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The Architects Who Believe In Reduce And Reuse, But For Buildings
"The French architects Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal are famous for their belief in keeping existing buildings whenever possible, no matter how unpromising or...
Rediscovering Surrealist Painter Leonor Fini
Why was Fini, who was part of the first major surrealist exhibitions, ignored for so long? André Breton, of course. He "would not have...
Anatomy Of A Fall Wins Another Major European Film Award
Does France regret not submitting this one for an Oscar? It definitely should. Anatomy (the Palme d'Or winner) just won the European Film Awards,...
Sometimes, You Just Need A Dutch Master In Order To Chill
"It was embarrassing to want excitement, but never more than when looking at a Ruisdael did I realize how wholly I was a creature...
The Dark Side Of Christmas Music
Holiday music can feel dark - and not only the mighty suspicious drink the guy gives the woman in "Baby, It's Cold Outside." -...
Italy Is Pouring Into Cinemas For An Unlikely Film
The movie - C'è ancora domani, or There's Always Tomorrow - is the first film directed by comedian Paola Cortellesi, and it's about a...
The Latest Turner Prize Winner Blames Margaret Thatcher For Cuts To The Arts
But that's just inaccurate, and misses the point. "There are plenty of people, elected and non-elected, who are far more deserving of our ire...
The EU Passes A ‘Sweeping’ New Slate Of Regulations For Artificial Intelligence
"It includes bans on biometric systems that identify people using sensitive characteristics such as sexual orientation and race, and the indiscriminate scraping of faces...
Poet And Professor Refaat Alareer Has Been Killed In Gaza By An Israeli Airstrike
The poem pinned to the popular creative writing teacher's Twitter/X account since November is called "If I must die, let it be a tale."...
Women Have Moved To The Center Of K-Dramas
Actress Uhm Jung-hwa says there's a shift from the 1990s, when women characters were focused on finding husbands: "Now we can see many strong...
The Best Book Covers Of 2023
Right, don't judge a book by its cover, but go ahead and judge the covers. - The New York Times
The Quiet Plan To Make The Internet Dramatically Faster
There are so many potential bottlenecks for the speed of something we rely on: "Each part of the network (such as switches, routers, modems,...
Benjamin Zephaniah, Poet, Actor, Musician, And Activist, Has Died At 65
Zephaniah, who refused an OBE, "was heavily influenced by Jamaican music and poetry, and he was often classified as a dub poet." - The...
Wikipedia’s Most Prolific Road And Highway Editors Left The Site
Then they made their own wiki. "Behind this seemingly amusing clash of nerds is a far more pressing issue: how to reconcile 20 years...
When You Want A Dragon, Sometimes You Have To Just Do The Job Yourself
Christopher Paolini really wanted to be a dragon-rider, but that wasn't a job opportunity. So the then-15-year-old wrote a book instead. - The New...
Spotify Cutting Nearly One-Fifth Of Its Staff
It's the third round of cuts for Spotify, and "equates to about 1,500 jobs." - NPR
A New Literary Prize Won’t Be Judged By The Usual Suspects
For the Inside Literary Prize, inspired by a similar prize in France, "a jury of inmates in prisons across six states will be able...
The Movies That Truly Moved People
Sometimes, the scenery really does work - for instance, many people dropped everything and moved to New Zealand after seeing The Lord of the...
Chicago’s Siskel Film Center Isn’t Complete Without Roger Ebert’s Name
"It wasn’t until they teamed up in 1976 to take their film criticism to an even wider audience through the medium of television that...
Broadway Singers And Senior Living Facilities Are Clearly A Match Made In NY
One of the Broadway kids performing in front of an audience of Broadway aficionados said, "I was expecting to have the best show ever...
The British Independent Film Awards Really Liked A Supernatural Gay Drama
The film All of Us Strangers won best film, best screenplay, best director, best supporting actor and several craft awards. - Variety
Using Virginia Woolf As A Survival Strategy
When, 95 years ago, Virginia Woolf wrote Orlando: A Biography, she didn't know that her satirical, clever, sweeping love letter to an aristocrat would...
Who Should Win The UK’s Big Turner Prize?
Four finalists contend, but "I don’t believe anyone cares who wins any more. The artists successfully derailed the system themselves in 2019." - The...
Trying To Defend ‘The Humanities’ Isn’t Working – Not At All
"An atmosphere of urgency and calls for immediate action are hostile to fields of study like literature and philosophy that require a contemplative mood,...
Oregon’s Sleepy Capital City Connects Its Musical Youth To Classical Stars
The program brings students from rival high schools together in a non-competitive environment to work and play with pros. Project Chamber Music's "secret sauce...
