A challenging three-part exhibition at the Shed provides the most extensive look at the many activities of the visionary artist, whose work with spiders teaches…
View More Tomás Saraceno: Following the Airborne Lives of SpidersCategory: Culture & Traditions
Ambitions and Emotions Run Hot in ‘The Founders,’ a History of PayPal
Jimmy Soni’s book tells the story of how an ensemble of entrepreneurs, including Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, helped the online payment system prevail.Jimmy Soni’s…
View More Ambitions and Emotions Run Hot in ‘The Founders,’ a History of PayPalMarc Brown on the End of ‘Arthur’ and His Favorite Fan Theories
With the beloved PBS children’s show ending after 25 seasons, its 75-year-old creator answered some off-the-wall questions about his 8-year-old aardvark.With the beloved PBS children’s…
View More Marc Brown on the End of ‘Arthur’ and His Favorite Fan TheoriesAs scholar, critic, translator Gayatri Spivak turns 80, an extract from an exhilarating 1998 speech
Spivak, well known for her translation of Derrida as also some works of Mahasweta Devi, was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation in 1997Spivak,…
View More As scholar, critic, translator Gayatri Spivak turns 80, an extract from an exhilarating 1998 speechHow a Book Is Made
Have you ever wondered how a book becomes a book? Join us as we follow Marlon James’s “Moon Witch, Spider King” through the printing process.Have…
View More How a Book Is MadeAn artist’s initiative to connect Bengal to Baroda
It offers space and ambience — for free — to students who lack those ingredients at homeIt offers space and ambience — for free —…
View More An artist’s initiative to connect Bengal to BarodaWhen Architects Made Worlds
MoMA explores an era of sweeping change, when South Asian architects — pioneering women, among them — redefined the postcolonial era and helped construct new…
View More When Architects Made WorldsValerie Boyd, Biographer of Zora Neale Hurston, Is Dead at 58
In addition to writing an acclaimed biography, she encouraged a generation of young writers, predominantly women of color, to pursue careers in nonfiction.In addition to…
View More Valerie Boyd, Biographer of Zora Neale Hurston, Is Dead at 58‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Postpones Broadway Reopening Until April
The musical, which closed temporarily last month as the Omicron variant spread, had hoped to reopen in March.The musical, which closed temporarily last month as…
View More ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Postpones Broadway Reopening Until AprilThe Hidden Image Descriptions Making the Internet Accessible
The challenge of describing every image on the internet, and the people who are trying.The challenge of describing every image on the internet, and the…
View More The Hidden Image Descriptions Making the Internet Accessible