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LONDON — The secretive artist known as Banksy said he is dismantling his latest exhibition and shipping its pieces to provide shelter to refugees and migrants camped out in France. Banksy opened “Dismaland” in August, a so-called “Bemusement Park” in the English seaside town of Weston-super-Mare featured a decaying castle and model boats full…
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The most fanciful thing about ABC’s muppetational but seldom celebrational The Muppets is that the late-night talk show behind whose scenes it takes place has a female host. In this regard, I support its vision. I support nothing else about The Muppets except the pilot’s use of the great Jere Burns, drier than a silica…
Every time I see that Samuel Johnson quote, I get a bit pissed off. You know the one, it’s the one that goes, “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.” Well, I can safely say that London’s tired me out. I’ve not even made it halfway through this life and…
You think that your long-distance relationship is hard to maintain? Then think about the relationship of Amiko Kauderer NASA public affairs officer and her boyfriend Astronaut Scott Kelly, who is halfway into his Year In Space mission. I have been following their public Instagram accounts since Scott Kelly was launched into space back in March….
When it comes to street artists, Shepard Fairey is about as establishment as it gets. Even if you don’t know his name, you’d probably recognize at least a couple of his images: the much-imitated “Hope” poster that came to symbolize Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, and the “Obey” series that features the enigmatic face of…
What it’s actually like to be a Black employee at a tech company My fingertips danced with delight as I frantically typed away at my computer. “I just saw a new Black person! Does anyone know who it is?” I circulated the email to the “Blackbirds,” Twitter’s internal group for Black employees. In my three…
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The late 1970s were some of the darkest, bleakest years in New York’s history. So why can’t we stop talking about them? Photo The photographs in this story are by the late Peter Hujar (1934-87), one of the key figures in New York’s downtown art scene. Here, “Nassau Street,” 1975, taken in the financial district….
“We have to recognize that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.” ~ Cornel West I’m a romance junkie, there’s no doubt about it—but my shiny bubble of champagne, chocolate covered strawberry goodness has just popped. My darling, our beautiful honeymoon of fizzy first…