Art and Culture

These words came over the transom from the author Udo Breger: Brion Gysin is one of those dazzling figures of the 20th century whose life defies simple categorization. Born in England in 1916 as a Canadian and died in Paris in 1986…
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Books destroyed by a drone attack in Viktor Kruglov's Kharkiv warehouseThirteen million books in the country have been destroyed in 2026, but Ukrainian publishers and authors, as well as the general public, are fighting back.Read this…
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“In the studio, Virtue has found new freedom in the ‘ability to get grounded with the floor,’ she says. ‘I’m not just gliding across the surface, but I’m actually using the floor as an impetus to step and move and turn.’” – Dance…
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Though Brexit and reforms to wealthy international residents’ tax arrangements have damaged the Britain’s art market, the depth and quality of London’s midsize and smaller gallery offerings still give the city’s art scene an edge.…
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The Centre Pompidou Paraná, the French institution’s future outpost in southern Brazil and its first in the Americas, has already delayed its opening twice. First scheduled for 2027 and later pushed back to 2028, it is now expected to…
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On the evening of 8 September 1930, the German mathematician David Hilbert stepped up to a microphone in Königsberg and addressed his countrymen by radio. He was 68, recently retired, and at the height of his fame. The talk was a defence…
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Even as a new category of literary scams emerges every few days, authors have very little information about the people behind them.In August, Danny de Hek, a New Zealand-based scam buster, forwarded me an Excel spreadsheet he received…
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“The Public Media Bridge Fund has raised about $87 million and stabilized 186 public radio stations that serve about 30 million people in the United States. (Now begins) PMC’s new $38 million fundraising effort to help stations become…
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In 2025, Netflix notched a net profit of $11 billion on a 16% increase in revenue, to $46.6 billion. It expects revenue growth to cool off this year, projecting an increase of 13%-14%, while the streamer is aiming to boost operating…
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Listen to article • 0:00minEven as a young man, Tom Di Nardo was eclectic.Born in South Philadelphia and reared in Germantown, he was naturally adept at math and physics. He was good at analyzing and solving problems about structure and…
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