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The Rijksmuseum employed an AI to repaint lost parts of Rembrandt’s “The Night Watch.” Here’s how they did it.
Tim Brinkhof is a Dutch-born, New York-based journalist reporting on art, history, and literature. He studied early Netherlandish painting and Slavic literature at New York University, worked as an editorial[…]
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Why the culture that destroyed attention spans is now turning to podcasts.
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It’s easy to imagine why people link Heath Ledger’s death to his treacherous penultimate role.
The Avengers movies have done a marvelous job melding science and story.
Books that will sharpen the youthful mind.
Since the advent of communication, humans have used stories to create meaningful lives.
How the story of a statistics student being late to class became the inspiration for the protagonist of Good Will Hunting.
Modern notions about the Illuminati are the result of a satirical cult-classic book.
The distance between the American dream and reality is expressed best through literature.
Many of the world’s favorite records weren’t really recorded by the artist on the label.
For years we have been fascinated with the artistic prowess of Leonardo da Vinci.
A new generation is waiting for the whimsy and wit of Dr. Seuss.
Transport yourself to other worlds and states of mind.
Looking up big, fancy words won’t make your writing better. But a thesaurus can help – if you use it like this.
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From animated umbrellas to polite-but-violent turtle-people, Japan’s folklore contains some extremely creative monsters.
Daniel Bryan is a “heel” who might sincerely believe in some of the things his persona is known to say.
Quoth the parrot — “Squawk! Nevermore.”
The Harvard psychologist loves reading authors’ rules for writing. Here are his own.
How you feel influences what you watch, and vice-versa.
Some games are just for fun, others are for thought provoking statements on life, the universe, and everything.
From the cosmic blast into another being’s mind, to rolling bliss or obedient mind-slavery, fictional drugs have it all.
Thousands of churches are left behind every year in America.
The great mythologist reminds us that our bliss is part of our suffering.
The renowned author plans to publish a follow-up to the 1985 bestseller in September 2019.
Turn on, tune in, and drop out and into a good psychedelic book.
The best-selling author tells us his methods.
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The stories we tell define history. So who gets the mic in America?
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The comics titan worked for more than half a century to revolutionize and add nuance to the comics industry, and he built a vast community of fans along the way.