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September 18, 2024

Is It Art or Entertainment?

Daniel Asia

A recent tour of Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience, an exhibit about Vincent Van Gogh’s life and art in a variety of formats, may tell us more about our time and ourselves than about the a......

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October 18, 2023

Wynton Marsalis: What We Need Now

Daniel Asia

Composer and Professor of Composition Daniel Asia traces the rise of Jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis

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January 10, 2023

Culture and Cultural Appropriation

Daniel Asia

The diffusion of art and culture across continents and oceans typically accompanies great human progress. The only “appropriation” in all of this is carried out by those who politiciz......

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January 21, 2016

Dear Future Arts Professor

Daniel Asia

Daniel Asia gives advice to future arts and humanities scholars.

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February 6, 2013

The Transformational Decade

Daniel Asia

The University of Arizona debuts its new hip-hop major.

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