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Lawrence Weschler Writes of the Passing of His Long Time Friend David Hockney (1937-2026)

EJB: David Hockney’s Loved Ones (2018)

David Hockney’s Funeral Held In Private With Just Two Mourners; Artist had requested only his partner and great-nephew attend, with memorial services planned in places he lived


Rainey Knudson: No. 114, The Canoe, an Elegant Adaptation

OUR RECENT DEAD

After the Clearing: Remembering Hilde Lynn Helphenstein; Life Hilde led took courage, and I told her so, always

The 'Indiscretion' of James Hayward and His Wild Life in the Arts

Ai Weiwei to Reenact His Detention in First Durational Performance; "This approach cannot be replaced by any other," Ai said of the work

Color Theory: Mars, the Candy Maker, Is Trying To Re-Create M&M’s Without Artificial Colors, But Blue’s Natural Algae Substitute Is Complex and Costly; MAHA Makeover

Artist Accuses TikTok Star Devon Rodriguez of Copying His Knicks Artwork; Gavin Snider has called out Rodriguez for ripping off not one, but two of his paintings


Fragmentation in Long Beach. Massive collection of contemporary prints and multiples. From Jordan D. Schnitzer collection

BOOKS + WORDS

The Veterans Who Become Novelists; What draws so many veterans to fiction after war?

Mark Lamster On His Pulitzer, Writing Habits and Paying Critics; One of the few remaining architecture critics on staff at a legacy publication in the U.S.

How Garry Trudeau’s 'Doonesbury' Cartoons Captured America: ‘One Of Our Nation’s Greatest Journalists’; New book looks back at the work of artist and journalist Garry Trudeau and how he told the story of a country’s highs and lows through a comic strip

Books: Edward Hopper’s Distinctly American Solitude; American bombast is, more than anything, a mask, which Hopper understood well

Historian Gordon Wood’s 'Proust'; "The single time that I met him, one of the only events in my adult life that I would actually call inspiring."


Lucy Liu Paints the ‘Emotional Truth’ of Family Memories; At Alisan Fine Arts, new paintings by the actor and artist see her confronting her past through the lens of the present

New Booty. 2026 Collectors Committee Gifts at LACMA

Opinion: Future of Museums Is a Dance Floor; The rave offers a temporary homeland, a space where belonging is felt rather than declared

Believe In The Age-Gap Art Collector; Trends in music, movies, and more suggest that older art can be a bigger draw to younger buyers than a lot of people think

Sprüth Magers Celebrates a Decade in Los Angeles With the Artists Who Helped Define a City

When John Waters Gave Up His Art Collection To Have A Toilet Named After Him: “No, I’m Serious”

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW


The Afrowesternist: Artist Brent Holmes Goes Deep Into Family, Culture and Country; Interview with Gordy Grundy

DESIGN

Rainey Knudson: No.91. Schwinn Sting-Ray Bicycle; Child-sized chopper

MONDOBLOGO: The 10 Best Bedrooms According to Me; The room where your spend 40% of your time on earth should be special...

She Brought Helvetica to America. Who Was Barbara Stauffacher Solomon?

DISPATCHES FROM THE EDITOR


Gordy Grundy: Breaking News + Opinion

Keeping Pace.
Hoary Old Art Joke Gets a Facelift.
Big Show Under the Big Top.

KEEPING PACE

Pace Gallery’s Hall of Mirrors

NYT: Pace Gallery Cuts 50 Artists and 50 Staff; “The whole art gallery art system became too big, too commercial, too impersonal and too corporate,” says Marc Glimcher

Mega Gallery Pace is Dropping Some 50 Artists, 50 Staff in ‘Model Correction’; List of Names

How the Pace Layoffs Went Down—And What Comes Next


Heeere's Kenny! Kenny Schachter on Dueling Dealers, Shadowy Art Agent Joe Hage Managing Hockney Estate, and More; Plus: Which artist just opened a huge new space? And which major collector skipped Art Basel?

MOVIES ARE A TRICKY MEDIUM


After 10 Months in Hiding, Schnabel’s “In the Hand of Dante” Peeking Out on Netflix; "Generally lost in its own psychedelic fantasy scenario" "Walkouts began early"

Julian Schnabel’s Turgid Adaptation of Nick Tosches’ 2002 Novel Recreates The Experience Of Travelling Through Dante’s Inferno For The Viewer


Julian Schnabel Is Interviewed by Phong H. Bui of the Brooklyn Rail


Art for Our Sakes. Why Should We Go On Making Things?

The Performance Lecture Is the Perfect Art Form for the Influencer Age


Video: Beautiful, Oscar-Qualified Animated Short Film 'Nube.' About Clouds. And Motherhood

ARCHITECTURE

Mysterious Lake District Barn Joins National Treasures On Heritage List; Officials grant Grade II* protection to ‘rare building that raises more questions than it answers’


Rainey Knudson: No.85 San Xavier del Bac; Arguably the most beautiful Spanish mission in the US

Mark Lamster On His Pulitzer, Writing Habits and Paying Critics; One of the few remaining architecture critics on staff at a legacy publication in the U.S.


A Cold War Research Institute in Hawthorne, California; New Wende Institute for Archival Research; Adaptive reuse of George Nowak's 1965 Hahn Building

PHOTOGRAPHY


Kodak Invented This Film for World War II Spy Planes. Then It Became Art; Aerochrome photography is a beautiful example of a warlike technology being turned toward peaceful ends


Divine Surf: New Book From Legendary Photographer Jeff Divine: "Right Place, Right Time, Right Subject…And Just The Right Moment"


From the Master Bathroomk of Collector Marty Margulies’ Olafur Grid

Click Here for Your Best Reading Experience on Our Film Site!


Official Trailer 'I Want Your Sex'; Directed by Gregg Araki; Starring Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman


New Trailer 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day'

PLEASE, NO...

‘The Expendabelles,’ All-Female Action Spinoff of ‘The Expendables,’ Firing Up Again

Sam Raimi Set to Direct 1978 Ventriloquist Puppet Horror Movie,'Magic' Remake With Script from his 'Send Help' Writers

‘The Birds’ – Sarah Snook Attached to Limited Series Remake of Nature Gone Wild Classic

Mike Myers Says ‘Austin Powers 4’ Is Happening


Official Trailer Thriller Western 'The Isolate Thief'; Directed by John Suits; Starring Mackenzie Foy, Odeya Rush, Jack Kesy, Ty Simpkins, Martin Sensmeier with Joe Pantoliano and Sean Bean


Two Film Trailer 'De Gaulle: Tilting Iron (Film 1)' and 'De Gaulle: The Sovereign Edge (Film 2)'; Directed by French filmmaker Antonin Baudry




Our Film Critic Justin Tanner Reviews "Predators"


Our Film Critic Justin Tanner Reviews "Blue Film"


Official Trailer 'Fatherland'; Directed by Prizewinner of 'Ida' and 'Cold War' Paweł Pawlikowski; Starring Sandra Hüller and Hanns Zischler


Featurette Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey, Fantastic Voyage'' Looks Fantastic!


Official Trailer 'Sour Party'; Presented by Steven Soderbergh; Written and Directed by The Drextons; Story by Amanda Drexton, Michael A. Drexton, Samantha Westervelt


Official UK and IRE Trailer 'Bitter Christmas'; Renowned auteur director Pedro Almodóvar

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