The shift to screen life has been decades in the making, and generations of tech-savvy artists have been charting those changes. - The Wall Street Journal
Mathematics belongs firmly within, not outside, the Modernist revolution in art and thought that reconfigured minds and lives. So why would any writer who cares about the origins of the ideas not wish to understand the intellectual core of arithmetic to the technological transformation of our world? - Prospect
Mozart worked from 1781 as a freelance musician. Beethoven, too, survived on publishers’ commissions and charitable sponsorship. If they had been born two centuries later, both would have been appointed to endowed professorships and never heard from again. - The Wall Street Journal
Ukrainian officials say that Russian forces have robbed or damaged more than 30 museums — including several in Kherson, which was retaken in November, and others in Mariupol and Melitopol, which remain under Russian occupation. - The New York Times
"From one angle, the limbs form a heart, representing the couple’s love. But much as Chicago’s landmark 'Cloud Gate' sculpture quickly became known as 'The Bean' for looking like, well, a giant bean, legions of amateur art critics aren’t seeing what Thomas intended." - Washington Post
The sculpture, called "The Embrace," is also meant to give Boston a new shine. "People come to Boston to get their American story reified. And if Boston can tell a different story about America, then America can start telling a different story about itself." - Boston Globe
"Dance on the Beach was part of a masterpiece of 12 major panels, which Max Reinhardt, the theatre director, commissioned in 1906 for his avant-garde theatre in Berlin." Years later, the Nazis declared Munch a "degenerate." - The Observer (UK)
Why? It's a mystery. "The abrupt switch, at a high-profile venue in one of the biggest markets in the world, is head-spinning news in the lucrative ticketing business." - The New York Times
Only connect: "The strongest predictors for people to maintain their happiness and health throughout the course of their lives were people who described their relationships as having satisfying levels of quality and warmth." - NPR
Without Iron Man, there's a leader-shaped hole at the center of all of the various stories. Is Paul Rudd really supposed to fill that hole? - The Guardian (UK)
Schnee's "ebullient fabric designs and avant-garde home furnishings store in the heart of Detroit introduced midcentury modernism to baffled and delighted Midwesterners" - and changed the look of contemporary houses for good. - The New York Times
