Under Financial Pressures and New Leadership, More Than Half of the Hong Kong Arts Centre’s Staff Has Departed
Over the last year, upwards of half of the staff of the Hong Kong Arts Centre (HKAC) have reportedly left…
Klimt’s ‘Lady With a Fan’ Sets a New Auction Record in Europe, Making $108.4 Million at Sotheby’s Mini-Marathon of London Sales
Setting a new record for the most expensive work of art ever auctioned in Europe—Gustav Klimt’s final portrait Dame mit…
The American Artist Chuck Close, Who Created Larger-Than-Life Photorealist Portraits, Has Died at 81
Chuck Close, whose distinctive, monumental portraits and self-portraits toyed with viewers’ perception, has died of complications from a long illness…
The Communist Party claims to have brought prosperity and equality to China. Here’s the real impact of its rule
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is in full swing to prepare for the 100th anniversary of its founding this week,…
An Investigation Into Uighur Detention Camps Funded by Eyebeam Art and Technology Center Has Won a Pulitzer Prize
A project funded in part by Brooklyn’s Eyebeam Art and Technology Center has won a Pulitzer Prize in international reporting. “Built to…
G7 showed that post-Trump, the world has shifted
What a difference a year makes in international diplomacy. A year ago, then-US President Donald Trump was obliged to abandon…
In photos: World commemorates 32nd anniversary of Tiananmen Square massacre
Thirty-two years after the Chinese government cracked down on student protesters in Tiananmen Square, people around the world gathered to…
Quantum Computing Will Create Jobs. But Which Ones?
Chris Monroe’s vision for quantum computers is simple: He wants people to use them. Monroe, a physicist and co-founder of…
Loopholes and the ‘Anti-Realism’ of the Quantum World
The theoretical physicist John Wheeler once used the phrase “great smoky dragon” to describe a particle of light going from…