Culture and Media

By Maxine Lowy In a sample of the exuberant and infinite creative power of the human being, some 180 variants of two works, made by the same number of artists, cover the length and breadth of the walls of the…

Some parts of the northern hemisphere are experiencing a particularly hot summer 2024. In cities, it is often not easy to escape the heat unless you have air conditioners, which have a high energy and environmental impact anyway. Those who…

The pioneering TV host Phil Donahue, who revolutionized daytime television by tackling major social and political issues in front of a studio audience, has died at the age of 88. The Phil Donahue Show, later renamed Donahue, ran from the 1960s through…

We interviewed Ítalo Hernández Ibacache, author of the book in homage to Sergio Tormen, a well-known cyclist arrested in 1974 and disappeared since then. This year marks the 50th anniversary of his detention by state agents. The launch of the…

Now, I try to see myself Myself as a very good friend.   I’ve seen myself Someone who has to be perfect at all times.   I’ve seen myself Someone who has to please others, always please.   I’ve seen…

“Human beings are hardwired to trust one another more when we sing together,” says Micah Hendler, founder of the Jerusalem Youth Chorus, a music and dialogue project that brings young Palestinian and Israeli individuals together through song. Hendler and executive…

ES IST WAS ES IST is a group exhibition curated by Lester Amacio, who believes abstraction is poetry. It opened on August 10 and will run until August 25 25, 2024. This thought-provoking collection of artworks invites viewers to engage and…

Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses shock and serious concern over the fact that a number of working journalists were killed in the recent past across Bangladesh. This as the south Asian nation…

The IFC Center in New York’s Greenwich Village is currently showing a newly restored version of Miloš Forman’s Amadeus (1984) in commemoration of the film’s 40th anniversary. This re-release of Forman’s masterpiece is a cause for celebration not least of…

“Highway Zero” is the first novel I read while walking. My doctors, my niece, and my legs have been urging me to move more due to excessive sedentism, which worsened after the pandemic. So, when I got Billy’s book on…