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The Hit Erotica Writers Outwitting Nigeria’s Religious Censors
Zealous officials burned their predecessors’ romance novels. Now, young Muslim women in northern Nigeria publish their erotic books in installments on WhatsApp.
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Zelensky Sees Small Window for Peace
Talks to end the war in Ukraine could resume soon, said President Volodymyr Zelensky as he expressed skepticism about a breakthrough.
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MoMA Survey Shows How Marcel Duchamp Changed the Art Game
Marcel Duchamp flipped the notion of art’s value on its head. We need foundation-shaking badly today, our critic says, and a sweeping survey at MoMA is an arresting reminder.
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Melissa Chiu Exits Hirshhorn Museum to Lead Guggenheim
Melissa Chiu is stepping down as director of the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington to lead the Guggenheim Museum in New York.
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Getty Center in Los Angeles Is Closing for Year of Renovations
The art museum will close to the public in March 2027 to replace its aging tram system and modernize some galleries.
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Cannes Announces 2026 Program with New Films by Pedro Almodovar, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Asghar Farhadi, More
The Cannes Film Festival announced the first selections for its 2026 program this year, a diverse array of films from international masters from around the world, blended in with new, unexpected voices. After a 2025 program of high profile Hollywood premieres like the last “Mission: Impossible” movie and Spike Lee’s “Highest 2 Lowest,” this year…
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Netflix’s “Big Mistakes” Starts Off Feeling Small but Settles into Its Best Self
The first two episodes of Netflix’s “Big Mistakes,” which basically play as one hour-long episode, actively annoyed me. A premise that feels overly familiar in the era of ordinary people getting caught up in violent situations a la “Ozark” with frustratingly dim lighting that matches that increasingly influential award winner centered by two obnoxious characters…
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For Artemis II, Returning to Earth May Be the Most Dangerous Part of the Mission
After a successful flight around the moon, the astronauts are relying on a flawed heat shield to protect them as they re-enter Earth’s atmosphere.
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These Chimps Began the Bloodiest ‘War’ on Record. No One Knows Why.
A long-running conflict in a Ugandan park may provide clues to the origins of human warfare, and how to avoid it.
