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"It was never the books as objects that people worried would vanish with the advent of e-readers and other personal devices: it was reading itself. The same change was prophesied by Thomas E…
"One of the true gifts of surfing is the privacy of it. That's going away, and it's at a great, great, great hazard to the experience. We're so infatuated with getting looked at now"look at …
This year more than ever, we are seeing a transatlantic schism between film festivals over how to handle these acclaimed directors, each of whom have very different backstories. " Deadline
In the wake of the second world war, Russia and the West feared the domino effect of enfeebled countries like Albania falling into the clutches of imperialist capitalism or communism. Each s…
"To criticise our praise for the wealthy and powerful as excessive inevitably raises the question of meritocracy. To what extent do we live in a meritocracy, and is that a good or a bad thin…
"Time, as it appears to us, is made of indivisible moments that are parts of succession… A single moment cannot have a duration. Something counts as a duration only if it is a temporal com…
Today's meritocrats still claim to get ahead through talent and effort, using means open to anyone. In practice, however, meritocracy now excludes everyone outside of a narrow elite. " The A…
The latest withdrawal at the Shed highlights the increasing tension surrounding institutions accepting support from trustees whose sources of income are controversial. " artnet
No. "The subject's brains were creating meaning from the words in the same way, regardless if they were listening or reading. In fact, the brain maps for both auditory and visual input they …
But, an opinion writer says, Nashville needs to remember what's important. "Independent bookstores don't operate according to the normal rules of capitalism. They aren't trying to beat each …
"Unfortunately the simple reality is that the organization was never set up with sufficient funds to properly care for the collection and the physical plant long-term much less offer meaning…
A polite crowd of about a dozen future service dogs attended an August performance at Ontario's Stratford Festival as part of their training. While a silent curtain call might disappoint act…
"With such a long hiatus " and Pogorelich's track record " the release demands a certain critical wrestling to the ground, in terms of his once-lauded genius, and of broader questions, inclu…
What did it mean to be the daughter of two people who profoundly shaped the look of the 20th century " and today? "My father stepped into my beige-carpeted room and said, 'These old places s…
Well, let's be real: Susanna Sirefman wanted a better design for the "sidewalk shed" portion of scaffolding " that is, the part that people (say, New Yorkers) generally walk through. "The wi…
Emily Nussbaum, TV critic for The New Yorker, is over the "false hierarchy" of TV shows, especially when they center men behaving badly. "It's not about creating a new hierarchy. It's about …
Well, here's why " it's a numbers thing. "The authoritative Theatres Trust reckons there are currently 263 theatres in London. It's about the same number as Tokyo, whereas Paris has around 3…
How close do you need to be? Well, this exhibit tells you: In May, an artist "planted a patch of corn within the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and has surrounded it with large yellow megaphones th…
Not to mention the demands on the set dresser. No, really, this is how Succession works: "They decided it would be impractical to haul equipment and a crew to shoot in a hunting lodge near […
Yes, in terms of numbers, "the cassette is a needle in a haystack. … Nevertheless, it is there, flag of a community of aficionados in revolt against modernity and the music industry." "…
Simon Starling, a Scottish artist who lives and works in Copenhagen: "I have occasionally made shows where I try to connect to two venues in a single exhibition, and I guess, because of what…
Wait, what? "In the first act, the principal presides over a 'Community Activated Conversation' with parents (also known as a Facebook Live chat) to talk about an outbreak of mum…
Sure, there are many political writers, and of course all writing is political in some way. "Much harder to find, however, is an example of what one might call the campaigning novel: that su…
Santore reached millions of people through his illustrations for the covers of TV Guide before he turned to classic literature for children. His TV Guide covers were legendary, and as a matt…
O'Brien's new novel Girl is her 19th, and it's different from the rest. The veteran writer is now 88, and she says it may be her last. Her first three novels, in the 1960s, "articulated what…
