ArtAlina CohenPedro Almodóvar, still from Volver, 2006. © Sony Pictures Classics. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics/Photofest.Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar masterfully couples melodrama with equally intense visuals. Across his extensive filmography, twisting plots full of sex and violence coalesce with high-contrast sets and vibrant costumes. A woman in a red sweater holds a knife covered in her husband’s blood (Volver, 2006). A man in a tiger suit binds and rapes a woman in a bourgeois home (The Skin I Live In, 2011). A vengeful drag queen performs in a sequined dress adorned with fake pubic hair (Bad Education, 2004). Such images…
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David Kordansky gallery and the Sam Gilliam Foundation are facing a lawsuit over their alleged attempts to “disavow” what one entity claims is a genuine drape painting by the late artist. Drax Fine Art, LLC, which is registered in Albany, New York, filed suit against the gallery, the foundation, and Gilliam’s widow, Annie Gawlak, on July 16. In a summons submitted in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Drax Fine Art accused David Kordansky and the Sam Gilliam Foundation of “concerted efforts to disavow and defame an authentic ‘drape painting.” The entity is now seeking $6 million…
A Rosebud replica sled is seen here, while the real deal sold for nearly $15 million with Heritage Auctions. The warm summer months didn’t stop Heritage Auctions from selling one of movie history’s most well-known winter toys. Citizen Kane’s Rosebud sled sold for $14.75 million on July 16, 2025, as part of the company’s Hollywood/Entertainment Signature Auction. This sled, one of several models used in the film, was consigned by director Joe Dante. “I’ve had the honour of protecting this piece of cinematic history for decades,” Dante said in a statement shared by Heritage to The Guardian. “To see Rosebud…
Donors are reportedly planning to pull support from, or have already severed ties with, the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art following its controversial transfer from Florida State University to New College of Florida earlier this year on the orders of Governor Ron DeSantis. Three donors have reconsidered planned gifts totaling more than $750,000 in response to the transfer—or “takeover,” as ABC’s Sarasota affiliate described it. Museum supporters and staff alike have expressed concern that the considerably smaller New College of Florida is an ill-suited steward, on both operational and conceptual levels. Related Articles New College of Florida, a small liberal arts…
The Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) has cancelled the 37th edition of The Art Show, its long-running annual fair held at the Park Avenue Armory. The event, originally scheduled to open with a benefit preview on October 28th, will not take place this year for the first time in decades. In an email sent to members on July 16th, the ADAA said the decision is a “strategic pause.” “While we understand this news may be disappointing, we believe this pause presents a meaningful opportunity to reimagine The Art Show with long-term sustainability and member value in mind,” the email…
Sony Pictures has shared the first Spider-Man 2.1 poster for the upcoming theatrical debut of the extended cut version of Sam Raimi‘s Spider-Man 2 in 4K. It is expected to include new and extended scenes from the acclaimed sequel. Tickets for the event will be available for purchase starting on July 25, 2025, at Fathom Entertainment and participating theatre box offices. When is the Spider-Man 2.1 theatrical release date? The limited screenings of Spider-Man 2.1 will officially take place on September 27 and October 4 as part of Sony Pictures and Fathom Entertainment’s special Spider-Man trilogy rerelease event. The original…
While much of the art world is off on summer holidays, news broke earlier this week of a bitter legal battle between top art advisor Barbara Guggenheim and her former partner Abigail Asher. The implosion of the advisors’ high-profile partnership, Guggenheim Asher Associates (GAA), has sent waves through an industry already reeling from dealer Tim Blum’s announcement earlier this month that he was shuttering his eponymous gallery. In a widely shared post on LinkedIn, collector Sylvain Levy put the news in stark terms. Related Articles “The collapse of Guggenheim Asher Associates, once a pillar of the international art advisory landscape,…
When an important Giacometti bust titled “Grande tête mince (Grande tête de Diego)” failed to sell at Sotheby’s for its $70 million estimate last month, a cloud fell over the auction world as experts began to wonder what this means for the overall state of the 2025 art market. Even Giacometti himself is shaking his head at the Sotheby’s $70 million bust debacle (shown here in a 1965 photo in Paris). About the Giacometti Bust Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) was a modern Swiss artist who blended influences from the surrealist and cubist movements of the early 20th century. He worked in…
Every year, USA Today takes a national poll on the best fast food taco in America. This year, the award belongs to Taco John’s and their Taco Bravo.The Taco John’s Taco Bravo features warm refried beans spread like butter on a soft tortilla, wrapped around a freshly fried crispy taco shell, and filled with seasoned North American beef, cheddar cheese, taco sauce and lettuce.Is anyone else hungry now?Taco John’s Taco BravoTaco JohnsThe price of the Taco Bravo usually is around $3, but since USA Today declared it winner of the best taco award, Taco John’s is offering it for just one dollar on July…
A juvenile Ceratosaurus fossil sold for $30.5 million with fees at Sotheby’s, blasting past its high estimate of $6 million. The top lot of Sotheby’s natural history sale on July 16 prompted a six-minute bidding war between six bidders on the phone, online, and in the room, resulting in the third-highest price for a dinosaur at auction. The auction result on July 16 follows the sale of 27-foot long skeleton nicknamed ‘Apex’, which sold for $44.6 million at Sotheby’s in July 2024 to Top 200 collector Ken Griffin and is currently on loan to the American Museum of Natural History;…
