Art and Culture

NEW YORK (AP) — Melinda French Gates will step down as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the nonprofit she and her ex-husband Bill Gates founded and built into one of the…
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There’s a sexy new streaming service that has everything. I mean, everything. Make one payment and you’ll get the Marvel Cinematic Universe, every Disney movie imaginable, and all 12 seasons of Curb Your Enthusiasm. It’s got…
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What’s the best book you’ve ever received as a gift?That’s an impossible question. The best in 89 years? How do I know? I remember being given A.P. Wavell’s “Other Men’s Flowers” as a birthday present when I was young. It’s a collection…
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She was one of the most famous British female artists of the 19th century, a suffragist who exhibited at the Royal Academy, was praised by Victorian art critics and was admired by contemporaries including James McNeill Whistler, who…
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Incidentally, it’s my birthday today. So, hey – I have the perfect gift all figured out. Just click on any image you see… Click on any image in this post to help me on my birthday. You had a nifty idea. Combine hip-hop with one…
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"I've been rejected my whole life," actor John Leguizamo told me. After starring in over 100 movies, earning a Special Tony Award, an Emmy Award, and building a prolific body of work…
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Where to start with the Mackintosh building of the Glasgow School of Art? With its fearless originality? With its ability to run many gamuts – dark, light, massive, intimate, crafted, industrial, refined, rough, its spaces long, narrow,…
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May 13, 2024 First, some quick…
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At gallery dinners, William Palley is generally the youngest guest in attendance — or at least one of the youngest.“There is a real need for a next generation,” Palley said in a recent interview.Indeed, given a 10 percent decline in the…
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Transparency around the symphony's finances and decision-making is also sorely needed. The leadership’s failure to release financial documents has only added to our unease. Open dialogue and regular financial updates on operations and…
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