artThursday, September 17, 2026
The art world lost a colorful figure today as Peter Max, the artist who defined the psychedelic pop aesthetic of the 1960s, passed away at 88. His death anchors a day that also sees Zhang Yimou taking the helm at Busan and a renewed look at the craft of sign writing.
The day's biggest story is a death that closes a chapter on a very particular kind of pop art fame.
Peter Max's death at 88 marks the end of an era for a pop art that was mass-market, optimistic, and instantly recognizable. His official roles for the Olympics and Super Bowls made him a household name beyond the gallery world.
This obituary underscores just how mainstream Max's art became, naming the Olympics, the Super Bowl, and the World Cup among his clients. It's a useful reminder that pop art's reach often extended far beyond the canvas.
Elsewhere, the business of art moves forward with festival appointments and a quiet revival of hand-painted signs.
Zhang Yimou's appointment as Busan jury president is a significant get for the festival, adding his weight to a competition whose winner gets an automatic Oscar qualification. It signals a continued blurring of lines between Asian and Western award circuits.
A Melbourne sign writer is reviving hand-painted signs in South America, a craft that's nearly lost in a world of vinyl and digital printing. It's a small but telling story about the persistence of handmade skills against the tide of mass production.
San Antonio artist with disabilities leads the charge in improving accessibility at Miller’s Pond Parkwww.tpr.org
A ★★★★ review of Hope (2026)boxd.it
60 Years Ago, the Best Charlie Brown Quote Was So Perfect It Made It Into the Moviewww.polygon.com
Zhang Yimou To Head Seven-Member Competition Jury At Busan International Film Festivaldeadline.com
Rodney Charters Dies: ‘24,’ ‘Shameless’ Cinematographer Was 80deadline.com
West Colliders – Richard J Tilleysubspacewagon.systemsThe collaborator and the carriage – Richard J Tilleysubspacewagon.systems
A short, abstract poem featuring a dialogue between a narrator and a fruit tree in a yard. The exchange explores themes of regret, symmetry, and forgotten history through surreal imagery involving carriages, lawn cycles, and temple dress rehearsals, concluding with a reference to
The Flytrapf.mtr.cool
An excerpt from Sophie Lewis’s book 'Femmephilia' explores the complexities of motherhood through the lens of maternal memoirs, specifically examining the concept of "momfluence" and its intersection with feminist cultural criticism against algorithmic culture.
Imelda Cajipe-Endaya, in her own wordslifestyle.inquirer.net
Imelda Cajipe-Endaya, the Philippines’ first woman National Artist for Visual Arts, talks feminism, Filipino art, politics, and the women who will follow
We spend 8 years of our lives in an office chair. Savo urges you to ensure it’s a quality one.www.materialsource.co.uk
With up to eight years* of our lives spent sitting in an office chair, comfort, ergonomics and long-term wellbeing should be the standard, Savo believes, not the exception. That's why, for decades...
Revisiting design in the 1990s, the decade that make us rethink glamour, beauty and youth culturewww.houseandgarden.co.uk
The design influence of the last analogue decade is resurfacing on a wave of nostalgia and Gen Z curiosity, and is the subject of two new exhibitions in London this autumn
This Lego-like Pune home is a bachelor pad-turned-family home in a 25-year-old buildingwww.architecturaldigest.in
In a quiet corner of Pune, an ageing apartment block yields a home where light and materiality blend into spatial poetry, and art feels inseparable from everyday life.
Dinosaur Jr. - "There Near"post-trash.com
The usual descriptions applied to Dinosaur Jr.’s music like scuzzy, ear bleeding, and feedback drenched seem overused to the point of cliché. These aspects are all present on There Near, but they are not what make this album distinctive. Instead, there is an open exuberance that
OLD FRIENDS! – Mark Trevorrow, Rupert Noffs and Bev Kennedy return to Melbourneartsreview.com.au
The post OLD FRIENDS! – Mark Trevorrow, Rupert Noffs and Bev Kennedy return to Melbourne appeared first on Australian Arts Review .
10 Hard Truths About Building a Career in 3D Art That Beginners Don’t Want to Hearwww.therookies.co
While a great demo reel gets you hired, long-term studio success depends on technical reliability, professional attitude, and team collaboration.
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