Who would put a piece of art by arguably the world’s greatest living sculptor in a place that you cannot access without a location finder, a very serious vehicle and a lot of spare time? The Qataris. - The Globe & Mail
In order for future fans to experience the amazing things on your list, they will need to be technologically empowered to participate in the experience. - Shelly Palmer
FRAN uses this information to come up with a prediction about which areas of a real person’s face would age and how and then overlays the new details onto video footage. The result is “the first practical, fully-automatic and production-ready method for re-aging faces in video images.” - The Verge
“When you change from giving gifts to serfs or beggars to your kids and your spouse, you can’t just give them the stuff you already have in your household,." And in the early 1800s, books, which were typically quite expensive, fit this bill. - The New York Times
Miguel Tomasín's distinctive artistic vision comes from his family, fellow musicians and friends said, from having been born with Down syndrome. His story shows how art can help overcome social barriers, with an effort to elevate a person’s talents, rather than focusing on their limitations. - The New York Times
“Goblin mode” — a slang term referring to “a type of behavior which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations” — has been named Oxford’s 2022 Word of the Year. - The New York Times
British composer Julian Anderson was devastated by the fire. He "began channeling some of his despondence into 'Litanies,' a 25-minute meditation for cello and orchestra. In the second movement, a series of chords emerges then melts away." - The New York Times
"McGrath played the friendly neighbor Bob Johnson, serving as a Sesame Street mainstay across five decades and 47 seasons of broadcast television. His final series appearance came in 2017, but McGrath did not step away from his association with the series." - Variety
Sterling Hyltin has been the Sugar Plum Fairy since 2006, but this season will be her final one. "One reason she gives for stepping aside is the desire to see younger dancers be given the same opportunities she had." - The New York Times
Sir James MacMillan "had not even heard a rehearsal of the piece, which he had written in secret, and until the night before the funeral was not completely sure it would be performed." - BBC
Mayer "rejected formalism for the avant-garde. She expanded the parameters of poetry by incorporating other elements into her work, including photography, collage, letters from friends, audio recordings and personal datebooks." - The New York Times
When Aline Louchheim took on Eero Saarinen, she "leveraged power dynamics and skirted journalistic ethics to get what she wanted: ... to champion Saarinen’s work and supercharge his career." - Hyperallergic
"Though the first Avatar was the world’s top-grossing movie not once, but twice, reclaiming the title from Avengers: Endgame after a 2021 rerelease in China, its most oft-cited claim to fame is its surprising lack of cultural impact." Why? - The New York Times
