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The University of Arkansas’s tuition-free MA in Art History, fueled by museums and open borders of creativity, is quietly redefining how the next generation studies — and shapes — American art.
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When you stop long enough to truly look, art stops being decoration and becomes a mirror — this ten-minute staring challenge might just save your mind.
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Stendhal Syndrome is a rare reaction to overwhelming beauty, first described in Florence, where art and emotion meet with such force that the human mind begins to break.
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As AI enters the museum, curators face the hardest question of all: where does creativity actually live?
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UK start-up Books By People launches “Organic Literature” certification to label books created by humans, pushing back against the rise of AI-written content.
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Curators Beth Greenacre and Sigrid Kirk stage a festival-style exhibition that swaps swagger for stamina, pitching ’90s legacies against today’s precarity and digital myth-making.
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Jersey’s £10m arts funding in 2024 turned into record visitor numbers, new jobs, and a cultural revival proving creativity pays back beyond money.
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From Korundi and Arktikum to Sámi craft, Northern Lights, and Santa’s Village—the North’s culture lives in light and silence.
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The Simpsons Movie 2 hits theaters July 23, 2027 with a Matt Groening donut tease and a prime summer slot once held by Marvel.
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Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have separated after 19 years. The news lands weeks after she wrapped Practical Magic 2 with Sandra Bullock in London.
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Kelly Reichardt turns the art heist inside out in “The Mastermind,” a blue-collar scramble that swaps slick capers for raw consequence and 1970s bite.
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GIMP, the free and open-source image editor, is trending on Google as version 3.0.4 launches with powerful tools for photo editing, design, and digital art.