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Dick Polich, Master Forger of Sculptures for Artists, Dies at 90
His cavernous Hudson Valley foundry helped Louise Bourgeois, Richard Serra, Jeff Koons and many others turn their large-scale visions into…
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The Many Lessons of Kouign-Amann
I made this Breton-style cake at least half a dozen times to perfect it. Here’s what it taught me about…
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She Brought New Sounds to Colombia. The World’s Catching Up.
Back in the 1960s, when female musicians were mostly confined to the roles of teacher, interpreter or muse, the Colombian…
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Business
Google Parent Alphabet to Cut 12,000 Jobs
The layoffs amount to about 6 percent of the global work force at the company, the latest tech giant to…
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World
Strikes and Protests Across France as Macron Faces Pensions Showdown
Labor unions, opposed to government plans to raise the legal age of retirement, want a show of strength. President Emmanuel…
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The Boss Is Back in Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley as we know it — with its radically transparent company cultures, empowered employees, flat hierarchies and rarefied perks…
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Dayanita Singh’s Hands-On Photography
Every winter in the early 1980s, a sturdy bus departed Kolkata, India, for a concert tour of provincial towns. On…
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K. Alex Müller, Innovator in Ceramic Superconductors, Dies at 95
His and a colleague’s breakthroughs in high-temperature superconductors were honored with a Nobel Prize in Physics and opened up a…
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Style
David Byrne, Maria Cornejo Celebrate the Latest Art ‘Drop’
GBA, a new art collective, displayed work by the artist Lakea Shepard at the Ace Hotel in Downtown Brooklyn.
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Nurses Are Burned Out and Fed Up. For Good Reason.
It is enraging but not particularly surprising that our health care system is failing the most essential of its workers.…