In St. Louis, the Counterpublic Triennial Rethinks What Public Space Can Be
Counterpublic Triennial returns to St. Louis with Coyote Time, redefining public art across five sites with community-focused curatorial work.
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Category: Culture
Bootsy Collins Is Writing a Memoir Titled Funked Around, Found Out
Bootsy Collins announces his first memoir, Funked Around, Found Out, written with Caseen Gaines, featuring a foreword by Snoop Dogg. Out March 23, 2027.
Hong Kong’s Ten Thousand Buddhas ‘Monastery’ Has 12,000 Statues and No Monks
Hong Kong's Ten Thousand Buddhas 'Monastery' has no monks and over 12,000 statues—here's the story behind its misleading name.
“Get Out”: Frank McCourt’s Advice to a Rookie Teacher — and the Friendship That Followed
A former student remembers Frank McCourt's teaching, friendship, and the pub-column idea that predated his Pulitzer fame.
Five Brazilian Women Painters Are Refiguring the Country’s Art Scene
Meet the Brazilian women painters redefining figuration with raw depictions of the body, desire, and survival.
TMNT Return in IDW’s Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Coastal Chaos #1, Out Today
IDW's Tales of the TMNT: Coastal Chaos #1 kicks off with a beach day gone wrong and the debut of mutant shark Armaggon.
Leonardo da Vinci Procrastinated for Years on the Mona Lisa — and It May Have Been the Secret to His Genius
Leonardo da Vinci's endless delays on the Mona Lisa weren't laziness—new research links his procrastination to genius-level creativity.
The David Sassoon Clock Tower: Mumbai’s Palladian Landmark in Its Oldest Public Garden
Mumbai's only Palladian-style structure, the David Sassoon Clock Tower has marked time at Byculla's garden since 1864.
Brecht and Nabokov Drew Opposite Lessons From the Same Weimar Stage
How Brecht and Weill's The Threepenny Opera became Weimar Berlin's sold-out sensation and a test of artistic freedom.
This Instagram Page Is Devoted Entirely To Ducks, And These 34 Posts Show Why Followers Adore Them
Meet Ben Afquack and Gertrude, viral pet ducks, and learn what real duck ownership actually takes.
Lit Hub’s Daily Roundup: Kuang on Language, Ken Liu’s New Fiction, and a Moby-Dick Deep Dive
Lit Hub's daily roundup: R.F. Kuang on language, Ken Liu's new fiction, Moby-Dick reconsidered, and Anthropic's book-scanning plans.
The Paris Olympics Cauldron Balloon Returns to the Skies Over the Tuileries
Two years after the Olympics, Paris's glowing cauldron balloon still rises nightly over the Tuileries, drawing crowds to watch in wonder.