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This public-private performing arts center relies on some $85 million in donations every year. Will its sudden politicization…
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The magazine, founder Harold Ross famously declared, would not be ‘edited for the old lady in Dubuque.’ A century later,…
Artists and scientists explore how we subconsciously perceive subtle proportions in trees.
The neck’s vitality and vulnerability are rooted in a quirky evolutionary history.
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The rapper has mastered the delicate balance between commercial success and politically charged music. How far will he push…
A depressed robot, a drugged Kenyan and a singing Saab driver − what could go wrong?
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Elite athletes are known to be tough-minded. Research reveals openness is also a key personality trait, one that allows…
Portraits of enslaved people from the 19th century are unusual. But a Connecticut artist named William H. Townsend decided…
Belle da Costa Greene, who was JP Morgan’s librarian, became a lively fixture at Gilded Age mansions, country retreats,…
Both genres recently celebrated big birthdays. From their origins in the clubs and jams of the 1970s and 1980s, house and…
While it doesn’t constitute a national ban on gender-affirming care for minors, the executive order contains provisions…
Using tea bags, mop strands and other camp detritus, detainees used art as a way of escape at the detention center.
Roughly 80% of the coin supply will be distributed to its founders over the course of three years – and that could leave…
Students learn the history of beer, how to do a tasting analysis, and the hallmarks of designing a proper − and profitable…
A historian of artistic censorship sees chilling similarities to 19th-century anti-obscenity crusades.
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