Art and Culture

“The blades fell on to the street below in the early hours of the morning. The cause of the collapse is not clear. Police say there were no injuries. The first three letters of the Moulin Rouge sign also fell off.” –…
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The final film from the French-Swiss director Jean-Luc Godard is set to premiere at this year’s Cannes film festival.Scénarios is an 18-minute short that the film-maker finished in 2022 the day before he died via an assisted suicide…
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“A recent survey showed tourists did not enjoy the experience (of seeing the famous portrait), with comments ranging from ‘never been so disappointed’ to ‘torture.'” Says the museum’s director,…
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NPR employees tuned in for a pivotal meeting late last year for a long-awaited update on the future of the public radio network.After many tumultuous months, marked by layoffs, financial turbulence and internal strife, they signed in to…
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NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s highest court on Thursday threw out Harvey Weinstein ’s 2020 rape conviction with a ruling that shocked and disappointed women who celebrated historic gains during the…
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After years in the making, Venice will on Thursday begin charging day trippers to enter the city in an effort to protect the Unesco world heritage site from the effects of over-tourism.While the measure has ignited criticism and derision…
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Julia Malakie/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.John Cage, the influential composer and artist, is dead. So it’s technically impossible to…
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The web has become so interwoven with everyday life that it is easy to forget what an extraordinary accomplishment and treasure it is. In just a few decades, much of human knowledge has been collectively written up and made available to…
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The American economy has always relied on household borrowing. Since before the founding, the colonies had been ever short of metallic currency. Our 18th-century forebears substituted credit for cash. They bought goods ‘on account’,…
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