Art and Culture

The vast number of overseas human remains held by UK museums is a shameful legacy of colonialism, with many items kept in ways that are sacrilegious, according to MPs and archaeologists.An investigation by the Guardian found that UK…
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In my past life I spent some time in university administration, and one of my jobs at this public university was to take proposals for new degree programs that the university had approved of to the state board of higher…
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Harmony Korine doesn’t do anything by the book. In fact, he doesn’t even read books. “Oh, I haven’t read a book in two or three decades,” Korine says, not proudly but matter-of-factly, but maybe also a little proudly. The…
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He started making videos of himself performing robust opera arias while standing outside on a car lot, wearing his name tag. He composed lyrics to describe the cars he was selling and put the videos on TikTok and Instagram. –…
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Since Donald Trump’s election in 2016, popular entertainment has struggled with how to reflect the resulting upheaval in American politics and culture. Many Hollywood projects have taken a heavy-handed approach: Think of how often you’ve…
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The museum today is focused on the fact that fewer visitors are coming now than before the pandemic, and the concern is legitimate. But the way back can’t be merely quantitative. – Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN) Source link
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“Le mieux est l’ennemi du bien,” wrote Voltaire, usually translated to “the perfect is the enemy of the good,” and more often rendered in the imperative as “don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.” The quote rang in my…
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Ever since the inception of flashy music festivals like Coachella and Lollapalooza (even a special mention for the beleaguered Fyre Festival), the archetype for aspirational concert-going has been the same: a pricey flight to an…
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Hollywood has been fretting over the death of the movie star for nearly a decade now, and the fear is not unfounded: The golden era when the likes of Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, and Denzel Washington could coax audiences to the…
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Ever since film director Quentin Tarantino revealed last summer that his next project was going to be to bring a play to the West End, everyone has been wondering what on earth it will be.Could it be an adaptation of one of his films –…
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