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The opening of a €600m super-museum in Berlin has been postponed to next year, raising sceptical eyebrows among locals wary of the German capital's growing tendency to deliver large pu…
Today's young adults are just as likely to endorse traditional racial and gender stereotypes as members of previous generations. And by age 30, those who have earned college degrees enjoy in…
Despite the progress made in recent years, she said, female conductors were still judged differently from their male counterparts while on the podium. "The thing about conducting is it's all…
The top letter, in which Cohen wrote in December 1960 about being "alone with the vast dictionaries of language," fetched almost $75,000 compared to an original high estimate of $13,000. " C…
The short story is on a huge upwards trajectory, yet attitudes persist that collections can't be as successful as novels. To be fair, most of those prehistoric views emanate from London rath…
Brian Seibert: "It all feels, in the end, like what it is: a late-generation copy. After a five-year absence, the fungus is still alive but not showing many signs of growth. " " The New Y…
About 53% of people born between 1983 and 1996 now pay for gaming services, versus 51% who pay for television, according to a survey from the accounting and professional services firm Deloit…
In fact, David Lang is, with a re-imagining of Beethoven's Fidelio. Anne Midgette explores the idea of revisiting classics in new form. " Washington Post
A new study quantifies it. "The study examined data from nearly 20,000 people in England who took part in the Monitor of Engagement with the Natural Environment Survey from 20…
It was 1926. "On the evening of Dec. 4, Agatha Christie, carrying nothing but an attaché case, kissed her daughter good night and sped away from the home in England that she shared with her…
YouTube's recommendation engine can lead you astray pretty quickly, jumping down rabbit holes of unsafe or misleading content. Figuring out an algorithmic fix is more difficult than it seems…
"Blockbusters are not their thing. But don't let the hush of the Beacon galleries mislead you; a profound transformation is afoot." " The New York Times
"Constantly demanding data, while changing formats, metrics, methodology and requirements every few years, creates the illusion of order and control, while actually making meaningful insight…
"All the ordinary limitations under which most writers and scholars labor " deadlines, money, family obligations " have never contained the force of Caro's curiosity, which he describes as s…
Campaigners from Extinction Rebellion descended on the big-screen event, which live-streamed a Royal Ballet performance of Romeo and Juliet for free on June 11. BP has sponsored the free scr…
During Cuba's Special Period, a time of deprivation following the collapse of the Soviet Union, many cinemas closed due to lack of funding, so the state opened small "video rooms" to scre…
Last year, a museum dedicated to the work of Étienne Terrus revealed most of its paintings were probably not by him. How did they get there? " The Guardian
"The grand columns that you see all around the complex are about creating space. You fill in that space, then you have something that was designed to be open becoming cluttered and oppressiv…
"An accomplished pianist and violinist, she is also a composer, having written concertos for piano and violin and an opera. In December, she will make her debut at Carnegie Hall, where she w…
Nancy Bass Wyden: "My dad's proudest moment came in 1996, when he finally saved up enough money to buy the building that had housed the store since he was a young man. He'd watched rents cli…
"Critics sometimes reproached Mr. Zeffirelli's opera stagings for a flamboyant glamour more typical of Hollywood's golden era, while Hollywood sometimes disparaged his films as too highbrow.…
To be clear, having more space does generally lead to people saying they're more pleased with their home. The problem is that the satisfaction often doesn't last if even bigger homes pop up …
"Mainstream theatre criticism is unlikely to disappear. But professional, full-time critics, whose only real job is to review plays, may be a dying breed. It is unfortunately possible for pu…
"The personal touch sometimes takes some of the critical edge out of books conversation online. Like many outlets, Bustle is fazing out professional book reviews, and Electric Liter…
"Since 2014, Fedora has awarded €1 million to help launch 10 new opera and ballet projects, co-produced by 64 cultural institutions across Europe. To do this, they've tested new mod…
