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'Pageant' in Brooklyn, New York Brian Tolle's Pageant, near the foot of the Manhattan Bridge in Brooklyn, is often characterized as a reinstatement of two sculptures by Daniel Chester French that once were located in the same vicinity. This descr...
The exhibition "Toward the Light: Artists for the Ali Forney Center" at David Zwirner gallery in New York raised $950,000 for the Ali Forney Center, a nonprofit that runs a 24-hour drop-in center for queer youth and offers assistance with housing, ed...
TONO Reveals 2026 Festival Lineup Across Mexico City and Puebla TONO, the time-based art festival, has announced the lineup for its 2026 edition, returning March 6–22 with a slate of new and existing video installations, performance commissions, ...
Artist Arrested at Art Basel Miami Beach After Chalk 'Performance' Involving His Daughter A performance artist from Luxembourg, Thomas Iser, was arrested last week at Art Basel Miami Beach after spray-painting the words "Sorry to disturb, art in ...
You probably know what it means to hit the hay, tie the knot or buy a lemon. Maybe you've already killed two birds with one stone today, so effortlessly that it was a piece of cake. But to a non-English speaker, using these phrases would probably mak...
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Kylie Kelce, known for her honest and humorous podcast "Not Gonna Lie," couldn't help but comment on her brother-in-law Travis Kelce's recent claim that he and his fiancée Taylor Swift have never fought. > "Notice how my husband was oddly quiet duri...
Blenheim Palace Conservators Search For Writers of Century-Old Graffiti in Ceiling Conservators currently working to restore paintings in Blenheim Palace have made an intriguing discovery - the names of 11 people written in the ceiling decades ag...
Gen X Woman's Joke About the Lack of Jennifers in 'Stranger Things' is Spot-On When Stranger Things landed on Netflix, many Gen Xers felt an immediate jolt of recognition. The bikes, the walkie-talkies, the wood-paneled basements—it all felt like...
'Wonder' Director Senses Your Skepticism In a time of division, anger, and loneliness, a musical based on the beloved children's book "Wonder" asks us to choose kindness. But director Taibi Magar expects some to be skeptical. "Some people meet t...
A Man Edited Himself Into a Classic 'Shrek' Scene for the Ultimate Wedding Proposal A man named Carter popped the question to his longtime girlfriend Andressa by editing himself into a climactic scene from the 2001 animated film Shrek. The secret...
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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Repatriates 2,500-Year-Old Treasures to Turkey The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) in Richmond has returned 41 terracotta relief fragments valued around $400,000 to Turkey. The works, acquired by the VMFA in the 1...
Billionaire Bill Koch's $50M American West Art Collection Heads to Christie's Billionaire Bill Koch, the lesser-known Koch brother, is selling his extensive collection of American West artworks through Christie's. The "Visions of the West" sale w...
Post-Fair Expands for Its Second Edition With Broader International Reach Post-Fair will return to Santa Monica from February 26–28 for its second edition, bringing 30 galleries—and 31 total exhibitors including the project space Untitled Love—ba...
Gagosian to Stage Survey of Jasper Johns's Crosshatch Paintings in New York Half a century after Jasper Johns first unveiled his crosshatched paintings at Leo Castelli Gallery, the series is returning to center stage. On January 22, 2026, Gagosia...
Richard Pryor's Profound Debate on Life with an 85-Year-Old Woman In 1978, the late comedian and actor Richard Pryor appeared as a guest on the Johnny Carson show. After his interview, Pryor spent nearly twenty minutes engaging in a thought-provo...
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Using AI and Abstract Paintings, WangShui Is on a Journey to Understand Love Artists who work with technology are often seen as tech-savvy geeks, but WangShui positions themself as more of a romantic hermit. "To me, being an artist is a spiritual...
What Kept India Scrolling in 2025? Instagram's Year-in-Review is here! 2025 was a year full of big and unpredictable moments. It featured a multitude of events that sparked long conversations, with each new event often overshadowing the previous ...
Age is nothing but a number, yet as we get older, some of us feel as if we can't compete with our younger counterparts. Whether it's in love, career, or beauty, some worry that age makes them inferior. This can be particularly true in Hollywood, wher...
Tom Jung's 1977 'Star Wars' Painting Fetches $3.9 M., Breaking Auction Record for the Franchise At a Heritage Auctions sale of Hollywood memorabilia in Dallas on Wednesday, a Star Wars painting sold for $3.88 million, breaking the record for an o...
La Linterna is a traditional printing press and graphic workshop located in the San Antonio neighborhood of Cali. It is not just an old printing press, but a cultural beacon that resists the digital age with old machines, ink, lead type, rollers, lin...
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Pregnant Singer Shocks Newlyweds with Live Performance Little girls often dream about their perfect wedding day - the white gown, the beautiful flowers, the ideal venue. Emily Emby's wedding to her husband Joel at The Breakers in Palm Beach on De...
The Most Gen X Man in the World Sometimes Gen-Xers just want to feel seen, something that doesn't always happen for this latchkey sandwich generation. So when a YouTube account called Null Parade created a Gen X–themed ad inspired by Dos Equis, m...
Hamza Walker Wins CCS Bard's 2026 Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence The Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College (CCS Bard) has awarded its 2026 Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence to Los Angeles-based curator Hamza Walke...
Minnie Evans's Legacy Raises Questions About Power Dynamics The Mediation of Minnie Evans's Narrative A popular image of Minnie Evans (1892-1987), captured by art historian and photographer Nina Howell Starr (1903-2000), shows the self-taugh...
The Voice Season 28 Finale: A Fierce Competition It's time for the season 28 finale of The Voice on NBC. Coaches Reba McEntire, Niall Horan, Snoop Dogg, and Michael Bublé have guided their teams through a grueling season, with devastating cuts an...
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Today Finally Announces Hoda Kobt's Replacement When Hoda Kotb left the Today Show in September 2024, it was deeply affecting. She and Jenna Bush Hager worked side by side for years, so finding a replacement would not be easy. For the past year, ...
Turning a Restaurant into an Art Gallery for Black Artists in Detroit For years, Marcus Jones and Akunna Olumba noticed a lack of art galleries and shows in Detroit, Michigan that specifically showcased Black artists. As Black business owners, th...
Here is the article in Markdown format: The Ten Best Photography Books of 2025 Our favorite titles this year invite readers to take in the beauty of nature and our cultural rituals. Anna Atkins: Photographer, Naturalist, Innovator by Corey ...
Newly Established UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art Names Kathryn Kanjo as First Director This fall, the University of California, Irvine, and Orange County Museum of Art completed their amicable merger, creating a new entity: the UC ...
The Year in Black Art: Six Group Exhibitions The year 2025 saw several solo exhibitions by well-known Black artists, including Kerry James Marshall, Amy Sherald, Rashid Johnson, Jack Whitten, Lorna Simpson, and Elizabeth Catlett. Following his ex...
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From an early age, Elizabeth was known for her imagination and creativity. Growing up in Central Myanmar, she loved losing herself in Chinese fantasy novels and writing her own stories. Even in medical school, she maintained her passion for writing, ...
The year 2025 hasn't started out great. We've seen foreign wars, climate change, racist rhetoric, and political polarization escalate over the last several months, making many of us angry, burned out, and depressed. But even when things seem inescap...
British artist Es Devlin's dazzling installation, "Library of Us," includes 2,500 books that hold personal meaning for the artist. The 20-foot-tall bookshelf, which sits on the sands of Miami Beach, explores "how we build ourselves out of what we rea...
Remembering Frank Gehry, Renowned Museum Architect Frank Gehry, the internationally acclaimed architect behind some of the world's most recognizable cultural landmarks, passed away on December 5 at the age of 96. Over the weekend, many figures in...
ARTnews Awards 2025: Jack Whitten Honored as Historical Artist of the Year Across his six-decade career, artist Jack Whitten repeatedly pushed the boundaries of painting, experimenting with unconventional materials and techniques. From using fast...
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Just before Christmas in 1969, Jackie Vernon brought Frosty the Snowman to life. The animated classic premiered on CBS on December 7 and has been a part of millions of families' holiday season for 56 years. Frosty's voice is quite distinct and very m...
The Amasya Archaeology Museum displays six remarkably preserved bodies from the 14th-century Ilkhanid period. They are identified as Şehzade Cumudar, the Anatolian nâzır; the emir of Amasya, İşbuğa Noyan; the statesman İzzettin Mehmet Pervane Bey; hi...
Honoring the First Woman Kevin Smith Ever Loved Before Kevin Smith became a renowned filmmaker, he had an unwavering source of love and support - his mother, Grace V. Smith. Sadly, Grace passed away on December 1st, leaving a profound void in Kev...
Cultivating Love: Penn Badgley's Gardening Metaphor Poets and philosophers have long used metaphors to define love, but actor Penn Badgley has shared an insightful new analogy that is resonating with many. Badgley, known for his role as the seria...
The legendary Dick Van Dyke isn't the only comedian in the family. His brother, the late Jerry Van Dyke also made millions laugh. Jerry is probably best known for his role as Luther Van Dam, the lovable assistant coach on the 1990s sitcom Coach, star...