In celebration of The Criterion Collection's 40th birthday party, the archive, streaming service, and boutique blu-ray label has decided to start a new segment of their much beloved video series, "Closet Picks." The project, which first began 14 years ago with inaugural guest Guillermo Del Toro, invites influential members of the film community to pick up to 10 of their favorite films,
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Our 2025 ranking sees many familiar schools across coasts, from CalArts and RISD to UT Austin and NYU. The criteria we’ve used to reach our conclusions remains the same: we’re weighing tuition costs, ranges of majors, endowments, post-graduation employment rates, diversity and inclusion levels, student-faculty ratios, and standards of living in the towns and cities where students will live, interact, and above all, create. We’ve also considered intangible factors such as a school’s reputation, its surrounding art community, and affiliated museums.
When one thinks of luxury jewelry, more often than not, David Yurman comes to mind. He and his partner Sybil Yurman met in 1969 and have been collaborating for nearly 50 years. Their eponymous jewelry can be found in retail stores across the United States, Canada, Hong Kong, and France, as well as through authorized retailers globally.
Here we look at nine examples of beautiful autumnal imagery and spirit. From Claude Monet's seasonal "Haystacks" to Giuseppe Arcimboldo's strange flora-based portrait series, to Yayoi Kusama's iconic "Pumpkin," these artists explore the true scope of fall.
After years in private collection, a painting by Artemisia Gentileschi that was once incorrectly attributed to her artist’s studio is now on public view for the first time since the 17th century.
For a design so simple, the history of the smiley face is surprisingly long and contentious.
Despite holding one of the most emblematic collections of 20th century western art in Japan, Chiba Prefecture’s Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art is now facing serious threats of dissolution. Located 50 minutes from Tokyo by train, the museum was initially opened in 1990 by Katsumi Kawamura, the then president of Dainippon Ink and Chemicals (DIC).
The old adage claims that all roads lead to Rome, and now, so too does the UNESCO World Heritage List. At the latest annual meeting of the World Heritage Committee, Italy's Via Appia (or ‘Appian Way’) joined 23 other cultural and natural sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
A representation of harmony and amity, the peace sign today is often correlated with anti-war beliefs. However, this signature icon would never have come to fruition if it weren’t for its emergence during World War II. The design of the peace symbol was directly influenced by naval semaphore code. Similar to morse code, seafarers would hold flags at different angles and positions to communicate with other ships across the water.
Kenny Schachter is a polymath of sorts with a multitude of interests and skills that have guided him in the arts. As a collector, curator, artist, lecturer, and writer, he has used information gathering and personal experience to create and comment on global, political, and art world-centric visual discourse.
