Monthly Archives: December 2023

The EU may have reached a provisional agreement on the laws that are going to regulate Artificial Intelligence (AI), but many of us are still left wondering if AI is a powerful transformative tool that will benefit all of us … Continue reading →

The global discourse on regulating Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been ongoing, with the European Union (EU) taking a notably proactive stance in contrast to the United States. For a while now, the EU has been developing the AI Act, an … Continue reading →

Are you part of that section of the global population who usually feels overwhelmed by the most terrifying aspects of Christmas, from the rush to buy the perfect present that doesn't exist, to long family dinners that may escalate in … Continue reading →

Two shades dominated the costumes and sets for yesterday's staging of Giuseppe Verdi's Don Carlo at Milan's La Scala – gold and black. The performance, directed by Lluís Pasqual, opened the theatre's season and featured costumes designed by Franca Squarciapino, … Continue reading →

From a distance the panels by New York-based multimedia artist, performer and musician Raúl de Nieves installed in the Lower Level Galleries at the University of Washington's Henry Art Gallery in Seattle, look like proper stained-glass windows. Yet, when you … Continue reading →

Embroidering is a humble art, usually accomplished by hand and employing just a needle and thread. This simplicity is reflected in the early 20th century Palestinian dresses opening the "Material Power: Palestinian Embroidery" exhibition currently on at The Whitworth, part … Continue reading →

Embroidery enthusiasts on the hunt for Christmas tree inspirations need look no further than the Riggs in Washington, D.C. The boutique hotel teamed up with Rachelle Hruska MacPherson's Lingua Franca to whip up a festive tree celebrating the art of … Continue reading →

In yesterday's post we looked at a choreography inspired by a philosophical allegory taken from a work of ancient Greek literature. Roman and Greek classics and antiquities can actually be extremely inspiring for modern creators. In Italy, Latin and ancient … Continue reading →

The allegory of Plato's cave is likely one of the philosophical myths that linger in our memory, whether or not we encountered it in school or have a strong affinity for philosophy. In the allegory (Plato writes about it in … Continue reading →

Maria Callas has been trending recently because today marks the centenary of the soprano's birth and because there is currently an exhibition of rarely seen photographs from the Intesa Sanpaolo Publifoto archive at Gallerie d'Italia in Milan (until 28 February … Continue reading →