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Pop Culture As Seen on ‘Big’: An Interactive Piano That Catapulted Its Inventor to Fame The massive keyboard at the heart of the film came to define its inventor, Remo Saraceni. By Min Chen, Jul 13, 2024
Pop Culture Justin Timberlake’s Viral Mugshot Is Now a Work of Art An artist duo has created limited-edition prints based on the mugshot. They're now "flying off the shelves." By Sarah Cascone, Jul 8, 2024
Pop Culture As Seen On ‘Velvet Buzzsaw’: Lucian Freud’s Death-Defying Self-Portrait Freud's portrait joins a slew of other sinister art in the 2019 Netflix film. By Tim Brinkhof, Jul 7, 2024
Pop Culture As Seen on ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’: Seurat’s Pointillist Triumph Director John Hughes once dubbed the movie his "love letter" to Chicago. A scene at the city's museum bears out that affection. By Min Chen, Jul 4, 2024
Pop Culture As Seen on ‘What We Do in the Shadows’: A Vampire’s Centuries-Old Portrait The work recalls a real portrait of a historic Persian ruler. By Adnan Qiblawi, Jul 1, 2024
Pop Culture Behind Danny Lyon’s Celebrated Photos That Inspired the New Film ‘The Bikeriders’ Written and directed by Jeff Nichols, the movie is based on Lyon's 1968 photo book. By Min Chen, Jun 26, 2024
Pop Culture Who Are the ‘Hot Rodent Men’ of Art History? Would you swoon over these high art hamsters? By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Jun 26, 2024
Pop Culture How the Medieval Tapestry in the New ‘House of the Dragon’ Opening Sequence Got Its Weave The titles were created by design studio yU+co and inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry. By Min Chen, Jun 24, 2024
Pop Culture As Seen On ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’: A Self-Portrait by a Real Comedian As self-portraits go, this one is very flattering. By Tim Brinkhof, Jun 20, 2024
Pop Culture Julianne Moore Will Play the Art Restorer Who Fixed Up ‘Salvator Mundi’ in a New TV Series The show is based on the popular 2021 documentary, “The Lost Leonardo.” By Brian Boucher, Jun 20, 2024
Pop Culture As Seen on ‘Synecdoche, New York’: The Tiniest Paintings Ever The paperclip-sized paintings were created by artist Alex Kanevsky. By Tim Brinkhof, Jun 17, 2024