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The artist and filmmaker, who is directing a new version of “The Color Purple,” publishes his first novel, “The Scent of Burnt Flowers.”
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Review: ‘In the Houses of Their Dead,' by Terry Alford

22 hours ago | NY Times

Did Abraham Lincoln, like John Wilkes Booth, ever find solace in spiritualism?
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Blitz Bazawule Is Building Bridges Between Worlds

22 hours ago | NY Times

The artist and filmmaker, who is directing a new version of “The Color Purple,” publishes his first novel, “The Scent of Burnt Flowers.”
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Minimal Portraits by Luke Stephenson Frame the Elegant Plumage of Show Birds

2 days ago | Colossal

Spereo Starling (2019). All images © Luke Stephenson, shared with permission For the better part of a decade, U.K.-born, Stockholm-based photographer Luke Stephenson has been...
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Anila Quayyum Agha Uses Patterns to Break Patterns

2 days ago | NY Times

Perceived dualities and opposites, including those around gender, animate Anila Quayyum Agha's light installations, drawings and paintings.
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For the Most Complex Heroines in Animation, Look to Japan

2 days ago | NY Times

The girls and women of anime tend to experience the conflicting emotions of real life. That's because the auteurs try to create “an everyday, real person.”
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The Best Photo Contests to Enter in 2022

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As a photographer, you've got plenty of opportunities to gain exposure. Many opt for the social media route, and you should certainly consider creating profiles on at least one...
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Person Environment Activity Research Laboratory / Penoyre & Prasad

3 days ago | Arch Daily

Dagenham RM10 7FN, London, United Kingdom Project Year: 2021 Photographs: Timothy Soar Photographs: James Tye Area: 5650.0 m2
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Elvis Broke Fashion Boundaries, Too

3 days ago | NY Times

He was many things, as a new biopic illustrates, but one of the least appreciated was his role as a gender pioneer.
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Lidia Yuknavitch Writes to Break With the ‘Tyranny' of the Past

3 days ago | NY Times

Her latest novel, “Thrust,” relies on time travel and characters from society's margins to explore the idea that “it might be possible to change the stories we tell ourselves...
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Emma Elliott presents new marble sculptures at on form 18

Emma Elliott is one of forty sculptors selected for on form 18, a biennial exhibition of sculpture in stone at Asthall Manor in the Cotswolds. She joins world renowned and... Read more ...

The Pillars Exhibition / 2050+

Courtesy of 2050+ architects: 2050+ Location: Brynjulf Bulls plass 3, 0250 Oslo, Norway Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Courtesy of 2050+ Photographs: Annar Bjørgli Read more ...

Original Contemporary Abstract Landscape Painting Tree Art "La Luz" by...

Light flows through and around the tree as the sun rises. Descending squares of foil also bring light into the painting. Done in warm yellows, gold, and burnt orange, it is a... Read more ...

Beyond Purely Functional Ceilings: The Possibilities of Modular Felt Systems

HeartFelt® Multipanel. Image Courtesy of Hunter Douglas Architectural Known as the “fifth wall,” a ceiling is the interior overhead surface that covers the upper limit of a... Read more ...

Invisible Architecture Installation / Alsar Atelier + Henry Guadrón

Alsar Atelier architects: Henry Guadrón Location: Bogotá, Colombia Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Alejandro Saldarriaga Rubio Area: 196.0 m2 Read more ...

What's on TV This Week: ‘Endangered' and ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth'

A documentary about the dangers that journalists face airs on HBO. And the Showtime series starring Chiwetel Ejiofor wraps up its first season. Read more ...

The House With No Head or Tail / Experience Studio

Isfahan, Isfahan Province, Iran Project Year: 2020 Photographs: Deed Studio Area: 180.0 m2 Read more ...

Blackbird Hotel / RDMA

Blackbird Drums. Image Bandung, Bandung City, West Java, Indonesia Project Year: 2021 Photographs: Nilai Asia Photographs: Courtesy of RDMA Area: 112.0 m2 Read more ...

4780 dancer

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Anderson Road House / BE Architecture

Anderson Rd, Fawkner VIC 3060, Australia Project Year: 2020 Photographs: Victor Vieaux Area: 601.0 m2 Read more ...

June 2022: Matariki Gate, Queen Street, Auckland CBD

Ngā mihi o Matariki, te tau hou Māori - "happy Matariki" in te reo Māori. Matariki is a special occasion in the New Zealand calendar which marks the start of the Māori New... Read more ...