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Must Read. Photographer Julian Wasser’s Angels: Moments in L.A., 1960-1982


Julian Schnabel On Showcasing the Essentials at Château La Coste; In Provence, nine colossal paintings plus a tightly curated selection of plate works shine a light on the artist's career-long commitment to deploying surprising materials

Our One Percent 'Splainer, The Art Daddy: "Daddy Took a Week Off And the Art World Spent Two Weeks Freebasing Mercury Retrograde"; Daddy's back with a sea turtle named Pancake, Hunter Biden's paintings, Magnus's latest spreadsheet adventure, and several fresh reasons to close the laptop


Contemporary of Heizer. Artist Charles Ross Spent 50 Years Trying to Bring the Stars Down to Earth. At 88, Has He Done It? Charles Ross has devoted half a century to building Star Axis, a monolithic celestial observatory in New Mexico centered on Earth's north star, Polaris

Thinking Like an Artist: JetZero
Rethinking Artist Support: Collaboration and Shared Learning Shapes Grantmaking; Art funders are breaking away from merit-based grants to explore flexible, collaborative models that center artists' needs


How Cézanne and His High School Buddy Émile Zola Turned Apples Into Art History; In this edition of "Eureka!" we explore how Cézanne’s appreciation of the Biblical fruit goes back all the way to his childhood


What Are Cy Twombly Sketches?


Les Incohérants Monochrome Trunk Show; Birth of the Monochrome?

MUSIC + SOUNDS


How Tomoko Sauvage Works with Water to Create Unforgettable Somatic Experiences; With water as her instrument, Tomoko Sauvage creates sonic landscapes that connect performance, sculpture, installation, and experimental music


Video: Barbican Sessions: Tomoko Sauvage Performs; Inspired by Noguchi

Interview: DJ Yousuke Yukimatsu's Mission To Change the World With Topless Raves; He beat brain cancer. Now your favourite DJ’s favourite DJ is on a UK tour, armed with experimental techno, Beastie Boys and Taylor Swift


Video: ¥ØU$UK€ ¥UK1MAT$U, Coachella 2026 (Full Set - Weekend 1)


Las Vegas Or The Artist? Who’s Going to Make It Happen? Essay by Zoë Camper

THREADS


Frank Stella’s Personal Collection of Navajo Textiles Goes on View for the First Time; Stella's textile trove will be on view in New York, with select pieces up for sale


Anne Kelly: Everyday Layers Bound With Stitch; Collaged combinations have a substantial and highly textured look; Reminiscent of tapestry work


Trevon Latin On His Impulse to Solve Problems, Loneliness, and the Idea that Everything is Drag

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John Tottenham: Short Fiction: "Cincinnati in the Fall"

With Little Electricity in Cuba, He Uses a Giant Battery to Throw Parties; David González has suddenly become the host of Havana’s hottest parties amid its energy crisis. Can he turn them into a movement?

What a Role Model! The Soft Power of Artist and Exhibition Innovator Lucy Sparrow; British artist makes her museum debut with a 1980s-inspired supermarket stocked with more than 20,000 felted objects


Florentina Holzinger’s Naked Ambition; Artist’s extreme use of the body has caused viewers to puke, faint, and leave her shows. At the Venice Biennale, though, her vision has made her a star

Nice Niche! Artists Creating Their Market: New Book Celebrates the Golf Course Landscapes of Painter Hudson Shaoxia Zhang


‘Fertile Period’ In Rutland City 25 Years Ago Served As Backdrop For Photographer’s Surreal Scenes Of Suburban Life; “It’s important to make a picture in an actual place that means something,” said the photographer Gregory Crewdson

ART & COMMERCE

Art World’s Top Players Turn Up in New York’s Mamdani Pied-à-Terre Tax Database; Working Artists Did Not Make the List

The Great Estate Rush That Is Reshaping the Art Market

We Love Gee's Bend. Ralph Lauren Launches Latest Artist in Residence Collaboration With Gee’s Bend Textile Artists


Jeff Koons Designs Two Bottles For Evain’s 200th Anniversary


Tender Photo Book Robert Frank Made for His Wife Went on View in Boston; Mary Frank deeply treasured this artifact

5 Ways New Technologies Changed the Game For Artists; Tate Modern's survey show "Electric Dreams" reveals the wide-ranging creative potential of emerging technologies

ALWAYS SUNNY WITH RAINEY

Rainey Knudson: No. 57, Sculptor Edmonia Lewis and Her 'The Death of Cleopatra' (1876)

Rainey Knudson: No. 63, Poodle Skirt; The first teenage fashion trend

Rainey Knudson: No. 53. Telephone; "When letters were the only way to communicate across distance?"

MODERN PHILOSOPHY

Why Is Digital Freedom Making Us Exhausted and Sad? From “The Burnout Society” to “The Tonality of Thought,” tech philosopher Byung-Chul Han’s ultra-short books reveal why online liberation has felt more like voluntary captivity

A Philosopher’s One-Word Theory to Explain Why the World Feels So Weird; Once you learn what the "uni-context" is, you won't stop seeing it everywhere

Manifest Man: “At Manifest, though, there is a certain existential loneliness, a specifically sexual strain of angst, that did not lift once in the three days of the conference.”Around 800 people attend Manifest each year. It takes its name, and its nominal subject, from Manifold, a prediction market

AI Is Changing What We Can Do. Who We Become Is Still Our Choice

PHOTOGRAPHY


Click Bait! Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Award Winners – In Pictures


Nevada Wier Exhibition Reveals the Photographer's Extraordinary Vision For Exploring The World And Its Cultures; Her twist is a customized degree of infrared in her photography


New Book. Helen Levitt Captured the Poetry of New York City; New survey publication serves as a testament to the photographer’s belief that the city’s working-class communities of color possessed a beauty and drama all their own


ArtReview: Artist Sunhil Sippy Casts An Ambivalent Gaze On The Industrial Landscapes Of Mumbai’s East Coast

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Official Teaser; Cyberpunk Series; From William Gibson's genre-defining 1984 novel'Neuromancer'; Starring Callum Turner (Husband of Dua Lipa), Briana Middleton, Mark Strong, Peter Sarsgaard, Clémence Poésy, Joseph Lee, Max Irons, and Dane DeHaan


Gorgeous New Doc Trailer 'Whispers in the Woods'; Directed by French filmmaker–photographer Vincent Munier

Yale Review: AI and the Future of Writing; Roundtable of authors discuss the ramifications for art—and life; Writers Ayad Akhtar, Daniel Kehlmann, and Meghan O’Rourke

Interview: Nicolas Winding Refn On ‘Her Private Hell,’ Being “The Happiest Person That Ever Died” & His “Second Phase” Resurrection Into “Post-Narrative” Cinema


Review: ‘Sour Party': Samantha Westervelt and Amanda Drexton Shine In A Gonzo L.A. Friendship Comedy Presented By Steven Soderbergh

Doomsday Warning For Hollywood As LA Shoot Days Plummet In Latest Figures

Short film or Promo piece? Directors Spike Jonze and Halina Reijn On Creating Gucci's Film, 'The Tiger'

Ted Gioia: Predictions on the Future of Netflix (and Other Huge Platforms); I dig more deeply into the collapse of audience capture


Plein Air Goes Hollywood; Studio System had an Army of America's Great Talent; Stability Allowed a Lifestyle


Official Trailer 'Butterfly' Directed by Norwegian Filmmaker Itonje Søimer Guttormsen; Starring Renate Reinsve and Helene Bjørneby




Our Film Critic Justin Tanner Reviews "Puzzle of a Downfall Child"


Our Film Critic Justin Tanner Reviews "The Devil Wears Prada 2"


Better Out Than In; Actor and filmmaker John Early’s remarkable directorial debut filters the ravages of an eating disorder through the funny-yet-sincere lens of camp


Art Thievery and Laughs! Official Trailer 'Masterplan' (2026) Starring Stanley Tucci, Victor Belmondo and Simona Tabasco


Original Trailer. 'Stray Dog' (1949); Directed by Akira Kurosawa, his 10th film; Starring Toshirô Mifune, Takashi Shimura and Keiko Awaji

Cast of Iranian Film, ‘The Friend’s House Is Here’ Say Despite The War The Underground Art Scene Is Still Alive In Iran


Trailer. ‘A Life Illuminated’: It’s Time to Experience the Ocean Through Entirely New Eyes; Exclusive: Tasha Van Zandt's documentary about pioneering oceanographer and bioluminescence obsessive Dr. Edith Widder will only make you want to see (literally, figuratively) more

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