“The human sense of smell, which has powerful connections to memory and emotion, has been deployed in art and historical displays and museums around the world.” - The New York Times
Johanson “made nature her medium, transforming highway underpasses, sewage treatment plants and other grimly functional public spaces into sweeping artworks.” - The New York Times
“I just started poking around on the internet and eventually got the right combination of search terms and number of Google pages results in and found this data set. As soon as I opened it up I was delighted, surprised, and amazed.” - Wired
“Williams is undoubtedly the greatest ‘whistle test’ composer of his age – a purveyor of instantly memorable tunes that both capture and breathe life into the movies they accompany.” - The Guardian (UK)
“She was a lightning rod for criticism by Hollywood workers, particularly during last year’s walkouts. A parody account portraying Lombardini as a cartoonish corporate shill went viral on X.” - Los Angeles Times (AOL)
"Eastwood fans in the UK will have no problem seeing Juror #2, where it’s enjoying a wide release in more than 300 cinemas nationwide. Across the whole of the US, however, it’s screening in fewer than 50 cinemas” with no plans for a wider rollout or awards campaign. - The Guardian (UK)
Is this effigy, with a plaque that reads, “In honor of a lifetime of sexual assault,” by the same artist who commemorated the dump one January 6 attempted coup member left on Nancy Pelosi’s desk? - Hyperallergic
Looks like Anna Kendrick, director and star of the Netflix film Woman of the Hour, which is about a serial abuser and killer, thinks the best thing to do is donate the money. - Los Angeles Times
“After the loss of so many theatres here, the closure of Cutting Ball and Cal Shakes, both leaders in their respective genres, feels like a sacrifice too great to bear. Their impact on the region was enormous—and so is their loss.” - American Theatre
More than a year after allegations of abuse emerged, the Metropolitan Police are sending their evidence out. "The allegations against Brand come from a seven-year period when he was at the height of his fame - hosting national television and radio programmes, and starring in Hollywood films." - BBC
Her "refusal to compromise with movement that felt inauthentic (and) her instinctive pull towards the extreme and the subversive" were channeled into her first major piece, Hope Hunt and the Ascension Into Lazarus, which premiered in 2015 and has been touring off-and-on ever since. - Dance Magazine
Considering the way that many recent novels reference recent, niche cultural fragments most relevant to an incestuous class of urban media professionals, future generations would need a comically thick companion book. - The Walrus
For such a self-professed grump, she never left a reader hanging after a seemingly desultory setup. There was always a reward. And the jokes still work. - The New Yorker
More than 200 Russian curators and art historians, both in the country and in exile, have written an open letter claiming that Moscow’s State Tretyakov Gallery has “liquidated” its contemporary art department, following a restructure. - The Art Newspaper
Following 2024's "period of renewal," the festival’s return in 2025 will include an ambitious art and music program, alongside cornerstone events including Winter Feast, the Ogoh-Ogoh, Night Mass and the Nude Solstice Swim on the longest night of the year there, June 21. - ArtsHub (Australia)
