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Hotcha! Jeffrey Deitch presents 'The Great American Nude' at Art Basel Miami Beach


Film Doc Review, Sacrifices of the Single-Mother Artist; "Artists in Residence" tells the story of Lois Dodd, Eleanor Magid, and Louise Kruger as they forged lives as working artists and single mothers in midcentury New York


"In the case of Las Vegas, there are several initial factors (obvious as they may be) that must be stated. First, Las Vegas is a celebrity."
~ Essay by Artist and Writer Brent Holmes

Review: 'Monuments' Collapses American History on Itself; Exhibition in Los Angeles pairing decommissioned public Confederate statues with contemporary art captures America’s shifting political terrain


Yau: Karin Davie’s Oceans of Color; Davie lays everything bare in her brushstroke, while withholding how she controls sometimes two or more colors within a single mark


Antony Gormley Reflects on Sculpture as an Inquiry into Being and Space; With major shows now on in Seoul and Nasher Sculpture Center, the artist discusses art's role in interrogating what it means to exist in this world


Ten Artists Moving Culture Forward: The Artsy Vanguard 2026


Never-Before-Seen Matthew Wong Paintings Set to Debut in Venice; Forthcoming exhibition will offer a fresh route into the late artist's elusive psyche

KUSAMA KULTURE


Story Behind the Kusama Infinity Frock


How a Polka-Dotted Pumpkin Became The World's Most Coveted Art Installation

The Stellar Stoic: Don’t Just Settle for a Shortcut, Do the Work

BOOKS + WORDS

Ted Gioia: On the Rise and Fall of Hunter S. Thompson, Part One

Ted Gioia: On the Rise and Fall of Hunter S. Thompson, Part Two

Ted Gioia: On the Rise and Fall of Hunter S. Thompson, Part Three


Book Review: Art Loves You Back When People Don’t; Stephanie Wambugu’s Lonely Crowds follows a painter whose devotion to a filmmaker keeps her from living her life, even as she gains access to the supposed upper echelons of the art world

PHOTOGRAPHY


Intimate Marilyn Monroe Pics by Acclaimed Photographer and Confidante Revealed For First Time: ‘Very young, sweet and much more innocent’


Spies, Eggcups and Penthouses: Sir Terry Farrell’s Best Buildings – In Pictures; Sir Terry Farrell, the UK’s leading architect-planner and postmodernist, has died aged 87


Colonial Inversions and Parliamentary Takeovers: The Strange, Surreal Photos of Michael Cook

CERAMICS


Behind a Flight Attendant’s Painted-On Smile; Michelle Im’s disconcerting ceramic figures subvert ornamentalized representations of East Asian femininity

Review: “Hot! & Ready to Serve: Celebrating Functional Ceramics” at American Museum of Ceramic Art

Review: The Trailblazing Pueblo Potter Who Forged Her Own Path; Though Jody Folwell has always felt rooted in her culture, she pursued a ceramics practice in the early 1970s with a desire to find a distinctive voice

DISPATCHES FROM THE EDITOR

Gordy Grundy: Thanksgiving 2025; When Hollywood Calls, RETNA and Justin Bower; Never Kill Bill, We're rooting for you Quentin


Surrealist Rarities for LACMA; Surrealism (collection) is uneven; Building effort

Sperone Westwater, Legendary New York Gallery, Closes After 50 Years

Sperone Westwater Founders Are Locked in Legal Battle as Gallery Prepares to Close; The two dealers are “so divided”


Unpacking Rising Artist Machteld Rullens’s Fascination With Cardboard at Page (NYC) and Andrew Kreps Gallery

What If Every Artwork You’ve Ever Seen Is a Fake? Shocked to learn just how many pieces of art sold around the world are forgeries; Does cheap dupe really make us enjoy it less? Yeah.

Frieze: The 25 Best Works of the 21st Century


Remarkable Ethel Stein, Puppeteer Turned Master Weaver, Gets Her Moment; "Master of the Loom"; Shines a light on the American artist's legendary weavings

STREETWISE


Kickstarter: Looks Great! Make it Happen! "I Kissed Banksy's Girlfriend"; New book by OG street artist Dave the Chimp. The True Story of Street Art's early years; Hijinx on the Streets; "Wild West" days; 304 pages. Over 70 photographs and illustrations


Brooklyn Street Art Images of the Week


New Book: Ephemeral Acts, Enduring Memory: Graffiti as Monument in Rafael Schacter’s Vision

Five Rising Contemporary Artists You Should Know; With exhibitions featuring copper-wire sculptures, burned canvases, ghostly nighttime paintings and more, here are the people to put on your radar this season


Nick Cave’s New Monument Is for the Birds—Literally; In tradition of his iconic Soundsuits, Cave's monumental bronze sculpture continues his investigations into identity, power, and spirit


Matisse Painted Her. History Forgot Her. Now Painter Olga Meerson Is Stepping Back Into Frame


Paintings by UK Pioneer of Abstract Art To Be Displayed In West Country; Large-scale William Scott (1913 –1989) works feature in exhibition that tells story of artist’s friendship with Mark Rothko

ARCHITECTURE


Leaky Roofs, Collapsed Walls, Mega Debts: When Art’s Master Minimalist Donald Judd Tried Architecture; Weary of the New York scene, and keen to focus on architecture, the artist started buying up properties to play with in a tiny Texas town. Trouble was, he couldn’t stop. We take the tour of his Marfa creations


Tourists Are Flocking to a Chinese Megacity That’s Straight Out of 'Blade Runner' Sci-Fi

Secret Apartment Atop the Eiffel Tower; Boasting Paris' best view, in one of the world's most famous landmarks; Former workshop of Gustave Eiffel

Decrepit Brooklyn Mansion Where A Widow Once Lived For Decades


This Housing Project for Noto Earthquake Refugees, Constructed Without Any Nails or Adhesives, Just Won Japan’s Most-Prestigious Design Award

Irony of a Fascism Exhibition in Germany; 50 international artists; Once a custodian of critical culture, Berlin’s Haus der Kulturen der Welt has become a model of capitulation to state control


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Sex in Cinema Is Back! Official Trailer 'Wuthering Heights'; Directed by Emerald Fennell; Starring Margot Robbie with Jacob Elordi


Big Box Office Hopeful, Official Trailer Two, 'Project Hail Mary'; Directed by Academy Award®-winning filmmakers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller; Based on Andy Weir's best-selling novel; Starring Ryan Gosling

Artist Roger Deakins Defends AI in Film: “As Long as You Have Something to Say...”

‘Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair’ is Actually 4 Hours 41 Minutes?


Official Trailer 'Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair' (2025); Directed by Quentin Tarantino

Park Chan-wook (“The Handmaiden,”) Admits He’s “Struggling” to Fund His Next American Project; “Brigands of Rattlecreek,” Western written by Filmmaker S. Craig Zahler

Pope Laments Decline In Movie-Going


Alzheimer's Doc Trailer 'Chris Hemsworth: A Road Trip To Remember'


Maika Monroe and Emma Corrin Star in '100 Nights of Hero'; Official Trailer; Filmmaker Julia Jackman; Top notch fantasy world building; From the hit graphic novel

TOM FORD AND ANNE RICE WALK INTO A BAR

Tom Ford Sets ‘Cry To Heaven’ As Next Film; Taps All-Star Cast With Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Adele, Owen Cooper and More

Adele to Make Acting Debut in Star-Studded Tom Ford Movie; Singer will star alongside Adolescence breakout Owen Cooper, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Colin Firth, Thandiwe Newton and Nicholas Hoult in an Anne Rice adaptation


Criterion: Jean Rollin, Poet of the Fantastique; French writer and director is mostly remembered for a series of dreamlike vampire films he made beginning in the late 1960s


New Trailer 'Christy'; Female Boxing True Story; Directed by David Michôd (Animal Kingdom); Starring Sydney Sweeney, Ben Foster, Merritt Wever


Final Trailer 'Now You See Me: Now You Don’t'; Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Isla Fisher, with Rosamund Pike, and Morgan Freeman

Video: Conversation with Woody Allen: Famed Director Talks Exclusively with Journo Roger Friedman and Neil Rosen

‘Such a Tonic’: Why 'Burn After Reading' Is My Feelgood Movie; Latest in our series of writers remembering their most rewatched comfort film is a tribute to the Coens’ playful star-packed comedy

Movies Have to Get (Literally) Bigger Than Ever Before; IMAX and Premium Large Format (PLF) screens are driving significant chunks of the box office, and both studios and exhibitors increasingly depend on them for success

Director Lynne Ramsay News: Johnny Greenwood to Score Lynne Ramsay’s ‘Polaris,’ Starring Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara; "Two new projects already greenlit and ready to go"; Starring Ezra Miller (Star of her excellent “We Need to Talk About Kevin”)


Official Trailer 'The Chronology of Water'; Directorial debut of Kristen Stewart; Starring Imogen Poots, Thora Birch, Earl Cave, Tom Sturridge, and Kim Gordon


Official Trailer 'Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery'; Directed by Rian Johnson; All star cast


Official Trailer 'Before We Begin' Gen Z Romantic drama; Starring Filmmaker Shazeb Fahim


Official Teaser Trailer 'Sirat'; Directed by Spanish-French Filmmaker Óliver Laxe

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