Demi Moore defies ageing in a juicy body horror, while Paula Rego and Goya share their nightmares in BathThe Substance
Out nowDemi Moore snags a juicy role as an aerobics star whose twinkle is fading, and who – upon finding herself fired on her 50th birthday – tries a new age-defying wonder drug. This squishy body horror from director Coralie Fargeat also stars Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid. Continue reading...
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From The Substance to Uncanny Visions: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment
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Drones carrying fireworks: why the world’s most famous gunpowder artist is collaborating with AI
For his explosion event in Los Angeles, Cai Guo-Qiang built his own version of ChatGPT and employed a drone army to answer the question: what is the fate of humanity and AI?For decades, Cai Guo-Qiang has been the world’s foremost fine artist of explosions. He is famous for his massive fireworks displays, from his glowing footsteps in the sky at the opening of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, to his 2015 Sky Ladder, a 1,650-foot flaming ladder to heaven featured in a Netflix documentary.Recently, -
Michael Craig-Martin review – one style fits all
Royal Academy, LondonNo everyday object is safe as the veteran artist and YBA mentor deploys his signature graphic technique over and over again in this 60-year-spanning retrospectiveMichael Craig-Martin’s pictures are as bright and as boring as he wants them to be. That is his curious wager. Everyday objects reduced to graphic outlines, they are as banal as the ladders, corkscrews, buckets and phones they depict, but laid out across flat planes of dazzling cobalt, emerald, yellow and ceri -
Ai Weiwei Sculpture Purposefully Broken During Exhibition Opening in Italy
via artnews.comA man destroyed a porcelain sculpture by Ai Weiwei seemingly on purpose during the opening reception of an exhibition dedicated to the Chinese dissident artist on Friday evening in Italy.The destroyed work was Ai’s blue-and-white Porcelain Cube, which was included in a survey on Ai titled “Who am I?” at the Palazzo Fava in Bologna, which opened to the public on Saturday.Footage of the destruction was captured on CCTV and posted to Instagram by Ai. In the video, the man ste -
London calling: Claude Monet’s views of the Thames – in pictures
Claude Monet visited London three times between 1899 and 1901, when he became fascinated by the views of the Thames from the balcony of his suite at the Savoy hotel. In an attempt to capture the light at specific times of day, he painted the views towards Waterloo Bridge, the Houses of Parliament and Charing Cross Bridge, later completing the paintings when he was back in France. “The blurring, or merging, of water and sky created by the fog fascinated Monet,” says Karen Serres, cura -
Marvin Curtis talks about the importance of board member presence for orchestras
via artsjournal.comMarvin Curtis, Board President of the South Bend Symphony, talks about DE&I and the importance of board member presence for orchestras. -
On my radar: Yotam Ottolenghi’s cultural highlights
The chef on a novel that triumphantly captures messy London life, a Turkish Netflix drama that shows Istanbul’s split worlds and the app that gets him going in the morningBorn in Jerusalem in 1968, Yotam Ottolenghi studied comparative literature at Tel Aviv University before training at Le Cordon Bleu in London. In 2002, he opened the Ottolenghi deli in Notting Hill with Palestinian chef Sami Tamimi; they now run nine delis and restaurants, including Nopi and Rovi. Ottolenghi has written 1 -
‘Absolutely hideous’: new London sculpture of Oscar Wilde condemned by his grandson
Gloomy segmented head of famed playwright fails to convey his wit and brilliance, says Merlin HollandA huge sculpture of Oscar Wilde’s head lying on its side, his face sliced into segments, has been condemned as “absolutely hideous” by the playwright’s grandson.Merlin Holland, an expert on Wilde’s life and works, has criticised a 2ft-high black bronze sculpture by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi that is to be unveiled in a public garden in Chelsea, south-west London, near -
French Heritage Sites Had ‘Pre-Covid’ Level of Visitors With 46.8 M. in 2023: Report
via artnews.comA new study shows that attendance at French museums, monuments and other heritage sites have recovered to pre-pandemic levels with 46.8 million visitors in 2023.According to the latest edition of the Patrimostat, the annual reference publication on attendance at heritage sites and establishments from the Department of Studies, Foresight, Statistics and Documentation (DEPS) of the Ministry of Culture, the total number of visitors at more than 1,450 museums and 46,000 monuments is 13 per -
Writers Explain Why They Love “The Chicago Manual of Style”
via lithub.com“The Chicago Manual of Style isn’t merely a guide; it’s a testament to the art of textual precision. … CMOS doesn’t skim the surface of grammatical and syntactical conventions but delves deeply into the labyrinthine complexities. The Manual functions as both a meticulous blueprint and a flexible instrument.” – Literary Hub -
Whitney Biennial’s $100,000 Bucksbaum Award Goes to Nikita Gale, Whose Installation Meshed Sound and Mechanics
via artnews.comNikita Gale, a Los Angeles–based artist best known for her installations that mesh unexpected elements, pairing video and sound equipment with industrial materials like concrete and metal barricades, has been named the winner of the Whitney Museum’s Bucksbaum Award, which goes to a participant in the Whitney Biennial and comes with $100,000.Gale is among the most closely watched artists today. For the 2018 edition of the Hammer Museum’s Made in L.A. biennial, the artist present -
US State Department Turns To Streaming As Global Influencer
via latimes.com“Film and television not only entertain, but they also provide a way to highlight issues, start conversations about difficult topics, and give voice to those whose stories we may not have heard.” – Los Angeles Times -
Reassembling Opera, With Yuval Sharon
via wsj.com“I want a production to constantly unsettle the audience and ask for continuous renegotiations of their experience.” – The Wall Street Journal -
“Saturday Night Live” Turns 50, And Lorne Michaels Decides He Won’t Retire After All
Four years ago, Michaels, the series’s founding producer, said that by the end of the 50th season, “I think I really deserve to wander off.” Now that that landmark has arrived, he says that “as long as (the show is) important and I can be useful, I’ll stay.” – The Hollywood Reporter -
School is Back in Session for the Art World, for Better or Worse
via artnews.comAbout three hours into prowling the aisles at the VIP preview of The Armory Show earlier this month, I began to feel déjà vu. It’s difficult to say what triggered it. Was it the sounds of The Dare, an indie sleaze pop revivalist whose sound is reminiscent of 2010s LCD Soundsystem, pumping through my earbuds? Or maybe the performance artist clad in thigh-high fishnets whose plastic-wrap dress listed her phone number and a summons to sext her, a stunt that felt very Art Baasel -
How Big Tech Has Taken Over Our Culture
via harpers.orgThese corporations have erected a private state over us. They who have disrupted almost every economic and political balance in the Republic. They who have amassed the power to shape and determine how we speak to one another and share news and information. Even how we think, dream, and perceive our place in the world. – Harper’s -
Art Supposedly by Michael Jackson Clears Legal Hurdles to Hit the Auction Block With High Estimate of $30 M.
via artnews.comA collection of artwork allegedly created by the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, is back on the auction block after the initially scheduled sale was postponed.When the Jackson-Strong Alliance filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy on August 2, the August 3 sale by King Auctions was postponed. Since a federal judge dismissed the bankruptcy filing and ruled that the art collection return to the block, the auction house rescheduled the sale for October 5.In 1989, Jackson and Australian artist Brett Livingstone -
How Bookstores Across America Are Taking On Book Bans
Perhaps no bookstore in America’s heartland better exemplifies a commitment to the freedom to read than Loudmouth Books, in Indianapolis. – Publishers Weekly -
Spent Fireworks and Rock-Like Debris Rain Down on Crowd at PST ART Event in LA with Several Injuries Reported
via artnews.comAround 4,000 people filled the Los Angeles Coliseum on September 15 to witness the kickoff event for the Getty Museum’s $20 million PST ART: Art & Science Collide, in which over dozens of institutions present exhibitions around a unifying theme. They didn’t anticipate having to duck for cover.The museum’s collaboration with Chinese pyrotechnics artist Cai Guo-Qiang saw spent fireworks and their stone-like byproducts rain down on attendees, with many in the crowd requir -
A Decade On, “The Babadook” Holds Up, And It’s Still A Gold Mine For Memes
via yahoo.com“Fans were soon drawing (the) hokey monster against rainbow backdrops. They were bending his rhyming schemes to echo contemporary gay lingo (“BABAYAAAAAAAAASS!!!” one illustration read). They were photoshopping his face onto vintage photos of 1970s muscled men in short shorts.” – Los Angeles Times (Yahoo!) -
New Immersive Architecture Is Changing Our Urban Experience
via dezeen.com“The distinction between theme parks and urban venues is rapidly dissolving” – Dezeen -
New UK Culture Minister Says New Regulations For Streaming Are Necessary
“There’s a choice ahead of us, whether we choose to be the last guardians of this chapter, or whether we choose to be the first pioneers of the next.” – The Hollywood Reporter -
Argentine Tango In Radical Reinventing
via csmonitor.comToday, fliers and social media posts use labels including “dissident tango” and “inclusive tango,” while a growing number of the nontraditional lessons and events use “queer tango” – increasingly accepted as the most all-are-welcome way of describing the fluid and open atmosphere of the events. – Christian Science Monitor -
It Seems We Are Not The Only Primates Who Dance
via nytimes.comResearchers in Germany and France have analyzed the stylized movements of some female gibbons, and they’ve found that, defining dance as “an intentional movement that’s rhythmic and doesn’t serve a physical purpose” (as does, say, walking or scratching an itch), the gibbons’ movements qualify. – The New York Times -
Melania Trump Defends Nude Modeling Work With References to John Collier’s ‘Lady Godiva’ and Michelangelo’s ‘David’
via artnews.comIn a video clip posted to social media Wednesday, former First Lady Melania Trump defended her prior history of nude modeling by comparing it to several classical paintings and sculptures, including Michelangelo’s David.In the 45-second video, Trump speaks in a voice-over asking, “Are we no longer able to appreciate the beauty of the human body?” “Throughout history, master artists have revered the humanshape, evoking profound emotions and admiration,” she continues -
Russian TV Contributor and Former Political Adviser Charged with Laundering Funds Through Art and Antiques, Flees to Russia
via artnews.comThe US Department of Justice has charged political advisor and Russian television contributor Dimitri Simes and his wife, Anastasia Simes, with violating US sanctions through schemes involving art and antiques. The two indictments against the couple were unsealed on September 5, according to a DOJ press release. The first indictment accused the Simeses of laundering funds for the Russian state-fundednetwork Channel One Russia, where Dimitri Simes hosts a popular news commentary sh -
Police called to Hay-on-Wye gallery over painting of naked woman in window
Curator Val Harris refuses to move work by Poppy Baynham after residents complainWith its literary festival and numerous bookshops, Hay-on-Wye may attract the biggest talents in the arts but, seemingly, not all artistic talent is appreciated by some residents.The owner of the Chair gallery in the town has been warned by police that she could be committing a public order offence after exhibiting a painting of a naked woman in the front window of her high street shop. Continue reading... -
Unknown Piece By Mozart Discovered
via theguardian.comThe piece dates to the mid to late 1760s and consists of seven miniature movements for a string trio lasting about 12 minutes, the Leipzig municipal libraries said in a statement on Thursday. – The Guardian -
San Francisco Symphony Finds Few Fans For Its Present Course
“I continue to be struck by the fact that the current leadership of the San Francisco Symphony really has no defenders in any press: local, national, or international. They are getting hammered by all quarters, by all media. And if they were hoping to win over ABC7, that clearly didn’t go well.” – Song of the Lark -
About 170 Layoffs At Atlantic Music As Streaming Levels Off
via variety.comThe streaming boom that lifted the music industry’s fortunes in the mid-2010s after years of decline has leveled off, — with the recorded-music industry posting just 4% growth in the first half of 2024 after many years of double-digit increases — and all three major companies have been laying off staff. – Variety
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