A major collection of Old Master paintings, built up over decades by Jordan and Thomas A. Saunders III, is poised to shatter auction records this May at Sotheby’s New York. Estimated to be worth $80 million–$120 million, the collection features works by artists such as Jan Davidsz. de Heem and Luis Meléndez and is being billed as the most valuable single-owner collection of Old Master paintings ever to appear at auction.A total of 56 paintings will be sold, the majority in a dedicated sale on May 21st—Elegance & Wonder: Masterpieces from the Collection of Jordan and Thomas A. Saunders III—while…
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Madame Web is the worst film of the year.At least that was the pick for that dubious honor by the Razzie Awards, the longest-running bad-movie alternative to the Oscars. Every year the members of the Razzies (which is literally anyone who wants to pay to be a member) votes on their picks for the worst films of the year. And this year the consensus choice for the dregs of cinema was the disastrous Spider-Man spinoff starring Dakoja Johnson as a clairvoyant EMT worker.Johnson herself won the Razzies’ Worst Actress prize, and the film also won the Worst Screenplay award.The other…
Daredevil: Born Again kicks off a new era for the Man Without Fear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But the series is something of a sequel, picking up after the events of the Daredevil series that streamed on Netflix from 2015 to 2018, and stars both of its main characters: Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdock and Vincent D’Onofrio’s Wilson Fisk.If you missed the original Daredevil TV show, or you watched it and can’t remember it because there are dozens of these movies and shows to keep in your brain at this point, our latest Marvel video is here to help. It was get you up…
Following President Trump’s crackdown on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, the Art Museum of the Americas has cancelled two exhibitions. The exhibition “Nature’s Wild with Andil Gosine” was set to be installed this week at the Art Museum of the Americas, which is part of the Organization of American States (OAS), but it was canceled without a stated cause earlier this month. The solo show was adapted from the artist’s 2021 book Nature’s Wild: Love, Sex and Law in the Caribbean. The volume brought together topics of art, activism, and homosexuality in religion. “Nature’s Wild with Andil Gosine” was organized…
2,000-year-old bronze spoon found on the Isle of ManImage Source: Manx National Heritage via Live Science A metal detectorist recently unearthed an antique bronze spoon on the Isle of Man. Some experts said the spoon may have served as an Iron Age shaman used to predict the future. “Although it sounds rather plain because we call it a spoon, it really is an unusual find illustrating potential ritual activity taking place on the Isle of Man,” said Allison Fox, curator of archaeology at Manx National Heritage, the Isle of Man’s national heritage organization. The strawberry-shaped spoon dates back to 400…
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Shahzia Sikander—named one of Artsy’s most influential artists of 2024—is showcasing a major exhibition across two premier Ohio Museums: the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) and the Cincinnati Art Museum (CAM). The mid-career survey, titled “Shahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior,” features nearly 100 artworks spanning 35 years. These shows will run concurrently—at CMA through June 8th and at CAM through May 4th. Sikander first presented “Collective Behavior” during the 2024 Venice Biennale at a collateral exhibition at Palazzo Soranzo Van Axel. Now, this exhibition has been split into two shows, both in Ohio. The show features her breakthrough paintings illustrating daily…
The gang’s all here. Shrek. Fiona. Donkey. And everyone’s favorite character, Shrekette.Okay, she’s not called Shrekette. She should be called Shrekette, but for some reason, she is not. Instead, that character on the right — a new addition to the cast for the upcoming Shrek 5 — is named Felicia. As you probably could guess, she’s the daughter of Shrek and Fiona.A new teaser for the upcoming film reveals that the character will be played by Zendaya. Which makes me want to see a version of Challengers starring Shrek and Fiona and maybe Farquaad but that’s a topic for another day, possibly with my…
Here at True/False Film Festival, documentary as a form reigns supreme. Located in the Midwestern college town of Columbia, Missouri, True/False always brings an assortment of non-fiction films world premiering at the festival, joined by others hailing from Sundance other prestige doc fests. This first dispatch is a replica of that formula, covering three films guided by a curiosity with man’s relationship to the nature, whether by farming, destroying or mining. Each work, in its own way, is a plea for the earth, and those who love it, to be heard. It is inherently poetic and powerful to see Black…
A movie theater in Washington that was showing Captain America: Brave New World wound up looking like the Red Hulk had rampaged through it before the film was over.In very scary footage and images shared by the Wenatchee Valley Fire Department on Instagram, you can see that the ceiling of the Liberty Cinema in Wentachee, Washington collapsed in the middle of a screening of Brave New World. The fire department’s caption along with their footage from the scene says that “at approximately 8 PM, Wenatchee Valley firefighters responded to a reported ceiling collapse at Liberty Cinema. Two people were inside the theater at the time, but fortunately, no…
