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Haitian-American artist Patrick Eugène has been tapped by Dior to reinterpret the house’s iconic Lady Dior handbag. Patrick Eugène Atelier © Heather Sten Haitian-American artist Patrick Eugène has been tapped by Dior to reinterpret the house’s iconic Lady Dior handbag for the 10th-anniversary edition of its Dior Lady Art initiative. For a decade, the project has invited artists from around the world to transform the classic bag …

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Diane Keaton attends the Handprint and Footprint in Cement Ceremony for Actress Diane Keaton hosted by TCL Chinese Theatre on August 11, 2022 in Hollywood, California. Getty Images Diane Keaton, the beloved actress known for her singular style and screen presence, died Saturday at the age of 79. While she was primarily celebrated for her …

Diane Keaton Loved to Make Art, Though She Didn’t Consider Herself An Artist Read More »

Glenn Close at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences’ Governors Awards, 2024. Photo Frazer Harrison/Getty Image The Hollywood actress Glenn Close began collecting the costumes she wore in her movies after wrapping her very first film, The World According to Garp (1982), for which she was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar. …

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Radcliffe Avenue in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles during the Palisades Fire, January 2025. Photo Apu Gomes via Getty Ron Rivlin thought he was well prepared for fire. The owner of Revolver Gallery in Los Angeles and a prolific collector of works by Andy Warhol had custom-built his home in Pacific Palisades with …

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The Musée d’Orsay held a mock trial to determine whether Manet was guilty of obscenity for painting Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe (1863), as seen on the screen. Courtesy Musée d’Orsay At the 1863 Salon des Refusés—a special exhibition for works rejected by Paris’s official Salon—Édouard Manet’s Déjeuner sur l’herbe provoked intense controversy. Many critics labeled its female nude …

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Robert Newland. Courtesy Superblue An artwork caught up in the saga of fraudster art dealer Inigo Philbrick came up for auction late last month in New York—and failed to sell. In 2023 Philbrick’s business partner, Robert Newland, was sentenced to 20 months in prison. In addition to his prison term, Newland was ordered to forfeit …

Wade Guyton Artwork Forfeited by Inigo Philbrick’s Business Partner Flops at Sotheby’s Read More »

Installation view of “Divine Egypt,” 2025, at Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art With about 210 works included, “Divine Egypt” is the largest exhibition devoted to ancient Egyptian art in over a decade at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the venerable New York institution that is famous for its shows …

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Visitors at the TEFAF Maastricht fair at conference center MECC in Maastricht on March 15, 2025. ANP/AFP via Getty Images Though the TEFAF art fair has begun dipping its toes into contemporary fare, the European Fine Arts Foundation’s spring art fairs—in Maastricht and New York—remain best known for its Old Master paintings and antiquities. For …

TEFAF Announces 2025 Museum Acquisitions: Félix Vallotton, Léon Spilliaert, and a ‘Superstar’ Rhino Named Clara Read More »

“Tinsel Larry” in the new film Him, created by Cannupa Hanska Luger. Courtesy HIM Cannupa Hanska Luger revealed on Instagram on Tuesday that he collaborated with the filmmakers behind the movie Him to create “Tinsel Larry,” a sports mascot featured in the film. Him is a new horror film directed by Justin Tipping and produced …

Cannupa Hanska Luger Creates Unnerving Football Mascot for New Jordan Peele-Produced Horror Film ‘Him’ Read More »