Art & Exhibitions It’s a Spike Lee Joint: A Major Show at Brooklyn Museum Will Exhibit the Acclaimed Filmmaker’s Collection of Art and Objects 'Spike Lee: Creative Sources' gathers more than 300 objects that capture the director's creative inspirations. By Min Chen, Jul 10, 2023
Pop Culture The Design Studio Behind Iconic Album Covers for Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, and Wings Is the Subject of a New Documentary 'Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)' goes behind-the-scenes of Hipgnosis's most innovative sleeves. By Min Chen, Jun 9, 2023
Art & Exhibitions The Late Composer Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Final Concert Will Air at the Shed—in a World-First Mixed Reality Installation The work was masterminded by Tin Drum, the studio behind Marina Abramović's 2019 mixed-reality show. By Min Chen, Jun 1, 2023
On View An Exhibition of Taylor Swift’s Stuff Has Just Opened at the Museum of Arts and Design. Here Are 5 Must-See Displays, Swifties 'Taylor Swift: Storyteller' is on view at MAD through September 4. By Min Chen, May 25, 2023
Books The First-Ever Bob Dylan Monograph Surveys 60 Years of the Songwriter’s ‘Exploratory’ Paintings and Sculptures 'Retrospectrum' brings together more than 100 artworks that Dylan has created over the past six decades. By Min Chen, Apr 7, 2023
Pop Culture Artist Cynthia Lahti Opens Up About Her Very ‘Particular’ Sculptures That Anchor the New Michelle Williams Film ‘Showing Up’ The Portland-based artist's work stood in for the objects created by Williams's onscreen sculptor. By Min Chen, Mar 29, 2023
Auctions Props From the Hit Oscar Nominee ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’—Including a $90,000 Raccoon Puppet—Are Up for Auction The auction will benefit charities including the Asian Mental Health Project and Laundry Workers Center. By Min Chen, Feb 27, 2023
Pop Culture The Victoria & Albert Museum Says ‘Let’s Dance’ to David Bowie, Agreeing to Acquire the Iconic Musician’s Complete Archives Some 80,000 items from the musician's career will be available at the new David Bowie Center for the Study of Performing Arts. By Taylor Dafoe, Feb 23, 2023
Pop Culture Hip-Hop Chronicler Sacha Jenkins on Curating a New Show to Celebrate the Movement’s Visual Language on Its 50th Anniversary Jenkins co-curated Fotografiska's "Hip-Hop: Conscious, Unconscious" exhibition, on view through May 21. By Min Chen, Feb 16, 2023
NFTs Ariel Pink Used an Artist’s Image on an Album Cover Without Her Consent. She Responded With a Series of Blistering NFTs Jill Miller has released 50 digital works intended to replace—and parody—the original cover. By Min Chen, Jan 30, 2023
Auctions Eminem’s Sneakers, a Portrait of Joni Mitchell, and Other Music Memorabilia Is Hitting the Auction Block to Benefit Workers in the Industry The auction, held in support of MusiCares, will take place on February 5. By Min Chen, Jan 22, 2023
Pop Culture Sun Ra’s Legendary Album Art—Sometimes Handcrafted, Always Otherworldly—Has Been Compiled Into a Book for the First Time "Sun Ra: Art on Saturn" features a vast quantity of album covers that were handcrafted by Ra and his bandmates. By Min Chen, Jan 17, 2023
Pop Culture A Rare, Exceptional Piece of Beatles Memorabilia—John Lennon’s Floral-Patterned Toilet—Goes on View at a Liverpool Museum John's john will be exhibited at the museum for the foreseeable future. By Min Chen, Dec 9, 2022
Pop Culture Meet the African Designers Whose Work Brought to Life the Fictional Kingdom in ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ The Marvel film featured designs by Jomo Tariku, Candice Lawrence, and Tekura. By Min Chen, Dec 5, 2022
Art & Exhibitions The Beastie Boys’s Impact on Music, Style, and Art Will Be Explored in Major Survey on the Legendary Rap Trio The most in-depth exhibition on the group to date opens at Beyond the Streets’s flagship gallery in Los Angeles on December 10. By Min Chen, Nov 25, 2022
