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Algorithm Predicts Literary Success
Computer scientists at Stony Brook University have developed an algorithm that predicts, with an accuracy reaching 84%, the "success" of a novel.
Mostafa Heddaya
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In Historic Vote, Cooper Union Board Ratifies Tuition for 2014
In an email to the Cooper Union community sent a little after 8pm EST, board of trustees chairman Richard S. Lincer conceded that "tuition remains the only realistic source of new revenue in the near future."
Opinion
The Simpsons' (Excellent) Miyazaki Homage
This week's Simpsons episode contains a minute-and-a-half long homage to the retiring Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki and his Studio Ghibli.
Opinion
Tech Blogs Discover Art World, Copyright Soul-Searching Ensues
A delayed furor has erupted in the tech blogosphere over Sotheby's London £3.5 million (~$5.8 million) sale last October of Glenn Brown's "Ornamental Despair (Painting For Ian Curtis) Copied from the Stars Like Dust, 1986 by Chris Foss."
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MoMA to Demolish American Folk Art Museum Building
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is proceeding with its controversial plans to bulldoze the American Folk Art Museum building, the Wall Street Journal has reported.
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'Independent' Monitor Releases Report on UAE Museums-Related Labor Conditions
Abu Dhabi's Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC), chaired by Sheikh Sultan Bin Tahoon Al Nahyan and a coterie of royal relations, has weathered its fair share of bad press connected with Saadiyat Island, a multi-billion dollar art-and-luxury hub on an artificial protrusion in the Persian
Opinion
Monuments, Man: Charlie Rose Gets Weird with Richard Serra
For his third-to-last show of 2013, professional interlocutor Charlie Rose brought on lapsed steelworker Richard Serra for a conversation about the artist's ongoing exhibition of new sculptures at the Gagosian Gallery.
Art
What's Up With "Shia LaBeouf"?
"Julian Schnabel , Jeff koons, Duchamp ect……"
Art
De Blasio and the Mythology of a New Arts Populism
What will the arts look like under Mayor De Blasio? "Populist," the New York Times concluded on Monday, a full two days before Bill put his hand on FDR's old Bible and promised to champion the huddled masses.
Opinion
The End of Men: "Self-Censorship" on Facebook Edition
A new study analyzing 3.9 million English-speaking Facebook users has concluded that 71% of status updates are "self-censored" — that is, modified prior to posting.
Opinion
Solid Gold: Serpentine's Julia Peyton-Jones Tells Us How to Spend It
In case you thought that serpentine was just a name, not a sensibility, Julia Peyton-Jones, co-director of the Serpentine Gallery, has some stiff correctives for you.
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Christie's Detroit Institute of Arts Appraisal Released
The indefatigable Detroit Free Press once again has the scoop on the latest developments at the Detroit Institute of Arts, and this time it's the release of Christie's appraisal of the museum's collection.