France to Charge Non-Europeans $10 Tax to See the Mona Lisa
Beginning January 1, 2026, major French museums—including the Louvre and the Château de Versailles—will charge non-European Union visitors €30 (about...
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UK’s Largest Education Union Joins Calls for Boycott of Science Museum Over Controversial Funding
The sponsorship deals between London’s Science Museum and oil giant BP and Adani Green Energy have been put into sharp...
40 Years Ago, R.E.M.’s ‘Fables of the Reconstruction’ Marked a Darker Tone for the Band
The Reconstruction period immediately following the American Civil War was a time of change in the South; when the former...
Röyksopp’s Freedom Frequency
On the fifth-floor terrace of a Hollywood hotel, Röyksopp’s Torbjørn Brundtland brandishes a large bottle of Panna water like a...
Raunchy ‘Tires’ Finds the Funny in Season 2
“Seinfeld” wasn’t “Seinfeld” out of the gate. The iconic sitcom, which began as “The Seinfeld Chronicles,” needed a few episodes...
Japanese Breakfast Shares New Song ‘My Baby (Got Nothing At All)’ for Celine Song’s ‘Materialists’
Japanese Breakfast has released a breezy, gentle new song, ‘My Baby (Got Nothing At All)’, as part of the soundtrack...
Daphni Shares New Single ‘Sad Piano House’
Dan Snaith is back with a new Daphni single, ‘Sad Piano House’. The dizzying, infectious track marks his first new...
The Artist as Educator: Yanan He’s Dialogue Between Creation and Pedagogy
Beyond the Studio In the realm of contemporary art, the boundary between creation and education is increasingly porous. Artists today...
Missed and Displaced: In Xinan Yang’s From Home
The Missed series is a rather sentimental body of work by Chinese-born and London-based artist Xinan Yang that wrestles with...
Author Spotlight: Harris Lahti, ‘Foreclosure Gothic’
When Vic Greener, former aspiring Hollywood actor, buys a foreclosed home in the Hudson Valley with money he got from...
