artSaturday, June 20, 2026
The Obama Presidential Center's opening dominates today's art coverage, with deep dives into its commissioned artworks and a photo essay of a storyhour with the Obamas. Elsewhere, Iranian LEGO animation gets a serious analysis, and a new Herzog & de Meuron building shows how architecture can be a material repository.
The Obama Presidential Center's art commissions and public programming are the day's biggest story, with multiple outlets covering different angles.
The Obama Presidential Center's 30 commissioned artists include heavyweights like Mark Bradford and Julie Mehretu. The piece goes behind the scenes on how these site-specific works were conceived for the 19.3-acre campus.
A photo essay captures Barack and Michelle Obama reading to children at the center's library branch. It's a rare glimpse of the couple's post-presidency public life, framed through the photographer's lens.
From Iranian LEGO videos to Herzog & de Meuron's material-focused architecture, today's coverage spans political satire and design philosophy.
Iranian LEGO animation videos, dismissed as propaganda in the West, are actually part of a long tradition of political satire in Iran. The article traces their genealogy back to pre-revolutionary puppet theater.
Herzog & de Meuron's new Basel office uses exposed timber, concrete, and metal as a 'repository of materials.' It's a statement about architecture as both craft and archive.
Six Sex: ULTRApitchfork.com
'The Love Heist' Hallmark Cast Guide: Who's Who in This Fashion Caper?decider.com
Powers 25 #10 Preview: Partners at Each Other's Throatsbleedingcool.com
Ten viewpoints where dramatic architecture rivals the landscapewww.dezeen.com
Absolute Wonder Woman #21 Preview: Diana's Nightmare Fuel Editionbleedingcool.com
What Jack Kerouac Left Behindnewyorkermag.visitlink.meAna María Devis: What the Body Leaves Behindartreview.com
This article examines the work of Colombian artist Ana María Devis, whose installations feature beds of rotting organic matter and jars of decay to explore themes of value, impermanence, and what society chooses to preserve or discard. The piece connects her artistic practice to
Broadway Summer Closings: What’s Leaving & When?deadline.com
Several Broadway productions are closing as summer 2026 begins, including The Balusters, Chess (starring Lea Michele), and Celebrity Autobiography. The departures are due to either preplanned limited runs or declining audience demand. The closures mark the start of Broadway's slo
Linnea Wicklund: I was part of the ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ film crew. I understand its enduring appeal.www.chicagotribune.com
A first-person account from Linnea Wicklund, who worked on the film crew of "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" in 1983, reflecting on the film's 40th anniversary. She describes witnessing John Hughes' creative process, his deep understanding of teenage psychology, and how the character o
Tony Leung on 'Silent Friend' and Why His Films Belong in Cinemasvariety.com
Tony Leung Chiu-wai, serving as jury president at the Shanghai International Film Festival, held a masterclass following a screening of his film "Silent Friend" directed by Ildikó Enyedi. He discussed his restrained acting philosophy, emphasizing that subtle performances (like fi
'Leviticus': Why the Conversion Therapy Horror Movie Is a Love Storyvariety.com
The article analyzes the horror film 'Leviticus,' arguing that beneath its terrifying and violent depiction of conversion therapy, it is fundamentally a love story between two gay teenage boys, Naim and Ryan. The piece highlights a tender bus scene as the emotional core, contrast
The article reviews The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales, an action-adventure game from Square Enix that uses the HD-2D art style. It praises the game's visuals, gameplay, and how the HD-2D aesthetic works well outside of its traditional turn-based RPG roots. The review
The End of What World? | Los Angeles Review of Bookslareviewofbooks.org
Richie George reviews African science fiction that envisions bold, liberated futures unconstrained by the solipsistic tendencies of Global North SF. The article contrasts this imaginative freedom with the dystopian preoccupations of Western tech elites like Peter Thiel, who lectu
James Baldwin, The Art of Fiction No. 78buff.ly
An interview with James Baldwin conducted in Paris and London, exploring his life as a writer, his relationship with America, and his literary career. Baldwin discusses his early years in Paris where he wrote his first two novels and collection of essays, and how the city helped
“Canicula” - Criticism - e-fluxe-flux.com
This article reviews the exhibition "Canicula" at Fondazione In Between Art Film, which uses the Latin term for the "dog days" of summer as a metaphor for the current era of fascism, genocide, war, and technological erosion of human agency. The exhibition explores how film and vi
‘Within 10 mins, Andy had nicked it’: illustrator on his ubiquitous image of Andy Burnhamwww.theguardian.com
Illustrator Stanley Chow describes how he created the now-ubiquitous image of Andy Burnham after the mayor's rousing speech outside Manchester Central Library in October 2020. At his wife's suggestion, Chow used Adobe Illustrator to draw Burnham, and the image quickly became a vi
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