Art and Culture

For instance: “Could AI take over the bulk of legal work or is there an underlying thread of creativity and judgment of the type only speculative super AI could hope to tackle? … Where do we draw the line between general and specific…
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Maria Balshaw, 54, has been the director of Tate since 2017, the first woman to hold the position. She grew up in Northampton, and after university worked as an academic. In 2002, she switched careers, as the director of Creative…
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Each year in the art world, lesser-known artists percolate into public consciousness — most obviously at auctions like those that recently concluded in New York, which saw prices exceeding estimates for up-and-comers like Jadé…
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When it comes to who gets the most attention during the Tribeca Festival, the actors, the directors and the celebrities who walk the red carpet are foremost.But behind the scenes, there are many people who aren’t under the spotlight, yet…
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After a curtain call at a recent performance of “Hamilton,” Trey Curtis, who stars as Alexander Hamilton, put his arm around J. Quinton Johnson, who had played George Washington. They basked in the applause, shared a laugh and walked…
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Portland State University is beginning an effort to make its campus more distinctive, which will include adding better signs and other indications that you are on the PSU campus. Photo by: Amanda Waldroupe It is easy to be on…
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May 31, 2024, 11:46am In more troubling news for human writers, OpenAI announced deals with Vox Media and The Atlantic this Wednesday. In a statement on their site, Atlantic CEO…
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Jac Venza, a shoemaker’s son who almost single-handedly delivered to the proverbial “vast wasteland” that was American television in the 1960s and ’70s an oasis of cultural programming, including “Great Performances” and “Live From…
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Lucy Yu wasn’t sure if she had smoke in her lungs or was having an anxiety attack. She needed fresh air.Five days earlier, on the Fourth of July, she had raced out of her bookstore in Manhattan’s Chinatown as it filled with smoke. A fire…
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Kahana Ho and Stuart Featheran Jr. in "Kāmau Aʻe" at at Kumu Kahua Theatre. (Photo from Kumu Kahua) In 1972, the first Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture, then called the South Pacific Festival of Arts, was held in Fiji. The…
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