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Image of a classical piano concert (Jewelia/Pixabay/CC0C) Music is a universal language… it’s an often repeated axiom, but what does that mean? Two newly published scientific studies add proof to the common impression. One dismantles one of the pillars of Western theory, while the results of the other show that no matter where we come

Jimmy Breslin in 1969. (Photo by Bob Peterson/Getty Images.)  From the editors: I started as an editor at Persuasion a little over a year ago. The feeling I had about Persuasion then is the same feeling I have now: that this is a jewel and, to some extent, a well-kept secret. At a time when

Box office receipts for Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer had already approached the billion-dollar mark worldwide before the 2024 Oscars ceremony. To this financial success, along with film awards for Best Director, Cinematography, Editing, Sound, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor, Oppenheimer garnered Nolan his first Academy Award for Best Picture. In larger Academy Award history, this

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) Interim CEO Sara Fenske Bahat has resigned as the institution’s galleries remain closed since February 15, following a pro-Palestine action led by eight exhibiting artists. Fenske Bahat’s departure follows weeks of turmoil at the center. After artists Jeffrey Cheung and Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo alleged that YBCA prevented them from

Musical Events How Arnold Schoenberg Changed Hollywood He moved to California during the Nazi era, and his music—which ranged from the lushly melodic to the rigorously atonal—caught the ears of everyone from George Gershwin to James Dean. By Alex Ross March 11, 2024 Schoenberg, the Viennese firebrand, escaped to California during the Nazi era. He

The 96th Academy Awards were awarded tonight at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, and after a brief delay caused by protests calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, “Oppenheimer” took home a leading seven Oscars, including ones for best picture, director (Christopher Nolan) and lead actor (Cillian Murphy). “Poor Things” had multiple winners, including

On Jan. 12, screenwriter Simon Stephenson sent an email to the Writers Guild of America’s senior director of credits Lesley Mackey asking to set up a call to discuss an important matter. The CAA-repped writer, whose credits include Pixar’s “Luca” and StudioCanal’s “Paddington 2,” wrote, “I’ve encountered a credits-related issue on quite a high profile

Marilyn Monroe, who died 62 years ago, has been reincarnated as a “hyper-real” AI-generated digital avatar that lets fans engage in a conversation with the late actor — who can answer questions “in Marilyn’s signature voice and style,” according the company behind the project. AI technology firm Soul Machines unveiled Digital Marilyn, an interactive experience

View image in fullscreen Indie record shops boom in number – but supermarkets are deserting music Data from Digital Entertainment and Retail Association finds there are now 122 more indie record shops compared with 2014 New data shows that the UK has dozens more record shops that it did 10 years ago, but the marketplace

View image in fullscreen World Book Day finds children are put off reading for pleasure Annual event to encourage young readers has revealed research finding that significant numbers feel discouraged from following their own tastes As World Book Day runs its annual event to promote reading for pleasure among children, it has revealed new research

When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, it laid siege to Mariupol, a strategic port city in the east of the country, with thousands killed as bombs and artillery destroyed housing, museums and the local theatre. Now, Russian authorities have announced plans to memorialise the destruction of the occupied city in

Citizens of the European Union live in an internet built and ruled by foreign powers. Most people in the EU use an American search engine, shop on an American ecommerce site, thumb American phones, and scroll through American social media feeds. That fact has triggered increasing alarm in the corridors of Brussels, as the EU

Archaeologists in Italy recently uncovered a 2,000-year-old fresco in remarkable condition on the walls of the House of Leda, a Pompeii mansion under excavation since 2018 that’s recognized for its exquisite art. Painted as if it were a framed artwork on a yellow wall, the fresco depicts the Greek mythological tale of Phrixus and Helle

The Atlas Performing Arts Center invites applications and nominations for the position of Executive Director, available in the Summer 2024. Douglas Yeuell, who has served as Executive Director since 2014, recently announced that he will step down at the end of August. A Search Committee has been formed to identify the next Executive Director. The

Architects use local materials and merge traditional techniques with modern technology to make schools and orphanages cool, welcoming places by Èlia Borràs in Burkina Faso If architects are people who like to think their way around challenges, building schools in Burkina Faso must be the dream job. The challenges, after all, are legion: scorching temperatures

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay In the 2010s, cheap solar panels from China began flooding the US market, killing off US domestic panel-makers who couldn’t compete on price. The US government slapped a 40 percent tariff on Chinese panels, claiming under World Trade Organization rules that China’s government was unfairly subsidizing panel-makers. Given how

By now, it’s widely known that Universal Music Group has removed most or all of its catalog from TikTok, as well as apparently every song that includes at least one songwriter affiliated Universal Music Publishing Group. It’s a battle that pits the world’s largest music company against the most influential and powerful platform for promoting

Conjure an object in your head, and there’s a good chance you can purchase a version of it that is emblazoned with Keith Haring’s motifs. You can buy a Uniqlo baseball hat with his “radiant baby” image ($29.90), a chess set from the MoMA Design Store whose pieces are all barking dogs and breakdancing figures

by Joseph Shieber Discussions of artificial intelligence are hard to avoid. A recent Pew study, for example, found that 90% of Americans have heard at least something about artificial intelligence – which is astounding, when you consider that only about 70% of Americans likely know who the current Vice President is. Despite this growing awareness