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In 2016, a noisy battle broke out over one artist’s exclusive rights to a newly developed paint, or coating, called Vantablack. Intended for use in engineering, it was unique for absorbing 99.965% of visible light, and become known as “the blackest black”. The artist who laid claim to it was the London-based Anish Kapoor. Kapoor, […]
Spending a night at the Port Authority Bus Terminal is the last thing many New Yorkers want to do. But there’s a new reason to reconsider: Hidden behind an unmarked door between an Irish pub and a Dunkin’ Donuts in the south wing is the Hidden Jewel Box Theater, which has been quietly selling out
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“(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
Jennifer Homans Appointed To NYU’s First-Ever Endowed Professorship In Dance History Read More »
Doubts about whether Peter Paul Rubens painted the Samson and Delilah picture in the National Gallery have been revived by new evidence. Forty-five years after it was bought for a then record price, it is being dismissed as a 20th-century copy of a long-lost painting by the 17th-century Flemish master. A detailed stylistic comparison between
New York newspapers report on the previous night’s invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces. Picture: rblfmr/Shutterstock The combined average daily circulation of the 25 largest audited newspapers in the US dropped 12.7% in the year to the end of September 2024, new data shows. The figures, supplied to Press Gazette by the Alliance for
L.A. Times Has Lost One-Fourth Of Its Print Subscribers In The Past Year Alone Read More »
New York Public Radio has announced another round of layoffs, cutting 21 full-time positions and seven open roles as part of ongoing efforts to stabilize its finances. The layoffs mark NYPR’s fourth round of staff reductions in as many years. NYPR CEO LaFontaine Oliver outlined the restructuring in an email to staff on February 25,
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“An actor who powerfully embodied ordinary men under stress in dozens of films and twice won Oscars for bringing humanizing depth to corrupt lawmen, … in The French Connection (and) Unforgiven, (he) was found dead Feb. 26 along with his wife at their home in Santa Fe.” – The Washington Post (MSN) Source link
NEW YORK (AP) — Michelle Trachtenberg, a former child star who appeared in the 1996 “Harriet the Spy” hit movie and went on to co-star in two buzzy millennial-era TV shows — “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Gossip Girl” — has died. She was 39. Police responded to a 911 call shortly after 8 a.m.
Actress Michelle Trachtenberg Has Died At 39 Read More »
I’ve got to start with the blurbs. When, 25 years ago this month, I first picked up a copy of Dave Eggers’ A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, I immediately noticed that the back jacket sported the greatest collection of promotional quotes ever committed to print. It starts with a screed from the writer Jim
What’s More Staggering Than “A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius”? Its Afterlife Read More »
Phil Parker is the editor of Garden Rail magazine. He’s a passionate man — especially on the subject of steam engines. “The steam engine is the nearest anybody has come to building a living thing,” he says. “It may be a machine, but it’s a living machine.” He talks about the joy of seeing them
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