In a recent post, I discussed some famous answers to the question: “What’s wrong with life today?” Included in those answers were such themes as the decline of community, meaninglessness, marginality ...
It’s a typical Saturday afternoon in the winter of 1974, and my mother, my younger sister, and I are wandering the halls of our town’s large shopping mall when, seemingly out of nowhere, a classmate ...
The word “heritage” generally calls to mind the distant past. Ancient buildings, historic objects or traditions passed down over generations. “Heritage” feels old by definition, but it’s not simply ...
The Korean Cultural Center in the Philippines (KCC) has opened “Hanbok, Reborn as Art,” a contemporary exhibition that ...
“The Culture” began on street corners in the Bronx during the 1970s. That street culture, Black culture, expanded to encompass the culture of cities–urban culture. Having taken over cities, “the ...
The year saw the art world grappling with a range of tensions and transformations. On the Art Angle podcast, we hosted many key cultural critics, theorists, and artists to help us decipher and reflect ...
The influence of digital culture extends far beyond social media feeds. Gaming and streaming communities have become unexpected style incubators, with esports athletes and streamers setting trends in ...
Visitors saunter from Kabanbay Batyr Street—Almaty, Kazakhstan’s “Broadway”—into the new Tselinny Center of Contemporary Culture designed by Asif Khan. The building serves as a terminus on the ...
Piers Morgan argues that many young men feel increasingly disconnected from modern culture, claiming social media, identity politics, and shifting ideas around masculinity have created confusion, ...
KYOTO, JAPAN—Modern humans and Neanderthals may have shared a common culture over a period of some 20,000 years, Live Science reports. An international team of researchers excavated Üçağizlı II Cave ...