Art and Culture

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) Interim CEO Sara Fenske Bahat has resigned as the institution’s galleries remain closed since February 15, following a pro-Palestine action led by eight exhibiting artists. Fenske Bahat’s…
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Roberta Smith, our pioneering co-chief art critic, is retiring after more than 32 years and 4,500 reviews and essays that have helped reshape the canon for modern and contemporary art. Sia Michel and Barbara Graustark celebrate…
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Congressional representatives Rashida Tlaib and Jamaal Bowman introduced the proposed Living Wage for Musicians Act on Thursday, aimed at increasing streaming royalties for musicians online. The resolution, created in…
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So-called point-of-sale donations have sharply increased in recent years, bringing in hundreds of…
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“For a long time now, popular culture has been moving forward without a once-essential style accessory: the Gay Best Friend. We’re not supposed to mourn his absence; we’re not supposed to want him back. But I kind of do.” –…
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Da’Vine Joy Randolph was grateful to win an Academy Award—and hopeful that it won’t be her last opportunity.Patrick T. Fallon / AFP / GettyMarch 10, 2024, 9:52 PM ETYou know you’ve delivered an Oscars speech for the history books when…
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After weeks of wild speculation about her health, the state of her marriage and even the collapse of the House of Windsor, Catherine, Princess of Wales, supposedly marked the U.K. Mother’s Day holiday on Sunday by sharing a photo of…
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Nearly a year before the buzzy movie debuted, paparazzi photos of the costumed stars began leaking from the location shoot. When the premiere rolled around, it was just the first in a months-long series of red-carpet events, for which…
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“An outlaw can be defined as somebody who lives outside the law, beyond the law and not necessarily against it.”–Hunter Thompson* “All human advances occur in the outlaw area.”–Buckminster Fuller* In the…
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