An autographed version of Aja, framed alongside pictures of band members Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. This copy sold for $650 in an online marketplace in June 2022. Steely Dan is one of my favorite rock bands. It’s also one of the weirdest I listen to. For me, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker create a sound and atmosphere like no other. It’s cryptic, mysterious, and at times very smooth. I like listening to Steely Dan on vinyl—it feels right; that’s how it’s meant to be. In this article, I’ll share my thoughts about Steely Dan’s music while discussing which albums…
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Swan Coach House Gallery’s 2025 “Summer Invitational” is on view through July 31. (Photo courtesy of Swan Coach House Gallery.) Summertime. Home of watermelon, blueberries, pool days and backyard barbecues. In the art world, summer also means one thing: Bring on the summer group shows. Although in no way formalized, summer has become the unofficial season of group shows with artist lists as long as summer days themselves. With themes ranging from size to medium and content to concept, these group shows are practiced the world over, and Atlanta is no exception. The Marietta Cobb Museum of Art, Thomas Deans…
This incredible phaser prop used by William Shatner (Captain Kirk) in The Original Series sold for almost $1 million. The latest season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds comes out on July 17, 2025. When you count movies and short films, there are nearly 1,000 installments of Star Trek, with more on the way over the next few years. With such a huge backlog of episodes, collectors can find a ready market for props used in the shows. Some are relatively cheap, while others are eye-wateringly expensive. The most valuable types of props are those known as “hero” props—highly detailed…
At the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, no honorary award is more prestigious than the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema, bestowed annually on an individual who has made significant contributions to the art of filmmaking. Stellan Skarsgård, who received the Crystal Globe at this year’s festival, most certainly fits that description, as his performance in the film he presented Friday to Karlovy Vary audiences—Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value”—so potently distills. In Trier’s tender and emotionally resonant family drama, which won the Grand Prix at Cannes this year, Skarsgård plays a once-revered director whose efforts to revive his…
Realism seems not like an end in itself, but like a portal to something truly new. – Melanie Peter Summer is the perfect time to dive into that creative dream you’ve been putting off. What if I told you that, by starting now, within 12 months, you could be creating oil paintings so stunning that people wouldn’t believe you painted them yourself? Excellence draws me in like a moth to a flame. When I see Simone Biles defy gravity, Caitlin Clark revolutionize basketball, or Taylor Swift sell out stadiums across the globe, I can’t help but stop and marvel. But…
The world’s largest genre film festival, Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival is one of the most exciting, not to mention lengthy (it typically runs two, sometimes nearly three weeks), fests in the calendar year. It’s one of my favorites, despite (or perhaps because) of the relative obscurity of its catalog: Here is where you get to delve into some truly weird shit, from sci-fi anime to borderline adult films to action-comedies, thrillers, horror of all stripes from around the world. Most interestingly, the fest will have one of its most high-profile opening night entries in its history: Ari Aster’s divisive…
Today’s Jewelry Collection Story comes from Amie of @roguevintagejewels – I met Amie several years ago when I was actively traveling all across the US visiting stores on my #JewelryRoadTrip. She worked at Alice Kwartler in NYC, one of my favorite stores I ever featured! Sadly the store has since closed, but it will remain as one of the most epic jewel-infested shops I’ve ever been to. Naturally, Amie is drawn to all things shiny and is now selling pieces as her own business – Rogue Vintage Jewels. She is based in NYC and has been doing a lot of…
It’s no secret that layering necklaces is a hot trend right now. Sure it looks easy — put on a necklace, add another, and then another. But is it though? Have you ever tried layering necklaces before? Wow, so hard. There’s like an artform to it — and then there’s the tangling factor — and the differing lengths. Ugh — way harder than first thought. I’m about to reveal some necklace layering secrets I’ve been stashing away for years. Follow these easy rules and you’ll be on your way to the coolest, chicest, non-messy neck mess you’ve ever seen. 1.…
As The Young and the Restless gears up for a fascinating episode on July 8, 2025, things do not look good for Tessa and Mariah, who seem to have hit a roadblock that won’t clear out anytime soon. Following the Young and Restless spoilers, fans speculate that Tessa and Mariah may even be headed for divorce in the upcoming episode. So, what has made viewers think that the popular couple may part ways in Y&R? Here’s everything to know. Will Tessa end her marriage with Mariah in The Young and the Restless? While there is nothing that explicitly confirms that…
If you’ve ever stood before a hulking sculpture and thought, “I wish I could take just a sliver of that home,” MSCHF has you covered. The Brooklyn-based collective—best known the ATM at Art Basel Miami Beach that had monied art fair fans jockeying for position, selling a Damien Hirst painting one dot at a time, and the Big Red Boot that went viral in 2023—is back with King Solomon’s Baby, a sculpture that’s built to be dismembered. Billed as a “financial trust fall,” the project invites early collectors to take the plunge, hoping others will follow suit in a reverse pyramid…
