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
Law & Politics Finders of Long-Lost ‘Star Trek’ USS Enterprise Model File Lawsuit Claiming Fraud The men alleged they were pressured into selling it to Rod Roddenberry, the son of series creator Gene Roddenberry. By Adam Schrader, 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
Pop Culture As Seen on ‘Melrose Place’: Mel Chin’s Guerilla Art Project Conceptual artist Mel Chin was looking the perfect gallery space. He found it on "Melrose Place." By Tim Brinkhof, May 15, 2024
Art World New King Charles Portrait Sparks Backlash for ‘Blood-Red’ Palette The painting by Jonathan Yeo has split public opinion. By Holly Black, May 15, 2024
Pop Culture Art Behind the Meme: A Sculpture Still Lost in Thought Rodin’s statue of a serious man has become a popular template for not-so-serious memes. By Tim Brinkhof, May 12, 2024
Pop Culture As Seen on ‘Twin Peaks’: Not One, Not Two, But Three Venus Statues The sculptures lend a further touch of the unknown to David Lynch’s beloved TV series. By Tim Brinkhof, May 11, 2024
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
Art World The ‘Skullduggery’ Behind Robert Rauschenberg’s Venice Biennale Win Is Unpacked in a New Documentary A new documentary unpacks what went into landing Robert Rauschenberg the top prize at the 1964 Biennale. By Min Chen, May 7, 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
People ‘The Track Record Is Disastrous’: Musician Nick Cave on His Cautious Return to Art The lead singer of the Bad Seeds reflects on art, music, and morals in the wake of unveiling his first solo exhibition. By Kate Brown, 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
