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How long do the names of artists remain within cultural memory after they die? Over the span of 150 years data show that 98% of all artists' names decline in their appearance in newspapers, yet the few that remain, whose names we would all recognize, remain.
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This commentary shows the nature and duration of long-term cultural memory.
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This page is a summary of: The afterlife of artists, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences,
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2313580120.
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