Susanne K Langer understood the indispensable power of metaphors, which allow us to say new things with old words ...

Plus a gay market, the Twins' season opener, and a chance to hype up your friend via a PowerPoint presentation.

In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, the supercomputer Deep Thought is constructed to find the answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything. After seven ...

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My New York City friend visited Houston and went to her very first rodeo. Here's what happened next — and what she helped me learn.

If only Sisyphus had a front-end loader. Luckily, the Town of Sandwich does. Ms. Thomson spent 40 years in journalism, covering government and politics at all levels and the Olympics before ...

Nagarkurnool/Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala police's cadaver dogs arrived in Telangana's Nagarkurnool on Thursday to assist in the rescue operation at the partially ...

Why do we sentimentalise Denes’s most famous artwork, recently revived among feminist and ecological discourse, and where has this led us? As my landlord ushered me out of the Southeast London flat in ...

"Sisyphus." Oil painting on cavas by Alex Sandvoss ... her work started by focusing on everyday people - and she still hopes people will see that. "Art has historically been reserved for nobility and ...

Museum Gouda exhibited the painting at the end of last year without realizing that it was on the “most wanted” list of stolen artworks, De Telegraaf reported after speaking with art detective Arthur ...

No matter where you’re shopping, art world experts recommend asking questions and doing research to ensure an object wasn’t lost, looted or stolen. By Nina Siegal Reporting from Amsterdam ...

This season will include Neena Beber’s new play, A Mother; a reimagining of the myth of Sisyphus; and more ... books, travel, art, philanthropy, and a range of other subjects.