who have been selected to overhaul the Louvre in Paris, concluding a protracted selection process marked by staff strikes and the lingering investigation into the…
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Conductor Laureate Herbert Blomstedt has withdrawn from the San Francisco Symphony's remaining weekend performances on the advice of his doctors after struggling to get through the orchestra's concert on Friday, May 15, featuring…
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It was like any Monday morning at Seattle Central College, the community college where Stacey Levine has taught creative writing for fifteen years. Arriving at work, she sat down at her office desk—a bulletin board with lightly…
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At least, according to The New York Times’s Helen Shaw. For instance: “When I think about the sheer old-fashioned ebullience of Cinco Paul’s Schmigadoon! — its compositional invention and depth of talent — I find myself hoping the…
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Detail of Refik Anadol’s Infinity Room: Bosphorus (2023) at the Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul, Turkey photo by Steve Paul) Some months ago, I found myself mesmerized in a room full of pulsing blue waves. It was an immersive,…
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