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Staring Up: The Grand Central Ceiling’s Starry Tale
culture5 days ago

Staring Up: The Grand Central Ceiling’s Starry Tale

The NYT Upshot’s 10-Minute Challenge invites readers to spend 10 uninterrupted minutes looking at Grand Central Terminal’s star-filled ceiling, a celestial mural of 2,500 stars and zodiac signs inspired by 17th‑century star atlases and designed in the early 1900s by Paul Helleu with input from James Hewlett and Harold Jacoby. The piece recounts the ceiling’s history—from the 1913 opening and a later misorientation when the projection differed from overhead viewing, to the asbestos-replaced 1940s ceiling and 1990s cleaning—while blending art and science and inviting reflection on why we look up. It also notes a forthcoming golden-hour view this weekend and explains the photograph stitching used to produce a high-resolution panorama.

via The New York Times|
#art#astronomy#ceiling
Pakistan Floods Put HIV Patients at Risk of Treatment Disruption
world-health6 days ago

Pakistan Floods Put HIV Patients at Risk of Treatment Disruption

Massive August 2025 floods in Pakistan displaced about 3 million people and damaged hundreds of thousands of homes, disrupting access to antiretroviral therapy for people living with HIV and risking viral rebound and progression to AIDS; stigma, broken follow-up, and reports of unsafe medical practices have worsened the crisis, while NGOs and the NDMA coordinate emergency ART delivery, though thousands remain missing and ground relief coverage is uncertain.

via Dawn|
#art#floods#healthcare-access
Madonna Decries AI as Anti-Art, Champions Human Creativity
entertainment12 days ago

Madonna Decries AI as Anti-Art, Champions Human Creativity

Madonna criticized artificial intelligence in a Vogue Italia interview, calling reliance on AI the opposite of making art and saying the music industry now hinges on follower counts and algorithms. She emphasizes human collaboration, stillness, and unplugging from technology to spark inspiration, noting she sometimes steps away from tech and social media to fuel creativity.

via Variety|
#ai#art#entertainment
Bicentennial Debates Put LGBTQ+ Histories Front and Center
culture18 days ago

Bicentennial Debates Put LGBTQ+ Histories Front and Center

As America nears its 250th birthday, LGBTQ+ artists and advocates in Philadelphia and across the country push to expand the celebratory narrative to include marginalized histories from the 1970s onward. Exhibits like This Is (Not) a Celebration foreground archival materials and queer activists, while other groups stage events aimed at a broader reckoning of who counts in American history. The conversation runs alongside debates about political attempts to rewrite history, provocative campaigns to emphasize a multicultural national identity, and a broader question of whether the bicentennial can be a celebration or a catalyst for confronting past and present inequalities.

via USA Today|
#activism#art#culture
David Hockney’s private funeral honors a lifetime of art
arts-entertainment20 days ago

David Hockney’s private funeral honors a lifetime of art

David Hockney died aged 88; his funeral was held privately for just his partner Jean-Pierre Goncalves de Lima and his great-nephew, in line with his wishes. A London memorial is planned for spring 2027, with later memorials in Yorkshire, Paris and Los Angeles. Most of his works will be donated to foundations and public institutions. Tributes from King Charles and Keir Starmer highlighted his influence on art.

via The Independent|
#art#arts-entertainment#david-hockney
Obama Presidential Center opens in Chicago with star-studded ceremony amid gentrification debate
politics22 days ago

Obama Presidential Center opens in Chicago with star-studded ceremony amid gentrification debate

Chicago’s Obama Presidential Center held its grand opening today ahead of public access tomorrow, with former presidents Clinton, Bush and Biden in attendance and a lineup of performers including Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen and Christina Aguilera. The $850 million campus includes a museum, a new Chicago Public Library branch, an NBA‑size basketball court and gardens. The opening comes after more than a decade of planning and controversy, including lawsuits and debates over its impact on the South Side and Jackson Park, as well as pandemic and supply‑chain delays. The center is billed as a community‑oriented, inclusive cultural and democratic space featuring site‑specific art and architecture, though critics cite concerns about gentrification.

via CNN|
#architecture#art#chicago
Obama Center in Chicago redefines the presidential center as a civic campus
culture26 days ago

Obama Center in Chicago redefines the presidential center as a civic campus

Opening in Jackson Park, the Obama Presidential Center functions as a multi-building civic campus—museum, public library branch, park, restaurant and extensive art program—designed to prioritize community engagement and democratic participation over a traditional on-site presidential archive, with administration records stored digitally off-site; at about $850 million it’s the priciest presidential center yet, sparking debate about privatizing historical narratives and how access to archives will be managed, while aiming to remain deeply community-focused.

via Chicago Tribune|
#architecture#art#chicago
David Hockney: Painting the things you love across media
arts29 days ago

David Hockney: Painting the things you love across media

David Hockney, who died aged 88, was Britain’s leading artist celebrated for fearless work across painting, photography, printmaking and digital media. From Bradford to Los Angeles and back to Yorkshire, he created iconic pool scenes and expansive landscapes while embracing new technologies—Polaroids, photocopiers, and iPad art—guided by his maxim to paint the things you love. His career included battles against censorship, major retrospectives, and the honor of the Order of Merit, cementing a lasting impact on modern art.

via BBC|
#art#arts#california
Panache Admits AI Art in 1666: Amsterdam, Promises All Assets Replaced With Human-Made Art
news29 days ago

Panache Admits AI Art in 1666: Amsterdam, Promises All Assets Replaced With Human-Made Art

Panache Digital Games apologized on X after players found AI-generated assets in the 1666: Amsterdam prologue, saying a team of over a dozen artists will replace them with human-made art in an upcoming update; the studio also commits that Early Access and the full game will not include AI-generated assets, reflecting the ongoing backlash to generative AI in gaming.

via Kotaku|
#1666-amsterdam#ai#art
Frieze New York Bets on Market-Safe Paintings Amid Cautious Recovery
art1 month ago

Frieze New York Bets on Market-Safe Paintings Amid Cautious Recovery

Frieze New York presents a cautious art-market snapshot: galleries lean toward blue-chip, saleable paintings—polite abstracts and semi-figurative works—while big houses like David Zwirner anchor the fair and midsize galleries face overhead pressure, even as some booths push restrained, curatorial bets. The mood is one of measured recovery rather than a breakthrough.

via Curbed|
#art#art-market#blue-chip
Venice Biennale 2026: Quiet Bonds and Global Geopolitics in In Minor Keys
art2 months ago

Venice Biennale 2026: Quiet Bonds and Global Geopolitics in In Minor Keys

Venice Biennale 2026’s main exhibition, 'In Minor Keys,' curated by the late Koyo Kouoh, centers six artists—Cauleen Smith; Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons; Tiona Nekkia McClodden; Alfredo Jaar; Walid Raad; Kaloki Nyamai—whose restrained, atmospheric works explore memory, loss, and cross-generational bonds while reflecting on the geopolitics of minerals, with installations and multimedia pieces that emphasize quiet resilience amid global disruption.

via Artsy|
#art#cauleen-smith#contemporary-art