Pop Culture How Accurate Is the New ‘Assassin’s Creed’ Video Game’s Picture of 9th-Century Baghdad? Not Very, Archaeologists Say A video game expert and archaeologist worries the lack of published research on the Islamic Golden Age available to developers will limit the historical faithfulness of "Mirage". By Sarah Cascone, Oct 19, 2022
Pop Culture Kasmin Has Teamed Up With Mattel for a Pop-Up Launching Artist Mark Ryden’s New Line of Macabre-Pop Barbie Dolls The toys will be unveiled alongside new Ryden artworks in a Los Angeles pop-up show next month. By Taylor Dafoe, Oct 12, 2022
Pop Culture Comic Book Dealers Are Making Six-Figure Sales at New York’s Comic Con, Thanks to the Boom in Film and TV Adaptations The comic book market is in uncharted waters. We talked to the experts to help understand why. By Sarah Cascone, Oct 7, 2022
Pop Culture Pace Gallery Now Represents Hollywood Legend David Lynch, an ‘Artist Who Happens to Make Films’ Lynch will have his first show with the gallery in November. By Dorian Batycka, Oct 6, 2022
Pop Culture Watch John Oliver Make the Case for a New Frontier in the Fight Over Restitution: Revenge Looting Among the objects on view in Oliver's proposed "Payback Museum" is a piece of Stonehenge stolen by Nigeria as punishment for British troops' 1897 looting of the Kingdom of Benin. By Artnet News, Oct 4, 2022
Pop Culture The K-Wave Splashes Down in London, With a Wide-Ranging Exhibition Devoted to Korean Pop Culture Highlights include an immersive recreation of the bathroom from 'Parasite' and a monumental media work by Nam June Paik. By Christine Ajudua, Sep 28, 2022
Pop Culture Painting Helped ‘James Bond’ Star Pierce Brosnan Cope With Grief. Now, an L.A. Gallery Will Show the Actor’s Deeply Personal Art The actor will show the works at the gallery Seasons L.A. By Dorian Batycka, Sep 26, 2022
Pop Culture ‘One Piece’ Is the World’s Most Popular Manga. Now an Artist Has Transformed It Into an Epic Book That’s Impossible to Read It's the world's longest book. It's also a conceptual art comment on fame and internet culture. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 20, 2022
Pop Culture Brad Pitt Is Displaying His Art in a Museum for the First Time. The Museum Is in Tampere, Finland The actor is showing his work alongside his famous friends Thomas Houseago and Nick Cave (the singer). By Dorian Batycka, Sep 19, 2022
Pop Culture Actor Rowan Atkinson Destroys a Priceless Art Collection in Netflix’s ‘Man vs. Bee.’ The Showrunners Tell Us How They Made It Look So Real Did you spot all of the artistic look-alikes in the series? By Menachem Wecker, Sep 16, 2022
Pop Culture What Art Does Demi Lovato Collect? Here Are 8 Artists and Designers the ‘Happy Ending’ Singer Owns and Is Inspired By The musician gave fans a peek into her home this week, and her personal collection of art and furniture. By Vittoria Benzine, Sep 9, 2022
Pop Culture Pete Doherty, Bad Boy of British Rock, Is Showing His Collages and Other Highly Personal Artworks in a New Show in Berlin The show will be on view in Berlin through the end of the year. By Jo Lawson-Tancred, Sep 8, 2022
Pop Culture Most Tennis Players at the U.S. Open Are Sponsored by Sports Brands. Chinese Champ Wu Yibing Is Sponsored by an Art Museum In the third round of the U.S. Open, Wu sported a medallion based on an artwork by Xu Lei and created by the X Museum. By Cathy Fan, Sep 2, 2022
Pop Culture Korean Celebrities Showed Up in Full Force for Frieze Seoul—and Some of Them Actually Came to Look at the Art Here's a rundown of who we saw. By Vivienne Chow, Sep 2, 2022
Pop Culture Watch John OIiver Marry a Cabbage Live on TV to Capture the Absurdity of A.I.-Generated Art “All of these deserve to be in the Louvre,” the comedian said of the creations prompted by Midjourney users. By Vittoria Benzine, Aug 30, 2022