"The villa (that contained the floor mosaic) has roots in the Roman and Byzantine eras and was used long after the Turks arrived in Anatolia. It encompassed a vast area and about 33 rooms, with 'highly valuable' floor mosaics indicating the structure was a 'high-level residence.'" - Artnet
"On November 17, eight local plaintiffs joined by the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska and advocacy group the Northern Justice project filed suit against Matanuska-Susitna Borough school district north of Anchorage, seeking the return of 56 books said to be improperly banned from school shelves." - Publishers Weekly
"Palestinian poet/essayist Mosab Abu Toha, whose 2022 poetry collection Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza won an American Book Award and was a National Book Critics Circle finalist, has been released after being detained by the Israel Defense Forces, his publisher has confirmed." - Publishers Weekly
"In a pair of lawsuits filed in Richmond Circuit Court, the dancers say the company required them to maintain a 'dangerously unhealthy weight' to qualify for roles. They allege the pressure led to eating disorders and a cascade of health problems, including the loss of their menstrual cycles." - Axios
Look at the “gender-neutral” lines of mainstream mall brands like Old Navy, Roots, and H&M and you’ll find a lot of dysphoria hoodies—items meant to affirm but seemingly designed to avoid any sense of silhouette, pattern, or colour. - The Walrus
How did we get here, where men who benefit most from our social structures, position themselves as the little guy? This comes from a longer history of political shifts in America and of the rise of mass cultural consumption as a means of political expression. - 3 Quarks Daily
At this point, the question of whether conglomeration was good or bad seems largely beside the point. Artists adapt. Artists have always been subject to the whims of the wealthy. Yet the same economic forces that led to conglomeration are undeniably immiserating artists today. - The New Republic
Kablusiak, who was born in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories and raised in Alberta, has received acclaim for her multidisciplinary practice, which explores issues related to the Inuit diaspora, queer identity and deals with tensions related to land ownership and colonialism. - ARTnews
Footage of the wreck released last year show that the ship’s hull is still in tact. The surrounding sea floor is scattered with gold ingots, coins, pottery, Spanish cannons dating from 1655, and a Chinese dinner service. - Artnet
The regulation is the latest effort from conservative policymakers to restrict public school students’ access to books covering topics of race, gender identity and sexual orientation. - AP
Lucy Ferriss: "Asma is one of 120 students whom I and a dozen other college professors, spread across four continents and five academic divisions, have been teaching remotely since June. We began the way children are sometimes taught to swim …" - The Chronicle of Higher Education
The interest flows both ways. Not only are performers seeking out orchestras to partner with, but organizations such as the San Francisco Symphony see pop offerings as a way to broaden their patron base. - San Francisco Chronicle
"For (Julia) Perry, who died in 1979 at age 55, the 1950s and ’60s were replete with success, the summit of a career that fell into obscurity despite musicians’ admiration of her work." Perry's Stabat Mater returns to the concert hall this week. - The New York Times
Happiness is, after all, an abstract idea; there is no objective measure for it available. Many people don’t even know what they really mean by happiness: is it a state of general satisfaction? - Psyche
"(His) verbal inventiveness and keen eye for complicated emotional transactions ... or struggling to connect the world of their Jewish immigrant parents with the realities of American life, ... established him as one of the most promising of the young American writers to emerge after World War II." - The New York Times
