https://news.briefpulse.com/publications/culture/ Books, film, music, arts and heritage with reporting separated from criticism. en 2026-09-17T06:52:11+00:00 https://news.briefpulse.com/publications/culture/editions/2026-09-16https://news.briefpulse.com/publications/culture/editions/2026-09-16Thu, 17 Sep 2026 01:26:21 +0000The dated edition for 2026-09-16. https://news.briefpulse.com/publications/culture/stories/culture-federal-notice-clears-import-objects https://news.briefpulse.com/publications/culture/stories/culture-federal-notice-clears-import-objects 2026-09-17T05:38:25+00:00 BriefPulse Culture A Federal Register notice states that objects being imported from abroad for the exhibition "Masterpieces of Printmaking: 1460--Now" at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, California, are of cultural significance and that their temporary US display is in the national interest. The notice gives no exhibition dates, no object list and no lender names. https://news.briefpulse.com/publications/culture/stories/culture-weather-keeper-picture-book-grows https://news.briefpulse.com/publications/culture/stories/culture-weather-keeper-picture-book-grows 2026-09-17T03:08:32+00:00 BriefPulse Culture A new picture book, 'The Weather Keeper,' traces to a 2021 New York Times article about weather monitoring at the edge of the world. The evidence available here supports only that origin and two credited creators, so treat practical details as unconfirmed. https://news.briefpulse.com/publications/culture/stories/culture-carlo-rovelli-equality-all-things https://news.briefpulse.com/publications/culture/stories/culture-carlo-rovelli-equality-all-things 2026-09-17T03:08:22+00:00 BriefPulse Culture NPR's Books section published a piece bylined Adam Frank on 14 September 2026 on physicist Carlo Rovelli's latest title, 'On the Equality of All Things'. The evidence available here is a headline, a one-line description and page metadata; it carries no publisher, price, page count, on-sale date or quotations from the book. https://news.briefpulse.com/publications/culture/stories/culture-patricio-guzm-director-battle-chile https://news.briefpulse.com/publications/culture/stories/culture-patricio-guzm-director-battle-chile 2026-09-17T02:13:17+00:00 BriefPulse Culture Patricio Guzmán, the Chilean documentary maker whose films chronicled the 1973 coup and its long aftermath, has died in Paris aged 85. The Guardian reports the cause as a cardiorespiratory arrest, citing the Chilean news outlet Emol. https://news.briefpulse.com/publications/culture/stories/culture-student-pattern-analysis-finds-mozart https://news.briefpulse.com/publications/culture/stories/culture-student-pattern-analysis-finds-mozart 2026-09-17T02:13:11+00:00 BriefPulse Culture A US student, Linus Chen-Plotkin, has analysed music by four canonical composers looking for patterns and found that Mozart's music moves in the least predictable way, according to a Guardian report. The evidence available is an opening summary only: the other three composers, the measure of predictability and any peer review are not stated. https://news.briefpulse.com/publications/culture/stories/culture-annie-dillard-pulitzer-winning-author-pilgrim https://news.briefpulse.com/publications/culture/stories/culture-annie-dillard-pulitzer-winning-author-pilgrim 2026-09-17T02:13:02+00:00 BriefPulse Culture Annie Dillard, whose Pilgrim at Tinker Creek won the Pulitzer prize, has died aged 81 at her home in Massachusetts, her literary editor Maggie Nelson confirmed to the New York Times. The evidence here is a short news report: it gives no cause of death and names no other works. https://news.briefpulse.com/publications/culture/stories/culture-support-acts-quit-sheeran-tour https://news.briefpulse.com/publications/culture/stories/culture-support-acts-quit-sheeran-tour 2026-09-17T01:56:12+00:00 BriefPulse Culture Support acts Finneas, Lukas Graham and Aaron Rowe, along with Ed Sheeran's Irish backing band Beoga, have pulled out of the remaining dates of Sheeran's US stadium tour. They are protesting the removal of Macklemore, who was dropped for making pro-Palestinian comments.