One of the founders of the British Pop art movement, English painter Peter Phillips died at 86 years old on June 23. His family confirmed the news in an online statement. Born in Birmingham, England, in 1939, Phillips attended London’s Royal College of Art with the likes of David Hockney, Allen Jones, and R.B. Kitaj. There, he became one of the originators of the British Pop art movement in the 1950s and ’60s, which made such elements of pop culture as advertising, car design, science fiction comics, movies, and books its subject, in a bold push against (what the group…
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Art MarketVittoria BenzineThe art world is the ultimate choose-your-own adventure. But for scores of prospective art buyers, it can be difficult to know where to start. Between charting the contemporary art world, learning the protocols for purchasing, and connecting with key players, starting one’s art buying journey can prove quite an intimidating endeavor. But few things are as rewarding as owning art. Artsy asked ten rising art collectors aged 35 and under from around the globe what advice they’d give a friend interested in buying art. Traditional notions that art collections must be academic and encyclopedic are falling by the…
Jon Watts has finally shared why he dropped out of directing Fantastic Four: First Steps.The Spider-Man: No Way Home director quit the project in 2022 and explained that the “emotional strain” of pandemic-related fatigue meant he had felt he had no option but to quit.According to The Hollywood Reporter, he explained during a storytelling masterclass at the Mediterranean: “The emotional strain of having to go through all of those COVID protocols while also trying to make something creative while also trying to make sure that your cast and crew were all safe — literally, people could’ve died if you did…
The new season of South Park was supposed to premiere on Comedy Central on July 9. But Comedy Central just announced the Season 27 will now take place on July 23, a two-week delay.Series creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are clearly not happy about it. A post on the official South Park Twitter/X account from the morning of July 2 reads…“In response to the press release from Comedy Central about the change in premiere date for South Park Trey Parker & Matt Stone said — ‘This merger is a s—show and it’s f—ing up South Park. We are at the studio…
After more than three decades in business, the gallerist Tim Blum is shutting down the physical spaces of his eponymous galleries in Los Angeles and Tokyo and transitioning to a “more flexible model.” The spaces will close after their summer exhibitions, and the plans for a New York space, previously slated for this fall, are undetermined.In an interview with ArtNews, Blum said the decision was less about the current art market and more “about the system.” Blum described the gallery’s participation at Art Basel last month as a “thunderclap—confirmation of everything I’ve been feeling for years,” referring to a growing…
Superman director James Gunn has revealed Bradley Cooper plays the Man of Steel’s father Jor-El in the new DC movie.The 58-year-old filmmaker collaborated with the A Star Is Born actor, 50, on the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy for Marvel — in which Cooper voiced Rocket Raccoon — and Gunn has now revealed Cooper will feature in Superman as the hero’s Kryptonian father.Speaking with Jake’s Takes, Gunn said: “Really, Bradley’s just doing me a favor. He’s a friend. We’ve stayed in close contact since the Guardians movies, and I admire him greatly as an actor and as a director.”“I just said,…
The following post contains major SPOILERS for the season finale of Ironheart. You would need to make a deal with the devil himself to forget it once you’ve read the paragraphs below.The sixth episode of Ironheart reveals the origin of Parker Robbins’ supernatural cloak. And it all involves the Marvel Cinematic Universe debut of one of the biggest and most powerful villains in the history of Marvel — and the MCU debut of one of the biggest actors to join the franchise in quite a while.As you could probably predict — especially if you’ve read any of the Marvel Comics involving…
The following post contains SPOILERS for the final three episodes of Ironheart. Beware.Ryan Coogler promised that the end of Ironheart would lead directly into Avengers: Doomsday. Did he deliver?In our latest Ironheart video, we’ll break down all the Marvel references, Easter eggs, and little details you might have missed in Episodes 4, 5, and 6 of the latest Disney+ MCU series. We’ll examine the show’s Star Trek references, the subplot taken from Iron Man 3, the show’s callbacks to some deep-cut Marvel Comics storylines, and we’ll give you the CliffsNotes origin for Zelma Stanton, who has a connection in the comics to Dr. Strange, and is a member of his Strange…
Content Warning: The following piece discusses issues of sexual assault. If you need help and support, please contact RAINN‘s National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673. The first time it happened, I didn’t tell anybody. At home, I looked at my face in the bathroom mirror. My lips were swollen, as if bee-stung, and my eyes were red, as if all the veins had burst. I’d been choked so hard I almost passed out. I didn’t see it for what it was—sexual assault—until years later, when something similar happened again and I had begun talking, had begun forging meaningful friendships. In…
Five years ago, filmmaker Gina Prince-Bythewood broke Hollywood ground when she directed “The Old Guard” for Netflix, becoming the first Black woman to direct a big-budget film adapted from a comic book or graphic novel. She passes the baton to Victoria Mahoney for “The Old Guard 2,” the next installment in the film series inspired by the graphic novels of the same name by Greg Rucka, who also wrote both screenplays, and Leandro Fernández. The series stars Charlize Theron, who also produced both films, as Andy, also known as Andromache of Scythia, an immortal thousands of years old who runs…
