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Arts
The bitter disputes blighting gaming
Subnautica 2 and Zero Parades: For Dead Spies launched amid ongoing legal and internal disputes involving their developers Unknown Worlds and ZA/UM, respectively. Despite these…
The Art of Winning and Losing: Interactive Exhibitions Reflect on Game and Play
The Aga Khan Museum and The Power Plant in Toronto have launched exhibitions that explore the cultural, historical, and social dimensions of games and play…
New depths to Debussy
Actor-turned-director Rory Kinnear is staging a semi-staged production of Debussy’s opera *Pelléas et Mélisande* at the Aldeburgh Festival, featuring the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted…
Why images of beauty matter in dark times
The artworks of Zinaida Serebriakova, Édouard Manet, and Vittorio Reggianini vividly capture themes of resilience, personal struggle, and social complexity through intimate portraits, symbolic still…
‘Cerne Abbas Giant’ Concealed by Brown and Barbed Wire
Pallant House is hosting an exhibition that traces the evolution of British landscape painting in the 20th century, emphasizing wartime and postwar works by artists…
The shifting soul of Britain
Pallant House Gallery in Chichester is hosting British Landscapes: A Sense of Place, an exhibition tracing how British artists from the mid-19th to late 20th…
The apotheosis of Anish Kapoor
Anish Kapoor is launching a major exhibition at London’s Hayward Gallery featuring his signature large-scale installations and sculptures exploring themes of identity, sacrifice, and materiality.…
Artistic Exchange and Commerce: The East India Company’s Influence on Global Art
The British East India Company exhibition showcases about one hundred artworks from 1750 to 1850 that reveal a unique blend of British, Indian, and Chinese…
Paul Klee’s Late Works Reflect Political Anguish and War Despair
Paul Klee's late artworks, created during his exile after being labeled a degenerate artist by the Nazis, reflect a profound shift toward politically charged themes…
Gothic by Design: The Dawn of Architectural Draftsmanship
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is exhibiting nearly 90 original Gothic architectural drawings from the 13th to 16th centuries, revealing the meticulous draftsmanship behind medieval…
Zabludowicz family to sell £20mn of art
Anita and Poju Zabludowicz are auctioning about 100 artworks from their family collection at Christie’s London next month, with estimates approaching £20 million. The sale…
Fabulous New Folly Sculptural Installation at Matakana
Recent architecture graduates from the University of Auckland have unveiled *Within the Wings of the Kāruhiruhi*, a new sculptural installation at the Brick Bay Sculpture…
Words and Pictures: FujiFilm’s House of Photography Opens
FujiFilm has opened its House of Photography in Rosedale, Auckland, launching events that connect local photographers with international experts. This initiative enhances the city's creative…
Museums receive the spoils in private philanthropy overdrive
David Sainsbury has donated £91.2 million to the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts in Norwich to fund major renovations and modernize the museum’s iconic Foster-designed…
Ralph Fiennes and David Hare on Victorian theatre and collaboration
Ralph Fiennes stars in David Hare’s new play *Grace Pervades*, which examines the lives and legacy of Victorian theatre figures Henry Irving and Ellen Terry,…
Perennial brilliance: Moore’s rebellious sculptures at Kew Gardens
Kew Gardens has opened its largest outdoor exhibition featuring monumental sculptures by British artist Henry Moore, integrated throughout the botanical landscape and running until January…
Douglas Stuart reflects on Glasgow upbringing and new novel
Glasgow-born author Douglas Stuart will publish his third novel, *John of John*, next week, shifting focus from urban Glasgow to the rural Outer Hebrides to…
What ballerinas do after hanging up the slippers
Megan Fairchild will retire on May 24 after 24 years as a principal ballerina with New York City Ballet, concluding a celebrated career highlighted by…
Russia’s return to Venice risks rendering Biennale irrelevant
The Venice Biennale reopened with Russia participating for the first time since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine, sparking protests, boycotts, and funding threats. This return…
Does the art world need AI?
Artists and galleries are increasingly experimenting with artificial intelligence, with some integrating AI into creative work and others using it mainly for administrative tasks. As…
A long-lost portrait of Anne Boleyn – or a load of rubbish?
A team of computer scientists led by Karen L Davies used facial recognition technology to identify a previously unknown portrait they claim is the only…
Seeing is Believing: Stuart Robertson’s Residency Exhibition
British photographer Stuart Robertson concluded an 18-month residency at Dr Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital in Delhi with an exhibition featuring over 280 works that documented…
Raghuraj Forever
Renowned Indian photographer Raghu Rai maintained a close relationship with Museo Camera in Gurugram, regularly visiting and mentoring photographers there for over a decade. His…
Kahlo kitsch sparks debate amid new exhibition
London’s Tate Modern will open *Frida: The Making of an Icon* next month, an exhibition featuring Frida Kahlo’s artwork alongside over 200 merchandise items inspired…
Devotion, sumptuously dressed: Zurbarán's art at National Gallery
The National Gallery in London is currently hosting a major retrospective of Francisco de Zurbarán’s work, showcasing his religious paintings and still lifes until August…
Under the skin of the Big Apple
El Museo del Barrio is featuring the first comprehensive museum survey of Sophie Rivera’s photography, showcasing her diverse work that captures New York City’s urban…
Anguish at the opera house
The Metropolitan Opera is grappling with financial strain and declining ticket sales after losing its longtime music director James Levine and facing setbacks like the…
Season in the sun: Christian House on the summer of art, sex and freedom
Anna Thomasson's new book, *A Vast Horizon*, examines a brief summer in 1937 when artists like Picasso, Man Ray, and Éluard formed a loose community…
Made in America: The Industrial Photography of Christopher Payne
The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum is featuring an exhibition of over 70 color photographs by Christopher Payne that document American manufacturing processes and the…
A conversation across the centuries on Michelangelo and Rodin
The Louvre is hosting an exhibition comparing Michelangelo and Rodin’s sculptures to highlight their shared exploration of the human form and the unfinished aesthetic. This…