Ana Pellicer, a sculptor beloved in her home country of Mexico for her copper creations, has died at 79. Mexico’s culture ministry announced her death this week but did not state a cause. Pellicer has received international praise in the past decade for the jewelry she made for the Statue of Liberty, which was gifted by France to the United States in 1876. To mark the 100th anniversary of that gift, Pellicer created enormous amulets, necklaces, and more that were exhibited as sculptures in their own right. The jewelry towers over viewers, acting as symbols of femininity to be both…
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The ongoing legal bout between crypto billionaire Justin Sun and entertainment mogul David Geffen over Alberto Giacometti’s Le Nez has officially entered its maximalist phase. What began as a dispute over an $80 million sculpture now involves accusations of art fraud and forged documents, discussion of the crypto market’s collapse, and allegations that an art adviser has been detained in China. The sculpture in question—a bronze, steel, and iron piece Sun purchased for $78.4 million at Sotheby’s in 2021—was allegedly sold to Geffen without his knowledge by former adviser Sydney Xiong. In February, Sun filed suit in New York, where the sculpture…
Keep the good tools and get rid of the cheap ones. Whether you are a veritable carpenter or an occasional handyman, you undoubtedly have a cache of tools occupying a corner of your basement or garage. If it’s time to pare down your pliers and sort through your screwdrivers, read on to get some tips and tools for sorting all those S.O.S. (Surplus Old Stuff): Tools. Pegboards & Julia Child Everyone has tools, but some have more than others. My ideal tool collection consists of a carefully curated set of hand tools and accessories, with just a few power tools…
To celebrate its 200th anniversary, London’s National Gallery has recently revamped its Sainsbury Wing, a transformation that has taken three years and $113 million. It was an arduous process, and one that has not always received positive attention. But when I met Gabriele Finaldi, director of London’s National Gallery, on Wednesday morning in the wing’s massive, airy foyer, he seemed happy with the result. Finaldi described the renovated wing as being “more approachable for anyone who believes the National Gallery is not for them.” More than 3 million people walked through the National Gallery’s doors last year, continuing its reputation…
The movies of the 1990s were dominated by disaster films, the first CGI blockbusters, and the early rumblings of cinematic universes. It was the decade that introduced filmmakers like Quentin Tarantino, Christopher Nolan, and Paul Thomas Anderson; the era that made movie stars of Keanu Reeves, Nicole Kidman, and even Adam Sandler.None of the names will be discussed today.Instead, let’s look at some of the unfairly maligned films of the 1990s — or maybe they’re fairly maligned, but we love them anyway. These are 12 of our favorite ’90s guilty pleasures.Guilty Pleasure Movies From the ’90sThese ’90s films do not have…
Imagine if five years ago someone had said to you the last ongoing piece of the DC Extended Universe would be a streaming TV series about Peacemaker starring John Cena in a giant shiny helmet. You would have called the police on this person and said “Hello, a madman is screaming at me about WWE superstars, please come help.”Somehow, this is what happened. The DCEU is almost completely defunct, replaced by a totally new comic-book universe overseen by James Gunn. But Gunn kept Peacemaker around, and now it is coming back for another season on Max. The critically acclaimed series continues the adventures…
Traveling with family is super fun, but when you combine kids and long travel times, the journey could not end soon enough. So, having the best portable DVD player for your car is a huge lifesaver in these scenarios. All you have to do is put in one of their favorite movies, give them headphones, and let them enjoy it all the way to the destination. Of course, in a time when you have access to every show and movie on the planet through streaming sites, DVD players may sound redundant. But for those who don’t want to depend on…
“DOOM” and I go way back (and I’m not talking about the 2005 movie that Roger notoriously hated). I’m old enough, young readers, to fondly remember the early days of this franchise, playing the original “DOOM” and “DOOM II: Hell on Earth” on a PC in my dorm room, skipping classes that I really should have attended. These games felt like a bolt of lightning. Wait, I can play a shooter against one my roommates on a PC in the other room? Why would I do anything else? And then the mod world exploded our brains even further, turning players…
Art MarketArtsy EditorialOne week, seven art fairs. Call it a scheduling nightmare or an embarrassment of riches, this was the formidable task facing those in the New York art world this week. What has traditionally been a fortnight of fair activity has been distilled into less than seven days this year, replete with a bevy of gallery openings and museum offerings across the Big Apple (which are covered in more detail in our guide to the whole of New York Art Week 2025). Full schedules, heavy art diets, and high step counts—such is the order of the week for art…
We’ve written at length about the art of the movie title—the best, the worst, the totally nonsensical, and the ones so good they were used again and again. Since a movie’s title is the first thing audiences will be exposed to when they’re deciding whether or not to buy a ticket, it’s important to nail it on the first try. Sometimes, though, a movie gets a second chance to get it right. Or even a third. That’s where things can get confusing.Plenty of movies — most, in fact — go by different titles as they’re being produced. Maybe the script…
