What is the nature of pleasure that people experience from listening to sad music? Accumulated evidence suggests that pleasure in response to sad music is related to several factors (Huron ...

Kamala Harris told her friends she felt sad as Joe Biden said he could have won the election. But despite all this, Kamala Harris never spoke against Joe Biden and did not blame him for the ...

“I was sad. Of course the president is entitled, and he should give a farewell speech. There is no question about that. But different times invade us all, and when you see the times that we live ...

Propaganda was off to the races. As Peckham reminds us, art is also ultimately a tool to influence opinion and foment action; it “exists in an ambiguous space between propaganda and commerce.” ...

As a teen he enrolled in art school, first at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, DC, then at the Boston Museum School and Pafa. While studying at the latter, in 1967, Lynch made the mixed ...

Martin Kimani, a former Kenyan diplomat, said his past work positions him to build on the Africa Center’s diverse programming that goes beyond art. With major gifts to leading arts institutions ...

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have just marked a major anniversary – and it has revealed a sobering truth about the couple. Maybe they were gawpers, lookiloos, media, megafans. But the large ...

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Brown Town is an Ōtautahi-based collective dedicated to creating safe and inclusive spaces for Māori and Pasifika, founded by Devyn Baileh (Te Atiawa), Grace Colcord (Malie, Afega), and Shea Wātene ...