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It’s Official: Statistics Prove That Art Really Is Good For Your Health; Huge cohort studies prove it, says professor at University College London, but you have to actually engage with the art to see results

The Free Press: Arthur Brooks on Happiness Lessons from a Miserable Wretch; Quiet the crisis of meaning lurking beneath the freneticism of modern life


Christian Marclay on Why ‘The Clock’ Challenges a Digitally Obsessed Generation ... ... College Professor Reveals Most Kids Cannot Tell Time On Analog (Round) Clocks

Live-Painted by Christian Speed Artist Vanessa Horabuena in 10 Minutes, Trump Sells Off Jesus Painting for $2.75M at NYE Party; Fair-skinned, Blue-eyed figure resembling an AI rendition of the Shroud of Turin


Why Are UFOs Everywhere in Contemporary Art? Right now in New York, two exhibitions reveal artists' fascination with the unexplained


Yau: When Isolation Is Your Only Companion; Bill Rice’s depictions of New York’s Lower East Side are paradoxes of bleakness and sensuality, gloom and intrepid spirits


Crucible of Scale & Identity: David-Jeremiah’s “The Fire This Time” at the Fort Worth Modern


In His Paintings, Chaïm Soutine Found the Divine in Decay

The Best Artists’ Gardens To Visit, from Cecil Beaton to Claude Monet; As the Garden Museum in London celebrates Beaton’s floral passions, Ann Treneman heads outdoors to visit some of the most lush, evocative spots at home and abroad

How One Author Fell in Love With the Louvre, and Discovered Its Secrets; In her new book, Elaine Sciolino peels back the curtain on the fortress-like museum

FRIEDRICH KUNATH


Friedrich Kunath on the Futility of Painting: ‘When You Deal With Beauty, You Can Only Lose’; Artist, whose work is driven by yearning, melancholia, and romanticism, is waiting for you to give him call


Friedrich Kunath 'Aimless Love' at Pace Gallery

EXPERIENTIAL


Björk Is Unleashing a Spellbinding Multimedia Exhibition in Iceland; Featuring three immersive works by the music icon, coincides with the 2026 Reykjavik Arts Festival

In Mariko Mori’s Immersive Show, Ancient Spirits Meet the Technology of Tomorrow; "Radiance" at Sean Kelly Gallery reflects the artist's vast investigations into cosmologies

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Schachtradamus Speaks! Kenny Schachter Reveals Secret $190 Million Sale, Gazes Into 2026
VIVA VENEZUELA

Five Venezuelan Artists Respond to US Attacks; Artists and art workers in the diaspora shared a mix of emotions, from hope of a better future and fear of what’s to come

What Does the U.S. Capture of Maduro Mean for Venezuelan Artists?

Zombie Life of Venezuelan Museums; Citizens deserve to know where and in what conditions the artworks find themselves in the Caracas Museum of Contemporary Art

Stairway to Geffen; Are the stairways to the David Geffen Galleries too unwelcoming, too overwhelming?

Shocking Number of US Visas Reserved For Artists Going To ONLYFANS, Social Influencers


What Hew Locke Carries; With his haunting exhibition, 'Passages,' the Guyanese-British artist reminds us that when we survive, so do our ghosts and our wounds

Stellar Stoic: What Did The Stoics Think About Fame?


Ochi Projects Present Fasciating New Monoprints by Rives Granade; Labor-intensive, improvisational process in which watercolor is transferred from soapy plexiglass to paper

I Was Maurizio Cattelan; Impersonator Massimiliano Gioni on an experiment in artistic miscommunication for the artist

Appreciation: Robert Wilson, who changed everything he touched, was the most influential theater artist of our time

ARCHITECTURE


Hollywood’s Sexiest, Prettiest, and Most Over-the-Top Homes: A Brief History; Over the years, moguls and movie stars in Los Angeles have loved—and lived at—the same properties

An Eco Obscenity: Norman Foster’s Steroidal New Skyscraper Is An Affront To The New York Skyline; It contains enough steel to go round the world twice – and even has a fake breeze to flutter the stars-and-stripes flag in its lobby. If this $4bn colossus is just the first of a new breed of bulky supertalls, is Britain next?

The Role of Architects Is Shifting: From Solitary Visionaries to Collective Activists


Frank Lloyd Wright Didn’t Just Design Buildings— He Invented Fonts, Too; Architect's designs for his buildings often bore lettering of his own design

Is Smell the Next Big Thing in Art? Two exhibitions in Germany highlight how olfaction is shaping the way art is made, viewed, and experienced

THREADS


Discover: Seven Contemporary Textile Artists


Interview: Diné (Navajo) Weaver’s Sacred Looms; Artist DY Begay, best known for her abstract textiles featuring undulating bands of color, speaks about her decades-long practice of experimenting with pigment and form


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From A24 and Michael Sarnoski, Director of 'Pig'; Official Trailer 'The Death of Robin Hood'; Starring Hugh Jackman, Jodie Comer, Bill Skarsgård, Murray Bartlett and Noah Jupe


Official Teaser 'Michael'; Starring Jaafar Jackson, Nia Long, Laura Harrier, Juliano Krue Valdi, with Miles Teller, and Colman Domingo

'They Shoot Pictures, Don’t They' Annual Update of the 1,000 Greatest Films

Almodóvar, Guadagnino, Mann, and More Pick the Best Films of 2025

'No Other Choice' Review: Park Chan-wook’s Rage-Filled and Blood-Drenched Thriller

Writer-Director Mona Fastvold on 'The Testament of Ann Lee,' Refusing to Compromise, and Cinematic Traditions


What Did Director Soderbergh Do All Last Year? He Lists It All in 'Seen, Read 2025'


The Best Cinematography Of 2025

Boffo Box Office Money-Earner 'The Housemaid' Sequel Confirmed With Sydney Sweeney and Paul Feig Returning; Lionsgate confirms 'The Housemaid’s Secret,' with Sydney Sweeney and director Paul Feig returning for the sequel


What a Package. Netflix Series, Gritty Crime Thriller. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon Lead a Top Cast. writer and Director Joe Carnahan Has a Proven CV


Official Trailer Wild Comedy 'Atropia'; Written and directed by indie filmmaker Hailey Benton Gates; Starring Alia Shawkat, Callum Turner, Chloe Sevigny


Trailer 'Red Eye, Season 2'; Brit Crime Thriller Series; Starring Jing Lusi, Lesley Sharp and Jemma Moore


Chilean Indie Film Trailer 'The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo'; Directed by Diego Céspedes


Full Trailer: Evan Peters, Rebecca Hall, Ashton Kutcher in Ryan Murphy 'The Beauty'

Review: Berlinale 2025: Bong Joon-ho's 'Mickey 17' is Sharp Sci-Fi Wackiness

THR: Nicolas Winding Refn’s ‘The Avenging Silence’ Shot in Secret Last Year; Eyeing Cannes Debut; 'Follows former European spy who accepts a mission from a Japanese businessman to take down the head of a Yakuza boss in Japan'; Refn says of the film, "It’s kind of my final frontier. The final endeavor of my soul."


The Defining Shots of the Decade


Watch: Filmmaker Sean Baker's Journey to Making 'Anora' Featurette

Rise of Sean Baker: From Stealing Shots to Winning Best Picture for Anora


Superb Chinese Thriller 'Brief History of a Family' Official Trailer


Must See! Race Featurette for Joe Kosinski's 'F1' Movie; Stars Brad Pitt as Sonny Hayes, with Idris, Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies, Javier Bardem


Official US Trailer 'Franz'; Award-winning Director Agnieszka Holland; Starring Idan Weiss, Jenovéfa Boková, Peter Kurth and Ivan Trojan

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