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Women Are Opening Up About What It's Really Like Going Through Fertility Treatments
“I never thought I would be a first-time mom at 43, but I am so thankful we have our son and wouldn’t change our journey for anything!”View Entire Post ›
Nearly A Decade After Gamergate, These Women Are Part Of The Majority-Female Leadership Team For A Best-Selling Video Game
“When we build teams and cultures where we create safe spaces for a variety of ideas to shine through, we create healthier, more productive teams and ultimately, more prosperous businesses.”View Entire Post ›
Here's What AI Thinks 18 Emotions Would Look Like If They Were Part Of “Inside Out”
All of these emotions are throwing a house party in my head every day.View Entire Post ›
Older Adults Are Sharing The Things From Their Childhood That 2020s Kids Will Never, Ever Comprehend, And I Forgot All About Some Of These
“I felt a weird sort of sad, nostalgic pang. You don’t hear that much anymore.”View Entire Post ›
“The Who’s Tommy” Plays the Old Pinball
The 1993 musical’s already bizarre story, derived from Pete Townshend’s beautiful 1969 album, is even less clear in Des McAnuff’s reanimation for Broadway.
I Can't Believe What Michael Jackson's Kids Look Like Now In This Rare Red Carpet Photo
They’re all grown up now.View Entire Post ›
29 People Opened Up About The “Weirdest” Parts Of Their Bodies, And I'm Completely Intrigued
“I have crossed nerves in my mouth, so numbing my front teeth means numbing from canine to canine, and my palate. It took six rounds of ineffective numbing for it to be diagnosed.”View Entire Post ›
The Enchanting Archaeological Romance of “La Chimera”
The ghosts of the past haunt Alice Rohrwacher’s fourth feature, which stars Josh O’Connor as a tomb raider nursing a broken heart.
In A Resurfaced Interview, Usher Recalled Seeing “Curious Things” At Diddy's House When He Lived There For A Year As A 13-Year-Old
“There were very curious things taking place, and I didn’t necessarily understand it.”View Entire Post ›
14 Very, Very, Very, Very, Very, Very, Very, Very, Very, Very, Very, Very, Very Honest “Rate My Professor” Reviews
“I would give her my kidney.”View Entire Post ›
Kelly Osbourne Addressed Criticism Of Her Ozempic Comments, And Talk About Missing The Mark
“If there’s a medication out there that can help people lose weight, then what’s so bad about it?”View Entire Post ›
15 Movie Moments From The Last 10 Years That Actors Were Actually Terrified To Film
While filming Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Bryce Dallas Howard was “so scared” while filming a scene where Claire falls over a cliff that she passed out.View Entire Post ›
Logan Lerman And Joey King Talked About The Most Famous People In Their Contacts, Their “Roman Empires,” And So Much More During Their Costar Test
Today, I learned that Logan Lerman’s “Roman empire” is the actual Roman Empire.View Entire Post ›
Gwangju Biennale Names Artists for 2024 Edition, a Show Billed as a ‘Soundscape of the 21st Century’
This post was originally published on artnews.com The Gwangju Biennale, the most high-profile recurring art festival in Asia, has revealed the artists that will take part in the 2024 show, due to open in the South Korean city on September 7. The exhibition is this time being curated by Nicolas Bourriaud, a French curator best… Continue reading Gwangju Biennale Names Artists for 2024 Edition, a Show Billed as a ‘Soundscape of the 21st Century’
Ghanaian Photographer Gerald Annan-Forson Comes Into Focus with a US Retrospective
This post was originally published on artnews.com When Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Ghana in 1999 on an official visit, the British High Commission called Gerald Annan-Forson about photographing the monarch in a private session. Years beforehand, Annan-Forson had developed a habit of standing before Buckingham Palace with the dream of taking images of the queen… Continue reading Ghanaian Photographer Gerald Annan-Forson Comes Into Focus with a US Retrospective
Folks Admitted Horrific Things Partners Do In Relationships, And It'll Make You Reevaluate Your Dating Standards
“When they tell me I have to choose between them and my friend.”View Entire Post ›
Following Lawsuit Settlement, Latino Student Internship at Smithsonian Now Open to All Students
This post was originally published on artnews.com The Latino Museum Studies Program undergraduate internship at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino has been opened to students of all races after the settlement of a lawsuit that said the program amounted to discrimination, CNN reports. The lawsuit was filed in February by the Texas-based American Alliance for Equal Rights against the… Continue reading Following Lawsuit Settlement, Latino Student Internship at Smithsonian Now Open to All Students
Inigo Philbrick, Art Dealer Who Received a Seven-Year Prison Sentence for Fraud, Is Released Early
This post was originally published on artnews.com Inigo Philbrick, the New York dealer who was later sentenced to seven years in prison for a $86 million wire fraud scheme, has been released. He was sentenced in May 2022, making his prison stay a little less than four years—more than three years less than he was… Continue reading Inigo Philbrick, Art Dealer Who Received a Seven-Year Prison Sentence for Fraud, Is Released Early
I'm Challenging Any Disney Fan To Get 8+ On This Disney Quiz – I'll Honestly Be Impressed
I hope you know your Mulan from your Lion King.View Entire Post ›
Art Gallery of Ontario’s Workers Strike, Forcing Museum to Close
This post was originally published on artnews.com Hundreds of workers at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) recently went on strike in an effort to obtain higher wages in one of Canada’s most expensive cities. After ten months of bargaining, members of the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU/SEFPO) Local 535 officially went on strike… Continue reading Art Gallery of Ontario’s Workers Strike, Forcing Museum to Close
“How Dare You?” Kenan Thompson Spoke Out After The “Quiet On Set” Documentary
“It’s a good thing that the doc is out and it’s putting things on display, stories that need to be told for accountability’s sake.”View Entire Post ›
Marvel Needed To Get People Excited Again, So They Brilliantly Sent Florence Pugh To Do The Job
If you need someone to get audiences excited for your movie, just let Florence Pugh share a behind-the-scenes video.View Entire Post ›
Ibrahim Mahama Wins Dia’s Inaugural Sam Gilliam Award
This post was originally published on artnews.com The Dia Art Foundation in New York has announced that Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama has won the inaugural Sam Gilliam Award, which comes with $75,000 and a public program at one of Dia’s locations this fall. The Sam Gilliam Award was established last year by the late artist’s… Continue reading Ibrahim Mahama Wins Dia’s Inaugural Sam Gilliam Award
Vampire Weekend Releases New Song About Disgraced Art Dealer Mary Boone
This post was originally published on artnews.com Mary Boone, the famed New York dealer who went to prison for tax fraud, is the subject of a new song by Vampire Weekend that shares its name with hers. But the song is less an ode to her eponymous gallery, which boosted the profiles of artists ranging… Continue reading Vampire Weekend Releases New Song About Disgraced Art Dealer Mary Boone
The “Fart Twins,” The Collapsing Bed Incident, And 23 More Unexpectedly Hilarious Things That Happened During Sex
“It was both hilarious and slightly embarrassing, but we couldn’t stop laughing.”View Entire Post ›
The Broad museum in Los Angeles reveals $100m expansion plans
The institution has re-enlisted the architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro to create a new wing that will expand its gallery space by 70%
Moroccan pavilion cancelled at the 2024 Venice Biennale
Plans for country to make its Venice debut have been dropped, but no one—including the artists due to show there—knows why
SP-Arte turns 20—as Brazilian artists and curators take the spotlight at Venice
São Paulo fair’s founder says her efforts are “legitimised” by Adriano Pedrosa being the first South American to curate the Venice Biennale this month
National Portrait Gallery’s Nicholas Cullinan Appointed Director of British Museum
This post was originally published on artnews.com The British Museum has appointed Nicholas Cullinan its new director. Currently director of London’s National Portrait Gallery, Cullinan now has the tough task of helping lead the institution while it continues to deal with the fallout from last year’s revelation that 2,000 items in the museum’s collection were… Continue reading National Portrait Gallery’s Nicholas Cullinan Appointed Director of British Museum
$18 M. Painting by Basquiat and Warhol Heads to Sale at Sotheby’s
This post was originally published on artnews.com An untitled 1984 painting done by Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat will sell at Sotheby’s in a contemporary art evening sale this May, making it one of the top lot of that marquee auction week. This will be the picture’s first appearance at auction since it sold, also… Continue reading $18 M. Painting by Basquiat and Warhol Heads to Sale at Sotheby’s
13 Actors Who Publicly Called Out Their Former Male Costars (And Why)
Brian Cox said that his Succession costar Jeremy Strong’s Method acting was “f*cking annoying.” He said, “Don’t get me going on it.”View Entire Post ›
Intimate photo stories of war
A thought-provoking exhibition of work by the late photojournalist Tim Hetherington at London’s Imperial War Museum
Tate Modern swaps its Turners for a ride with Der Blaue Reiter
A London exhibition of the Expressionist movement aims to show “there is more to the early Modernist period than starry, solitary male artists”
Painting from Warhol and Basquiat’s notorious collaboration aims to fetch around $18m at Sotheby’s in New York this May
The monumental canvas is expected to reset the record price at auction for any work from the series
Museum Workers Flex Union Muscles, Dealer Inigo Philbrick Freed from Prison, British Museum Names New Director, and More: Morning Links for March 28, 2024
This post was originally published on artnews.com To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. THE HEADLINES NEW BRITISH MUSEUM LEADER. Nicholas Cullinan has been appointed the new director of the British Museum in London, following the resignation of former director Hartwig Fischer, who stepped down in the wake of a massive… Continue reading Museum Workers Flex Union Muscles, Dealer Inigo Philbrick Freed from Prison, British Museum Names New Director, and More: Morning Links for March 28, 2024
Krista Kim: the entrepreneurial artist who is taking on AI
The Canadian-Korean creative works with light and sound to create Zen for the digital age
“Skin” by David de la Mano in Paris, France
In the heart of Paris, a thought-provoking mural titled “Skin” emerges as a testament to the complexities of human existence. Created by renowned artist David Dela Mano, this mural serves as the centerpiece of an exhibition organized by the Roaming Gallery, captivating audiences with its profound exploration of borders. Located at 47 Rue Barrault in…
Good Spirit: Rachel Verghis is the creative force behind a small-batch gin that’s keeping the art world topped up
The collector, patron and entrepreneur serves her MarGin brand at art fairs, galleries and her London home
7 Romance Novels Coming Out In 2024 That Bewitched Me, Body And Soul
From Emily Henry’s witty banter in “Funny Story” to Laura Thalassa’s epic world-building in “Bespelled,” these seven books are PERFECT for any rainy spring afternoon or sunny summer beach day.View Entire Post ›
Sabrina Carpenter Has Hit Back At Speculation That She Is “Obnoxiously Horny” As She Explained The Deeper Meaning Behind Her NSFW “Nonsense” Outros
Sabrina has earned a bit of a reputation for her X-rated ad-libs, with the BBC even pulling her performance from its website last year.View Entire Post ›
Message on a bottle: how Château Mouton Rothschild made a fine art of its wine labels
A glittering array of artists—including Jean Cocteau, Georges Braque, Salvador Dalí, Henry Moore and Joan Miró—have designed labels for the wine-maker
Zayn Malik Gave Some Rare Insight Into Life With His And Gigi Hadid’s 3-Year-Old Daughter, And It Sounds As If They Have The Most Fun Ever
“I’m just trying to keep her grounded and enjoying the Earth rather than all the noise that comes with it.”View Entire Post ›
22 Appallingly Inappropriate Things People Have Had To Deal With At Work
“Everyone heard, and no one said anything.”View Entire Post ›
Home Cooks Are Sharing The “Fraud Meals” They'd Be Lost Without, And Several Are Pure Genius
“This cookie recipe was handed down from my great aunt Nesele Toulouse…”View Entire Post ›
“NYT You Better Be Counting Your Days” — 17 Tweets About Connections That I, Well, Connected With
“There’s a secret even mini-er mini-game within the NYT Connections which is trying to guess what the exact wording of all the category names will be.”View Entire Post ›
Americans Are Sharing “European Mind Can't Comprehend” Memes That Would Leave Europeans Completely Confused
I’d be embarrassed… but it’s all true.View Entire Post ›
British Museum’s legal action over thefts is ‘locking the stable door after the horse has bolted’, experts say
The museum’s former acting head of the Greece and Rome department, Peter Higgs, is facing legal action after being accused of stealing up to 2,000 objects
Brazilian galleries Jaqueline Martins and Sé merge to form Martins&Montero
The new joint venture will operate in São Paulo and Brussels, opening with solo shows of 2024 Venice Biennale artist Jota Mombaça
Penn Badgley Gave Rare Insight Into His Family Life As He Recalled Initially Struggling To Bond With His 15-Year-Old Stepson
“I have an interesting situation where I have a biological son and a stepson. And my stepson is — his father is very much in his life, so his father is his father, and I’m something else.”View Entire Post ›
Nicholas Cullinan is appointed director of the British Museum
Cullinan, currently the director of the National Portrait Gallery, faces an array of challenges in rebuilding the oldest national museum in the world’s reputation
Swiss dealer Eberhard Kornfeld bequeathed Kirchner, Giacometti works to Bern Kunstmuseum
Kornfeld died last year, shortly before turning 100
A major squawk-ing point: Māori parrot-feather cloak set to be star exhibit at Perth Museum
Following painstaking conservation, the delicate piece will go on show at the Scottish museum in its newly opened building, a £27m conversion of the Edwardian former city hall
Can We Get Kids Off Smartphones?
We know that social media is bad for young people, who need more time—and freedom—offline. But the collective will to fix this problem is hard to find.
Forbidden City and Versailles are brought together in Beijing exhibition
Show focuses on the golden age of collecting between France and China in the 17th and 18th centuries
'I am looking forward to works that resonate with the concept of blackness': Wu Tiejun on his hopes for Art Basel Hong Kong
The founder of Nanjing’s Deji Art Museum describes his approach to collecting and his love of Taihu stones
Glenn Ligon: 'The idea of coal dust being elevated into the space of art was something that interested me'
As his series of text paintings make their debut in Hong Kong, the US artist discusses his decades-long meditation on the words of James Baldwin
Art Basel Hong Kong diary: Jeff Koons shakes it off, shopping mall is blooming lovely, and superheroes abound at M+
Plus: Wong Ping’s bum note, puppy (and kitten) love at Square Street Gallery, and the Peninsula Hotel goes green
Hong Kong's M+ museum is among the 20 most visited globally
Other art institutions in the Special Administrative Region also enjoyed healthy figures in 2023, according to The Art Newspaper’s annual attendance survey
West Kowloon mega arts hub races to find new source of funding
Hong Kong’s huge cultural quarter has been spectacularly successful
at pulling in tourists and shows, but with its endowment running out,
it needs to find new financial solutions
Next act: Edward Enninful turns his attention from fashion to the world of art
The former editor-in-chief of British Vogue has put on a Robert Mapplethorpe show at Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, in his first role as curator
16 Outrageously Entitled, Bratty, Belligerent Bozos Who Couldn't Fathom Not Being The Center Of The Universe
I do NOT have the patience for this.View Entire Post ›
Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama wins inaugural Sam Gilliam Award
The prize, established by Dia Art Foundation and the Sam Gilliam Foundation, comes with a $75,000 gift and public programme at Dia
“I Wish I'd Tried Harder”: 14 Honest Regrets From People In Their 30s And 40s
“I wasted so much time and money over something that ultimately did not work out.”View Entire Post ›
Mass Moca employees end three-week strike following dispute over wages
Unionised workers and museum officials have ratified a new deal that raises staff minimum wages to $18 per hour
Inigo Philbrick, art dealer who went to prison for fraud, is free
In 2022, Philbrick was sentenced to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to an $86m fraud
China, France and a unifying love of bling: Palace Museum show draws on parallels between cultures
The exhibition in Beijing of 17th- and 18th-century objects from the Forbidden City and the Palace of Versailles will look at how artisans on opposite sides of the world influenced each other
You Probably Know Someone With Endometriosis – Here’s What People With The Condition Want You To Know
“It can feel like you’re trapped inside a body that won’t allow you to reach your full potential. There are days when you mentally want to do things, but your body just can’t handle it. It’s like being at war with yourself.”View Entire Post ›
The Best Books We’ve Read in 2024 So Far
Our editors and critics review notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
Art Gallery of Ontario closes as more than 400 workers go on strike
The strike comes after a breakdown in negotiations between the workers’ union and museum administrators, and as the institution pursues a C$100m expansion
From long-lost portrait by Gustav Klimt to a painting by the ‘Persian Picasso’: our pick of the April sales
Plus, a mid-career painting by African American artist Hughie Lee-Smith
Blockbuster Picasso show to head to Hong Kong next year
Musée National Picasso in Paris to loan more than 60 works to M+ museum
As Art Basel Hong Kong gets off to brisk start, young buyers make their presence known
Predominance of new generation reflects an emerging trend across Asia
1-54 art fair brings contemporary African art show to Hong Kong
A selling exhibition of 27 established and emerging artists opens at Christie’s
auction house ahead of a planned launch of the fair in the city next year
'Queer people may soon be forgotten if their estates are not properly cared for': Patrick Sun on his philosophy for collecting
The pioneering patron of LGBTQ+ art in Asia discusses the importance of
preserving community legacies and shares his favourite Hong Kong eateries
In pictures: top works to see during Hong Kong art week
Check out our unmissable highlights from around the SAR
If You Guess Over 7 Of These Artists Most Streamed Songs, You Deserve A Prize
Time to test your pop knowledge!View Entire Post ›
A brush with… Shahzia Sikander
An in-depth interview with the artist on her cultural experiences and greatest influences, from time spent in Mogadishu, Somalia, to the work of the artist Eva Hesse
Richard Serra, creator of audacious steel sculptures, has died aged 85
The American sculptor received the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale
Leading Ukrainian art academy devastated by Russian air strike
The Mykhailo Boichuk Kyiv State Academy of Decorative Applied Arts and Design reportedly sustained serious damage from falling fragments of a missile
Why We Can’t Stop Arguing About Whether Trump Is a Fascist
In a new book, “Did it Happen Here?,” scholars debate what the F-word conceals and what it reveals.
Flipping the Script on Trans Medical Encounters
Noah Schamus and Brit Fryer’s short film offers a vision of how physicians and trans patients can meet one another on equal footing.
The Reels deal: museums embrace Instagram’s video opportunities
While artists have decried the platform’s shift beyond still images, institutions are getting on board
Ten artists receive €100,000 as winners of Chanel Next Prize 2024
The second edition of the biennial award, which acknowledges practitioners across art, film, theatre and more, also grants two years of mentorship and inclusion in a global networking programme
New York museum's former chief financial officer claims in lawsuit she was fired for raising concerns about director’s expenses
Denise Lewis claims she was fired “without cause or warning” after she complained about the Museum of Arts and Design’s director’s alleged use of the institution’s funds for personal expenses during a vacation in Mexico
US museums blame falling visitor numbers for staff redundancies
Institutions including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art have let staff go
We're hiring! Ad Sales Executive, London office
The Art Newspaper is looking for an experienced and energetic advertising sales executive
Big brother is watching: museum visitors are being monitored by AI-powered cameras
Sophisticated technology is helping institutions count people but it also has the capability of tracking demographic data, ensuring people are well behaved and even detecting if visitors are enjoying themselves
Vermeer vs Pokémon: the double-edged sword of the blockbuster exhibition
Shows at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh Museum were huge hits last year but managing visitors—and staff—proved challenging
The 100 most popular art museums in the world—blockbusters, bots and bounce-backs
Our exclusive Visitor Figures 2023 survey shows that many of the world’s leading art museums returned to their pre-pandemic attendance levels. But some, especially in the UK, are still missing millions of visitors
Acquisitions round-up: Cleveland museum buys a sumptuous 16th-century wooden carving, once part of an altarpiece
Plus, the UK’s first permanent public sculpture by a Black female artist goes to Warwick University, and National Gallery of Art lands a collection of 20 shadow boxes by Joseph Cornell
Who will rule Rembrandtland? Behind the search for an authority on the Old Master
Following the death of universally acclaimed Rembrandt scholar Ernst van de Wetering, attribution of the artist is in flux
Percival Everett’s Philosophical Reply to “Huckleberry Finn”
In his new novel, “James,” Everett explores how an emblem of American slavery can write himself into being.
New Hong Kong: how the city aims to stay a global art hub
The SAR is riding out economic and political challenges with more buyers, bigger galleries and serious art
Pop-up Supper Club aims to make art in Hong Kong more accessible
Run by local curators and gallerists, the event enables a relaxed experience while promoting regional works
Guangdong Times Museum reopens after money issues
Chinese institution, which suspended exhibitions in October 2022, has been reinvigorated following fundraising auction
From Hong Kong to Venice, Trevor Yeung conjures objects of desire
The Hong Kong artist explains why fish tanks and a notorious tree are “monuments to human interactions” in his new exhibitions for Para Site and the Venice Biennale
Yang Fudong: ‘It’s a silent movie, Hong Kong is the soundtrack’
The Chinese artist and filmmaker reveals the inspirations behind his silent film made for the M+ Facade, a tribute to the beauty of Hong Kong and the process of ageing
Sneak preview: Asian pavilions at the 2024 Venice Biennale
Decomposing fruit, a scent-diffusing figurine and a fantasy dragon ship
are just some of the works that explore themes of identity, migration and memory at the prestigious event this year
Top shows to see during Art Basel Hong Kong
Our pick of what’s on around the city
I Know What Your Type Is, But In Order To Find Out, You Have To Pick Nothing But Guy Names First
He’s such a Chad.;)View Entire Post ›
This Weird Correlations Poll Will Have You Questioning Everything
Friday is blue, period.View Entire Post ›
What Food-Related Career Is Best Suited For You? Whip Up Some Dishes To Find Out!
“Yes, chef!” 🗣️View Entire Post ›
If Rachel Greene Was Your Bestie And You Could Borrow From Her Closet, Which Of These Spring 'Fits Would You Snag?
Spring has sprung! As the flowers bloom and the sun shines, it’s time to embrace the season’s floral fashion.View Entire Post ›
Where Do You Stand On These Huge Food Debates?
Putting ranch on pizza should be a crime…View Entire Post ›
From Park Hopping To Lightning Lanes, Let's See If Your Disney Parks Approach Is Unique Or Totally Typical
It truly is the most magical place on Earth!View Entire Post ›
Are You Emo Or Preppy?
Let’s hear which aesthetic you got! 👇View Entire Post ›
Did You Know We Can Guess Your Generation Based On Your Favorite Disney Songs?
I feel like the 2010s Disney movies have the BEST music!View Entire Post ›
New York City Travel Posters Through the Decades
Images from a century past showcase colorful dreams of a magnetic metropolis.
Taipei Biennial: a meditation on disease, loss and and the lasting impact of 'Covid toxicity'
Rooted in sound, the show offered a deep dive into the whole gamut of human experience
‘We remember who we are through culture’
M+ Museum Director Suhanya Raffel on Hong Kong’s first international cultural summit and why it matters
London's Serpentine Galleries calls for artists and institutions to become ‘stewards’ of data in face of rising interest in AI
The London gallery’s fourth annual Future Arts Ecosystems report addresses a pressing need for bodies to address the use of artificial intelligence, for their own benefit and for the public good
Hong Kong arts hub West Kowloon Cultural District opens summit with raft of global agreements
Digital challenges and the social and economic changes sparked by cultural transformation are among issues aired
Protestors at London Science Museum rally against ‘greenwashing’ new sponsor
The museum has received backlash for its decision to allow Adani Green Energy to sponsor a new gallery focused on climate change
Briefly Noted Book Reviews
“Ashoka,” “Pax Economica,” “Here in Avalon,” and “Bitter Water Opera.”
Mark Ulriksen’s “Standing Guard”
The artist depicts the tail-wagging occasion of the first signs of spring.
When New York Made Baseball and Baseball Made New York
The rise of the sport as we know it was centered in Gotham, where big stadiums, heroic characters, and epic sportswriting once produced a pastime that bound a city together.
You Say You Want a Revolution. Do You Know What You Mean by That?
Two new books, by Fareed Zakaria and Nathan Perl-Rosenthal, demonstrate the concept’s allure and perils.
The Escher Quartet and Igor Levit Test Musical Limits
The chamber ensemble played all six of Bartók’s string quartets, and the pianist played devilishly difficult transcriptions of symphonic scores by Mahler and Beethoven.
‘Met Museum, you’re complicit’: artists and activists take over museum’s front steps with giant pro-Palestine quilt
A two-hour rally at the New York museum drew many supportive cheers and honks, plus a handful of antagonistic shouts
Michael Imperioli Knows Art Can’t Save Us
The “White Lotus” and “Sopranos” star discusses his formative first encounter with Martin Scorsese, his philosophy of acting, and the climate protest that just disrupted his Broadway début.
The Heartbreak of an English Football Team
The Netflix series “Sunderland ’Til I Die” serves as a thesis both for fandom and for the inevitability of its disappointments.
Major discrepancy in dates of Damien Hirst formaldehyde works revealed in Guardian investigation
Four of the artist’s preserved animal works, said to be from the 1990s, were produced in 2017, raising questions of transparency in artistic production
Life in a Luxury Hotel for New Moms and Babies
My month of rest, relaxation, and regret at a Taiwanese postpartum-care center.
From Milan To Miami, There's A Perfect Spring Break Destination For Everyone — Let's Discover Yours
You only get one a year, so don’t waste this week! 🌞View Entire Post ›
Jewish history museum in Philadelphia would become part of Smithsonian under proposed legislation
A new bill could create a commission to assess the feasibility of adding the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History to the Smithsonian family
Answer 10 Quick Questions To Uncover Your “Wonka” Personality Twin
Find out which whimsical character you are from this whimsical movie!:)View Entire Post ›
Oddly Enough, Your Dessert Preferences Will Reveal The First Letter Of Your True Love's Name
I could eat so many cupcakes rn…View Entire Post ›
Create Your Dream Boba Drink to Find Out Which Disney Princess Is Your Ultimate BFF
My Disney BFF is Belle!View Entire Post ›
The Sun, Moon, And Stars Control Our Entire Universe, So Find Out Which One You're The Embodiment Of
Keep slaying, my fellow moon people! 🌙View Entire Post ›
The Form-Blurring Fury of “Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World”
Radu Jude’s TikTok-tinged movie can be breathtakingly funny, but the absurdity is rooted in a powerful sense of outrage.
Exquisite Beach Vibes at Quique Crudo
A seafood-focussed counter from the owners of Casa Enrique—the first Mexican restaurant in the city to earn a Michelin star—opens in the West Village.
Peter Morgan’s “Patriots” Heads to Broadway
Also: The soft-rock palette of Arlo Parks, the tearjerker musical “The Notebook,” Eric Fischl’s paintings of bourgeois cocoons, and more.
Masterstroke Casting in “An Enemy of the People”
Jeremy Strong finds urgency and conversational menace in Ibsen’s 1882 drama, also with Michael Imperioli, in a new version by Amy Herzog, directed by Sam Gold.
Med Hondo’s Vital Political Cinema Comes to New York
The Mauritanian filmmaker, long active in France, reveals the legacy of colonialism in society at large and in the art of movies.
The Art of the Robocall
“Lennox Mutual,” a one-on-one immersive theatrical experience, raises questions about performance, A.I., and corporate culture.
The Best Bio-Pics Ever Made
The genre presents very particular artistic challenges, but here are thirty-three films that transcend them.
A Musical for—and About—Grammar Sticklers
“The Angry Grammarian” asks whether two lovebirds can overcome differing opinions on the Oxford comma.
Why New York Restaurants Are Going Members-Only
Ultra-exclusive places, like Rao’s and the Polo Bar, once seemed like rarities in the city’s dining scene. Now clubbiness is becoming a norm.
Ian Munsick Puts the Western Back in Country
He brought his cowboy hat and ranch experience to Nashville, where he sings about the Wyoming life he left behind.
Banksy in London: A Dead Tree and Vivid Hues in Finsbury Park
In an unexpected corner of London’s Finsbury Park, a new Banksy piece silently confronts passersby with a jarring juxtaposition of life and decay. Unannounced but unmistakably Banksy, the artwork features a lifeless tree standing in stark contrast to a backdrop of vibrant green splatters—created, in a twist of irony, with a fire extinguisher. This vivid…
Restaurant Review: Café Carmellini Is Fine Dining That Knows a Good Time
Andrew Carmellini’s latest venture is a serious, sophisticated restaurant, with white linens on the tables and bow-tied service captains, but it never sacrifices a sense of fun.
Kelly Link Is Committed to the Fantastic
The MacArthur-winning author on the worthwhile frivolity of the fantasy genre, how magic is and is not like a credit card, and why she hates to write but does it anyway.
Alan Cumming Wants Us All to Let Go
The actor, author, cabaret performer, and host of the hit reality series “The Traitors” says, “I think American people, especially, are slightly ashamed of abandon.”
“Eternal Sunshine,” Reviewed: Ariana Grande Takes Romantic Inventory
The pop star’s latest album charts the longing that accompanies the end of a relationship, but she also can’t resist playing the role of plucky provocateur.
An Oscar-Night Diary: The Kenergy Was Palpable
“Barbie” received only one award, but the ceremony—and even the after-parties—brimmed with a simple ebullience.
The Oscars Are More Barbie Than They’ll Admit
The show wasn’t bad, but a shortsighted Academy was hard on this year’s best movies.
How Arnold Schoenberg Changed Hollywood
He moved to California during the Nazi era, and his music—which ranged from the lushly melodic to the rigorously atonal—caught the ears of everyone from George Gershwin to James Dean.
Restaurant Review: Missy Robbins’s Lowest Key Pasta Paradiso
Robbins’s chic flagship restaurant Lilia is perpetually booked. Her follow-up, Misi, is stuck in a charmless space. With her latest place, Misipasta, I feel like Goldilocks.
A Begrudgingly Affectionate Portrait of the American Mall
“We’re all being manipulated in the mall,” the photographer Stephen DiRado says. But his photos elicit a certain nostalgia, almost in spite of themselves.
My Anxiety
Is what’s wrong with me what’s wrong with everyone else?
“Cherry Mouse” by Bordalo II in Lisboa, Portugal
Portuguese artist Artur Bordalo, known as Bordalo II, is renowned for his transformative street art creations. His latest work, the Cherry Mouse, unveiled at the Cor de Chelas Festival festival, is a testament to his unique approach to art. Situated in Lisbon’s Estrada de Chelas neighborhood, the installation breathes new life into the urban landscape, bringing color…
“In the Know,” a Promising Satire of NPR That Never Quite Tunes In
The stop-motion comedy from Zach Woods, Brandon Gardner, and Mike Judge lacks the zingy acuity of its creators’ best work.
The Dark Delights of a Millennial “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”
Donald Glover and Maya Erskine star as spies-for-hire posing as husband and wife—and embody their generation’s emotional and economic malaise.
The shadow series by Levalet in Paris
Here is a collection of images from Levalet’s latest series, an ongoing project that the French street artist is delivering to the streets of Paris. The play between shadow and reality is evident in these life size paste ups, a gap between will and ambition, or simply between present and future of the subjects caught…
The Horrifying and Humanistic Ending of “The Curse”
In its surreal final episode, the Showtime series reaches great new heights.
Artist Interview: Dan The Automator Nakamura X Good Luck Dry Cleaners
Matthew A. Eller: I am here today with the one and only Dan The Automator Nakamura and Phil Reese from Good Luck Dry Cleaners, and we are going to talk about art. So Dan, can you tell everybody briefly who you are, and what you do? Dan The Automator: They call me Dan The Automator….
“LA JOTA” Urban Postcards G085 by Giulio Vesprini in Zaragoza, Spain
Renowned street artist Giulio Vesprini has recently unveiled a captivating mural as part of the Asalto Festival in Zaragoza. Nestled in the enchanting “La Jota” neighborhood, this masterpiece finds its canvas amidst a place rich in history and architectural charm. La Jota, with its roots dating back to an ambitious 1947 housing project, was envisioned as…
Artist Retrospective: Tristan Eaton
In the vibrant tapestry of contemporary street art, Tristan Eaton stands as a luminary, celebrated for his awe-inspiring large-scale murals that grace urban landscapes worldwide. Born in Hollywood in 1978 and seasoned by a nomadic upbringing, Eaton’s journey from London to Detroit and finally to the bustling streets of New York at the age of…
“Graffiti Art in Prison” by Martha Cooper & David Mesguich in Florence, Italy
In the early days of 2021, a personal encounter with the prison system opened doors to a unique opportunity. Gabriella Cianciolo, a professor at the University of Cologne, extended an invitation to become a speaker in the interdisciplinary “Graffiti Art in Prison” project, aptly named GAP. Eagerly embracing the chance, our protagonist proposed taking the…
Why Can’t We Quit “The Morning Show”?
Apple’s glossy experiment in prestige melodrama is utterly baffling—and must-watch TV.
Artist Interview: Carlo McCormick Discusses Curating “Wild Style 40th Anniversary Exhibition” at Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, NYC Opening 11/11/23
It’s seminal! There were certain things that became the means by which hip-hop culture conquered the world, the original memes of graffiti and rap that went global. And this is the very first movie to do that. So it’s super, super important. It’s naive, and fresh, and not cynical. If you think about how urban…
Saype in Hatay, Turkey
Saype has gained international recognition for his massive, environmentally conscious art installations that transcend the boundaries of traditional street art. His approach to art is never about ego or self-promotion, instead, he aimed to use his art as a means to convey messages of unity, peace, and sustainability. He describes his work as a “positive…