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Dali Made Some Iffy Choices, Including Layering Whites And Then Varnishing Them
“Dalí prescribes this very method, deeming zinc white the color with which ‘you will achieve the most absolute whites in your picture.’ But chemically...
How That Guy Is Reshaping The English Language
“The president uses verbs to evade responsibility and even proclaim a new form of leadership. Perhaps surprisingly, this is true even when Mr. Trump...
Portland State University Eliminates Its Once-Storied Dance Program
PSU’s “dance program had once been a cornerstone of Portland’s artistic community, even as it struggled against decades of intermittent support, administrative turnover, and...
An Atlanta Theatre Loses Its Lease, Asks Its Audience For Real-Estate Leads
“According to producing artistic director Rachel May, Synchronicity’s programming, partnerships, and community impact have never been stronger, and the theatre’s leadership is actively engaged...
Behind The Scenes In The Final Days Of Hacks
“As they shot the finale, Einbinder wept often. Even Smart, a tough cookie, misted up a few times. The creators’ eyes stayed mostly dry.”...
Why We Desperately Need A Silent Film Of Super Mario
“Mario has always belonged to an older generation of comedy. … Charlie Chaplin built a legacy on the notion that a body can be...
Dear NYT Freelancer Who Used AI To ‘Write’ A Book Review, You’ve Missed The...
“The role of the critic isn’t to summarise or repackage art, but to actively participate in a conversation about it,” and using AI isn’t...
PayPal And Other Online Payment Systems Seem To Be Silencing Media Sites They Don’t...
“Payment services don’t have any incentive to consider the value of controversial and unpopular speech or how it may benefit our society.” - LitHub
After 11 Years In Court, Heirs Reclaim A Modigliani Looted By The Nazis
“The claim, registered in a New York lawsuit filed in 2015, has long been disputed by the Nahmad family, a prominent dynasty of art dealers that...
The Feminist History Of Baseball’s Biggest Musical Moment
“At a time when women did not yet have the right to vote, but were playing in women's leagues and filling the stands at occasional Ladies Days,...
The Gen-Z YouTubers Of Ballet
Two Canadian sisters make polished, professional, joyous ballet breakdown videos every week - and they have won over ballet scholars and ballerinas alike. “The...
Thieves Steal Renoir, Cezanne, Picasso Works In Three-Minute Raid In Italy
“The Magnani Rocca Foundation, a private museum, lies in the heart of the countryside 20 kilometres from Parma. Local media reported that the thieves were able to nab the paintings in...
The Oscar-Winning Documentary Has Been Banned In Russia
To no one’s surprise, A Russian court banned the Oscar-winning documentary Mr Nobody Against Putin from several streaming platforms .., alleging it promoted ‘negative attitudes’ about...
Horror Tropes Are Starting To Feel Like They’ve Reached The End Of Their Useful...
But the movies keep on coming. - Salon
The Accidental Creation Of Project Hail Mary’s Breakout Star
No, we’re not talking about Ryan Gosling. We’re talking about puppetry, and voices. - The New York Times
South Africa’s Daring Anti-Apartheid Theatre Turns Fifty
“Even the fact that audiences were made up of Black and white South Africans mingling together was unheard of in a city where...
The Met’s New Tristan Und Isolde Set Looks Fantastic, But There’s One Little Problem
Sitting in the orchestra, the principals sound wonderful. But elsewhere, thanks to onstage tunnels: “Few lines of the libretto could be made out over...
The AI-Based ‘Recommendation’ Issue That’s Going To Destroy Trust In The Internet
Should that trust still exist, which is questionable. “With the rise of large language models, the problem of not-quite-right advice will only get worse....
This Poem Was Banned One Hundred Years Ago. Now, It’s Onstage
“A narrative poem full of sex, drugs and violence, it tells the story of a crazy gathering hosted by a beautiful vaudeville singer named...
How Reality TV Became An Unstoppable Cultural Force
“Many shows have not only endured, they’ve spawned universes, international adaptations and spinoffs. Bravo, a TV channel that used to focus on the performing...
Why Two Emmy-Winning Stars Of The Bear Are Experimenting On Broadway
“'There’s nobody I’d rather go to battle with,’ Bernthal said fervently of his co-star. And ‘if we do go down,’ Moss-Bachrach said,...
TikTok Has A Policy On Labeling AI-Generated Advertising, But Those Labels Are Really Not...
The problem is caused, but not solved, by technology: “There is currently no trusted technological solution for reliably identifying AI-generated content, or even human-made...
Movies, As Seen In ‘Project Hail Mary,’ Are Fun Again
And the box office reflects it. - The New York Times
The World Changed While The World’s Biggest Boy Band Was On Hiatus
But it wasn’t just the world; it’s the music: BTS's comeback album is, maybe, not that great. - Slate (MSN)
Mary Beth Hurt, Tony-Nominated Actress Who Originated A Role In Crimes Of The Heart,...
Hurt also "drew moviegoers to her array of emotionally impactful performances in such films as Interiors, Chilly Scenes of Winter and The World According to Garp.” - The...
