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London Gets At Least One New Banksy Mural For Christmas; Image depicting two children lying on the ground dressed in wellington boots, with one of them pointing upwards towards the sky, has naturally got the whole world wondering about its meaning

'A Christmas Sermon' by Legendary Wordsmith Robert Louis Stevenson (1900)


What to Know About Félix Vallotton, Cult Favorite Among Collectors; Work by the French-Swiss artist went under the hammer for $2.8 million on Thursday at Sotheby's

First Look: Huntington's Updated American Galleries

Rage Bait: The Psychology Behind Social Media's Angriest Posts; “Rage bait” is the Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year

Art Market Is a Rollercoaster. How Are (the Very Few Artists Who Actually Make a Living Selling Their Work) Handling It?


Five Art World Wunderkinds Who Defined 2025; From Chase Hall to Alexandra Metcalf, these are the rising artists who made it big this year

‘Like a Mini Louvre’: Two Generations of Rothschilds Fight Over Priceless Treasure Trove of Artworks

‘AI Slop’: SFO Museum Criticized for AI-generated Art Exhibit, Artist Responds

Major Signs of Another Coming Dark Age; Collapsing The West Could Make History Repeat


From Artist Clayton Campbell, 'Making Our Miracles' Gathers Stories of Wonder And Transformation And Reimagines Them As Digital Ex-Votos; Now on view in The Wrong Biennale

Don’t Miss: Tatiana Trouvé’s Maps of Memory and Collapse at Palazzo Grassi; French-Italian artist has transformed the Pinault Collection’s Venetian outpost into a poetic, post-capitalist ecosystem in which the self endures


“Firelight Flickering on the Ceiling of the World”: The Aurora Borealis in Art

GOOD GIGS


Presenting Gucci's Short (30 min.) Gorgeous Film 'The Tiger'; Directed by Filmmakers Spike Jonze and Halina Reijn; Starring Hollywood Greats Demi Moore, Elliot Page, Edward Norton, Ed Harris, Keke Palmer, Alia Shawkat, Julianne Nicholson, and Ronny Chieng


How LACMA Got a van Gogh

ART vs. COMMERCE

New Art Action Film, Not a Remake; Set against the backdrop of contemporary London, “Heist of Benin” is described as a thriller that intertwines action, love and art restitution; New Ava DuVernay movie; Starring David Oyelowo

Louis Vuitton’s Ship To Nowhere Marks The New Age of Luxury

Review: KAWS Makes Art for the Tech Bro Era; His exhibition at SFMOMA could have examined the collapse of culture at the hands of commodity, but instead it nudges us toward the gift shop

Financial Times: Museums Are No Longer Afraid Of ‘Selling Out’. But Have They Forgotten About The Art? From huge digital billboards to advising tech billionaires, US arts institutions are embracing a range of moneymaking initiatives

How to Close Your Gallery? Shutting down a gallery with care can protect artists, staff and even spark new beginnings


'It's a Wonderful Secondary Market' A Graphic Christmas Novella

Pour One Out for the Galleries That Closed in 2025; It's been a tough 12 months, but there are reasons for hope. There have to be.


Review: Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum Reminds Us of Our Humanity; Highlighting moments of intimacy amid strife, given that we live in a time of famine, war, and genocide

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A CLEAN, WELL-LIGHTED AESTHETIC


Exhibition Catalogue: "American Stories: The Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall Collection"

Puck: Art Collection’s Escape From L.A.; Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall decided to sell their collection six months before fires ravaged Los Angeles. Now, dozens of 20th century works are safe and sound


Schoelkopf Gallery Announceed a Sale and Exhibition of the Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall Art Collection in Early 2025; Check Out the Collection

CONTEMPORARY NARRATIVE ART


Review: Stan Douglas Conjures Histories That Might Have Been; Through his narrative art, Douglas reminds us that every story contains the potential for history to take another course; "Stan Douglas: Ghostlight" at Hessel Museum of Art


Maud Madsen Has Painted an Imaginary Girl for Years. Now, She’s Letting Her Grow Up; Madsen's familiar yet mysterious vignettes tap into the heart of what it means to grow up


Whoa! Diego Marcon’s Uncanny Films Will Haunt You Long After They’re Finished; In his work, tension lingers, violence is implied, and a resolution never comes

The Art of Usefulness: Inside the Complicated World of Studio Assistants

What Monuments Stand To Teach Americans About Themselves; To mourn responsibly is to accept that history cannot be perfected and should not be forgotten, but understood

Yau: Theaster Gates Is Best When He’s Ambiguous; When Gates opens a gap between how something is perceived and what it is, he does not simply make a connection for the viewer — he invites self-reflection


Unlocking the Secrets Behind Magritte’s Surrealist Sensation, the ‘Empire of Light’; Collectors have been clamoring for these night-time streetscenes with day-bright skies as soon as the artist started painting them

How a Major Commission Drove Mark Rothko to Rage— and Refusal; Exactly why Rothko agreed to the commission may always be a mystery...

Untold Story Behind Pop Art’s Most Famous Word; With editions of the sculpture installed all over the world, Indiana's 'LOVE' series remains at the acme of art dedicated to love

Michelangelo’s Forgotten Foray Into Military Fortress Design; Although the Old Master's designs were impressive, they were also complicated, and never fully completed

SOPHIE CALLE

The Woman Who Slept at the Top of the Eiffel Tower; Artist Sophie Calle; Professor Jean Baudrillard


Video: Sophie Calle, At the Picasso Museum, "Between Worlds" episode

Utopia: Three Centuries of Sexuality in American Cults and Communes

Gustave Courbet and His Self-Portraits; Story Behind One of Art History’s Most Haunting Self-Portraits

Rediscovering Norman Zammitt, a 1960s Visionary of the Light and Space Movement; Otis Grad; Evolving Practice


Yau: Duncan McGillivray-Smith’s Game of Shadows; His mysterious narratives, arising out of common human activities, are inventive and uncanny, caused a sense of disquiet


Joyful World of Kaylene Whiskey: the Indigenous Artist Pulling Dolly Parton and Wonder Woman into the Outback

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Official Trailer 'The Odyssey'; Written and Directed by Christopher Nolan; Starring Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson and Lupita Nyong’o, with Zendaya and Charlize Theron


2025 Cannes Film Fest Rave Reviews. Official Trailer 'The Plague'; Written and Directed by Charlie Polinger; Starring Joel Edgerton, Everett Blunck, and Kayo Martin

Scorsese's New Film is based upon the novel "What Happens at Night" by Peter Cameron. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Mads Mikkelsen and Jennifer Lawrence. Click Here to learn the plot

Sophie: My Essential Films Of 2020-2025 (Part 1)

Timothée, Doechii, and More of the 33 Best Performances of 2025; Featuring Oscar contenders, Emmy winners, divas, divos, and two inanimate objects

Vanity Fair: Rob Reiner’s Life in Pictures

The Oscars Moving to YouTube Beginning in 2029, Will Stream Free Worldwide

James Cameron Is Ready to Move Beyond ‘Avatar’: “I’ve Got Other Stories to Tell”


Twisty Thriller. Official Trailer 'Islands'; Directed by German filmmaker Jan-Ole Gerster; Starring Sam Riley, Stacy Martin, and Jack Farthing


First Look Featurette 'Crime 101'; Written and directed by Bart Layton (American Animals); From Don Winslow’s acclaimed novella; Starring Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Barry Keoghan, and Halle Berry


Juliette Lewis in Kooky Body Swap Indie Comedy 'By Design' Trailer; Modern fable celebrates the messiness of female interiority with deadpan humor, surrealist flourishes, and interpretative dance numbers

RADA JUDE, STAR OF THE ROMANIAN NEW WAVE


Review: Rada Jude's 'Kontinental ​’25'; Incisive, Accessible and Deeply True to Life

Rada Jude on Letterboxd ... ...Rada Jude on Wikipedia

NYT: 'Dracula' Review: Radu Jude's Punishing Provocation


Exclusive Trailer Radu Jude's 'Dracula' (2025); Written and directed by Radu Jude; Starring Adonis Tanța, and Oana Maria Zaharia


Video: Interview With "Dracula" Filmmaker Radu Jude


Trailer 'Aferim' Written and directed by Radu Jude; 2015 Silver Berlin Bear Winner, Berlin Film Festival; "A gorgeous and angry roadtrip through Romania's past … with absurd and rough humor"


Trailer 2 'Kokuho'; Film by Sang-il Lee; Japan's Official Submission Best International Feature Film at the 98th Oscar


Official Trailer 'Bull Run'; Directed by: Alfredo Barrios, Jr.; Starring Tom Blyth, Chris Diamantopoulos, Jay Mohr


Animated Spin-Off Teaser 'Baahubali: The Eternal War'; Two-part animated epic directed by award-winning filmmaker Ishan Shukla; Trippy visuals

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