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‘Sacred refuge:’ This cultural center provides a safe space for Jews and Arabs in Jerusalem

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FeelBeit is an event space and bar in Jerusalem that brings together Palestinian and Israeli artists to share the stage. Before Oct. 7, 2023, this was already a difficult thing to do. But after, it’s been almost impossible. FeelBeit closed for a while but realized that it was important to reopen their doors. The World’s Marco Werman went there to see what it’s all about.

"Judy's  Hand  Pavilion," 2018, by Tony Tasset

Cleveland’s move to the front lines of contemporary art

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A Scarier Skeleton

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Horror School

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Johannes Brahms v. Tony the Tiger

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Masterpiece Theater: Laptop Edition

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We all know that the Internet has its drawbacks. (Why do I know that Sandra Bullock’s husband cheated on her? Why does a certain relatives think I enjoy videos of kittens?) But its power to aggregate—pulling material from across time and around the world—can still knock your socks off. I stumbled across an example this […]

DJ Spooky Remixes Antarctica

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DJ Spooky (Paul D. Miller) has just released The Book of Ice, a new interactive graphic design project that weaves together the history and future of the human relationship to the wi…

Photographing the Microscopic World

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Bernardo Cesare’s photographs investigate the history of the earth and expose the mysteries of its formation…

Storytelling and Science Collide

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Humans love a well-told story and scientists are beginning to understand why. According to a 2010 study by three Princeton researchers, the act of listening to, and comprehending, a n…

Kehinde Wiley on the World Stage

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Kehinde Wiley paints contemporary kings. The World Stage: Israel, a new exhibition of Wiley’s paintings, is now on view at The Jewish Museum …