Art & Exhibitions An Innovative Fashion Exhibition at de Young Museum Will Get an A.R. Boost From Snap The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco is the latest institution to partner with the tech company. By Min Chen, Nov 16, 2023
Archaeology & History French Love Letters, Sealed for 265 Years, Are Opened—and Read—for the First Time The letters were written to French soldiers during the height of the Seven Years' War, but never delivered. By Min Chen, Nov 14, 2023
On View The Prado Museum’s New Show Reveals a Rarely Seen Side of Paintings: Their Reverse "On the Reverse" brings together about 100 works, displayed so their backs face the viewers. By Min Chen, Nov 14, 2023
Pop Culture Meet the Woman Behind ‘Weird Medieval Guys,’ the Internet Hit Mining Odd Art From the Middle Ages Olivia Swarthout's new book unearths all that's weird and wonderful about this period of art history. By Min Chen, Nov 13, 2023
Pop Culture A U.K. Researcher Has Unearthed the Original 19th-Century Photo Featured on an Iconic Led Zeppelin Album Cover The image was found in an album of photographs taken by Ernest Howard Farmer. By Min Chen, Nov 9, 2023
Museums & Institutions What Goes on Behind the Scenes at a Guggenheim Show? These Eye-Opening Polaroids Photos Offer a Rare Peek The museum's exhibitions manager, Barron Preston, shot these images during the installation of "Going Dark." By Min Chen, Nov 8, 2023
Museums & Institutions From Billie Eilish to Ed Ruscha, See the Glitzy Guests at LACMA’s Annual Art+Film Gala This year's event, which honored Judy Baca and David Fincher, raised more than $5 million. By Min Chen, Nov 6, 2023
Pop Culture Musician Bat for Lashes on Illustrating Her New Oracle Card Deck That Radically Reimagines the Tarot The Motherwitch deck features "feminine aspects" as visual and spiritual symbols. By Min Chen, Nov 1, 2023
Art & Exhibitions See the Creepy Models Used to Make Tim Burton’s Halloween Classic ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas,’ Now on View in a New Show The show puts these objects in dialogue with nearly 100 artworks from the McNay Art Museum's permanent collection. By Min Chen, Oct 31, 2023
Pop Culture ‘A Third Side to the Story’: Rock Duo The Kills on How Photography and Art Add Fresh Dimensions to Their New Album ‘God Games’ The album is the latest to feature Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince's photography. By Min Chen, Oct 30, 2023
Pop Culture Photographer William Eggleston’s New Album Bottles His Serene Piano-Playing, With Special Guest Brian Eno on Bells "512" is the second album from the photographer and low-key pianist. By Min Chen, Oct 25, 2023
Books Sofia Coppola’s First Book Goes Behind the Scenes on Her Films From ‘Lost in Translation’ to ‘Priscilla.’ See Its Lush Photos Here "Sofia Coppola Archive" also collects scripts, mood boards, and notes from the director's eight feature films. By Min Chen, Oct 24, 2023
Art & Exhibitions More Than 800 Zines Created by Artists From Raymond Pettibon to Miranda July Are Going on View in a Major Museum Show "Copy Machine Manifesto" at the Brooklyn Museum brings together artist zines from the past 50 years. By Min Chen, Oct 23, 2023
On View See Inside the First Museum Retrospective Dedicated to John Waters’s Unparalleled Contributions to Cinema—and Bad Taste "Pope of Trash" at the Academy Museum documents the director's films, obsessions, and creative processes. By Min Chen, Oct 14, 2023
On View See Highlights From a New Show of Spike Lee’s Vast Personal Archive—From Prince’s Love Symbol Guitar to a Stunning Kehinde Wiley Portrait "Spike Lee: Creative Sources" features more than 450 objects from the filmmaker's collection. By Min Chen, Oct 9, 2023