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Giovanni Anselmo, a Leader of the Arte Povera Movement, Dies at 89
An artist of many mediums, he used a vast array of materials, including stone, paint, piles of earth and even…
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World
How a Crisis in Truck Driving Could Change Life in Japan
It was dark when Daiki Funamizu pulled his truck into the market in Osaka, ending a 15-hour haul down Japan’s…
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News
Rirkrit Tiravanija: Can Pad Thai Diplomacy Change the World?
The artist’s midcareer survey at MoMA PS1 demonstrates the impotence of contemporary art to heal social ills.
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Kathy Hourigan Is Retiring, but Not From Robert Caro
What books are on your night stand? Still there, because I just finished it, is “Martyr!” by Kaveh Akbar, a…
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News
How Lags in Statistics Skew the Inflation Picture
If you’re a normal human being trying to read recent economic news, especially about inflation, you may be feeling confused…
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Business
As Office Workers Make Their Return, So Does the Lowly Cubicle
Among office designers and architects, cubicles are rarely mentioned. The once-ubiquitous fixture, so popular in the 1980s and ’90s, has…
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US
The Newest Union Members Are Undergrads
Sam Betsko figured out fast that being a resident assistant in a college dorm would demand more than helping locked-out…
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US
Richard Hunt, Sculptor Who Transformed Public Spaces, Dies at 88
He produced soaring installations of public art over a career that he said was shaped by attending the funeral of…
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News
At What Point Does My Landlord Owe Me Some Apartment Repairs?
To renovate a market-rate rental, tenants must show that the problems violate city habitability codes.
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News
This Might Be What Broke the Deadlock at COP28
When the sultan who presided over the fairly successful climate talks in Dubai looked back on Wednesday at the two-week…