Pop Culture An Upcoming Film on Photographer Peter Hujar Has Found Its Leading Man The biopic will be directed by indie filmmaker Ira Sachs. By Min Chen, Jan 12, 2024
Pop Culture A New PBS Documentary Chronicles Edward and Jo Hopper’s Rich Yet Prickly Two-Artist Marriage "HOPPER: An American Love Story" explores the vital role Jo Hopper played in her husband's career. By Adam Schrader, Jan 9, 2024
Pop Culture How the Provocative ‘Saltburn’ Is Renewing Interest in a 400-Year-Old French Ceramicist The new film sees Bernard Palissy, the 16th-century Huguenot, play a subtle yet significant role. By Eileen Kinsella, Jan 4, 2024
Pop Culture Meow No! 7 Paintings by Artists Who Have Probably Never Seen a Cat Cats are weird, but surely not this weird. By Artnet News, Dec 25, 2023
Pop Culture The 8 Defining Art Movies of 2023—and Where to Watch Them Biopics, capers, satires: filmmakers looked to art for inspiration in all sorts of ways this year. See the most revealing examples here. By Taylor Dafoe, Dec 22, 2023
Pop Culture Artist Tschabalala Self Painted Nicki Minaj’s Portrait for the New Digital Issue of ‘Vogue’ The painting was inspired by a photograph of Minaj by Norman Jean Roy. By Verity Babbs, Dec 15, 2023
Pop Culture JR and Robert De Niro Are Making a Documentary on the Art and Life of the Actor’s Late Father The duo discussed the film, "The Past Goes Fast," in a conversation at Art Basel Miami Beach. By Hollie McLaughlin-Martin, Dec 13, 2023
Pop Culture Hajime Sorayama Is Taking Issue With One of Beyoncé’s Looks From Her Renaissance Tour On Instagram, the Japanese artist appears to have called out the pop star for appropriation. By Adam Schrader, Dec 11, 2023
Pop Culture A Holiday-Themed Thomas Kinkade Show Takes a Fresh Look at the King of Kitsch The exhibition opens December 1 at McLennon Pen Co. Gallery in Austin, Texas. By Devorah Lauter, Dec 9, 2023
Pop Culture A New Documentary Spotlights the Trans Performance Artist Standing Up to the Russian Government A new documentary follows Gena Marvin as she contends with her country's transphobia. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 7, 2023
Pop Culture Feminist Art Collective Pussy Riot Is the Subject of a Forthcoming TV Series "I am ready to share this story," said the group's Nadya Tolokonnikova. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 7, 2023
Pop Culture A New Interactive Experience at New York’s Rockefeller Center Lets You Recreate This Iconic 1932 Photo "The Beam" also offers unique views over the Manhattan skyline. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Dec 6, 2023
Pop Culture 5 Massive Pop Culture Moments From 2023 That Remind Us of Renaissance Paintings From the Super Bowl to a Schiaparelli fashion show, pop culture yielded all the visual richness of artworks from past eras. By Artnet News, Nov 23, 2023
Pop Culture How Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon’ Repeats One of Art History’s Biggest Conspiracies Did the French emperor really knock off the Great Sphinx's nose? By Verity Babbs, Nov 23, 2023
Pop Culture A Prankster Used A.I. to ‘Improve’ Edward Hopper’s Classic ‘Nighthawks’ A certain Pulitzer Prize–winning critic may even have fallen for the gag. By Brian Boucher, Nov 20, 2023