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The Southern Baptist church is making a strong push to buck a societal trend. Should others follow suit?
Criticism of Ohad Meromi’s ‘Sunbather’ has been swift and scathing. What does it say about our willingness to engage with art?
With owners deeply divided over radio, a 20-year tug-of-war would ensue.
Paul Walker is only the most recent dead actor to appear on screen. But as the technology develops, what are the legal and ethical limits?
A new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrates 2,000 years of artistic achievement.
Don’t listen to the naysayers. New ways of communicating have created a wealth of new opportunities to harness – and study – language.
The final season concludes in 1969. What happened in the advertising industry over the ensuing decades?
It turns out the only insider knowledge you’ll need is a copy of last year’s standings.
At an event that bills itself as ‘the place to preview the technology of tomorrow today,’ one of the fastest-growing, youngest and most tech-savvy segments of the population was largely ignored.
The airwaves arms race is on, and the Kremlin has taken a page from the playbook of its Cold War nemesis.
Many refer to advances in television storytelling as novelistic or cinematic, but the medium deserves a term of its own: complex TV.
Like ambulance chasers, gimlet-eyed entertainment lawyers have been trained to detect the most trivial copyright infringements.
From his line of Target homeware to his one-of-a-kind buildings, Michael Graves was inspired by the basic needs of everyday people.
According to recent research, music is an evolutionary adaptation that helps us navigate a world rife with contradictions.
It might seem strange, especially given the nation’s decision to sever ties with George III in 1776.
By featuring girls who buck the conventions of their world – and ours – films like Insurgent inspire fans to enact real change.
Studies show that the more familiar we become with false information, the more likely we are to later remember it as fact.
According to copyright expert Wendy Gordon, the judge bungled his instructions to the jury. From there, the outcome was inevitable.
From serving newborns to treating hospice patients, music can be used in medical and psychological treatment with surprising – and real – results.
The band’s first US hit wasn’t ‘Satisfaction.’ Released in March 1965, ‘The Last Time’ possessed stylistic flairs that would predict the band’s future success.
Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection depicts the fully-formed artist – a blues musician, yes, but also a performer of string-band, country and pop songs.
Because a photograph came from a machine – not a human hand – many were not entirely sure if it could be called art.
Artist Paul Gauguin is perhaps most famous for his colorful paintings of Tahitian life. But for years, art historians puzzled over his lesser-known prints: how did he form, layer and transfer images from one medium to another?
Temple Grandin is perhaps the world’s foremost advocate on autism. But before she became famous, she was an awkward young girl who found solace in Mr. Spock’s logical world view in TV’s Star Trek.