IIn the summer of 1937, two exhibitions sponsored by the Nazis opened in Munich. For the Degenerate Art exhibition, hundreds of confiscated works by banned modern artists, including Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, Pablo Picasso, were collected: a mocking display of the alleged anti-German sentiment of contemporary culture. The show also served as a counterpoint to
The Central Library of downtown Los Angeles has seen its fair share of colorful moments. The architectural gem, which turns 100 this week, was the backdrop for the epic street fight between Pacino, De Niro and others in Heat, and where is the origin Ghost Busters They found their first ghost, a friendly old lady
In: character, podcast, self-improvement Brett and Kate McKay • 14 July 2026 Most people believe that if a goal is difficult to achieve, then getting there also feels difficult. We believe that extraordinary results require extraordinary suffering. But my guest says the secret to success isn’t gnashing of teeth; It is making the journey enjoyable.
IIn 1988, the late Ghanaian writer and filmmaker Kwesi Owusu edited Storms of the Heart: An Anthology of Black Arts and Culture, a collection of writings and images by black artists in Britain, including Ben Okri on Shakespeare, Shobhana Jayasinghe on Indian dance theatre, Jacob Ross on decolonizing language, an interview with Ntozek Shange, and
Andy Kalmowitz/Jalopnik I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: There’s a lack of whimsy in cars today. Luckily for us — and those who are about to shell out like $80,000 for a 2027 BMW If you’re interested, you can see five different BMW Art
mUseems are damned if they do, damned if they don’t. Ignore past problems and criticize them for being problematic. Rewrite their labels according to changing politics and call them didactic and woke. The truth is that history is full of immoral art. But how do we know it when we see it? And what, if
‘TeaThere’s no place like home,” Dorothy announces at the end of The Wizard of Oz, as she departs from the dazzling Emerald City for Auntie Em’s Kansas farmhouse. It’s a powerful metaphor for the way the domestic sphere is often depicted in art: the action, adventure and drama take place “there” in brilliant Technicolor, with
In June 2015, two days before gay marriage became federally recognized, Hayley Kiyoko released her song “Girls Like Girls”. At the time, Kiyoko was 24 years old and had built a fan base from her acting roles in Disney Channel. But she was now performing an explicitly Sapphic song at a time when she had
Every two years, artists, curators, collectors and collectors gather in Venice – a destination for caravans since the era of the Silk Road – for a preview of the international art exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, a few days before the public opening of the Venice Biennale, the oldest, most prestigious and most attended
Donald Trump is claiming his Iran peace plan is a win for Washington, despite the 14-point deal revealing it will make significant concessions to Tehran. Under the agreement, Iran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for sanctions relief and the release of frozen assets, while negotiations would continue over the fate of Iran’s