Pop Culture As Seen on ‘The Perfect Couple’: A John Singer Sargent Cameo? Not really, but a painting featured in the pilot episode bears a striking resemblance to one of his iconic masterpieces. By Annie Armstrong, Sep 11, 2024
Pop Culture As Seen on ‘Beetlejuice’: German Expressionist Sculptures Brought to Life In the classic horror comedy, Beetlejuice brings Delia Deetz's abstract statues to life to terrorize his victims. By Tim Brinkhof, Aug 31, 2024
Pop Culture As Seen on ‘V for Vendetta’: A Shadow Gallery of ‘Objectionable’ Art A freedom fighter's underground lair is crammed with works by Titian, John William Waterhouse, and Jan van Eyck. By Artnet News, Jul 30, 2024
Pop Culture As Seen on ‘Children of Men’: A Picasso Masterpiece Serves as ‘Wallpaper’ Both the film and the painting revolve around conflict and innocence. By Tim Brinkhof, Jul 28, 2024
Pop Culture As Seen on ‘The Godfather’: An Enigmatic Painting of a Train The large canvas provided the backdrop to Vito Corleone’s meeting with the five families. By Tim Brinkhof, Jul 25, 2024
Pop Culture As Seen on ‘Maria Montessori’: Hilma af Klint’s Abstractions Signal a Modernizing World Both the educator and the artist represented great leaps forward in a society not always welcoming to advances by women. By Devorah Lauter, Jul 23, 2024
Pop Culture As Seen on ‘Big’: An Interactive Piano That Catapulted Its Inventor to Fame The massive keyboard at the heart of the film came to define its inventor, Remo Saraceni. By Min Chen, Jul 13, 2024
Pop Culture As Seen On ‘Velvet Buzzsaw’: Lucian Freud’s Death-Defying Self-Portrait Freud's portrait joins a slew of other sinister art in the 2019 Netflix film. By Tim Brinkhof, Jul 7, 2024
Pop Culture As Seen on ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’: Seurat’s Pointillist Triumph Director John Hughes once dubbed the movie his "love letter" to Chicago. A scene at the city's museum bears out that affection. By Min Chen, Jul 4, 2024
Pop Culture As Seen on ‘What We Do in the Shadows’: A Vampire’s Centuries-Old Portrait The work recalls a real portrait of a historic Persian ruler. By Adnan Qiblawi, Jul 1, 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 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
