Tag: World
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Glimpse the Fantastical Animated World of 'Wildwood'
On a day pretty much like any other, a girl named Prue is out in a park with her baby brother when the unthinkable happens: he’s swept off by crows and taken into a mysterious forest known as the Impassable Wilderness. Joined by her classmate Curtis, Prue ventures into the magical, sylvan realm where animals read more
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Amy Casey: All The World Is Green – Hi-Fructose Magazine
Casey grew up in the small city of Erie, PA, along a creek and pocket of woods ideal for a child to hide in, read in, or hang out with friends and chipmunks. Spending time outdoors played a huge part in her creative development, which began to ripen more fully in her teens. She confesses, read more
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The Embodieries of Michelle Kingdom Capture the murky tangle of our interior world – Hi-Fructose Magazine
“I am trying to capture the murky tangle of our interior world in a way that is both beautiful and haunting. My hope is that if the work rings true personally, it will resonate with others too. I am interested in exploring identity through the lens of self-perception and relationships, and how it shapes our read more
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Despite Uncertainty, Gulf Art World Projects Normalcy
As the US-Israel war on Iran enters its fourth week, neighboring Gulf states, a hub of much of the region’s contemporary art production, are projecting an image of normalcy, with many galleries and museums reopening. It’s a sharp contrast to the sheer scale of destruction in Iran and Lebanon, where American and Israeli strikes have read more
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Cindy Sherman’s 1997 Horror Movie Flop Is Coming to Blu-Ray. Is the World Finally Ready for It?
PhotographerCindy Shermanhas made just one feature film to date—Office Killer,a 1997 box-office flop that was unloved by critics, such as theNew York Times’sStephen Holden, who called the movie “sadly inept” and “crude.” I agree, at least, on the “crude” part: in one scene, the film’s starCarol Kaneplays with a violated corpse’s guts. Once she’s smeared read more
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Yann LeCun’s Paris-based AI world model startup raises more than $1BN
Yann LeCun’s much-anticipated new startup, which is developing alternative AI models to large language models (LLMs), has raised more than $1bn in Europe’s largest-ever seed funding round, it has confirmed today. Announcing the funding round, LeCun, the former Meta chief AI scientist and Turing prize winner, said: “We just completed our seed round, one of read more
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Bauhaus Buildings at UNESCO World Heritage Site Damaged in Tel Aviv by Iranian Missile Strike
Two buildings that are part a UNESCO World Heritage site known as the White City of Tel Aviv were damaged this week during the ongoing missile strikes between Iran and the US and Israel. The Times of Israel first reported on the damage of one of these buildings. The White City is a complex of read more
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Meet Maia Chao, the Art World Anthropologist Making Her Whitney Biennial Debut
Drawing from her background in anthropology, Maia Chao often approaches art with an observation, then a question: Where does the art in doctors’ offices come from? How do you make a living as an artist? Building on these inquiries, often through mimicry or replication, leads to works that can make the mundane feel absurd, beautiful, read more
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Tehran’s Golestan Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Damaged in US-Israel Bombing of Iran
The Golestan Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage site in the heart of Tehran, has reportedly been damaged in US-Israeli airstrikes as the military campaign against Iran spirals into a wider regional conflict. According to Iran’s cultural heritage minister, Reza Salehi-Amiri, debris and blast shockwaves from a strike near Arag Square in southern Tehran damaged the read more
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Wool Creature Lab’s felted nudibranch art world
Among the myriad delights of the marine world, nudibranchs count among some of the most adorable. There are around 3,000 known species of these often very colorful, textured, soft-bodied animals. Technically part of the mollusc family, they shed their shells as they grow older, so we sometimes refer to them as “sea slugs,” but the read more
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Artist Sets Guinness World Record for Largest Sock Monkey
News Emilia Evans-Munton, a Glasgow School of Art graduate, said she made the giant sculpture as an “ode to the toys that are left behind.” Emilia Evans-Munton’s “Remember I’m Still Here” (2025) lays in the back parking lot of Stow College at the Glasgow School of Art. (all photos by and courtesy the artist unless read more
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Born in Ukraine, ready for the world, 7 Ukrainian-founded startups you should know about
Ukraine’s startup scene has long punched above its weight, and the companies emerging from it today are proof that innovation doesn’t pause for adversity. Ukraine has quietly become a dynamic source of startup innovation, producing companiestackling challenges in energy storage, compliance technology, sustainable food, and more. Here’s some to have on your radar Crosscheck Crosscheck read more
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Heading Into Frieze After a Year Marked by Fire and ICE, Los Angeles’s Art World Is Poised Between ‘Grief and Hope’
As the art market looks ahead to its next major tentpole event, the 2026 edition of Frieze Los Angeles this week, LA is marking just over one year since devastating wildfires ripped through parts of the city. “There was really a point where we thought the whole city was going to burn down,” said lifelong read more
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Snow Day in the Art World
New York Newsletter From Helene Schjerfbeck to Glenn Ligon, here’s what to read — and where to go when the snow clears. Sometimes you can’t help but talk about the weather —like when a blizzard rolls through town, bringing with it almost two feet of snow. It’s a time to stay indoors, to turn inward read more
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A Rare White Whale Sighting Tops the 2026 World Nature Photography Awards
Among humpback whales, which can grow upwards of 60 feet long and weigh up to 40 tons, instances of albinism are exceedingly rare. But when these otherworldly all-white mammals appear—such as the beloved Migaloo that was first spotted in 1991 off Australia’s east coast—they inspire wonder. Marine photographer Jono Allen captured a unique shot of read more
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Keeping a Critical Eye on the Art World With Damien Davis
Member Event Join us on March 2 for a virtual conversation between artist and Hyperallergic contributor Damien Davis and Editor-in-Chief Hakim Bishara. Photo of Damien Davis by Ricky Day for Ricky Day Studio Join us on Monday, March 2, for an exclusive, intimate talk with artist and Hyperallergic contributor Damien Davis, whose distinctive voice challenges read more
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This Is Not My LA Art World
Daily Newsletter Helene Schjerfbeck’s penetrating self-portraits at The Met, Pride flag artist’s foundation sues the Trump administration, and remembering Henrike Naumann. We’re just a week away from Frieze LA, when East Coast dealers and local artists alike descend upon the Santa Monica Airport, but this isn’t Renée Reizman’s first rodeo. Since the critic and artist read more
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See the Best of Nearly Half a Million Entries to the Sony World Photography Awards
For its 19th edition, the Sony World Photography Awards welcomed over 430,000 submissions for its Open competition from photographers in more than 200 countries and territories around the globe. Ten categories, ranging from portraiture to landscapes to travel, encompass the staggering breadth and beauty of nature and society captured throughout 2025. The contest has announced read more
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I Swam To See an Underwater Art Project Off Miami Beach That Imagines a Better Aquatic World
The news about the environment, as you may know, is not good. President Donald Trump recently announced that he was erasing the finding that climate change endangers humans and the environment, meaning the Environmental Protection Agency can no longer control pollution. The glaciers on Greenland are melting faster and faster. Partly owing to climate risks, read more
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Sometimes You Just Have To Hug That Walrus: The Humorously Surreal Paintings of Bruno Pontiroli Twist Our Relationship with the Animal World – Hi-Fructose Magazine
One of the surest sources of fun in Pontiroli’s oeuvre is the massive cast of characters who make guest appearances throughout his more recent work. A depiction of Christ is usually around somewhere, typically attached to the cross of his crucifixion, but usually having a good time while flying across the sky like an airplane read more
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