In ‘Demon Copperhead’ the American author builds a saga about the impoverished Appalachian region and the opioid crisis. Inspired by Charles Dickens, the book won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
A BBC documentary about the Roman dictator shows how his excessive ambition for power ultimately overthrew a republican system. The film also draws parallels between him and current forms of populism
The Californian band, whose third release continues to be the best-selling album of all time by an independent label, is still playing, 30 years after its biggest success
The former family home of a series of rich industrialists from Milan was designed by Piero Portaluppi, a prolific Italian architect. Today, the residence is visited as a monument and used as a film set
Heartfelt tributes are being paid to Kurt Cobain, who left us 30 years ago, but none to Lee Brilleaux, a British rock figure who died a few hours before him and was relegated to a footnote in an obituary
One of Austria’s premier cultural institutions has opened a third facility in Klosterneuburg, on the outskirts of Vienna, to showcase its holdings of post-1945 art
An exhibition at the Tate Britain in London investigates the great American artist’s interest in the attire of his models, with 50 paintings on display along with the dresses that inspired them
Abstract at a time of a figurative boom, an activist but not overtly political, the American artist is exhibiting his black and white canvases at the Madrid headquarters of the Pedro Cera gallery
The Sicilian ‘instrument of God’ gathers hundreds of devoted Catholics at the top of a hill in Rome every third day of the month. She assures the public that her statue of the Virgin Mary cries blood and can multiply pizzas and gnocchi. The Church has prohibited her from hosting the monthly ceremony
She fell in love with flamenco as a child and moved to Seville to learn the ropes. Now in her mid-twenties, she is one of the most sought-after dancers on the scene
It’s been 19 years since The Doctor returned to television after more than a decade and a half off the air. That’s but one milestone among the many of this 60-year-old series
The latest cinematic showdown between the two creatures along with the new Ghostbusters release sees iconic cities being demolished again, fueling a genre that has refined its visual spectacle but has lost its narrative quality
Prime Video hosts the debut of ‘Road House,’ a remake of one of the 1980s’ most beloved B-movies. The original’s nonsensical plot and buff Patrick Swayze have kept it near and dear to our hearts, and police departments have even deployed it in diplomacy trainings
In a survey published by the consulting firm Strateg’eat, 38% of young people in France prefer cookies over other sweet options like croissants and pain au chocolat
In the first monograph dedicated to the color images of the prolific master of street photography, the artist’s incisive wit beats with the same rhythm as his powerful black-and-white works
The French medieval scholar has dedicated the last few years to tracing a history of colors. He says that this year’s tone, ‘somber, disturbing and not too cheerful,’ is gray
Criticism is emerging from unexpected quarters over the puritanical aspects of the current wave of political correctness that puts the focus on identity and difference
Eight Russian creators in exile have participated in a collective exhibition, which highlights the invasion of Ukraine and the Putin administration’s indoctrinating propaganda