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• Banksy reveals rhino as eighth artwork in animal-themed London series

  12-08-2024 22:50
  Street artist has revealed new work on his Instagram every day since a goat silhouette appeared last MondayBanksy has revealed the eighth artwork in his animal-themed collection in London, a mural of a rhinoceros that looks as though it is climbing on top of a car.The street artist has been presenting artwork on his Instagram at about 1pm every day since Monday 5 August. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘A true multi-sensory experience’: the Met celebrates Japanese poetry, calligraphy and painting

  12-08-2024 20:12
  
  In an immersive and transporting new exhibition, three key areas of Japanese art are brought together and praisedJapanese art has a notably complicated relationship with perfection. The cultural notion of wabi-sabi, for instance, embraces imperfection in art, arguing that it is far more preferable, and more beautiful, for art to have cracks and other such signs of its existence in the world. These things evoke the nature of transience, and imply an essential humanity.Curious then, that the Metro
  
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• Charles Blackman was devoted to my mother. Their love story needs to be told | Christabel Blackman

  12-08-2024 17:00
  
  My parent’s marriage spanned a quarter of a century. His letters, kept by mother, Barbara, are steeped in intense passion, creativity and youthGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailWhen my mother turned 90, I visited her for a few days to bask in nostalgia, and sift through memorabilia. The prize find among her things was a folder of fragile documents, tied with a pink ribbon: letters from a love long past, the revered Australian artist Charles Blackman, my father.The letters were wri
  
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• Banksy unveils rhino as eighth artwork in animal-themed London series

  12-08-2024 15:05
  Street artist has revealed new work on his Instagram every day since a goat silhouette appeared last MondayBanksy has unveiled the eighth artwork in his animal-themed collection in London, a mural of a rhinoceros that looks as though it is climbing on top of a car.The street artist has been unveiling artwork on his Instagram at about 1pm every day since Monday 5 August. Continue reading...
  
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• No Taylor Swift? No Problem

  12-08-2024 14:30 via npr.org
  
  Swifties gather in Vienna streets to sing her hits together – and to find community, despite the security-driven cancellations. – NPR
  
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• When Your Novel Accidentally Meets The Zeitgeist

  12-08-2024 14:15 via theguardian.com
  
  The author has been checking out Goodreads to “see how the average enthusiastic reader has been responding to this book. It is in equal parts some of the greatest validation I’ve ever received and the most terrifying cultural report I’ve ever read.” – The Guardian (UK)
  
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• Re-Creating The Music Of Medieval Europe With One Instrument

  12-08-2024 14:00 via openculture.com
  
  The EP-1320 comes “pre-loaded with a selection of playable musical instruments from the Middle Ages, from frame drums, battle toms, and coconut horse hooves to bagpipes, bowed harps, and, yes, hurdy-gurdies.” – Open Culture
  
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• The Weird, Long Tail Of Seinfeld Echoes Through New York Summers

  12-08-2024 13:45 via nytimes.com
  
  “It’s like a ‘Seinfeld’ convention with a baseball game in the background,” says the man who organized Seinfeld Night for the first time, a decade ago. – The New York Times
  
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• The Cinema Posters That Tell Us Who We Were

  12-08-2024 13:30 via theguardian.com
  Before streaming, but especially before the internet, posters drew us in, some with era-defining visuals. – The Guardian (UK)
  
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• What Happens When You Ditch Your Smartphone For What Might Be Called A Brick

  12-08-2024 13:15 via washingtonpost.com
  “We may yearn for the freedom from all the extraneous stuff embedded in our smartphones — the distractions from the world around us — but liberty comes at the cost of becoming cut off from all the essentials, too.” – Washington Post
  
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• How do Ukrainians survive the traumatic guilt of war? For many, the answer is art | Charlotte Higgins

  12-08-2024 13:00
  Whether the issue is shattered relationships or the ugly deaths of those who are fighting, these works give voice to often unspoken horrorsWar is made of blood and terror, but it is also made of emotion, not all of it logical, easy, pretty or comfortable to express. In Ukraine, there is a “maelstrom of guilt”, the film-maker Iryna Tsilyk told a book festival audience in Lviv recently. “Each of us finds something to be guilty about … Those who left the country feel guilty
  
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• After Last Year’s Absolute Disaster, This Year’s Hugo Awards Came With A Full Transparency Report

  12-08-2024 13:00 via glasgow2024.org
  
  The list of winners seems innocuous, but it comes with a link to a report that details everything possible, along with a link to the full statistics. Why? Last year’s edition was rife with censorship, and this year had its own ballot-stuffing issues. – Glasgow Worldcon
  
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• “Mahlerei” — As Inspired by Zero Mostel

  12-08-2024 06:11 via artsjournal.com
  
  For a period of three decades, I have made music with the renegade bass trombonist David Taylor. These
  
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