Art and Culture

Dear Republic, We can all get a little starstruck about the publishing industry — or at least wistful about how it used to be. Nick Mamatas is here to disabuse us of that and explain how the sausage actually gets made.-ROLHOW PUBLISHING…
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The Health Alliance for Chicago Comedians is building a pilot program to help 10 comics pay insurance premiums through the Affordable Care Act’s next open enrollment period. Stand-up comedians, especially early in their careers, often…
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NEW YORK (AP) — Yoselin Sanchez has been in chronic pain since she was born with cervical scoliosis. While little eases the discomfort, she’s found ways to distract herself from hurting.She…
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NEW YORK (AP) — Allison Hill, CEO of the American Booksellers Association, is used to strangers expressing sympathy when they learn what she does for a living. “It’s all so funny,” she says. “When…
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Rosamund Pike has criticised an audience member for texting during the climax of her West End performance, saying she hoped the message was “very important”.After a performance of Inter Alia on Saturday, Pike returned to the stage after…
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The disquiet and distrust surrounding artificial intelligence among artists and creatives remain real and consequential, and the language used by leading arts commentators is often apocalyptic: AI will decimate the arts, it is evil, it…
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Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or…
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It’s common for visitors to touch intimate areas portrayed in artworks, but the phenomenon puts cultural icons at risk…
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Rosamund Pike has criticised an audience member for texting during the climax of her West End performance, saying she hoped the message was “very important”.After a performance of Inter Alia on Saturday, Pike returned to the stage after…
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There are so many books. I think we can probably agree on this. Some of us might feel like there are perhaps too many books, but in the interest of agreement: there are so many. More than four million in the United States last…
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