The lobby of the Whitney Museum in New York became the site of a protest by arts and culture workers on Friday (May 23) following the institution’s recent cancellation of a pro-Palestine performance. The protest, which was announced on Instagram by the group Writers Against the War on Gaza, began around 8 p.m. during the Whitney’s “Free Friday Night” event, which offers a pay-what you-wish admission between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. From the mezzanine level, protestors quietly unfurled a Palestinian flag and a banner reading “Creativity Does Not Have to Rely on Death.” On the ground floor, activists distributed brochures…
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After my last dispatch’s uncommon thematic synergy, I’ve come back with two films that on their face couldn’t be any more different in style and tone. One is a far-reaching work from a Chinese filmmaker already known for his transportive, otherworldly style. The other is a deeply American filmmaker known for his biting sense of humor. Having set up this dichotomy, there are a couple of tangible threads between them. Both directors are working to copy cinematic style(s) and voices from a different era of filmmaking in the hopes of providing an explanation for the randomness of the real world.…
Photo Credit: Prime Video | Universal Pictures HBO Max’s new TV and movie release schedule for May 26- June 1, 2025, includes And Just Like That…, Season 3, Fight Club (1999), The Hunger Games (2012), and many others. On May 29, And Just Like That…, Season 3 drops on HBO Max. The comedy-drama series follows the complicated lives of the Sex and the City ladies, who are now in their 50s. Further, the action drama Fight Club (1999) releases on the streaming platform. It follows a depressed and insomniac man striking an unusual bond with a soap salesman named Tyler.…
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3.5 out of 5. Live-action version of films that we grew up with becomes a thing, a trend, and something we should start getting used to. With the recent release of The Snow White, and the upcoming How To Train Your Dragon, I wonder what else is left to turn into live-action cinema? Bambi, maybe? But on a serious note, some of us have already seen the 2002 version of Lilo & Stitch, and perhaps, still remember how cute and raw it was at that time. Therefore, it was already a highly anticipated film of the year, to…
Emotions have been running wild on Days of Our Lives lately, primarily due to Bo Brady’s deteriorating condition at the hospital. While everyone is eagerly waiting for Bo to make a miraculous recovery, his current state appears to point towards the worst possible outcome. However, just when all hope seems lost, Drake Hogestyn’s John Black will swoop in with one last heroic act to save Bo’s life, per the latest Days of Our Lives spoilers. So, here’s how John intends to bring back Bo Brady from the clutches of death on the upcoming episodes of DOOL. John Black’s plan to…
A recent Sotheby’s sale of 55 Old Masters works, collected over decades by Jordan and Thomas A. Saunders III, yielded just $64.7 million, far below the initial estimate of $80 million to $120 million. The single-owner sale on May 21 featured works spanning the 16th to early 19th centuries, and included works produced across Europe. Two of the sale’s 43 lots were withdrawn ahead of the auction, while 17 did not sell once the event took place. That yielded a sad sell-through rate of 58.5 percent; the number is even lower with the withdrawals taken into account. All the works…
Sebastiao Salgado, a photographer whose memorable images of worker exploitation, environmental destruction, and human rights abuses gained him widespread acclaim, has died at 81. His death was announced on Friday by Instituto Terra, the organization he cofounded with his wife Lélia Wanick Salgado. The New York Times reported that he had health issues since contracting malaria in the 1990s. Salgado was considered one of the most beloved photographers working today. His lush black-and-white pictures were taken in seemingly every corner of the world, from the Sahel desert to the Amazonian rainforest to the farthest reaches of the Arctic. In bringing…
Puddles Pity Party, seen here at the WigWag Fest in 2023, returns this year. (Photo courtesy of Jeff Shipman) A “wig wag” is an archaic term for a dangling railroad-crossing light. “Yeah, it’s kind of an old term, but I think it probably fits us, too. Because what we’re doing is kind of a throwback,” said artist and musician Robert Lee, co-founder of the WigWag Festival in the burgeoning arts enclave of Avondale Estates. “We’re right between MARTA and a freight track and those ‘wig wags’ used to swing at crossings to warn people that a train was coming. When…
A new museum dedicated to the life and legacy of Frida Kahlo will open later this year on September 27th in Mexico City. Museo Casa Kahlo, as the new space will be known, will be located in Casa Roja, a residence next to the artist’s famed home, Casa Azul. The museum intends to offer a personal perspective on Kahlo’s early life. Casa Roja was originally acquired by Kahlo’s parents and later passed through the family to her grandniece, Mara Romeo Kahlo, who has donated it to the museum. Unlike Casa Azul, which focuses on Kahlo’s relationship with Diego Rivera, the…
An art historian who chaired Louisville’s public art commission said he would leave his post amid plans to restore a statue of King Louis XVI graffitied by protestors in 2020 following the police killing of Breonna Taylor. In an op-ed published in the Courier-Journal, Chris Reitz, a scholar who has published two books on painter Martin Kippenberger, accused the city of Louisville, Kentucky, of attempting to “erase all evidence” of those 2020 protests on their five-year anniversary. He raised concerns about the cost of restoring the sculpture, which he described as being “beyond repair,” and questioned the true motivation for…
