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arts-and-culture10 days ago•20 min saved

Clarissa in Lagos: Woolf Reimagined by the Esiris at Cannes

Clarissa relocates Mrs. Dalloway to present‑day Lagos in the Esiri brothers’ Cannes Directors’ Fortnight entry, led by Sophie Okonedo’s restrained, steel‑eyed Clarissa and Fortune Nwafor’s Septimus. The Nigerian take weaves memory, democracy debates, and class into a Lagosian panorama, with 35mm cinematography and a spectral score shaping a quiet, radical reinterpretation that eschews Woolf’s colonial frame. Neon has acquired U.S. rights, and the film is hailed as a subtle revelation that refines and revises the source material for a new era.

via The Hollywood Reporter|

#arts-and-culture #cannes #clarissa-2026-film

arts-and-culture12 days ago•5 min saved

Obsession: A stylish, viciously funny warning about getting what you wish for

Curry Barker's Obsession turns a simple unrequited crush into a darkly comic horror tale, using a magical trinket to grant wishes with gruesome consequences. Inde Navarrette delivers a standout, unsettling performance as Nikki, while the film's lean production, sharp sound design, and sly humor elevate it above many studio efforts. It's a stylish indie debut that doubles as a cautionary tale about what happens when desire runs unchecked and lore is kept minimal.

via WBUR|

#arts-and-culture #film-review #horror

arts-and-culture16 days ago•2 min saved

Mary Bennet Gets a Surprisingly Worthwhile Austen TV Adaptation

Brandy Jensen hails BBC's The Other Bennet Sister as a rare, entertaining Austen-inspired series focused on Mary Bennet; with 10 thirty-minute episodes, the first three dropped on BritBox in the US on May 6, delivering a fresh, justified addition to Austen media.

via Defector|

#adaptation #arts-and-culture #austen

arts-and-culture16 days ago•7 min saved

Keith Haring’s private trove surfaces at Sotheby’s, spotlighting a crib and a lifelong friendship

A public exhibition at Sotheby’s New York presents Keith Haring’s works from his longtime friend Kermit Oswald, including a taxi-yellow crib and a rare 1985 self-portrait, as part of Haring’s House: Works From the Collection of Kermit Oswald ahead of two May sales. The roughly 20 works on offer reveal a personal side of the artist, with pieces linked to Burroughs’ collaboration and Haring’s HIV diagnosis; the crib is estimated at $250,000–$350,000 and the self-portrait at $3–$5 million, among other pieces. Oswald describes their friendship as non-competitive and hopes the works will find a home where they can be shared, potentially in a museum.

via The Guardian|

#arts-and-culture #harings-house #hiv

arts-and-culture17 days ago•2 min saved

Gaza as Compass, But Berardi's Thinking Falls Short

Defector critic Jake Romm argues that Gaza must orient political thought, but Franco Berardi's Thinking Gaza fails to fully engage with the scale of violence or propose a concrete path to liberation, rendering the analysis insufficient as a political response.

via Defector|

#arts-and-culture #critical-theory #franco-berardi

arts-and-culture18 days ago•1 min saved

Rethinking the Great American Songwriter

Israel Daramola critiques the NYT's list of the 30 greatest living American songwriters (and a runner-up list), arguing that such rankings are engagement-driven and often miss the deeper question of what truly makes a great songwriter, inviting readers to rethink the criteria beyond fame or headline-worthy controversy.

via Defector|

#arts-and-culture #culture #lists

arts-and-culture21 days ago•2 min saved

Pulitzers Spotlight Angel Down and Liberation as Genre-Bending and Feminist Milestones

Pulitzer Prize winners span genres this year, with Daniel Kraus’s Angel Down—a WWI narrative told in a single sentence—and Bess Wohl’s Liberation, a feminist memory play, among awards across history, biography, memoir, general nonfiction, poetry and music, including Jill Lepore’s We the People and Amanda Vaill’s Pride and Pleasure.

via The Guardian|

#angel-down #arts-and-culture #liberation

arts-and-culture22 days ago•14 min saved

Clothes as Canvas: The Met’s Costume Art Exhibition Bridges Fashion and Fine Art

The Met’s new Costume Art exhibition treats fashion as fine art by placing garments alongside artworks and using reflective, named mannequins to invite visitors to see themselves in the clothes. Organized around a typology of bodies—from Naked & Nude to Classical, Abstract, and Reclaimed—the show explores how dress shapes and is shaped by the human form, including diverse, pregnant, corpulent, and disabled bodies, while connecting fashion history to broader art contexts. It unfolds across the Met’s new Condé Nast Galleries, aiming to democratize aesthetics and celebrate the body as a shared artistic medium rather than a mere display of clothing.

via Vogue|

#art #arts-and-culture #body-diversity

arts-and-culture22 days ago•9 min saved

Eye to Eye at a Height-Equalizing Party

An Oakland artist hosted a “same-height” party using custom platform footwear to let guests stand eye to eye with the tallest participant (6'5"), exploring balance, perception, and social ease. The months-long build focused on precise measurements and safety (walking sticks, flat venue), and attendees reported easier conversations and a sense of belonging, with the shoes donated afterward and a guide published to help others recreate the concept.

via CNN|

#art-installation #arts-and-culture #leveling

arts-and-culture24 days ago•74 min saved

Flower Mart's near-death and comeback: Baltimore's beloved festival survives unrest and reform

Baltimore’s Flower Mart, a century-old Mount Vernon festival started by the Women’s Civic League, nearly collapsed in the 1970s after violent unrest and repeated organizational turmoil, including a 1971 riot and venue shifts. Civic leaders helped revive it, moving venues and retooling management, with the festival returning to Mount Vernon in 1981 and later being sustained by nonprofit stewardship, ensuring the beloved city celebration endures today.

via thebanner.com|

#arts-and-culture #baltimore-city #festival

arts-and-culture24 days ago•186 min saved

Bezos’s Met Gala Moment: Wealth, Fashion, and Controversy on One Night

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez headline the Met Gala as sponsors and honorary chairs amid a global debate over billionaire wealth and workers’ rights. The gala remains the Met’s landmark fundraiser for the Costume Institute, with sky‑high ticket prices and new exhibitions, while critics point to Amazon labor issues and widening inequality. Protests and a Ball Without Billionaires will accompany the event, highlighting tensions between philanthropy and labor activism as fashion’s premier charity event presses on.

via CNN|

#arts-and-culture #fashion #jeff-bezos

arts-and-culture25 days ago•16 min saved

George Lucas-Curated Debut Exhibitions Unveiled by Lucas Museum

Los Angeles’s Lucas Museum of Narrative Art has announced its inaugural exhibitions curated by George Lucas, opening Sept. 22, 2026. The program spans Americana and the human condition across painting, photography, murals, illustration, comics, and cinema, featuring works by Benton, Rockwell, Parks, Lange, Rivera, and items from the Lucas Archives, alongside pieces from Lucas’s 40,000‑piece collection. The 11-acre Exposition Park campus, designed by Ma Yansong, will house 300,000 square feet of galleries, theaters, a library, and more.

via Deadline|

#americana #arts-and-culture #george-lucas

arts-and-culture1 month ago•3 min saved

Rocky Statue Moves Inside as Museum Reframes Its Legend

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is bringing the Rocky Balboa statue indoors for a new exhibition, Rising Up: Rocky and the Making of Monuments, framing the fictional hero within a long arc of boxing imagery and Philadelphia identity. After decades of tension, the museum embraces the statue as part of public art and cultural history; it will move inside to a permanent high-spot after the show closes, while a Joe Frazier statue will replace it on the steps and the outside statue remains on loan from Stallone.

via NBC News|

#arts-and-culture #boxing-history #monuments

arts-and-culture1 month ago•5 min saved

Nature’s Orchestra: Copeland Turns Animal Voices into a Concerto

60 Minutes profiles Stewart Copeland and naturalist Martyn Stewart as they transform thousands of animal recordings into a musical album, Wild Concerto, hoping to preserve nature’s sounds and raise awareness about endangered species.

via CBS News|

#arts-and-culture #conservation #martyn-stewart

arts-and-culture1 month ago•97 min saved

Wonderland in Fells Point aims to be Baltimore’s secret nightlife gem

Wonderland, a new Fells Point lounge with a bold '70s-glam vibe and a forthcoming second-floor nightclub, opened in April to word-of-mouth buzz. Created by Bryan Burkert and Emmy-nominated lighting designer Scott Chmielewski, it features immersive visuals and a high-end sound system, with the first-floor lounge open Thu-Sat and a larger dance floor on the way, aiming to offer Baltimore a dress-up, art-forward nightlife experience—Burkert's swan song in the city.

via thebanner.com|

#arts-and-culture #bars #dance-music