Vice President JD Vance was booed while attending a concert at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. on Thursday evening, the New York Times reported. It was Vance’s first time there since President Donald Trump installed himself as chair of the institution, with Second Lady Usha Vance recently appointed by Trump to serve on the board. This comes after Trump let go of financier David M. Rubenstein as the longtime chairman, along with the center’s president of more than a decade Deborah F. Rutter. Three additional top staffers were also fired. Related Articles The…
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There are thefts of paintings worth millions, and then there are thefts of objects of lesser monetary value whose worth cannot be entirely quantified. The mysterious taking of a sculpture of Elvis Presley at the New York restaurant Jolene in 2021 falls into the latter category, but it’s of art-world interest because it involves a painter of note. This bizarre heist is the subject of a new investigation in the New Yorker, and it turns out that artist Jo Messer took part, reportedly aiding her father Sam Messer, also a painter, and her mother Eleanor Gaver, a filmmaker, in thieving…
The Tate museum network will dramatically slim its workforce as institutions and galleries worldwide seek to reduce costs amid forecasts of a far-reaching financial recession. The Financial Times reports that around 40 roles, or 7 percent of its staff, are expected to be eliminated through voluntary departures and hiring freezes. In a statement to the Financial Times, a Tate spokesperson said the decision would “eliminate the deficit that many museums like Tate have borne since the pandemic.” “The changes that have been put in place ensure Tate can continue to deliver groundbreaking programs, build and share our collection with the…
Appropriately, given the title Freakier Friday, the long-awaited Freaky Friday sequel doesn’t just find Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan swapping bodies as mother and daughter again. In Freakier Friday, Curtis and Lohan’s characters swap bodies with Lohan’s daughter and new step-daughter — played by Julia Butters and Sophia Hammons. Yep, a four-person body swap. Freaky, indeed.The film, made some 22 years after Freaky Friday became a hit (and almost 50 years after the original Freaky Friday movie starring Jodie Foster and Barbara Harris), also features returning appearances by Mark Harmon and Chad Michael Murray, and also features Manny Jacinto as Lohan’s new beau.The trailer…
It’s tough to remember there was a time when museums didn’t show Hilma af Klint’s work widely, when she wasn’t the subject of retrospectives and biopics and merchandise. And it remains tougher still to remember that there very nearly was an entire museum for af Klint’s work during her lifetime. In 1940, the Swedish painter deepened her friendship with Tyra Kleen, a Symbolist artist whose rich life led her from Sweden to Java and back again. Kleen proposed a collaboration and even visited af Klint’s studio. Af Klint found the proposition off-putting: “You wish to work together, or more accurately,…
This log cabin pottery bank came from a newspaper editor who alleged that Harrison was too old for politics and should retire to a log cabin and drink cider for his remaining days. It’s one of the earliest examples of a promotional coin bank for a politician. Photo Credit: Hake’s Auctions. The world of collectors, vintage fans, and antique enthusiasts is vast but, in some cases, very close-knit. That was the case with collectors Patti Stark and her husband, Rex Stark. They collected ceramic Americana pieces, some of which have never been auctioned. Hake’s Auction, a valued WorthPoint Industry Partner,…
The International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) Print Fair returns this spring to the Park Avenue Armory in New York from March 27–30, bringing together more than 70 international galleries and publishers to showcase fine art prints ranging from Old Masters to the ultra-contemporary. Julie Mehretu: This Manifestation of Historical Restlessness (From Robin’s Intimacy), 2022, etching and aquatint. Courtesy Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Moisant Weyl. Organized annually by the IFPDA, the fair is the longest-running and largest art fair dedicated to prints and editions, and this year welcomes exhibitors from across the U.S., U.K., Canada, Europe, and Africa with an exciting new…
Art MarketArun KakarInterior view of the “Flower Wall” at TEFAF Maastricht, 2025. Photo by Jitske Nap. Courtesy of TEFAF.Elaborate floral decorations, flutes of white wine, and freshly shucked oysters made for a typical scene at The European Fine Art Foundation (TEFAF)’s Maastricht fair, which got the first of its two VIP preview days underway yesterday, March 13th. Now in its 38th edition, TEFAF Maastricht 2025 sits among the senior citizens of the art fair world and has a formidable reputation in the industry. The fair’s claim to represent “7,000 years of art history” is not just a tagline, but a…
All those people believing finally made it happen. Ted Lasso will return for a fourth season on Apple TV+.The popular and award-winning sitcom aired its most recent episodes in the spring of 2023 — and though never made official, their storyline strongly hinted that the show was coming to an end, or at least that if it continued, it would be in a different form. At the end of Season 3, folksy American football coach turned English football manager Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis) returned home to be with his son, while his plucky underdog team, AFC Richmond, continued on with his lovably grouchy assistant Roy Kent…
The Russo brothers were “convinced” they’d never return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.Siblings Joe and Anthony Russo are returning to the franchise to direct Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars, but it wasn’t in their original plans as they thought they were ready for new challenges after helming 2019’s Avengers: Endgame, their fourth film in the comic book world.Joe Russo told RadioTimes.com: “I mean, we were very tired after those last movies, we did four of them in seven years. It was a lot of work, and we were asked a few times, and we said no.”Anthony Russo added: “The…
