Pop Culture Art Behind the Meme: Courbet’s Unhinged Self-Portrait The hair-wringing portrait has had its fair share of Internet fame. By Vittoria Benzine, May 11, 2024
Pop Culture As Seen On ‘Seinfeld’: Cosmo Kramer Gets the Portrait Treatment “He is a loathsome, offensive brute," reflects a patron about the work. "Yet I can’t look away.” By Tim Brinkhof, May 8, 2024
Pop Culture As Seen on ‘Titanic’: A Picasso That Did Not Go Down With the Ship The appearance of the painting in the blockbuster film did not sit well with Picasso's estate. By Tim Brinkhof, May 7, 2024
Pop Culture ‘Andy, It’s Me’: 10 More Songs Inspired by Artists That You Need to Know Artists from Hokusai to Kahlo have inspired composers from Debussy to Jay Z. By Brian Boucher, May 6, 2024
Pop Culture The ‘Lempicka’ Musical Ends Its Broadway Run a Month After Opening "Few knew better than Tamara de Lempicka that art isn’t easy but always worth the effort,” said the show's producers. By Adam Schrader, May 6, 2024
Pop Culture From Taylor Swift to Lana Del Rey—the Musicians Nodding to Art History in Song Lana del Rey, Phoebe Bridgers, and Lorde are fellow singer-songwriters who used art as a romantic metaphor. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, May 6, 2024
Pop Culture Art Behind the Meme: An Infamous Botched Restoration A Spanish pensioner botched a church restoration, producing a world of memes. By Richard Whiddington, May 6, 2024
Pop Culture Art Behind the Meme: Magritte’s Pipe, Which Is Not a Pipe The meme has been around so long that it has infiltrated other memes. By Vittoria Benzine, May 4, 2024
Pop Culture As Seen on ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’: A Vampire’s Self-Portrait in the Style of Dürer The Renaissance artist's iconic painting lends a hidden storytelling element. By Adnan Qiblawi, May 3, 2024
Pop Culture As Seen on ‘Stuart Little’: A Long-Lost Hungarian Masterpiece A Róbert Berény painting was deemed lost—until it turned up on the set of a film about a talking mouse. By Patrick Sproull, May 1, 2024
Pop Culture ‘Lempicka’ Musical Scores Three Tony Award Nominations The star of the show, Eden Espinosa, received her first Tony nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role. By Adam Schrader, Apr 30, 2024
Pop Culture A New Documentary Tells the Troubled Story of Mega-Pop Artist Mr. Doodle It’s not all sunshine and rainbows for the artist, known for intricate drawings and an equally intricate legend. By Brian Boucher, Apr 30, 2024
Pop Culture The Original Model of the ‘Star Trek’ USS Enterprise Reappears After 50 Years What a time warp! By Richard Whiddington, Apr 29, 2024
Pop Culture Legendary New York Photographer James Hamilton Gets the Documentary Treatment Over four decades, Hamilton has shot everything from artists and live concerts to war zones and celebrity homes. By Min Chen, Apr 26, 2024
Pop Culture As Seen on ‘Alien’: H.R. Giger’s Biomorphic Nightmare The Swiss artist's iconic Xenomorph set the tone for Ridley Scott's sci-fi horror. By Tim Brinkhof, Apr 26, 2024
