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
Pop Culture As Seen on ‘Breaking Bad’: Georgia O’Keeffe’s Haunting Painting of a Door Jesse and Jane head to the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum to ponder the meaning of doing the same thing over and over. By Tim Brinkhof, Jun 10, 2024
Pop Culture As Seen on ‘The Sopranos’: A Renaissance Masterpiece Tucked Behind a Headboard Nothing but the finest Italian masterworks for the mobster's family. By Tim Brinkhof, May 30, 2024
Pop Culture As Seen on ‘Furiosa’: A Romantic Painting Emerges Amid a Desert Wasteland John William Waterhouse cameos in the latest installment of George Miller's Mad Max franchise. By Min Chen, May 28, 2024
Pop Culture Art Behind the Meme: Two Comical Portraits of a Serious English Scholar The man in the "What Am I Reading” meme, Samuel Johnson basically invented the dictionary. By Tim Brinkhof, May 26, 2024
Pop Culture As Seen on ‘The Office’: A Beloved Watercolor of a Paper Company The painting hung in the Dunder Mifflin offices for six seasons. By Vittoria Benzine, May 24, 2024
Pop Culture Inside the New Opera Reimagining the Singular Life of Hilma af Klint Besides tracing the Swedish artist's biography, "HILMA" explores the afterlife of her ultra-modern body of work. By Min Chen, May 23, 2024
Pop Culture As Seen on ‘Nocturnal Animals’: A Gallery of Works That Blur Art and Life The artworks in the Tom Ford film reflected the emotions of the characters as much as an art-world hauteur. By Tim Brinkhof, May 22, 2024
Pop Culture Art Behind the Meme: Fernando Botero’s ‘Baby’ Pope The late Colombian artist made his name creating plump caricatures of famous paintings and people. By Tim Brinkhof, May 21, 2024
Pop Culture As Seen on ‘Solaris’: A 16th-Century Masterpiece in Space A Bruegel painting beloved by director Andrei Tarkovsky plays a haunting role. By Min Chen, May 17, 2024
Pop Culture Art Behind the Meme: An Eye-Rolling Saint Saint Rosalie has become a symbol of exasperation everywhere. By Vittoria Benzine, May 16, 2024
Pop Culture A New Book Reveals the Transformative Techniques of a Makeup Guru Beloved by Artists Published by A24, "The Beauty of the Beast" is a first-of-its-kind manual to combine beauty and special effects makeup. By Min Chen, May 16, 2024