Saturday, October 3, 202612 stories
New York film festivals take center stage
Today in art, the New York Film Festival is the main event, with Tony Gilroy's 'Behemoth!' drawing two strong reviews. But a new Muslim film festival in Manhattan is the more interesting story, it's not trying to counter stereotypes, it's trying to replace them entirely.
Wednesday, September 30, 202618 stories
Fungi as art, Marie Antoinette doc, and watchmaking subversion
Today's art world is digging into unlikely materials: fungi making music, salvaged Saxony parts making clocks, and a mother's footage making a film. There's a thread of finding the extraordinary in the overlooked, from Beatrix Potter's mushrooms to an Apple-1 computer.
Tuesday, September 29, 202614 stories
Girl Detectives and the Art of Escape
Today's art coverage circles around escape: from the cliques of a Ghanaian boarding school to the spectral musings of a girl detective, and even the acoustic pods designed to carve out calm in open offices. The thread is less about the art itself and more about the spaces we create to get away, whether psychological, physical, or literal.
Tuesday, September 22, 202620 stories
Hornbach builds a working film camera
Today's art news is a grab bag of the practical and the playful. A DIY store builds a working film camera from plumbing parts, a new pavilion at Art Omi looks like an egg, and a traveling artist's daily sketches become a project. It's a day for making things, not just looking at them.
Monday, September 21, 202619 stories
Lee Kun-hee collection lands at British Museum
The late Samsung chairman's massive art collection makes its final overseas stop, landing at the British Museum. Meanwhile, San Sebastian's WIP competition highlights the industry's ongoing push to support unfinished films, and brands are turning production itself into content.
Sunday, September 20, 202614 stories
Galaxy Express 999 Returns, Protests at Lucas Museum
Anime's most beautiful space epic is getting a comeback, while protests outside the Lucas Museum remind us that art and labor rights are colliding. The day's stories span nostalgia, protest, and the quiet craft of artists finding their voice.
Thursday, September 17, 202619 stories
Peter Max, Psychedelic Pop Art Icon, Dies at 88
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.
Wednesday, September 16, 202620 stories
Jumbo's Dancers Are the Real L.A. Art Scene
Forget the auteur theory. Today's art world is about who gets credit for the work, and that fight is playing out in a bikini bar in East Hollywood. From dancers writing novels to a photographer reclaiming his legacy, the through-line is artists demanding their own voice.
Monday, September 14, 202620 stories
Sabyasachi's NYFW return and Brooklyn's runway
Fashion is the day's strongest thread, with two very different kinds of global ambition playing out: Sabyasachi Mukherjee returns to New York Fashion Week for the first time in 20 years, while KidSuper's Colm Dillane took over Brooklyn City Hall with a Lauryn Hill surprise. Both stories are about designers staking a claim, one on the global luxury stage, the other on their home borough.
Saturday, September 12, 202620 stories
Venice red carpet goes quiet, TIFF takes center stage
The Venice Film Festival's red carpet is pulling back from shock value, but the real action this week is at TIFF, where a handful of premieres are drawing strong reactions. From a math prodigy's bad romance to Anna Biller's sophomore horror, the festival circuit is serving up genuine character work over spectacle.
Friday, September 11, 202620 stories
Bonham's graffiti, AI labels, and Sailor Moon
Today's art news is a scattered but lively mix. A Led Zeppelin legend's vandalism gets a second look, the debate over AI in creativity gets a practical turn, and a classic anime becomes freely accessible. It's a day for revisiting old stories and questioning new tools.
Tuesday, September 8, 202620 stories
Louvre Islamic art heads to Smithsonian
Today's art news is about movement: cultural treasures crossing borders, studios expanding, and festivals opening their doors. The biggest story is a landmark loan from the Louvre to the Smithsonian, bringing 26 Islamic art masterpieces to the U.S. for the first time.
Monday, September 7, 202620 stories
Venice, protest art, and the Emmys
Today's art coverage splits between two poles: the Venice Film Festival delivers a moment of real drama (a screening stopped mid-roll), while back in London, protest art hits the streets for a magazine's birthday. The Emmys also chipped in a speech that named-checked Sam Shepard and Sam Altman in the same breath.
Sunday, September 6, 202619 stories
Telluride buzz and Emmys shape the day
Telluride is the engine today: Jesse Eisenberg's community theatre comedy and Danny Boyle's tabloid drama are generating real heat. Meanwhile, Mariska Hargitay's Emmy wins for her Mansfield doc give the art world a personal, awards-season jolt.
Saturday, September 5, 202619 stories
Theater docs and Nazi loot lead the day
Today's art news is split between stage and screen. A new documentary rounds up the titans of 1950s British theater, while a separate film profiles a lost Shakespearean actor. Meanwhile, a long-running restitution case finally closes with a Nazi-looted portrait headed home.
Thursday, September 3, 202618 stories
Cattelan's Berlin Show and Lucas Museum Lead
Today's art news leans heavily on institutions and provocateurs. Maurizio Cattelan is defending his pranks as serious work ahead of a Berlin retrospective, while George Lucas finally opens his narrative art museum. Meanwhile, a documentary on Cosey Fanni Tutti promises to revisit a different kind of provocation.
Tuesday, September 1, 202617 stories
AI tools reshape art-making and criticism
Today's art coverage is split between two poles: the practical, hands-on use of AI in creative workflows and the philosophical reckoning with what AI means for art itself. A 3D artist shares a Blender shader that mimics hand-painting, while a director details how AI helped produce an animated series without losing creative control. Meanwhile, Artforum asks us to leave Walter Benjamin behind to understand the AI copy.
Monday, August 24, 202619 stories
Kiaf Seoul and ancient branding lead the day
Today's art news spans millennia, from a 3,200-year-old ceramic 'brand' to the 25th edition of Kiaf SEOUL. The through-line is how objects, ancient pots or contemporary fair booths, carry meaning and desirability across time and space.
Sunday, August 23, 202620 stories
One animator's 14-year labor of love
Today's art world is split between the painstakingly slow and the boldly fast. A single animator spent 14 years hand-drawing a film, while Toei mapped out a One Piece movie through 2029. The contrast says something about where attention lives right now.
Saturday, August 22, 202620 stories
Mexican art and architecture take center stage
Today's art world is focused on Mexico, with a new photography book spotlighting young creatives, a converted open-air gallery, and a look at a collector's eccentric museum. The thread is a celebration of Mexican identity and spaces, from the personal to the institutional.
Friday, August 21, 202620 stories
The $200 Chinese animation that broke the internet
Today's art world is split between the delightfully absurd and the quietly serious. A $200 animated film from China is the viral sensation nobody saw coming, while indie horror and thoughtful design fill out the rest of the day's coverage.
Thursday, August 20, 202620 stories
Former Klan building to become arts center
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.
Wednesday, August 19, 202620 stories
AstaGuru expands to Singapore, jellyfish museum opens
Today's art news is a mix of market moves and sensory experiences. An Indian auction house plants a flag in Southeast Asia, while a Florida museum bets on jellyfish as the next big draw. There's also a deep dive into a Tang dynasty shipwreck and a meditation on a Chinese painting that pairs vitality with decay.
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.
