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‘Ozark’ Season 4 Part 2 Gets Premiere Date and Trailer
Netflix announced on Wednesday that the second part of…
Free Will Astrology | Columnists
ARIES (March 21-April 19): "I don't just bow to the inevitable," wrote Aries author Thornton Wilder. “I am…
Metrophilia: how to love Dhaka
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The return of the QR code and its implications for the customer experience
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From the age when I could grow hair until about 13 years old, I had one of the most ridiculous 1980s mullet haircuts you could imagine. We are talking about the Joe Exotic Tiger King type of mule. A…
Jibanananda Das: Tropes, Tensions, Tendencies
Today, February 17, marks the 123rd birthday of Jibanananda Das (1899-1954), recognized today as one of the greatest Bengali poets of all time. But he was quite neglected during his lifetime. Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) did not take…
7 of the trendiest restaurants in Paris are located in museums – Robb Report
At La Halle aux Grains, the first Parisian restaurant of father-son chef duo Michel and Sébastien Bras from famed Suquet in southwestern France, grains, cereals, pulses and seeds are the common denominator of every dish.
It's an…
The Day – Reading Notes: Celebrating Elizabeth Bishop and a Conversation with Jonathan Post
Elizabeth Bishop is one of the best American lyric poets of the second half of the 20th century. She was adored (not too big a word) by her contemporaries Robert Lowell and James Merrill, her work was revered by John Ashbery and!-->…
Sofie Livebrant – Weep The Time Away: Emily Bronte
Sofie Livebrant - Mourning Time: Emily Brontë
Rootsy Music – February 4, 2022
Having already set to music the poems of Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath and Charles Baudelaire, originally from Stockholm Sofie Livebrant…
“The poet cannot live in harmony with the world”.
By Sol Pozzi-Escot In a reality like ours, what paths does art offer us? The great poet Miguel Angel Zapata* de Piura welcomes us. -Before discovering himself a poet, he was interested in painting. What first attracted you to art and…
Kaelen Wilson-Goldie on Etel Adnan
Etel Adnan, Turkey, ca. 1973–74. Photo: Simone Fattal.
IN MOVE THE SILENCE (2020), her last book of poetry…
Memories of the Bangladesh Liberation War: An Untold Story
This article is about a letter I wrote during the Liberation War. I will also talk about a little-known hero of the war of liberation, Danesh, who carried the letter.
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The color of silence: art, failures and synesthesia
In an essay for TheArticle published on December 7, Jay Elwes posed a provocative question here: who was the greatest artist of the 20th century? Ella Fitzgerald was Jay's answer. I would prefer to name Marcel Duchamp, who I…
Metropolitan Opera Review 2021-22: Sonya Yoncheva and Malcolm Martineau in recital
On January 23, 2022, soprano Sonya Yoncheva returned to the Metropolitan Opera stage for a special recital of French and Italian art songs, joined by pianist Malcolm Martineau.
French finesse
Opening the program, four…
OFFICIAL OBITUARY OF ANDRÉ LEON TALLEY | Entertainment
NEW YORK, Jan. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Groundbreaking editor André Leon Talley propelled himself through…
The Hermès style is inspired by the 80s, Loewe becomes conceptual in Paris
PARIS (AP) — Hermès led the pack during Paris fashion week on Saturday as its veteran menswear designer, Véronique Nichanian, brought an atypical glam rock edge to its lush products.
There was no distant concept, gimmick or muse,…
Hermès style gets a kick from the 1980s, Loewe goes conceptual in Paris :: WRAL.com
By THOMAS ADAMSON, AP Fashion EditorPARIS - Hermès led the pack during Saturday's episode of Paris Fashion Week as its veteran menswear designer, Véronique Nichanian, brought an…
Elite Albums of 2021 – The Cavalier Daily
After the events of 2020 placed a pause button on the music industry, dampening tours and delaying releases, 2021 offered the first glimpse of live music audiences in over a year. Amid a…
André Leon Talley dreamed of a life “in the pages of Vogue, where bad things never…
Whenever we see a "fashion moment", we use the words of André Leon Talley, from his description of Galliano's Japonisme show in 1994.
Talley, who died yesterday aged 73, was a flamboyant, over-the-top figure in the fashion industry,…
Best pieces for solo piano: Top 10 of the best
The piano repertoire is the largest of all instruments except the voice. With millions of works to choose from, where do you start? Whether you're a listener, learner or performer in your own right, scroll down to discover…
Ranking Edgar Allan Poe’s Top 10 Stories
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Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most inventive and versatile authors in American literature. He was also one of the first…
Charles Baudelaire inspires Susanna’s new album
In 2018, the Norwegian artist Susanna (Susanna and the Magic Orchestra) is out Go dig my grave with a series of covers ranging from traditional folk to Joy Division. Reviewed here on Folk Radio, it has been described as "...an…
Nonsensual Similarities: Language, Poetics, and Psychiatry
Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) is widely regarded as the most important theoretician of German-speaking culture of the first half of the 20th century.1 During an intellectual career that crossed and combined Jewish mysticism and political…
Proust, Baudelaire – major exhibitions show France’s eternal love for literary greats
Several famous French authors are at the heart of major exhibitions throughout 2022. From the 19th century writers Marcel Proust and Charles Baudelaire, to…
Capitol police and the scars of the January 6 riot
Edwards was one of many members of the force who suffered concussions; of the seven or eight officers of Gonell's squad who served on the 6th, there were three, and a possible fourth. By March, Devan Gowdy had passed the acute phase of…
A bicentennial New Year’s toast to Flaubert, Baudelaire and Dostoyevsky
By Stuart Mitchner
Flaubert
TThe news is not only topical, it is unleashed. So began my column on June 3, 2020 on the occasion of Allen Ginsberg's birthday. It was then. The belief that literature, inspired play, poetry and…
11 great family movies to watch on Paramount +
There are plenty of reasons to have a Paramount + subscription, including the surprisingly rich collection of horror movies and access to live TV, but that's not all the streaming service (formerly known under the name CBS All Access) has…
The deeply spiritual work of Anne Rice
Upon her death at the age of 80 on December 11, writer Anne Rice was rightly hailed as a genius of the Gothic novel. Rice also possessed a deeply ethical imagination, using dark supernatural figures - vampires, witches, mummies, and…
Belle Epoque photography: a very modern art
Photograph by Felix Vallotton from 1899 of the Etretat beach. © Google Art Project
What happened when 19th century artists peeked through the lens of a camera.
They were among the greatest painters of the 19th century, but…
COLUMN: FOUND IN THE TRANSLATION – Journal
I consider the translation of literary works to be a great service to humanity, but the effort devoted to translation seldom finds the real appreciation it deserves. Hats off to those who enrich us by translating various…
Berlin Film Festival unveils its first titles – Deadline
The Berlin International Film Festival 2022 has unveiled its first titles, including seven films invited to the Berlinale Special program. You can see the full list of confirmed movies below.
These seven include that of Peter Flinth…
14 underrated fantasy movies you must watch
Beginning in the early 1930s, Universal Pictures launched several key iconic franchises under the Universal Monsters label. Long before the notorious failure of "Dark Universe", these early critical films combined horror and fantasy…
“The Town Slowly Vides” is a story of misery and hope – all in a pandemic: The…
Chandni Chandelier
WE must consider ourselves lucky to have survived epic lockdown. Everyone was struggling against time, the various fallout from foreclosure and misery, but those like Manash Firaq…
Roger McGough, poet, playwright, host
I haven't done any English after 15 years, but I did French and geography. Oddly enough, did you know that Network Theater in Waterloo was doing my version of The Misanthrope last week, which is pretty exciting? At university, the…
The Life of Forms – The Brooklyn Rail
In viewHenri Cartier Bresson FoundationOctober 5, 2021 – January 16, 2022Paris
The invisibility of the aging individual may have become a cliché of contemporary culture, but the enduring force of…
Baudelaire’s Timeless Instruction to Criticism
Charles Baudelaire, The Salon of 1846. Books by David Zwirner
Sometimes a little book deserves a big review. Without a doubt, David Zwirner Books has reissued Charles Baudelaire's critical masterpiece The Salon of 1846…
The 200-year-old Baudelaire Challenge
CHARLES BAUDELAIRE WAS a formalist poet given to pass rhetorical tropes, which also used stereotypes to represent black people. Here in the 21st century, free verse is making a comeback, and formalism and rhetorical tropes are out.…
The Indian media ecosystem is having problems. Vir Das’ “Two Indies” exposed them
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A The comic book monologue has become one of the most important national news this month. This fact in itself is quite concerning,…
Chanel and Es Devlin team up to install ‘Five Echoes’ in Miami – WWD
Following a series of celebrations for the 100th anniversary of Chanel No.5, a new installation looks back at the brand's heritage - and the future of nature.
Starting Tuesday, the brand's Es Devlin-designed installation,…
Julie Kosmond obituary (2021) – Chicago, IL
Julie Marie (born 1962) made the transition on November 16 in Gatineau, Canada, with Chris and Gillian, children; Lisa Kosmond Helmuth, sister, & Michel Murray, 30-year-old husband by her side. She was predeceased by her brother,…
Etel Adnan Obituary | Paint
If Etel Adnan's poetry and prose were characterized by the sad evocation of the turbulent history of her native Lebanon, often seen through the eyes of an emigrant, then her painting, for which she became more famous later in life, was…
The misfortunes and wonders of Wopko Jensma
"I hope to live until the age of sixty
I hope to leave evidence
that I lived in this world
that I felt my situation
that I created something
out of my situation
out of my life
that I lived
as a human
living"
Excerpt from "Spanner in the…
Maud Sulter: the center of the frame
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
A shimmering piece of gold warns that all is not as it seems in Maud Sulter's series of photographic portraits, currently on display in the exhibition space of the New Hall Art Collection.!-->…
The 10 best movies on Hulu for a family movie night
Finding something to watch with the whole house can be overwhelming. Fortunately, Hulu has a wide selection of fun movies for everyone to enjoy. We scoured Hulu's library and picked the top ten options for a family movie night. From…
Why Spencer’s Major Gregory Looks So Familiar
Timothy Spall is a talented and versatile British comedian with tons of rewards roles like famous painter JMW Turner in 2014's âMr. Turnerâ and every character in the 2016 male psychiatric hospital…
Listen to “Cloud Cuckoo Land” and 5 other audiobooks with symphonic narration
The most talked about audiobook this month was "Cuckoo Earth Cloud, Anthony Doerr's long-awaited sequel to his Pulitzer Prize-winning 2014 bestseller, All the Light We Cannot See. Inhabiting figures from 15th-century Constantinople…
Agnès Varda at the Ideal Palace
In Hauterives in the Drôme, on the site of the Postman Cheval's Ideal Palace, an exhibition celebrates the photographic and artistic work of filmmaker Agnès Varda around human constructions. then the links…
Bard College Conservatory of Music and Graduate Vocal Arts Program present songs from the real…
Bard College Conservatory of Music and Graduate Vocal Arts Program presentsANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON - The Bard…
FT on Diamanda Galás – Artforum International
The cover of the reissue Diamanda Galas (1982).
FIRST ALBUM BY DIAMANDA GALÃS, The Litanies of Satan (1982), was…
“Desperation Befell Me”: elusive painter Marlene Dumas on the struggle to paint through…
At first glance, 19th-century poet Charles Baudelaire and famous contemporary painter Marlene Dumas may not seem to have much in common. But an unprecedented exhibition of Dumas's work in Paris shows the fascinating overlaps…
Stephanie Blythe to headline “The Real World: The French Cabaret” at the Bard College…
Bard College Conservatory of Music and the Graduate Vocal Arts program will present âThe Real World: The French Cabaretâ on November 6, 2021.
The concert, which will feature mezzo-soprano…
Interview with author Catherine Baab-Muguira for “Poe for Your Problems: Uncommon Advice from…
Has the pandemic brought you down? Do you need a self-help book? Well, look no further⦠Author Catherine Baab-Muguria has you covered with her new book, Poe for your problems: Uncommon advice from the least likely…
BU’s poetry reading series kicks off in fall 2021 with former Oxford professor Christopher…
Professor Christopher Ricks began his lecture last Tuesday by reciting a poem by William Barnes, âThe Hill-Shade,â in memory of the recent loss of his friend, former student and…
The French cabaret on November 6
Stephanie Blythe
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New York Times Birth Book Review
As we celebrate The New York Times Book Review's 125th anniversary, take a journey with us through the newspaper's early years as we examine how its literary coverage began - and how it evolved and grew before being derived into the book.…
What poets have to say about wine
Looking at some of the world famous poets, many of them have something to say about wine, why you should drink it, how to drink it, and with whom it should be drunk.
Here are some of the most famous poets in the world, I wrote an article…
Art to see in Paris this fall
outraged FIAC and its satellite events, Paris has a rich array of visual goodies this fall - notwithstanding the pandemic and its associated rules and restrictions. Here is a selection.VUITTON FOUNDATION Five years ago, the Vuitton…
Biden and the Democrats fuck the little guy again
What was the greatest trick ever? Was it the devil who convinced the world that it did not exist, as Charles Baudelaire said and Keyser Söze repeated? Or perhaps it was the Soviet Socialists and their cronies who persuaded…
Full album premiere: Le Chant Noir ‘The Satanic Society of Dead Poets’
Despite a French language name, The Black Song originally from Brazil. The trio - made up of multi-instrumentalist Leonardo D. Pagani, bassist / guitarist Mantus and singer Kaiaphas (ex-Ancient) - is…
Why we’re still in the cottagecore and goblincore aesthetic
The hyper-digitization of our lives has resulted in the birth of several fashion subcultures. With romance, nostalgia and fandom as a common thread, trends such as cottagecore, dark academia, Egirl and…
Two reporters started arguing in Boston in 1979. It’s not over yet
The subject of their disagreement was journalistic "objectivity," a notion that dates back at least to the 1920s, when some of the more noble newspapers and magazines tried to distinguish themselves from scandal sheets and publications…
Marlene Dumas: The art of exposing evil in the ordinary
Dumas, for his part, admires among others Edvard Munch, Francis Bacon and the American portrait painter Alice Neel (1900-1984), who also appears in Close Up at the Fondation Beyeler. Neel's expressed desire "to catch life as it passes,…
Artist of the week on EDMsauce.com: Asi Vidal
What about dance music fans! We hope you relax as we go through the weekend. We would really like to introduce you to our Artist of the Week this week. We are happy to welcome you, Asi Vidal!
Asaf Vidal Vanunu, aka DJ Asix, better…
Morning titles for Slovenia: Thursday, October 14, 2021
Check the date at the top of the page, and you can find all the âmorning headlinesâ stories here. You can also follow us on Facebook and get all the news in your feed.This summary is provided by the STA:…
5 questions to Anna Clyne (composer)
Born in london Anna clyne is a GRAMMY nominated acoustic and electro-acoustic music composer. Since her stint as Mead's composer-in-residence for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (2010-2015), Clyne has been one of the most acclaimed and…
Summary of September 2021 releases
Happy October everyone, I hope you find some time this month to clear your backlog of horror movies, listen to King Diamond, or engage in other equally spooky pursuits. We're kind of past September and we're approaching the end of 2021…
The True Meaning of “Sir Baudelaire” by Tyler, The Creator Ft. DJ Drama
Throughout his career, Tyler, the creator has assumed many alter egos. From Ace, the creator to Wolf Haley, the California-born rapper is known for going beyond just one identity. With the June release of "Call Me If You Get Lost",…
Chekhov for Keanu. What Russian books do foreign stars love? | Books | Culture
Classical Russian literature is known around the world. Do you know that there are a lot of his true fans among the foreign stars? AiF.ru is about Western actors who read and fell in love with Russian classics.
Keanu reeves
Actor Keanu…
Brussels has rediscovered its beloved river, the future “Green Corridor”
(Brussels) For Baudelaire, in the 19th century, the Senne which flows in Brussels was "only a large toilet". Covered with concrete, the now cleaned river is now partially open to "bring nature back to the city".
Posted on…
Freedom of expression and of the press – The Good Men Project
By James A. Haught
Throughout history, various advances have slowly conquered this right, which is at the very heart of democracy. It is the right to think freely, free from arrest or prosecution.
Some ancient Greeks and Romans first…
The Earth’s Corr: Leaders Still Unwilling To Do What’s Necessary – Shauna Corr
A wise man once said that he believed our three biggest environmental problems were loss of biodiversity, collapsing ecosystems and climate change and that within 30 years science could help us solve them. But he was wrong.!-->…
Janhvi Kapoor’s day well spent near nature
Janhvi Kapoor shared this photo. (Image courtesy: janhvikapoor)Strong pointsJanhvi shared a series of photos of herself on Saturday"the flowers of evil", she writesshe looks pretty in the photosIf all you can think of is a…
On the Stage: Premiere of “The Velvet Underground” at the 59th New York Film Festival
For fans of The Velvet Underground, you are going to be in for a treat. If you are new to the Velvet Underground, you have the perfect opportunity to enrich your knowledge of the music, art and history of this beautiful American city.…
AR Dad – a poet of uncertain ideas
Poetry indeed precedes prose. When humanity was on its embryonic course of evolution, things were less mechanical and more spontaneous. If a band of sapiens lived in a small colony, they relied heavily on poetic rhymes and rhythm to…
Chekhov for Keanu. What Russian books do foreign stars love?
Classical Russian literature is known around the world. Do you know that there are a lot of his true fans among the foreign stars? AiF.ru is about Western actors who read and fell in love with Russian classics.
Actor Keanu Reeves has…
Are Context Cities the new Smart Cities?
In this time of climate crisis, cities are facing dramatic changes. There are those who fight for every change and parking space. And here are others trying to figure out what is the essence of the city that needs to be preserved…
Reviews on Art Basel 2021
Art Basel 2020 took place online only. This year's edition has been postponed from June to September. Finally, the first days reserved for VIPs, Art Basel 2021 opened its doors on September 20. As always, the gigantic fair manages…
Haught: Freedom of speech and of the press | Remark
Freedom of speech and freedom of the press mean the same thing: the right to express any belief or idea,…
Is God more like Ella Fitzgerald or Ludwig van Beethoven?
Fall officially begins this week, which is wonderful news. Fall is by far my favorite season of the year. I lived in New England for about 45 of my 65 years, so I know a little about the wonders of fall. I grew up in northern Vermont…
Freedom of expression and the press | Chroniclers
Freedom of speech and freedom of the press mean the same thing: the right to express any belief or idea,…
Expulsion, the Little Iliad and Occam’s Razor | At the library column
A few glorious, golden autumn days are certainly pleasant, but are also…
Long live the liberals: freedom of expression and freedom of the press
By James A. Haught
Many atheists are also progressive “warriors of social justice” who strive to make life better and more equal for all. They include James Haught, contributor to Daylight Atheism. Here is a chapter from…
This digital camera for globetrotters emphasizes minimalism and ease
Henry Smallbone's FLANEUR digital camera distorts the general notion of what a smart camera looks like and how it's going to be used. The unique design and functionality is the USP of its creation, and I absolutely love the idea!
Taking…
Why playing with dolls stimulates child development
In his short essay The philosophy of toys, Charles Baudelaire wrote one of the first attempts to understand children's relationships with dolls. Published in 1853, he asks: what exactly do children do with their toys and what do they get…
Kostas Karyotakis, the brilliantly evocative modern Greek poet
Modern Greek poet Kostas Karyotakis and his older sister Nitsa with his nephew and younger brother, in Preveza, 1927. Credit: Public domainKostas Y. Karyotakis, born in Tripolis in 1896 and died in Preveza in 1928, is one of the greatest…
American Divine by Aaron Poochigian explores God and the land
so many coats attached to tote bags, briefcases,
plan tubes and roller bags reach
A stairwell to the metro. They are not afraid
the local Moses, Dead, who stirs and paces
back and forth before the first step,…
King pins – the reign of the male pin
Newsletter: FT WeekendGet weekend inspiration with the best of life, arts and culture. Delivered every Saturday morning.
âBut I don't wear brooches,â someone replied when asked to expand on the…
Tyler, The Creator Redefines Style and Roots Its Roots
In his sixth studio album, "Call Me If You Get Lost", Tyler Gregory Okonma, better known as Tyler, The Creator, draws on the hip-hop tradition of the 90s while paying homage to his past releases.
It has been two…
Oreste D’Arconte: What is a name? Ask Ida. | Columns
Do you know what all hurricanes, tropical storms, typhoons and…
Author Lloyd Grove’s book “Les Fleurs du Mal (Les Fleurs du Mal)” is a moving…
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September 10, 2021
Lloyd Grove has completed…
Matvey Levenstein – The Brooklyn Rail
In sightKasmin GallerySeptember 9 - October 9, 2021new York
If you knew nothing about Matvey Levenstein's work, but something about art history, you would find yourself in the pleasant position of…
When an art fair is also a book fair (rare)
GNTHER Two things stand out to me. One, the Stammheim Missal (1170-1180), now resides in the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. I acquired it from a German noble family who had owned it for about 200 years and sold it…
Freedom of expression and the press: the struggle continues
Freedom of speech and freedom of the press mean the same thing: the right to express any belief or idea, even unpopular - orally or on paper - without fear of being punished for it. Sometimes it's called freedom of speech.…
How cities change at night
Before the advent of electricity, London at night was a foul darkness of lanes and passageways haunted by vagabonds. The Victorian upper classes remained largely ignorant of life in the nocturnal underworld until they read about…
Is the digital age costing us our ability to roam?
In the essay "Street Haunting", published in 1927, Virginia Woolf describes the nocturnal walks through London as a kind of self-escape. A city dweller, attracted by "the irresponsibility conferred by the darkness and the light of the…
How to fall in love with Belgium – a convert’s guide – POLITICO
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After 28 years, I think I finally fell in love with Belgium.
These are not easy words to write because Belgium is not an easy country to love. It doesn't have…
Deep Water: “Dying Hen-Clam, Flying Gull”, by Kenneth Rosen
This week's poem presents an exuberant literary vision of a fight to the death by the sea - narrated by a hapless mollusk. In "Dying Hen-Clam, Flying Gull", Kenneth Rosen launches puns in Latin, riffs on the French poet Baudelaire and…
Sally Magnusson at the Edinburgh Book Festival, Anne Pia celebrates Baudelaire and other Scottish…
The winner of the James Tait Black Prize will be announced live at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on Wednesday 25 August. Author and broadcaster Sally Magnusson will host a special pre-recorded event, where the…
NON-FICTION: The Anguished SOUL – Journal
A Scatter of Verses, Prose and Paintings is an attempt to catalog the despair, violent emotions and inner turmoil that have hurt the imagination of artist and poet Sadia Babar. The book is divided into five parts, titled…
where Messi will live, shop and dine in the French capital
Not all cities are created equal, especially if you have £ 400,000 a week to spend. Paris, with its lavish department stores, ornate apartment buildings, Michelin-starred restaurants, luxury hotels and bars filled with both…