artThursday, August 20, 2026
Today's art news is anchored by a powerful act of reclamation: a former KKK building in Texas will be converted into an arts and culture center. Elsewhere, practical effects legend Rick Baker sees a comeback, and a documentary on architect Peter Zumthor gets a Hollywood producer.
Two stories today deal with transforming the past, one a site of hate, the other a craft that's coming back.
Studio Barnes and Ch_studio are turning a 1920s former KKK building in Fort Worth into an arts and culture center. It's a rare example of architecture explicitly confronting a site's racist history rather than just demolishing it.
Rick Baker, retired for over a decade, says practical effects are coming back as audiences and directors tire of CGI. His take carries weight: he closed his studio because of the CGI shift, so he's got a front-row seat to the pendulum swinging.
A pair of documentary projects bridge art forms and attract big names.
Brad Pitt is executive producing a 3D documentary on Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, directed by Wim Wenders. It premieres at Venice next month, which gives it a legit art-world launchpad beyond just celebrity wattage.
The trailer dropped for 'Chronovisor,' a docufiction blending academic research with Vatican conspiracy theories. It premiered at Rotterdam and is being compared to Bill Morrison and Alex Garland, promising if you like your art history with a side of paranoia.
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Giorgia Lupi – L’umanesimo dei dati / Data Humanismfontsinuse.com
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SELO Modern Furniture Brand Identity and Visual Systemabduzeedo.com
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Mission – first-look reviewlwlies.com
A review of Paul Wright's film "Mission," starring George MacKay as Dylan, a troubled waiter who abandons his mundane life for a week-long journey of self-discovery and unraveling. The article highlights MacKay's performance in this propulsive study of a young man seeking deeper
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Six Months of Sunlight Captured in Stunning Long-Exposure Pinhole Photosmymodernmet.com
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Dublin’s Tiny Magnetic Pets Return With the Astralux EPretrofuturista.com
Tiny Magnetic Pets Rework Their Own Songs on the Astralux EP Retrofuturista premieres the “Astralux” EP by Tiny Magnetic Pets, three tracks out August 21st, ... Read more The post Dublin’s Tiny Magnetic Pets Return With the Astralux EP appeared first on RetroFuturista .
Local Review: Jesse Lovelock – Jesse Lovelock and The Velvet Voiceswww.slugmag.com
Jesse Lovelock and The Velvet Voices, will leave you squinting at the album’s release date. 2025, not circa 1955 or ’62 or whatever year you were predicting. Everybody, we have a time-traveler in our midst. … read more The post Local Review: Jesse Lovelock – Jesse Lovelock and Th
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