Criticism, canon, and the new.
Pitchfork reports that Jim James has written a memoir titled One Wonders, and quotes him saying that it’s okay to ask for help.
Within twenty-six hours, an X account posted a link to a population-pyramid gallery and a link to an NEJM Voices essay on the physician share. The…
The London artist's first single of the year arrives with a high-drama, four-character video, signalling a pivot back to solo work ahead of any wider…
Geologist's new album, The Sirens, was made with visual artist Kyle Simon from a single composition manipulated by the light of the full moon. Its…
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is suing to recover a Cubist portrait that left the University of Pittsburgh's care in 1961 and has, by several…
John Carpenter, Colman Domingo, and Charlize Theron will be honored at the sixth annual Academy Museum gala on 17 October 2026, with Steven…
A teaser for Halkawt Mustafa’s Venice-bound feature about a female sniper and the fight against the Islamic State dropped on 10 August 2026, with…
A week on the Russian-language classical circuit: young musicians in an ancient temple, a composer arguing music is not "for the table," and a…
Two pieces in the Russian classical-music feed this week put a young pianist in front of 19th-century French instruments and John Malkovich in front…
The same week the singer released three black-and-white videos tied to a new album called Music, Fashion, Film, the National Portrait Gallery…
Venice's 2026 lineup was published live on 23 July 2026 with Danny Boyle's "Ink" as the previously announced opener, and Variety's update explicitly…
Variety's 23 July 2026 preview frames Venice as tilting toward international directors, with Danny Boyle's 'Ink' as the previously announced opener;…
A summer piano festival built around improviser Denis Matsuev has moved 40,000 tickets across 16 concerts in Russia, a box-office signal the live…
Six months after Trump ordered an outdoor exhibition on American slavery removed, a new administration-installed display at a Philadelphia heritage…
The 51st Toronto International Film Festival has unveiled a slate fronted by Helen Mirren, Chris Rock and Seth Rogen, with world premieres built…
The School of Visual Arts' Art Practice MFA thesis show treats inherited history as material to be rebuilt, not mourned, and the work is sharper for…
Sony Pictures is in early talks to lease the Cinerama Dome, with Alamo Drafthouse potentially running it, a move that would deepen studio ownership…
The performance artist who challenged Cuba's institutions from inside a maximum-security cell has been released into exile. The terms of his…
Moscow wants its 1958 seven-metre ballerina back from the Tverskaya Street rooftop where she once stood. The dispute is small in scale and large in…
A reported pairing between Katie Holmes and an artist she met at a Tribeca Film Festival dinner is the latest small data point in a years-long drift:…
Four artists are suing The Hole, a well-known Lower East Side gallery, for nearly $50,000 in unpaid sales. The case lands at a moment when small…
Brussels suspended a €2 million grant to the Venice Biennale on 21 July 2026 after a review found the festival had not adequately addressed Russia's…
Yuri Bashmet led the Moscow Soloists into the composer’s family home in the Urals, the first concert held inside the house-museum in decades.
A new museum at Trent Park restores the listening booths where captured German officers held forth, unaware that every boast was being recorded by…
Two unrelated emergencies converged on Lower Manhattan over the weekend: a flash flood tore through the New Museum on the Bowery, while the city…
