Tuesday, August 18, 202620 stories
Kennedy Center, AI, and Art's New Battles
Today's art news spans from political tussles over cultural landmarks to AI's encroachment on creative IP, with a few delightful surprises in between. The through-line is the tension between preservation and transformation, whether it's a Dutch painting revealing hidden layers or a comic book imagining rebellion against automation.
Thursday, August 13, 202618 stories
AI Cartoons Threaten Industry, Cave Art Dated
Today's art world is split between the ancient and the automated. Scientists finally dated the Font-de-Gaume cave paintings, while Australian cartoonists fear AI-generated illustrations are killing their trade. It's a day of reckoning with time and technology.
Wednesday, August 12, 202620 stories
Gargoyles returns, Miller doc streams, branding showcases
Today's art news is a mix of nostalgia and fresh design. The Gargoyles comic revival and Frank Miller documentary tap into comic book history, while branding showcases and architectural projects push visual boundaries. It's a day where the past and future of visual culture collide.
Friday, July 31, 202614 stories
Cinematic interiors and disability rights take the stage
Today's art news spans from a Munich townhouse inspired by 1970s South American cinema to a musical about the disability rights movement. The through-line is how art and design channel social and personal narratives into physical and performative spaces.
Wednesday, July 29, 202612 stories
Pearl Jam book, new music, and VFX pathways
Today's art coverage is a grab bag of new releases and behind-the-scenes stories. A Pearl Jam photography book offers rare early band photos, while Shannon Lay returns with a genre-shifting album. A piece on VFX training shows how schools are bridging classroom and production.
Tuesday, July 28, 202618 stories
Musk's AI Odyssey claim sparks debate
Elon Musk's boast that his AI can produce a 'historically accurate' film adaptation of Homer's Odyssey has drawn sharp pushback from scholars. The argument that AI image generators simply average biased visual data, not historical truth, is the day's most consequential thread. Meanwhile, Wacom's Yuify authorship tool arrives on ibisPaint, and Bangarra Dance Theatre receives a major lifetime achievement award.
Monday, July 27, 202613 stories
Comic-Con hangover, fresh music reviews
The art world is shaking off San Diego Comic-Con with a few lingering announcements, but today's real energy is in music criticism. Pitchfork drops two deep-dive reviews, Foodman's dark footwork and Picture's vowel-play, while a local faerie festival in Illinois proves fantasy fandom thrives offline too.
Saturday, July 25, 202612 stories
Del Toro's AI promise, DC's Comic-Con day
Guillermo Del Toro's emphatic anti-AI stance for the Pan's Labyrinth re-release sets a tone for the day, while DC dominates Comic-Con with new announcements. Elsewhere, SoundCloud's acquisition of Nina Protocol signals consolidation in independent music, and a Japanese art trend turns school blackboards into canvases.
Friday, July 24, 202610 stories
Comic-Con dominates art news today
San Diego Comic-Con is in full swing, and the art world's attention is split between the convention floor and a major museum appointment. Laika's immersive 'Wildwood' activation offers a calm counterpoint to the showfloor frenzy, while Dia's Jessica Morgan gets tapped to lead Tate.
Thursday, July 23, 202613 stories
Ben Folds testifies on Kennedy Center politicization
Today's art news is bookended by politics and pop culture. Ben Folds took his fight against Trump's Kennedy Center takeover to Congress, while San Diego Comic-Con kicked off with TV and comics dominating the floor. A few smaller pieces offer quiet counterpoints: concrete poetry, a musical adaptation that misses the mark, and the Bayeux tapestry's London stop.
Tuesday, July 21, 202617 stories
The Odyssey press tour, Lego One Piece, and more
Today's art coverage spans from Hollywood red carpets to Lego animations, with a few standout exhibitions and a touch of controversy. The through-line is how artists and brands are reimagining familiar stories and spaces, from classical myths to corporate IP.
Monday, July 20, 202619 stories
Mozart notebook discovery leads art day
A 248-year-old Mozart notebook found by an archivist is the biggest art story today, offering newly discovered pieces from a struggling young composer. Elsewhere, a Roman treasure hunt and a Welsh opera rebrand show how discovery and reinvention keep the art world moving.
Sunday, July 19, 202620 stories
Cuban dissident artist arrives in Miami
Today's art news is split between personal stories of exile and loss, and digital access to culture. A Cuban artist's arrival in the US after prison dominates, while a new archive opens 5.8 million artworks to anyone.
Saturday, July 18, 202619 stories
A24 apologizes for Backrooms copyright strikes
A24 stepped in it this week, hitting Backrooms-inspired fan art with copyright strikes and then quickly apologizing. The studio acknowledged the collaborative nature of the Backrooms universe. Elsewhere, artists continue to navigate AI, and 'Aliens' turns 40 with a look back at its practical effects.
Friday, July 17, 202620 stories
The Odyssey dominates the art conversation
Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' is everywhere today, with multiple outlets dissecting his adaptation choices, defending the film from backlash, and even connecting it to perfume. Meanwhile, a gallery closes in LA and Hong Kong's culture crackdown continues. The day feels like a referendum on how we retell old stories.
Thursday, July 16, 202620 stories
Imagen Awards lead a day of recognition and reflection
Today's art coverage balances celebration with introspection. The Imagen Awards nominations spotlight Latino talent, while a handful of reviews and profiles dig into how artists process turmoil, from war in Gaza to the chaos of the Tour de France. A few design roundups and a Star Wars rumor round things out.
Tuesday, July 7, 202610 stories
Blackest black and creative process
Today's art coverage splits between the material and the metaphysical. One piece traces humanity's centuries-long quest for the blackest black, from cave charcoal to Vantablack. Another cluster of stories digs into how designers and artists think across mediums, with Aiqi Zhang and Victoria Ruiz offering thoughtful reflections on process and empathy.
Sunday, July 5, 20266 stories
Disability representation and poetry both make history
Today's art news is marked by a pair of historic firsts: Sony's 'GOAT' becomes the first major studio film with an all-disability loop group, and Elizabeth Bishop's love story gets a deep dive. Meanwhile, Karlovy Vary keeps generating headlines with Dustin Hoffman and a debut feature.
Saturday, July 4, 202610 stories
Nolan's Odyssey and Venice Classics lead
Today's art news is split between big-budget spectacle and festival curation. Christopher Nolan's upcoming 'Odyssey' adaptation sparks debate on marrying realism with myth, while Venice announces a stellar Classics lineup. Meanwhile, smaller stories about a Czech festival trailer director and a queer film at Karlovy Vary offer counterpoints.
Wednesday, July 1, 20266 stories
Velázquez restoration and Gaudí's private floor
Today's art news offers two very different kinds of access: the Prado reveals what a century of grime hid in a Velázquez portrait, and Gaudí's Casa Batlló opens its original family apartment to paying guests. A Japanese film archive's crowdfunding crisis reminds us that preservation is never a one-time fix.
Tuesday, June 30, 20267 stories
Madonna blasts AI, Akira's ending still resonates
Today's art world is split between the digital and the analog. Madonna's takedown of AI art landed alongside a loving appreciation of Akira's hand-drawn manga ending, while an unpublished Rafael Alberti watercolor series entered a museum collection. The thread: a quiet pushback against the algorithmic, and a celebration of the human-made.
Monday, June 29, 20266 stories
Designers as menders, not makers
Today's art coverage is less about finished works and more about the systems that produce them. A thoughtful piece on designers losing their creative identity to AI-driven mending leads the conversation, while a giant wheat-field photograph and a digital art gallery model show how the medium itself is being rethought.
Sunday, June 28, 20266 stories
Artists urge NYC ban on AI in schools
A coalition of hundreds of artists is pushing New York City to ban AI tools in public schools, arguing they threaten creative development. Elsewhere, a Bryan Ferry reissue gets a thoughtful reappraisal, and Chicago's Bronzeville celebrates Ida B. Wells with a festival.
Friday, June 26, 202610 stories
Broadway revival leads, Ann Blyth dies at 98
Today's art news balances the future and the past. A starry Broadway revival of 'Three Days of Rain' is set for 2027, while we say goodbye to Ann Blyth, the unforgettable Veda from 'Mildred Pierce.' Elsewhere, a Māori horror film and new music from Downtown Boys and Félicia Atkinson offer fresh creative statements.
Thursday, June 25, 202610 stories
Female performance art doc gets Tomlin and Wagner
A documentary tracing the rise of female performance artists in the late 1970s lands two heavyweight executive producers. Meanwhile, a VFX veteran passes, and a Dutch football star picks up a culture prize. It's a day of recognition and remembrance in the arts.
Tuesday, June 23, 202612 stories
Amano's Zan, VivziePop's Prehistoria lead animation news
Animation dominates today's art news, with two major feature announcements from legendary and internet-born creators. Meanwhile, a Stratford Othello and a Tokyo illustrator offer grounded counterpoints.
Monday, June 22, 20265 stories
Minions, AI art, and adaptation debates
Today's art coverage spans a surprising range: a surprisingly smart Minions sequel, a tragic backstory for a late-career folk album, and two directors arguing that bad books make better films. The thread is artists finding creative freedom in constraints, whether those constraints are franchise expectations, obscurity, or AI's lack of innocence.
Sunday, June 21, 202613 stories
Animation leads, fiction deepens, art shifts
Today's art coverage is heavy on animation, from a paper stop-motion debut to a new Pippi Longstocking series, but the most arresting piece is Ben Lerner's short story about the impossible knot between writing and therapy. Elsewhere, an NCAD student's storytelling robot and a Chinese jade carver's labor medal offer two very different takes on craft and tradition.
Saturday, June 20, 202620 stories
Obama Center art leads a cultural day
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.
Friday, June 19, 202610 stories
Gaudí, AI art, and the sounds of church organs
Today's art coverage spans from the preservation of historic church organs in Newfoundland to a reboot of a Catalan animated classic. The through-line is a tension between tradition and technology: how we save, reinterpret, or replace the old with the new.
Wednesday, June 17, 202610 stories
Jordanian cinema breaks out globally
Jordanian films are making waves at international festivals, signaling a growing appetite for stories from the region. Meanwhile, a Romanian pandemic drama and a new Bandai Namco animation project round out a day of varied art-world news.
Sunday, May 24, 20262 stories
Cyberpunk Graphic Novel and Cannes 2026 Highlights
A Kickstarter for a cyberpunk graphic novel from a Steambot Studios co-founder, plus the best of Cannes 2026. Here's what's happening in art and film today.
