Pop Culture The Largest Documentary Film Festival in the U.S. Is Kicking Off in New York. Here Are 7 Films About Art to Check Out at Doc NYC See films about Jesse Krimes, James Van Der Zee, Eadweard Muybridge, and more. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 10, 2021
Pop Culture The Real-Life Artists Behind ‘The French Dispatch’ Share What It Was Like to Paint for Exacting Auteur Wes Anderson The team studied up on Félix Vallotton and scurried to find out-of-season cherries. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 8, 2021
Pop Culture Justin Bieber’s Lawyers Tried to Shut Down a Gallery Show by an Artist Impersonating the Pop Star to Sell $100,000 Paintings Brian Whiteley purported to be Bieber for a show at "Harry Gablowisan." By Sarah Cascone, Nov 4, 2021
Pop Culture Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds Will Face Off as Dueling Art Thieves in the New Heist Flick ‘Red Notice’—Watch the Trailer Here Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson also co-stars. By Sarah Cascone, Nov 2, 2021
Pop Culture Why Are So Many Contemporary Horror Flicks Set in the Art World? Spoiler Alert: It’s a Metaphor About Power Recent entries like 'Candyman,' 'Velvet Buzzsaw,' and 'Get Out' trade splattered blood for spattered paint. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 28, 2021
Pop Culture This Prankster Art Collective Is Making an Elaborate Commentary on Authenticity by Hawking 999 Fake Warhols (Plus One Real One) The collective MSCHF bought a Warhol, created 999 replicas, and is now selling each for $250. The catch: you'll never know which one is real. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 25, 2021
Pop Culture ‘It’s a Carnival Life’: Four Artists and One Art Dealer at New York Comic Con on Surviving Lockdown—and Returning to the Convention Circuit It's been a long 18 months for creatives who rely on conventions for income. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 8, 2021
Pop Culture For Two Decades, Filmmaker Jim Jarmusch Has Quietly Been Making Quirky, Creepy Collage Art. Here’s What They Look Like The filmmaker's creations are the subject of a new book and exhibition, both of which launched this week. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 3, 2021
Pop Culture Did Snoop Dogg Really Buy Crypto Artworks Worth $17 Million Under the Moniker ‘Cozomo de’ Medici’? The predictably unpredictable rapper recently outed himself as the Twitterverse's favorite anonymous NFT influencer. Or did he? By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 29, 2021
Pop Culture Legendary Cinematographer Roger Deakins on Getting Rejected from Film School and Releasing His First Book of Photographs at 72 The Oscar winner behind films for the Coen brothers and Denis Villeneuve has published five decades’ worth of never-before-seen photos. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 26, 2021
Pop Culture A Rockefeller Center Developer Wants to Build an Attraction for Tourists to Recreate the Famous ‘Lunch Atop a Skyscraper’ Photo The attraction will pack guests on a replica steel beam, elevate them into the air, and then rotate around to provide panoramic views. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 24, 2021
Pop Culture Please Enjoy These Photos of Damien Hirst and Drake Bro-ing Out Over Sneakers The artist gave the musician a pair of custom, paint-splattered Nike Air Force 1’s to celebrate the success of ‘Certified Lover Boy.’ By Artnet News, Sep 20, 2021
Pop Culture ‘I Want People to Have Strong Reactions’: Director Cheryl Dunn on Her Documentary About Enfant Terrible Artist Dash Snow 'Moments Like This Never Last' features never-before-seen footage of the mid-2000s New York scene. By Taylor Dafoe, Sep 7, 2021
Pop Culture It Turns Out Damien Hirst Is Behind the Totally Bizarre (and Suggestive) Cover Art for Drake’s New Album Twitter users reacted with wild speculations and armchair art analyses. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 31, 2021
Pop Culture The Former Baby From Nirvana’s Famous Album Cover Was Motivated to Sue After the Band Blew Off His Art Show Spencer Elden, now a painter, alleges that the band exploited him as a minor. By Taylor Dafoe, Aug 25, 2021