Arts

How AI is helping to recreate childhood memories

May 21, 2024Arts, Culture & Media

What do you do with a cherished memory that has no record — not even a photo or a video? This Spanish company, Domestic Data Streamers, might help. They’ve harnessed artificial intelligence to turn fading recollections into visual or “synthetic” memories. The end product isn’t quite a photo — or art. But it’s helping people reconnect with their pasts.

The changing landscape for Sweden’s successful music industry

August 3, 2023Music

A silent movie cinema thrives in Brussels

July 5, 2023

Iraqi cellist and conductor Karim Wasfi leads a performance at the National Theatre in Iraq, Baghdad, March 11, 2023.

Iraq’s revived art scene is helping to heal the country’s wounds

March 16, 2023Music

‘My art is not soft anymore’: A Ukrainian sculptor reshapes his vision in response to war

February 23, 2023Ukraine

Ilona Kravchenko and Jan Vana perform in “Giselle” with the Ukrainian Classical Ballet in Bucharest, Romania.

The long fight for arts and culture in Ukraine as war rages on

February 1, 2023Ukraine

When Russia’s full-scale invasion in Ukraine began on Feb. 24, 2022, the pursuits of many of Ukraine’s leading artists and cultural institutions came to a halt. The World takes a look back at the myriad ways in which war impacted artistic and cultural expression in Ukraine, and how advocates continue to work tirelessly to keep making art against all odds.

Exterior of the Museum of the City of New York, with a promotion for the "City of Faith" exhibition currently on display, New York, Dec. 1, 2022.

Museum exhibit highlights New York’s sacred spaces

January 17, 2023Lifestyle & Belief

The “City of Faith” museum exhibit looks at the New York City’s religious roots and immigrant experience, with a special focus on the South Asian community after 9/11. Curator Azra Dawood tells The World what inspired her and why such a discussion is important.

"Bust of a smiling woman," 1901, by Pablo Picasso, at the Reina Sofía Museum.

The Picasso paradox: Museums grapple with how to remember the artist’s complicated legacy

October 13, 2022Arts, Culture & Media

Fifty years after his death, some organizers have insisted on revisiting the artist Pablo Picasso in a new light, with exhibits and conversations focused on his problematic relationship with women.

A white wall with black ink drawings and a person standing to view it

Moscow multimedia exhibition focuses on anti-Kremlin protest culture

June 9, 2021Arts, Culture & Media

“Time Difference,” a new multimedia art exhibition by Katya Muromtseva, 31, urges viewers to listen to the voices of those who are critical of the Kremlin.

A comic of a sitting man with a black background

These comics help combat mental health challenges for migrants in Vermont

February 12, 2020Migration

For migrant farm workers in Vermont, not knowing the local language, little access to public transportation, and separation from home can be a recipe for isolation, depression and other mental hurdles. This comic book project highlights the mental health challenges of migration.