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For viewers of The Hours, time is running out

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story “Clock,” a mesmerizing work by Swiss artist Christian Marclay, has been on display at MOMA since November, and many of us have become avid watch lovers, returning again and again to…

“The First Hundred Days” by Barry Blitt

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story President Donald J. Trump began his second term with an intense 100 days, seeking revenge on his perceived opponents and taking the country down an authoritarian path. For the cover of…

One half-drunk Yankee with a typewriter

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby turns 100 years old. Loading Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Shirley Hazzard once observed that beyond a certain age, memory protects a person from the weight of experience. Bright moments separated by decades…

TV Pope Francis Sets Out on Final Journey

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Shortly after Pope Francis’s death on Monday, the Vatican released a brief document he had drawn up in 2022 outlining his final wishes for how and where he should be laid…

Trump is the Emperor of Artificial Intelligence

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On February 19, Donald Trump visited Truth Social to celebrate his victory over congestion pricing in his home state. “CONGESTION IS DEAD,” he wrote. “Manhattan and all of New York City…

Will the Humanities Survive Artificial Intelligence?

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Universities may have different expectations: great basketball, cultural centers, qualified teaching of philosophy or physics, even finding a cure for cancer. It is not surprising that these institutions try to satisfy…

Requiem for “Drunken Dad”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Jeff Bark’s new images are clearly crying out for psychoanalysis. The 61-year-old photographer has spent decades alternating between commercial imagery and more artistic work, honing a style of relaxed, sophisticated staged…

The number one news story in America and the world

Forget trade conflicts – Madonna and Elton John are on friendly terms again! Credit: Adam McCullough/Shutterstock Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative player… I hope our society gets its priorities right this time. The looming “trade war,” as all…