EVANSTON, ILLINOIS — The single greatest collage I have ever seen is by Frank Big Bear, a member of the White Earth Ojibwe tribe. “The Walker Collage, Multiverse #10” stretches more than 30 feet wide and includes cut-out images of everything. I mean everything: Cycladic figurines and Cindy Sherman dress-up, Assyrian kings and Marilyn Monroe, […]
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Hamdan Ballal holds his Oscar for Best Documentary Feature for No Other Land on March 2, 2025. (photo by Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images) Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal, who co-directed the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land (2024), was attacked by Israeli settlers and taken by Israeli soldiers in the Occupied West Bank on Monday, March
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South Korean auto giant Hyundai on Monday announced a multibillion-dollar investment in the U.S., including a new $5.8 billion steel plant. The plant, which will be based in Louisiana, will create 1,300 jobs in the U.S., Hyundai executive chairman Euisun Chung told reporters at a White House event alongside President Trump. The move will also
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Pratt opens its doors, inviting visitors into its gallery spaces on the Brooklyn campus and Dock 72 to explore the diverse range of engaging work at shows by graduating MFA and BFA artists. This spring, exhibition openings take place on Mondays. Join us for Mondays at Pratt Institute, happening now through early May as part
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A new mild-hybrid diesel Toyota Hilux has gone on sale in the UK, priced from £49,640, with the brand claiming it offers the same capabilities as its regular counterpart plus better refinement and responsiveness. It uses the same 2.8-litre turbo diesel four that was already offered in the Hilux but adds an electric motor-generator and a 48V lithium
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Renault will continue to tap into its back catalogue with plans to revive iconic “Fast and Furious cars” of the 1990s and early 2000s. Speaking at the launch of the new Renault 5 Turbo 3E, group design chief Laurens van den Acker said he believes there is “a window of opportunity” for more desirable retro revivals,
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The Nio ET9 now comes with a ZF full steer-by-wire system that has no mechanical connection between the road wheels and the steering wheel. It’s among the first production cars to be fitted with steer-by-wire, but not the first. Infiniti tried it with the Q50 as far back as 2013. The Toyota bZ4X is also
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Too big and heavy, too expensive, too slow to charge. These are all accusations levelled at today’s electric car batteries, to an extent and on occasions, fairly. Consider also what’s said about Rolls-Royce: that it makes the world’s best cars. “Strive for perfection in everything you do,” Sir Henry Royce reportedly once said. In the 1920s,
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Inside, the Spectre seats you a little higher and less recumbently than in some GT coupés, for the sake of convenience. You feel suitably ensconced in the beautifully soft chairs up front; in the two-seat second row, while occupant space isn’t limousine-like, there is still ample space for all but the tallest adult passengers. The layout
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England’s local authorities will be required to publish annual reports stating how many potholes they have filled or face losing a significant portion of their funding for road repairs. The Department for Transport (DfT) said it would withhold 25% of the extra funding recently granted to councils – amounting to £500 million – if they don’t publish
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