Art MarketArun Kakar798·751 Art District. Courtesy of Gallery Weekend Beijing. Tariffs, trade wars, and a tricky economic landscape: Such is the backdrop for the global art market as 2025 approaches its halfway point. This narrative is particularly pervasive when it comes to China. The country was the hardest hit by Donald Trump’s tariffs on imports to the U.S., which rose to as high as 145% in April (China responded with tariffs of up to 125% in response) before negotiations reduced the levies to 30% earlier in May. While art is understood to be exempt from tariffs, these trade measures can…
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Disney’s latest live-action remake, Lilo & Stitch, is a huge box-office hit, grossing hundreds of millions of dollars worldwide in a matter of days. But the movie has only gotten so-so reviews from critics and some audiences — and that follows Disney’s Snow White, which bombed at the box office and got even worse reviews from critics. That follows Disney’s Mufasa: The Lion King, which followed a similar pattern, grossing a fraction of what the first live-action Lion King earned in theaters.Why does this keep happening? That’s the subject of our latest Disney video, which looks at all these recent Disney live-action remakes to identify issues that…
It’s no secret that the film industry is dominated by series and franchises and shared universes, to the degree that every time a studio releases a successful movie, it’s only a matter of a couple years before that movie is the start of a new cinematic universe.Turning a simple series — first movie, sequel, sequel to the sequel, and so on — into a franchise only requires one thing: spinoffs that are just as well received as the original project. These could be based on pre-existing side characters who finally get their moment to shine, or based on related IP…
10 NEW TO NETFLIX “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice““Hanna““I’m Still Here““Paddington in Peru““Past Lives““Smile““Starship Troopers““The Sugarland Express““Train to Busan““The Wild Robot“ 11 NEW TO BLU-RAY/DVD “Better Man“ Much of the conversation around the unique Robbie Williams biopic in which a CGI monkey takes the place of the Take That singer was about the box office disappointment of the film, which overshadowed two key takeaways. One, thank God there are still executives at major studios like Paramount willing to take chances on a film as strange as this one. If we lose all ambition at the big companies, we’re going to be in serious…
The Bold and the Beautiful‘s recent episode highlighted the tension between Katie and Will. While Katie approached him for work, things soon took an awkward turn. During the conversation, Will dropped a bomb on Katie, leaving her stunned. Here is everything you need to know about what happened with Katie and Will in the soap opera. What does Will tell Katie about Luna in The Bold and the Beautiful? Will tells Katie that Luna has been texting him on The Bold and the Beautiful. At Forrester’s design office, Katie noticed Will was not focused on his work. Further, he left…
Frieze and the Korean International Art Fair (Kiaf) have announced exhibitors for their respective art fairs for 2025 in Seoul, which both open concurrently from September 3rd–7th in the COEX exhibition center. Now in its fourth iteration, Frieze Seoul 2025 will host more than 120 exhibitors from 30 countries. This year’s edition also features more than 20 newcomers from around the globe, including Athens space The Breeder, Hong Kong’s De Sarthe, and New York’s Carvalho Park. The main galleries section, featuring more than 80 exhibitors, sees blue-chip galleries such as Thaddaeus Ropac, Gagosian, and Hauser & Wirth returning to the…
David Hammons arrived at my door thick with promise and pages. It is a “post-exhibition catalogue,” per Hauser & Wirth, who released the book about six years after the artist’s 2019 show at the gallery’s Downtown Los Angeles location. As a self-professed book lover and exhibition catalog collector, I was nearly beside myself to receive such a gift. Removing it from its wrapping, I let the book fall on my dining table with a satisfying thud, before running my hands across the smooth hard cover. The 12-by-12-inch tome weighs just under 7 pounds and features a countless number of pages—countless,…
ArtRenée ReizmanHYDEON, Triumph of the Willing Part 1, 2023. Courtesy of the artist.For centuries, the bizarre creatures featured in the three panels of Hieronymus Bosch’s magnum opus, The Garden of Earthly Delights (ca. 1504), have enchanted other artists. Fellow Netherlander Pieter Bruegel the Elder pulled heavy inspiration from Bosch’s crowded compositions for his industrious tableaus. Bosch also inspired the Surrealists, from Salvador Dalí to Leonora Carrington. Even now, contemporary painters continue Bosch’s spirit, centering devious, demented beings in their artworks.According to Joseph Leo Koerner, author of Bosch and Bruegel: From Enemy Painting to Everyday Life (2016), Bosch’s odd creatures were…
From Lulu getting warned by Dante about her involvement in Gio’s discovery to Michael delivering a heartbreaking ultimatum to Willow, the May 30 episode of General Hospital is packed with emotional confrontations, difficult choices, and unexpected alliances. Here’s a full recap and all the key spoilers from today’s dramatic episode. Spoilers for what happens on General Hospital today on May 29, 2025 Dante confronts Lulu over the truth about Gio Dante shows up at Lulu’s door, furious that Gio learned the truth. He accuses her of deliberately telling Gio to hurt Brook Lynn. Lulu insists Gio must have overheard her…
James Rondeau will return as director of the Art Institute of Chicago following reports that he had undressed on a plane to Germany. CBS News first reported the news on Thursday. Rondeau had taken a voluntary leave from the museum’s top post, which he has held since 2016. According to CBS, he will resume his role on Monday. “Board leadership of the Art Institute of Chicago has conducted an independent investigation of this incident and is confident in James Rondeau’s leadership and ability to continue as the President and Director of the museum,” the institution said in a statement. Related…
