Arts & Entertainment

Edward Gorey’s friends apparently called him “Ted”. But, in our family, he was always “Mr. Gorey”. My father chanced on his works during a business trip, back when they were small, slight booklets that seemed handmade. With them came an entire world, curious and enticing, fashioned out of the finest and most meticulous pen strokes. It […]

Nine of the UK’s leading book festivals previously sponsored by Baillie Gifford have collaborated to explore how to survive in an increasingly pressurised environment. They have also joined the British Arts Festivals Association (BAFA).  The alliance – which includes Edinburgh International Book Festival (EIBF) and the Chelmsford Literary Festival, among others – has joined BAFA

A decade after the dress, we’ve learned a lot about how people could see a simple image so differently from one another. The dress is of particular interest to me as a researcher who studies differences in perception and cognition between individuals. – Slate (MSN) Source link

A man sitting two seats away from me at the West Newton Cinema is sobbing, again. His long gray beard flows in convulsing waves to his shoulders. He, like me, is sitting alone here in this art deco-style theater not far from Boston. We are now in the third hour of the director’s cut of

“(The subject) is as important as the history of art, as the history of music, as the history of literature,” says Homans. “All these things are taught widely at universities, but the history of dance is underrepresented. So this chair … gives it (a place) in the liberal arts.” – The Cut (MSN) Source link