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Where Do Banks Go When They Die?
Did you know that since the start of the last recession that over 527 banks have failed? How would we know?
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Reissuing the Voyager Golden Record, NASA's Quixotic Message to the Stars
Louis Armstrong performing "Melancholy Blues," Mozart's Queen of the Night aria, and panpipes from Peru are etched among the cacophony of Earth sounds on the gold-plated records attached to Voyager 1 and 2.
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To Browse or Not to Browse? 3,000 Victorian Illustrations of Shakespeare Published Online
If you wanted to create a periodic table of Shakespearean elements — visualizing the themes, motifs, and images that show up again and again in the bard’s plays — you might start by visiting the Victorian Illustrated Shakespeare Archive.
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At a Historic House in Harlem, Artists Weave the Past into the Present
Sometimes it’s good to focus on the small victories.
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Remembering Collector William Louis-Dreyfus
The death of William Louis-Dreyfus on September 16, at 84, deprived us of a truly remarkable man.
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A Village of Musical Architecture Inaugurates Its First Permanent Space
NEW ORLEANS — This weekend the roving Music Box Village of New Orleans will welcome the public to its first permanent space with two days of performances.
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A Pair of Performances Exposes the Politics of How Museums Operate
The most conceptually compelling work of art in the Guggenheim’s But a Storm Is Blowing from Paradise: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa is also its least visible.
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Building a Black Identity That's Both Ancient and Contemporary
The first time I saw Stan Squirewell’s work was around two or three years ago.
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A Rare Suite of Kandinsky's Experimental Prints Goes on View
In 1895, after deciding to turn from a career in academic law to art-making, Wassily Kandinsky was working as the artistic director of a print shop in Moscow.
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A VR Archive for the Vanishing Haunted House Ride
"Like pinball and computer games, it’s hard to get people to take ghost trains seriously, but they aren’t just important, they are disappearing," Joel Zika, creator of the Dark Ride Project, told Hyperallergic.
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A New National Museum Conveys the Pain and Power of the African American Experience
WASHINGTON, DC — After 100 years of lobbying, 10 years of planning, and almost 5 years of construction, the newest member of the Smithsonian family is finally here.
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The Dreamy, Steamy Settings of Brazil's Love Motels
Like gas stations or a fast-food chain restaurant, love motels are common fixtures of the Brazilian landscape. And like McDonald's golden arches, the signs on their facades often light up the surrounding block in vivid neon, signaling with little discretion that pleasure awaits just behind locked do