In the 1990s, when the curator Cecilia Alemani was a teenager in Italy, she would stay up late watching the films of Godfrey Reggio, who helped spark a lifelong passion for Surrealism—one that would be central to Alemani’s highly acclaimed 2022 edition of the Venice Biennale, “The Milk of Dreams.” So when SITE Santa Fe invited her to curate the latest edition of its biennial (now called the SITE Santa Fe International), she was delighted to find that Reggio, best known for his cult classic Koyaanisqatsi (1982), was based in New Mexico, and decided to pay him a visit. I’m…
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Care to see the Final Jeopardy clue for today, Tuesday, July 1? Both the question and answer has been placed below. At this point from yesterday’s episode, we’ve had one-day Jeopardy champions for twelve episodes now, which does beg the question of whether we really need the rule that allows champions to go past five days when it’s barely possible nowadays. At any rate, compliance consultant Dave McBride will seek to defend his title (and $22,401) in tonight’s match against real estate agent Jason Singer from Maine and product support manager Heather Kompanek from New York. Here’s the question and…
The first teaser for Christopher Nolan’s much-anticipated adaptation of The Odyssey is expected to officially premiere in theaters this weekend with Jurassic World Rebirth — but leaked unofficial versions have begun appearing online.The videos circulating on the web mostly feature shots of the ocean along with a grim voiceover, and includes the narration “Darkness. Zeus’ law smashed to pieces. I’m without a king since my master died. He knew it was an unwinnable war. And then, somehow, he won it.”It also shows Tom Holland, who plays Odysseus’ son, speaking with a character played by Jon Bernthal, asking where he can find his missing father. “Who has a story about…
Italy will reduce value-added tax (VAT) on art sales from 22% to 5%, following approval of the change in a cabinet meeting on June 20th. The amended VAT rate went into effect last week; however, it still must be ratified by the Italian parliament within 60 days.The adjusted rate was announced by the culture minister, Alessandro Giuli, after the Italian government faced consistent pressure from Italian galleries, artists, auction houses, and other art market players. Italy’s previous VAT rate, in effect since 2013, was the highest in the European Union. Its new rate is the lowest in the E.U. Italy’s…
Remasters are all the rage in the video game world now. Classic games such as Tomb Raider, Oblivion, and Resident Evil have all seen recent re-releases that have proved runaway successes, often to the surprise of publishers. A new Metal Gear Solid game will be released in August. It will be a remaster of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, initially released in 2004, meaning interest in the series is about to peak once again. Some of the classic games sell for surprisingly high amounts, especially when in sealed boxes. The Early Games In the late 1980s, there were hundreds…
ArtMarisa Adesman and Anna WeyantPortrait of Marisa Adesman by Sarah Carmody. Courtesy of the artist and Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles / New York.Marisa Adesman’s paintings are both crystal clear and inscrutable—rendered in dazzlingly fine detail, but filled with cryptic imagery. In her sensuous, surreal canvases, the Chicago-based artist turns domestic space into a stage for psychosexual tension. Here, vases of flowers spill and erupt; women turn into water; curtains alternately conceal and reveal violence. For Adesman, these scenes speak to how femininity is performed and contained.Similar themes run through the work of Anna Weyant, the young market star whose precipitous…
Nicholas Hoult found it “very awkward” to audition to play Superman “on the same day” as David Corenswet.The 35-year-old actor is playing the Man of Steel’s arch-nemesis Lex Luther in the upcoming Superman film but he originally went up for the Man of Steel and was feeling confident about his try-out to play Clark Kent, until he met his future co-star outside.Speaking to guest host Diego Luna on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Nicholas said: “This is very awkward. Yes, I auditioned for Superman.“I walked out of doing one of my audition scenes, and I was like, ‘Yeah, not bad. OK.'”And I…
Sweet Caporal is one of the more well-known T206 back variations. With new baseball card sets arriving frequently, familiar brands returning year over year, and new names tested from time to time, collectors consistently debate which are the best. Some define this term based on monetary value, while others focus on aesthetics. Some are clean-cut, straightforward products, while others tout a long stream of parallels—cards that are mostly the same but have differing features like serial numbering, different-colored foils, or other features. Though these parallel cards officially began in the early 1990s, they owe their origins to the T206 cigarette…
Michèle Lamy is a designer and executive manager of art and furniture at Owenscorp, the company she cofounded with fashion designer Rick Owens. Below, she discusses artificial intelligence (AI) and her hopes for the future. Bennett Miller’s AI Photographs Image Credit: Courtesy Gagosian American film director Bennett Miller’s recent exhibition of AI photographs at Gagosian Paris had me mesmerized. The works appear unassuming at first glance, like one of a woman smoking two cigarettes at the same time. But on closer inspection one can see smoke coming out of her hair, and bodily deformities, like her hands. AI can have…
‘BFF Bonfire’ (2025) by Melissa Huang is part-oil painting, part-video projection. (Photographs couresy of Leia Genis) The movie Barbie debuted in theaters in the summer of 2023. Featuring a quirky, feminist backstory about the iconic doll, the movie follows Stereotypical Barbie as she grapples with the picture-perfect fictional life, the feminine ideals she symbolizes and the unnerving reality of life for women. Throughout this tale, Barbie learns about the oppressive structure of patriarchy and ultimately prevails through the power of female camaraderie. It was so good. Now, two years later, artist Melissa Huang evokes a similar allegory in her solo…
