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In the Beginning

In the Beginning

Photograph by J.D. Daniels. I don’t remember learning to read. There is a story ...

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Paul Bowles in Tangier

Paul Bowles in Tangier

From left, Paul Bowles and Frederic Tuten in Tangiers in the eighties. Photograp...

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Toyota Yaris

Toyota Yaris

Photograph by Sarah Miller. In 2007, I bought a brand-new red two-door Toyota Ya...

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Restoring Notre-Dame's Damaged Paintings

Restoring Notre-Dame's Damaged Paintings

Restoring Notre-Dame's Damaged Paintings November 22 2023 Picture: rtve.es Pos...

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British Art Market Woes?

British Art Market Woes?

British Art Market Woes? November 23 2023 Picture: The Art Newspaper Posted by...

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NGA acquires a Vallayer-Coster

NGA acquires a Vallayer-Coster

NGA acquires a Vallayer-Coster November 23 2023 Picture: artnet Posted by Adam...

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Young violin soloist captivates in Arvo Pärt work with Hong Kong string ensemble, veteran piano soloist doesn’t spare the horses in Grieg concerto

Young violin soloist captivates in Arvo Pärt work with ...

In Musicus Soloists Hong Kong’s evening of Nordic music, violinist Angela Chan’s...

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How an opera about Harpo Marx introducing Marmite modernist composer Arnold Schoenberg to Hollywood producer Irving Thalberg went down in Shenzhen, China

How an opera about Harpo Marx introducing Marmite moder...

A conference in Shenzhen about Arnold Schoenberg saw the Chinese premiere of Tod...

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Kurt Vonnegut’s House Is Not Haunted

Kurt Vonnegut’s House Is Not Haunted

Kurt Vonnegut’s house. Photograph by Sophie Kemp. In my earliest childhood memor...

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On Bei Dao’s Visual Art

On Bei Dao’s Visual Art

Ink dot painting by Bei Dao, from the series “The Moment.” Photograph courtesy o...

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New Movies, Fall 2023

New Movies, Fall 2023

Janet Planet (2023). All photos courtesy of New York Film Festival. Annie Baker’...

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Christie's Part II

Christie's Part II

Christie's Part II November 17 2023 Picture: Christie's Posted by Adam Busiaki...

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Compare Liotard's Pastel and Oils at the National Gallery

Compare Liotard's Pastel and Oils at the National Gallery

Compare Liotard's Pastel and Oils at the National Gallery November 17 2023 Pic...

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Rosso Fiorentino's Deposition Conserved

Rosso Fiorentino's Deposition Conserved

Rosso Fiorentino's Deposition Conserved November 17 2023 Picture: ansa.it Post...

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Why Chinese readers are falling in love with Korean fiction – books adapted for K-dramas and movies, sci-fi, women’s literature, zombie thrillers

Why Chinese readers are falling in love with Korean fic...

More contemporary Korean books are being translated into Chinese as novels deal ...

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Ann Hui’s Ah Kam, starring Michelle Yeoh and Sammo Hung, and the accident Yeoh suffered on set that left director fearing she had broken her neck

Ann Hui’s Ah Kam, starring Michelle Yeoh and Sammo Hung...

Ah Kam, a 1996 film by Ann Hui starring Michelle Yeoh and Sammo Hung, combined r...