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Must Read! Marion Maneker: Art Fraudster Inigo Philbrick Rehabs Himself; Timothy Chalamet with Red Hair? Hilarious!


Pierre Huyghe Takes on AI and Nonhuman Evolution in Venice; More accessible is a 19-minute video titled 'Human Mask' (2014). Shot in post-nuclear-disaster Fukushima, Japan, it follows the peripatetic movements of a macaque monkey outfitted to resemble a young girl in a dress, wig, and white Noh-like mask


For these Native American Creatives, Fashion And Art Are Inextricably Linked; Melissa Cody, Jeffrey Gibson, and Kent Monkman are among the multidisciplinary makers exploring what Indigenous identity looks like in the 21st century

Jason Farago: The Venice Biennale and the Art of Turning Backward: Every art institution now speaks of progress, justice, transformation. What if all those words hide a more old-fashioned aim?


Actress Aubrey Plaza Interviews Artist Olivia Erlanger and Her Industrial Futurama at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston


Stephen Seemayer 'Dark Side of Paradise' at Bermudez Projects


Tulsa Kinney: Margaret Lazzari “The Cancer Series” at USC Fisher Museum of Art

MAURIZIO!


Maurizio Cattelan's Got a Gun Show; His new works are pierced by bullets — steel panels plated in 24-karat gold to a mirrorlike reflection, their ammunition wounds warping the metal surfaces.


Is Maurizio Cattelan’s New Work a Bit Too Similar to Sculptures by Anthony James? Both are made with bullets and shiny metals


At Gagosian, Maurizio Cattelan Offers a Furtive Fountain; Rare show of new work by the Italian artist features a vaguely indecent sculpture


WSJ Review: Frank Stella's Vibrant Sculpture Comes Alive; Octogenarian American exhibits highly polished, monumental works at Jeffrey Deitch, NYC

Shark Maintenance: How Damien Hirst Got His Shark(s); Original tiger shark was replaced after it began to rot


Review: John Forse’s Exploration of Rough-and-Tumble Houston

BRAVING OPPRESSION


Iranian Artist ‘Severely Beaten’ and Detained; She was attempting to hang one of her works to the walls around the presidential palace in Tehran illo Farghadani-atena


Saudi Arabia activist sentenced to 11 years in prison for ‘support’ of women’s rights; Manahel al-Otaibi, who promoted female empowerment on social media, was arrested under anti-terror laws

Salman Rushdie has Conversation With AI Version of His Attacker


Video: Salman Rushdie: 'Watching the pool of my blood spreading, I thought: I'm dying'; Exclusive

STAGE STRUCK

The 2024 Tony Nominations Were Pretty Brutal; Few New Musicals Chosen

'Hell's Kitchen' and 'Stereophonic' Tie for Most Tony Nominations

‘Lempicka’ Musical Scores Three Tony Award Nominations; Star of the show, Eden Espinosa, received her first Tony nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role


Jessica Lange Finds New Ways to Melt Hearts in ‘Mother Play’; Drinking, cursing, disco dancing, it’s a hateful character—but also a colorful role that shows the many diverse factions of Jessica Lange’s talent

Bill Smith: Staying Inside The Lines; Painting AI's Possible Future


London Artist and Filmmaker Sin Wai Kin on the Power of Transformation; Spotlighting art world talents on the verge of superstardom


Fine Artist Arthur Jafa Produces a Nauseating Disappointment with a Revisionist Take on ‘Taxi Driver' at Gladstone


Travel Plans: 9 Must-See Shows Around the U.S. This Spring; Spotlights on Mickalene Thomas, Huguette Caland, Walter Price, and Raqib Shaw all made our list


The CCH Pounder Collection is Featured in New Show 'Double ID' at at the Charles H. Wright Museum


See Inside Christoph Büchel’s Provocative and Symbol-Laden Show in Venice


Alex Da Corte 'THE DÆMON' at Matthew Marks Gallery


Gerhard Richter’s New Sculpture Puts a Fresh Spin on His Iconic ‘Strip Paintings’

Our Film Critic Justin Tanner Recommends You See This Classic!

Not only is 'Dodsworth' (1936) my favorite film, directed by my favorite director (William Wyler) and starring my favorite actor (Mary Astor), it is also a surprisingly potent examination of a disintegrating marriage that has lost none of its sophisticated bite even 80 years later.
Lead Walter Huston gives one of his finest performances opposite the delicious Ruth Chatterton as a small town American couple who lose their way during a European vacation. ~Justin Tanner

See the Whole Film, Click Here! "Dodsworth" Nominated for Multiple Oscars and One of the Top Box Office Grossing Films of 1936


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Just Released! First Teaser for King Francis Ford Coppola's 'Megalopolis'


Three’s Company: An Interview with Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist on 'Challengers'; Trio at the heart of Luca Guadagnino's racy tennis drama tell all about summer camp, short shorts, and their formative Guadagnino experiences

The Electrifying Ending of Challengers, Explained; How Justin Kuritzkes crafted Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist’s perfectly satisfying—but intriguingly ambiguous—final scene

‘Challengers’ Let Luca Guadagnino Grab the ‘Suspiria’ Shot That Got Away; Director Luca Guadagnino is only in competition with himself

Film Comment Interview: Radu Jude on 'Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World'


Hilarious Trailer 'Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World'


Trailer 'The Bikeriders'; Written and Directed by Jeff Nichols (Mud (2012), Midnight Special (2016), and Loving (2016); Starring Jodie Comer, Austin Butler and Tom Hardy, Michael Shannon, Mike Faist with Norman Reedus


Video: In Honor of the 30th Anniversary of 'Pulp Fiction,' Quentin Tarantino Directs and Dances Along with Uma Thurman and John Travolta During the Famous Dance Scene


Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis: An Exclusive First Look at the Director’s Retro-Futurist Epic; Adam Driver and Nathalie Emmanuel scan the horizon, and Coppola explains his sprawling influences for the utopian drama


'I Am Cuba': The Filmmakers Who Came In from the Cold; With its delirious images and audaciously poetic style, Soviet filmmaker Mikhail Kalatozov’s hymn to revolution moves beyond ordinary logic to capture the mysterious beauty of collective utopia


Chris Hemsworth on Fear, Love, Furiosa -And Naming a Son After a Brad Pitt Character; Actor best known as Thor moved back to Australia to be close to family and far from Hollywood: “The chatter in my head got so intense.”

‘Fury Road’: George Miller Confirms He’s In The Process Of Writing Another ‘Mad Max’ Prequel


How to Age Fingernails, and Other Tips From a Movie Makeup Book; Emily Schubert has done makeup and prosthetics on movies like “The Sweet East” and “Good Time.” She shares her tricks in a new book with A24


New Trailer 'Aggro Drift' Directed by Harmony Korine (Gummo, Spring Breakers); Shot entirely through an infrared lens, the film follows a Miami Beach hitman as he embarks on the relentless pursuit of his next target


'Lee' Official Teaser Trailer; starring Kate Winslet


Interview: The Annual Screenwriters Gambit, the Black List Founder Franklin Leonard on AI, Transparency, and Knowing Your Favorite Films


‘The Sympathizer’ Review: Park Chan-wook’s Sensational Spy Thriller Is a Hectic Identity Trip; Adapted from Viet Thanh Nguyen's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, HBO's sprawling, black-comic limited series follows a communist spy sent to America at the end of the Vietnam War

Official Trailer for Clippers Series 'Clipped' Featuring Laurence Fishburne, Ed O’Neill and Jacki Weaver; "The scandalous 2013 story of LA's other basketball team."


Trailer: 'Sleep' From South Korean Director Jason Yu in His Debut; Chosen for the Critics’ Week portion of the 76th Cannes Film Festival


Teaser Trailer: 'Mufasa: The Lion King'


Final Trailer 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes'

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BOOKS + WORDS


Constance Debré Finds Beauty in Cruelty; In her latest book 'Playboy,' the author addresses the unfair power dynamics that come with narrativising your life; 'Playboy' coming from Semiotext(e)

As Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair Returns, 4 Print Collectors Explore Its Relevancy in the Digital Age; Vince Aletti, Deirdre Lawrence, Barbara Moore, and Mark Ghuneim share their thoughts on the tradition of artists' books to kick off Printed Matter's beloved NY Art Book Fair

Review: 'A Year of Last Things' By Michael Ondaatje, A Connoisseur of Atmospheres; Author of 'The English Patient' returns to poetry with a valedictory collection that is at home with the unknown and the romance of the incomplete

Past Tense​: Our Historical Fiction Hang-Ups; On the popularity of historical novels

John Patrick Shanley Wrestles with God and Destiny; Playwright stages boxerly confrontations in a revival of “Doubt,” starring Liev Schreiber and Amy Ryan, and in the new show “Brooklyn Laundry,” with Cecily Strong

PHOTOGRAPHY


NYC Cab Driver Ryan Weidman Spends 30 Years Photographing His Passengers


Hybrid Modernism: Photographers Haubitz + Zoche Capture Postcolonial Churches In South India


Incredible Youth and Student Finalists From the 2024 Sony World Photography Awards


New Insights Into Photographer Francesca Woodman (1958-1981) and her New Gagosian Show

FotoFest Biennial 2024: 'Critical Geography'


Nuclear fields and Insect Feasts: The Sony World Photography Awards

ART BUSINESS

The Impact of Art Gallery Closures on Artists and Collectors; “When a gallery closes for good,” Thomas C. Danziger, a New York City attorney who specializes in art law, “the question becomes: Who owns the art?”

An Unexpected Player Has Begun Providing Auction Guarantees; Toledo Museum of Art made $500,000 this year using the financial instrument. 'The beauty of it is they win either way,' MoMA's director said

The Sotheby’s Debt Soap Opera; Implementing a neat little trick to maximize revenue without increasing sales

DESIGN


Best of Milan Design Week from Hermès, Thom Browne, Cassina, and More


Jonathan Anderson, Creative Director, Sheds Light on LOEWE Lamps

ARCHITECTURE


Broad Expands, Backed by Billion-Dollar Endowment

Opinion: Why the Vessel Should Remain Closed for Good; It’s time to acknowledge the Hudson Yards staircase sculpture for what it has become: a memorial; Nearly three years of closure and four deaths by suicide


Video: Inside the Stunning Sandcastle-Shaped Malibu Beach House by Architect Harry Gesner

Inside Home of China's ‘Last Cave People’ Where Entire Town Is Hidden In Giant 750Ft Deep Chasm and Residents Refuse To Move


Read! Edith Wharton’s Italian Villas and their Gardens (1904) with Illustrations by Maxfield Parrish

America’s Appetite for McMansions is Devouring Modern Architecture; Preservationists were shocked but not surprised

New Yorker: Can Turning Office Towers Into Apartments Save Downtowns? Nathan Berman has helped rescue Manhattan’s financial district from a “doom loop” by carving attractive living spaces from hulking buildings that once housed fields of cubicles


A Dutch Architect's Vision of Cities That Float on Water

THREADS

Artist Spotlight: Fabric Artist Ben Cuevas


Dio Swift: From Pencil to Stitch; Drawings


Reviews: Glimmering World of Dorothy Liebes’s Weavings; New book and show at Cooper Hewitt introduces the artist’s vivid, textural world to a new generation


Self-Described ‘Messy, Brash And Disruptive Artist’, Nicole Chui: Breaking the Thread

With Giant Knitting Needles and Neon Orange Yarn In Hand, Ella Emhoff Launches Soft Hands Knit Club; Last night, artist Ella Emhoff gathered a community of friends and newcomers to knit together for the launch of Soft Hands Knit Club at The Standard, East Village's NO BAR


In Her Home Studio, Soft-Sculpture Artist Mikyoung Lee Gives Form to Twist Ties, Pipe Cleaners, and Thread; Artist’s debut museum exhibition “Threading Memories” is now on view at the Princeton University Art Museum


Cassandra Dias: Miniature Embroidery Landscapes

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