Art and Culture

In 1999, an artwork of a dishevelled divan strewn with condoms and lager cans sparked a media frenzy and turned artist Tracey Emin into a celebrity. Why? And what happened next?Back when the world was spinning towards the 21st Century,…
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Long-gestating construction on Barcelona’s famed Sagrada Familia reached a milestone this week when workers completed the upper section of its highest tower—a monument to Jesus Christ that makes the fantastical building the…
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Firefighters in Sicily have rescued about 400 rare books from a library in Niscemi that hangs on the edge of a mudflow, after a devastating landslide in January tore away an entire slope of the town and carved a 4km chasm.The library…
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The San Francisco Ballet has canceled its planned performances at the Kennedy Center this spring, confirming that its four-night run in Washington will no longer take place."SF Ballet's Board of Trustees has made the decision that the…
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Matz Skoog made his name in the 1980s as a virtuoso and charismatic dancer with London Festival Ballet. “It was a great place to be, you worked really hard and I wanted to work hard. Festival Ballet did eight performances a week — it was…
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Mexistentialism “teaches us that our crises, even if they are framed by the catastrophic, are that only in appearance. … Our crises will not destroy us because these crises are inscribed in history, and it is history that frames who we…
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Susan Rice, former United Nations Ambassador, said on a podcast this week that “corporations, media companies, law firms and universities that ‘take a knee’ to Trump should not expect Democrats to ‘forgive and forget.’” The current…
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There’s a new sound gripping Sheffield. You won’t find it at one of the city’s eclectic jazz nights; nor in any of its clubs or live music venues. You’ll find it in the back aisle of a Co-op supermarket on Ecclesall Road.“Anyone noticed…
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Nominations: Oscars, SAG, BAFTA, PGA, GG, Critics Choice Wins: GG There are three films this century that, like “Hamnet,” got nominations at the Actor Awards and…
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If you have ever felt that the American political landscape resembles some kind of nightmarish circus, you may find catharsis in the new play Kramer/Fauci, in which the writer and AIDS activist Larry Kramer faces off with a C-SPAN caller…
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