The SAG-AFTRA Foundation has announced the official opening of the Meryl Streep Center for Performing Artists. The 15,000 square-foot facility is located on the 10th floor of the Union’s headquarters on Wilshire Boulevard and is named in honor of Streep, the most philanthropic donor in the Foundation’s nearly 40-year history. The state-of-the-art facility is a

Mega The family of late soul legend Isaac Hayes, who died on August 10, 2008, has slapped Donald Trump with a cease-and-desist, demanding he stop blasting “Hold On, I’m Comin’” at his campaign rallies. Isaac Hayes III, son of the iconic singer, shared a letter sent to Trump and his team, threatening a lawsuit if

You may have seen “AI slop” on your social media timeline: AI-generated images of extreme, eye-catching, emotionally-laden topics like emaciated poor people, natural disasters, crying children, and outlandish religious or military images. (This X/Twitter feed rounds up the most absurd – and sometimes slightly-NSFW – examples). But why is such obviously-fake imagery there in the first place and

From left, Christian Siriano and Ashley Longshore Wednesday, July 31, at the “Christian Siriano X Ashley Longshore” art pop-up at The Collective West, Siriano’s store in Westport. Photograph by Georgette Gouveia. It is a truth universally acknowledged, as Jane Austen might put it, that creative, glamorous, fun careers are not always well-paying. This has been

DreamWorks is responsible for some of the most famous animated franchises, including Shrek, Madagascar and Trolls, all featuring incredibly polished 3D animations. But an animator for the studio has revealed a fascinating look at some of their early iterations. Adrien Soyty Liv has taken to X to share several examples of individual shots they animated

TEHRAN- The art exhibition “Patterns of Friendship” will come to life on August 16 in Moscow, marking a historic cultural exchange between Russia and Iran.  Organized by the Iranian Embassy, the Academy of Watercolor and Fine Arts of Sergey Andriyaka, and supported by the Russian Ministry of Culture, the festival aims to pay tribute to

Performance and installation artist Chiharu Shiota is best known for her monumental works consisting of huge, dense webs of brightly coloured thread that have been suspended from ceilings, often enveloping household items and other objects below them. A survey of her work since the 1990s, The Soul Trembles (2019), at Tokyo’s Mori Art Museum, represented

Jordan Prosser’s debut novel, Big Time, is a time-travelling, mind-bending love letter to art and creativity, set in a dystopian near future. It looks to the power of storytelling and asks: what difference can it possibly make? In the autocratic Federal Republic of East Australia, music, science and political expression are policed with the threat

The allure of and fascination with the intimate vignettes that make up everyday life have been an ongoing source of inspiration for generations of artists—the way a coffee table or nightstand is arranged, the view from a studio window, the books, plants, and other miscellany that accumulate (or are curated) on a bookshelf. Focus on

Alongside famous New York galleries, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art, artists recommended contemporary galleries in Chelsea for their sometimes “more daring” exhibits, and free entry. Artists also suggested seeking out lesser-known places, and those run by insiders. The posters and billboards of the city’s streets also provide