Art and Culture

Director Lonnie G. Bunch III “realized that — one way or another — he was probably not going to last through this administration, that the White House was intent on taking over the Smithsonian.” So he resigned, in part to save the…
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Exactly 20 years ago, a young Marc Orriols surprised attendees at the III Ibero-American Congress of Egyptology held in La Laguna, Tenerife, in Spain’s Canary Islands, with a paper on the sexual habits of Ancient Egyptians, specifically…
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When you have a developer as US president, you might expect some zhooshing up of the capital. A few buildings renovated, maybe some parks replanted. But when you have a megalomaniac builder in charge, things can get out of hand. A decade…
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Listen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.A Toronto dance…
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When someone tells me they're finally writing the book, my first question isn't about the book. It's about what happens in month four, once the launch posts have stopped. The numbers…
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Beyond specific formats, Nolan and “The Odyssey” are part of a broader revival of physical film after the digital revolution seemed to have left it for dead.  – The New York Times Source link
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Koons the pop culture figure is often at odds with Koons the artist, causing some deep ambivalence among the art establishment. He’s at once an esoteric conceptualist and a marketing genius rivaled only by Andy Warhol and Salvador Dalí.…
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The South African poet Sinclair Beiles said that “poetry is a way of committing suicide.” It sounds extreme but has deep resonance for me. My own conviction is that great beauty from great despair unbends the mind, which is every poet’s…
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Is it possible to make qualitative judgements in an unbiased way? Maybe not. Some people feel that the whole idea of making judgements is just another form of cultural oppression. On one level, aesthetic preferences are all cultural.…
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Wearing a Bob Mackie garment, as described by “Charlie’s Angels” star Cheryl Ladd, was a “serene experience.”“There are some bones and things holding it up and underneath there are weights to keep it down.” Ladd described to The Times…
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