Fernando Botero left his indelible mark on New York, in the 14 monumental sculptures that lined Park Avenue in 1993, as well as the Adam and Eve statues that still stand at the entrance to Time Warner Center. But the city also left its imprint on the Colombian master. A new exhibition is uncovering how […]
In 2020, Egyptian archaeologists discovered the lost “golden city” of Aten—built under King Tutankhamun’s grandfather Amenhotep III in the late 1300s B.C.E. then abandoned by his heretic son, Akhenaten. “I don’t think you can oversell it,” Salima Ikram, the head of the American University in Cairo’s Egyptology unit, said as crews announced the discovery. “It
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Late summer in Helsinki is still packed with all sorts of events in August. The streets of the capital come alive with street and music festivals, running events and the parades of the Night of the Arts, which is part of the Helsinki Festival. Highlights of the festival include, among others, an interpretation of the
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Iconic Costumes Go on View in Scotland Scores of costumes from cultural touchstones like Pirates of the Caribbean, Game of Thrones, and Downton Abbey will debut to the Scottish public this summer, when the exhibition “Costume Couture: Sixty Years of Cosprop” opens amid the textile facilities at Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh. “Costume Couture” initially premiered
Just a head’s up that this newsletter is going to be very fringe-centric for the next few weeks, with normal service being resumed in September. You have been warned. Oh and for the two people who asked if there will be a fringe poem this year, there definitely will. It should appear on Exeunt shortly….
Tomorrowland is the ultimate bucket-list pilgrimage for electronic music lovers, transforming the town of Boom, Belgium, into a mythical wonderland. The 2026 edition is currently underway, running its second massive weekend from July 17 to July 26, 2026. Gathering 400,000 “People of Tomorrow” from over 200 countries, it is unparalleled in its stage production, community
M.C. Escher was one of those rare artists to become a pop cultural icon. His most emblematic works are instantly recognizable, and continue to beguile new fans with their startlingly original, paradoxical constructions. It is little wonder that some of Escher’s best-loved optical illusions have been reinvented and referenced countless times, appearing on album covers,
