Yearly Archives: 2023
Have A Look Inside The Newly-Remodeled Rembrandt House Museum
"Last week, the Rembrandt House Museum reopened in Amsterdam after a four-month closure, offering 30 percent more Rembrandt in the building where the artist...
Trump Claims A Song Featuring Him Is Topping The Charts. Is It Really?
“The J6 is beating Taylor Swift,” Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday, two days after the rally. “It’s Donald Trump and the...
The Complex. Delicate Task Of Divvying Up The Radio Spectrum
"The airwaves floating across America are sliced up into chunks (some wide, some incredibly narrow) where different services and uses are permitted to broadcast...
That Time A Couple Walked Into A Gallery… And Stole A DeKooning
In 1985, a couple walked into an art gallery on the campus of the University of Arizona and left 15 minutes later with a...
He Watched Britain’s Equivalent Of Fox News For 18 Hours So We Don’t Have...
"People say a lot of things about GB News: it's ridden with glitches, it's a hotbed of right-wing conspiracies, nobody watches. But nearly two...
John Luther Adams’s Latest Score Is A Lament Over The Ravages Of The Anthropocene
Most of his work is inspired by the natural environment, but in Vespers of the Blessed Earth, receiving its world premiere this week by...
On Twitter, You Can Find More Really Smart People In One Place Than Anywhere...
"We don't have — and may never again have — another one-stop watering hole where many of the planet's most interesting celebrities, politicians, activists,...
Substack Is Trying To Get Its Writers To Buy Shares In The Company
"Newsletter company Substack, which reportedly struggled to fundraise last year amid a broader downturn in the tech market, wants its next round of financing...
D.M. Thomas, Author Of “The White Hotel,” Is Dead At 88
His 1981 novel, about a patient of Sigmund Freud's who ended up a victim of the Holocaust, was a huge success commercially and critically...
This 17th-Century Family Portrait Was Missing The Mother. A Museum Found Her On Google.
"A rare reunion has taken place at the Nivaagaard Collection in Denmark, as the museum has located the image of a woman, who, for...
Dallas Puts On Hold Plans To Revamp Frank Lloyd Wright’s Only Theater Building
"Dallas Theater Center officials have hit the brakes on a proposed $308 million plan to revamp the Kalita Humphreys Theater and the surrounding 10-acre...
Canadian Actors Union Calls For Boycotts
The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists has turned to shaming brands including Rogers and Walmart as it seeks higher pay, protections...
Shape-Shifting Genre-Busting Stories
The question of where a story should begin and end is one that recurs throughout “White Cat, Black Dog,” and is part of what...
Why We’re Fascinated By Fortunetellers
These accusations of harmful magic were often combined with the suspicion that fortunetellers were frauds taking advantage of popular credulity. In the 17th and...
Why I Want To Believe In Coincidences
There is a part of me that, despite myself, wants to entertain the possibility that the world really does have supernatural dimensions. I don’t believe the Universe contains...
Agatha Christie Is The Latest Target Of Sensitivity Readers
Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries written between 1920 and 1976 have had passages reworked or removed in new editions published by HarperCollins to strip...
The Weird Way Rare Books Are Catalogued
Learning how to catalogue properly is an essential part of bookselling, though exactly what constitutes “properly” will change depending on who you ask. - LitHub
What Do You Get When You Cross A Cookbook And A Comic Book? This.
"The last decade has seen a flurry of illustrated Korean cookbooks, one-panel satirical comics about South Asian chai, and graphic novels about Japanese-American culinary...
We Worked On “Phantom” For 35 Years
For a lot of us, we started out doing this young. And our lives have changed. It’s like watching a child grow up. I...
Former Director Of The Australian Ballet Now Has Two Companies To Oversee
Earlier this month David McAllister became interim Artistic Director of the Royal New Zealand Ballet in Wellington, as Patricia Barker departed following a troubled...
The Art Of Remaking (Reimagining?) A Classic Video Game
Several developers behind horror games described their task like choreography, requiring precise timing and deft choices to deliver the terrifying experiences that players crave. -...
Orlando Has A Lively Arts Scene. Disney Makes It Possible.
"From supporting educational efforts to assisting professional theaters to funding performance spaces, Walt Disney World has been an engine driving the growth of the...
Thinking About Machines Being Self-Aware
Theory of mind helps us communicate with and understand one another; it allows us to enjoy literature and movies, play games and make sense...
French Bad-Boy Author Michel Houellebecq Loses His Bid To Squelch The Porn Film He...
"A Dutch art collective can release an experimental erotic film showing the French novelist Michel Houellebecq having sex with young women in spite of...
Why Our Handwriting Is Getting Worse
“The bad handwriting specifically comes from I’m thinking too fast for my hand. I feel like being able to type as quickly as I’m...
