"(His) larger-than-life portraits, some composed of thousands of small but intricate paintings that served as pixels, made him one of the most renowned artists of the past half century." - The Washington Post
Six men took part in the theft of priceless historic jewelry from the city's Residenzschloss in 2019; all are now in custody. While their names have not been released, the six are believed to be members of Berlin's Remmo crime family. - ARTnews
A pragmatist ethics calls for prioritising feelings instead of facts, because a truly humanist democracy is sentimentalist rather than rationalist. - Aeon
How long before Disney replaces the humans who portray characters in its parks with machines? Today, impressive robot stuntman; tomorrow, creepy robot Cinderella signing autographs outside the castle. - The New York Times
“We’ve never given them the place they deserve in history. They don’t appear in musical history books, their works aren’t played at concerts and their music isn’t recorded.” - The Guardian
International students the product of a system that has blurred the lines between immigration and education in an unofficial, ad hoc arrangement meant to appeal to potential immigrants while avoiding any responsibility for their settlement. - The Walrus
The anodyne blandness of the term “general education” should not distract us from its critical place in the curriculum. General education forces a question that most institutions today would probably rather avoid: What should all students learn? - The Point
What sticks, at least on a first viewing, is the technology at play—the light, the sound, the figures that look real enough to embrace. - Chicago Reader
The Optical Society of America lists 2,755 primary colours, while paint manufacturers now offer more than 40,000 dyes and pigments, so many, says Fox, that they have run out of sensible names for them. - Literary Review
They became known collectively as The Five Moons, though they rarely appeared together: Maria and Marjorie Tallchief, Yvonne Chouteau, Rosella Hightower, and Moscelyne Larkin all came from Oklahoma reservations and, through the mid-20th century, had major careers in the US and Europe. - The New York Times
Most elderly people would have flunked a human version of the team’s experiments. But all of the cuttlefish passed, “an incredibly complex thing for an animal to do.” - The Atlantic
Joshua Hammer (author of The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu) does a deep-dive into the royal gems stolen from the famous Green Vault, the Remmo clan accused of being the perps, and the likely (and worrisome) fate of the treasure. - GQ
Seven years ago, Amazon released Alexa, its voice assistant, and as the number of devices answering to that name has skyrocketed, its popularity with American parents has plummeted. - The Atlantic
"I'm hopeful that the Taliban learned that music is part of the cultural identity of any nation. And I hope that the Taliban also learned that a community, a society, or a nation that does not respect their own culture — that nation cannot exist." - Van
How a bored young rabbi named Yacov Moshe Maza became a Borscht Belt comic, came to Hollywood and got famous, alienated Ed Sullivan and got eclipsed, then came back to become Broadway's most proficient stand-up comedian. (The article skips his right-wing phase.) - Vulture
