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Ben Fraternale’s Shanghai Polaroids Turn a Cross-City Exhibition Into a Study of Connection
A portrait project built around one of photography’s most demanding formats found its center in Shanghai. For “West Meets East · Shanghai & New York 2026,” which...
Superblue’s India Debut Signals a New Model for Immersive Art
Mumbai’s Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre is now hosting Superblue’s first exhibition in India, a nine-installation presentation titled “Second Nature” that opened on July 3, 2026 and remains on view...
World Cup History Shrinks to Gum Wrapper Scale at LACMA
At the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the World Cup’s grandeur has been recast in miniature. In Fútbol Is Life: Animated Sportraits by Lyndon J. Barrois, Sr., American artist...
Zendaya’s Ancient Iranian Earrings Put The Odyssey in a Wider Cultural Debate
A London promotional appearance for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has become part fashion story, part argument over heritage. On July 5, actress Zendaya wore earrings believed to date...
Sotheby’s Sells 12.5-Foot T. rex “Gus” for $50.1 Million, Setting a Fossil Auction Record
A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton named Gus has sold for $50.1 million at Sotheby’s, establishing a new high-water mark for fossils at auction and surpassing the previous...
Frieze Seoul Turns the City Into Its Stage With Coin Hunts, Films, and Talks
Frieze Seoul is expanding well beyond the convention floor this September. For its fifth edition, the fair will run September 2–5 at the COEX convention center...
Dominique Lévy says the backlash over a Gaza ceasefire letter moved beyond argument and into intimidation.
In a profile published by Tablet, the New York dealer said she received death threats after publicly criticizing an Artforum open letter released on...
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Hollow Animal Sculptures Constructed From a Network of Metal Branches by Kang Dong Hyun
Korean artist Kang Dong Hyun constructs hollow animal sculptures from a system of metallic branches. His works often have a high concentration of these sprig-like elements constructing...
A New Short Film Demonstrates the Difficulty of Escaping City Life
Breaking free from urban life is no easy feat for the main figure in “Le Silence de la rue,” or “The Silence of the...
DRAGON: A Snakelike Drone Robot That Shape-Shifts in Flight
The JSK Lab at the University of Tokyo has designed a modular flying robot that propels itself through the air with several small fans. The entire...
A Hand-Drawn Animation of Merging Faces and Morphing Bodies by Daniel Zvereff
Brooklyn-based artist Daniel Zvereff works in a combination of drawing, photography, and videography and all three come into play in an animated short. The three minute...
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Ben Fraternale’s Shanghai Polaroids Turn a Cross-City Exhibition Into a Study of Connection
A portrait project built around one of photography’s most demanding formats found...
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At the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the World Cup’s grandeur has been recast...
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Zendaya’s Ancient Iranian Earrings Put The Odyssey in a Wider Cultural Debate
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Gus the T-Rex sells for a record $50.1m at Sotheby’s –...
Sotheby’s Sells 12.5-Foot T. rex “Gus” for $50.1 Million, Setting a Fossil Auction Record
A Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton named Gus has sold for $50.1 million...
Frieze Seoul’s Programs Include a Hunt for Hidden Coins and Climate...
Frieze Seoul Turns the City Into Its Stage With Coin Hunts, Films, and Talks
Frieze Seoul is expanding well beyond the convention floor this September....
Dominique Lévy Says She Got Death Threats After Response in Artforum
Dominique Lévy says the backlash over a Gaza ceasefire letter moved beyond argument and into intimidation.
In a profile published by Tablet, the New York...
New York Mayor Mamdani Announces Murals to Commemorate World Cup
New York City Plans 12 World Cup Murals Across All Five Boroughs
New York City is turning the 2026 FIFA World Cup into a citywide...
Hieroglyphs Reveal Name of Ancient Mayan Astronomer for the First Time
Maya Astronomer-Mathematician Named in Rare Signed Calculation at Xultun
A wall inscription at Xultun, a major Maya site in northeast Guatemala, has yielded an unusually...
Sotheby’s Record First Half Signals a New Business Model
Sotheby’s Pushes Beyond Auctions With $4.4 Billion First-Half Sales
Sotheby’s is using a record sales report to make a larger argument about what kind of...
