Tag: culture
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After centuries of remaining largely inaccessible to the public, a rare manuscript featuring 2,500 pages of detailed illustrations and text documenting the history and culture of 16th-century Mexico is now… more ›
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As consumer facing AIs hit the mainstream we have experienced ripples of excitement, awe, anxiety and existential dread as people parse and internalise their potential. https://studiodradiodurans.com/blogs/radar/ai-as-belief-system-ai-as-a-foundational-belief more ›
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HERE’S A WAY of putting the problem: on one hand we want art to be free, and on the other we want it to mean. Not just to mean, but to… more ›
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On October 3, renowned South Korean illustrator Kim Jung Gi passed away unexpectedly at the age of 47. He was beloved for his innovative ink-and-brushwork style of manhwa, or Korean… more ›
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Brothers of Italy, the hard-right populist party led by Giorgia Meloni, outlined her plans to “transform” Italy’s arts sector ahead of the country’s general election on 25 September. Brothers of… more ›
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In the past few years, several other online sari retailers have popped up in Pakistan, including Lahore-based Saareeka and Karachi-based Haseen Saree by Sidra. Lahore-based writer and sari aficionado Mina… more ›
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Beijing Silvermine is an archive of 850 000 negatives salvaged over the last ten years from a recycling plant on the edge of Beijing. Assembled by the French collector and… more ›
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The second of a three-part series charting a decade of change; how music, literature, the arts and film broke new ground in the Arab world of the 1960s. The 1960s… more ›
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Abidjan, Dakar and Paris: the Ivory Coast-based art gallery owner Cécile Fakhoury today runs three eponymous spaces in three different world capitals dedicated to artists from the African continent, defending… more ›