In Brief
More Emojis = More Sex
The next time your parents and other denizens of the older generation criticize you for using too many emojis, you can scandalize them further by retorting that more emojis correlate with more sex.
Becca Rothfeld
In Brief
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Amateur Artists
Albert and Victoria may be no Raphael, but their work is more tasteful by far than that of their celebrity-artist counterparts.
Opinion
How Authors Are Killing Their Own Writing
As authors take to Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and other social media sites, the boundary keeping their personal and professional lives apart begins to blur.
In Brief
Two Literary Giants Will Release New Books This Summer
This week, authors Milan Kundera and Harper Lee announced plans to publish new books.
Books
A Book that Judges You by Your Cover
We’re used to judging books by their covers — but perhaps we’d think twice about our premature judgments if books judged us back.
In Brief
A Family Reunion for Magna Carta Survivors on Their 800th Birthday
To celebrate the Magna Carta’s big year, put on your party hat and check out the four surviving copies of the original manuscript.
In Brief
Radicalize Your Garden with a Noam Chomsky Gnome
Because really, what better way to express affection for your loved ones than by buying them punny, philosophy-related lawn ornaments?
Art
'The Babadook' Is No By-the-Book Horror Movie
“Present fears are less than horrible imaginings,” Macbeth famously mused. Centuries later, this tenet is borne out in countless horror movies.
News
Arts Vibrancy Index Measures Cultural Health of Communities Across US
The National Center for Arts Research at Southern Methodist University has released its first Arts Vibrancy Index, a report that ranks the cultural vibrancy of communities across the country.
Performance
On Stage, as on Paper, David Foster Wallace Commands Your Attention
A supposedly and in fact fun thing I did this month was attend A (Radically Condensed and Expanded) Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again, an experimental performance at the Public Theater’s Under the Radar Festival.
News
London Museum Plants Fake in Its Collection
A new project in London asks: Why do we prize authenticity so highly if a forgery can be visually equivalent to an authentic artwork?
In Brief
Spain's Art-for-Taxes Program Only Works When the Art's Good
If taxes sound taxing to you, consider this alternative: move to Spain, purchase valuable and culturally significant artworks, and donate them to the Spanish government in lieu of tax. Just make sure they're really significant artworks.