Among movie fans, it’s commonplace to hear someone call a slickly designed, artist-forward movie poster a “Mondo poster.” That’s because the company Mondo was long at the forefront of the pop culture art wave. Last year, though, that wave crashed when Mondo’s new owner, Funko, gutted much of the company’s talent. Now, that’s about to … Read more
Summary Marvel Studios introduced an MCU original superhero, Kahhori, in What If…? season 2. Fan art by Uzuri Art imagines Kahhori in a realistic art style, giving a glimpse of what she could look like in live-action. Kahhori is likely to return in What If…? season 3, but could also make the move to live-action … Read more
Google Google first introduced Art Selfie in 2018, a feature in Google’s Arts and Culture app in which users could submit a selfie of themselves, and the app would match them to a portrait from history that they resembled. Leveraging generative AI, Google is now introducing Art Selfie 2. Also: Google’s AI video generator tech is … Read more
RIO DE JANEIRO — A suspect was arrested in the brutal killing in Brazil of an American art dealer who was the co-owner of a prominent gallery in Manhattan, police said Thursday. Brent Sikkema, 75, was found dead on Monday with 18 stab wounds in his Rio de Janeiro apartment. Rio state police arrested a … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — A Russian billionaire who accused Sotheby’s of teaming up with a Swiss art dealer to cheat him out of tens of millions of dollars became tearful Friday while testifying about discovering he’d been part of a con game too common in an “art market that needs to be more transparent.” The … Read more
When the pandemic hit, Gen Z-ers—born between 1997 and 2012—were just entering adulthood. After enduring a particularly difficult time during lockdowns, today they face an acute mental health crisis. As a result, in 2024, many will be asking more from their work life. When my research team at Harvard University interviewed 80 Gen Z college … Read more
Auctioneer Victoire Gineste gestures as she adjudicates for 20 million euros ($21.9 million) a recently rediscovered drawing by Michelangelo, the artist’s first known nude, at the Christie’s auction house in Paris on May 18, 2022. Emmanuel Dunand | Afp | Getty Images Wealthy, young collectors in Asia have been fueling demand for art — particularly … Read more
So many stars stepped out to attend The Art of Elysium’s 25th Anniversary HEAVEN Gala at The Wiltern on Saturday night (January 6) in Los Angeles. Since there were so many stars on the guestlist, we pulled together photos for you to easily scroll. That way you can see who was there and what they … Read more
A crop of “Number 6″ by Scott Listfield from a new art show in Los Angeles.Image: Gallery 1988 “I have a lot of questions about how the future might look, and I don’t want an algorithm to draw them. So let’s do it instead.” With that sentence, artist Scott Listfield tasked a group of artists … Read more
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LG announced the CineBeam Qube (model HU710PB) laser projector yesterday: It’s got a minimalist look and stature, weighing 3.28 pounds and measuring 135mm square on one side and just 80mm wide at the front. (For comparison, the iPhone 15 Pro is just shy of 147mm tall.) It also has an unspecified number of HDMI eARC … Read more