Art and Culture

Yet the board’s own actions have had the opposite effect, with fund-raising plunging since the announcement. Turns out that many donors don’t want to open their wallets for an organization that disrespects its musicians, jettisons a…
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The first Monday in May marks the annual Met Gala: a collision of celebrities, designers and cultural icons. Established in 1948, the gala was originally a high-society event held to raise money for the Costume Institute of The…
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In February, actor Timothée Chalamet quipped in an interview, "I don't want to be working in ballet or opera, or you know, things where it's like, 'Hey, keep this thing alive,' even though it's like, no-one cares about this anymore."His…
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Along with this year’s inauguration of the new Condé M. Nast Galleries in the Great Hall, which will house the Costume Institute’s blockbuster shows, the endowment fund represents a drastic transformation in the position of the Costume…
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A recent study found that Western music is not only starting to sound more alike but is also becoming less structurally complex than in the past. – Phys The post Study: Western Music Is Becoming Simpler And More Repetitive…
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On 28 February, University of Queensland Press received an email from one of its authors warning of the publisher’s impending collapse.UQP is one of the most celebrated literary houses in the country – the Australian Book Industry…
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Opposition to the Bezoses started almost immediately after they were announced as financial sponsors in February, and comes amid a surging anti-rich sentiment nationwide and in New York City, the event’s liberal home. – The New…
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A study of young adults with backgrounds in mathematics or music found that individuals with better mathematical abilities tended to have better musical abilities as well, and vice versa. However, this association was most…
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Six months ago, the AI sector was looking pretty bubbly. Companies were plowing hundreds of billions of dollars, much of it borrowed, into building new data centers, but had no clear path to profitability. Experts and journalists, myself…
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Anish Kapoor has said that the US should be excluded from the Venice Biennale because of the country’s “abhorrent politics of hate” and its “incessant warmongering”.The artist, who represented Britain at the 1990 edition, said he…
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