Tag: World
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Step Into the World of Studio Ghibli's “Ponyo”
Features A new exhibition at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles conveys the film’s whimsy and wonder through interactive elements. Installation view of Studio Ghibli’s PONYO at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures (© Academy Museum Foundation, photo by Emily Shur) LOS ANGELES — The fantastical 2008 film Ponyo by celebrated Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki read more
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World Monuments Fund Commits $7 M. to Protect Global Heritage Sites in 2026
The World Monuments Fund (WMF) has announced that it will commit $7 million in 2026 to support 21 new preservation projects. Founded in 1965 and originally known as the International Fund for Monuments, the New York–based WMF has for the last 60 years worked to preserve more than 700 heritage sites across the globe. The read more
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In Collaboration with Indigenous Artisans Around the World, PET Lamp Emphasizes Sustainability
Every year, a plastic called polyethylene terephthalate, commonly referred to as PET, is used to produce around 600 billion bottles and other packaging. Think juice containers, detergent jugs, soft jars, and shampoo bottles, plus myriad other items like carpeting, synthetic fabrics, and industrial applications. Tons upon tons of these single-use plastics end up in landfills read more
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Meet the Speakerhead Wiring the Art World for Sound
Editor’s Note:This story is part ofNewsmakers, an ARTnews series featuring conversations with the figures shaping how the art world is changing right now. One of the standout works in “Art of Noise,” an exhibition of music-related design at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York, is a listening room devoted to a sound read more
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Digitally Rebuilding the Lighthouse of Alexandria, Once One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
One of the seven wonders of the ancient world, according to traditional lists, the Lighthouse of Alexandria once loomed over the Mediterranean city’s harbor during Egypt’s Hellenistic age. At 460 feet tall, it was second only to the Great Pyramid of Gaza in height. The lighthouse, also known as the Pharos of Alexandria, was commissioned read more
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'Where the World is Melting' Documents Communities Amid Indelible Changes in the Arctic
A photojournalist for the Icelandic daily newspaper Morgunblaðið for 44 years, Ragnar Axelsson is attuned to capturing the moments that tell a story. Mundane activities, impending tragedies, and tender connections between people and animals all figure prominently in his work and offer a portrait of life that comes from being embedded within a community. Axelsson’s read more
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Jeffrey Epstein’s Art World Connections: A Guide
From 1987 to 1994, Epstein was a board member of the New York Academy of Art, a private university in Lower Manhattan focused on graduate-level education combining, as per the Academy’s website, “intensive technical training in the fine arts with active critical discourse.” In 1995, he met Maria Farmer, a 25-year-old aspiring artist and student read more
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Rainbow Weather raises $5.5M seed to build real-time environmental intelligence for a climate-volatile world
Rainbow Weather, a next-gen climate tech startup specialising in hyper-localised short-term weather forecasting, announced it has raised $5.5M Seed funding round. Rainbow Weather has developed a real-time, AI-driven weather intelligence platform that fuses satellite imagery, radar, meteorological stations, and even smartphone sensor data to deliver highly precise, minute-level forecasts and severe-weather detection. The company now read more
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Jonathan Carver Moore Is Building the Art World He Wanted to Walk Into
When Jonathan Carver Moore talks about his gallery, he rarely starts with sales figures or artists’ résumés. He starts with a feeling. The feeling of walking into a space and not wondering whether you belong there. That instinct is on display this week at the FOG Design + Art Fair in San Francisco, where Moore read more
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Ghana: World Cup 2026 / Apply Early for Visas – US Embassy
The U.S. Embassy in Accra is encouraging Ghanaian football enthusiasts and fans of the Black Stars planning to travel to the U.S for 2026 World Cup to apply early as it opened thousands of additional non-immigrant visa appointment and slots. A statement issued by the U.S. Embassy in Accra said many of the openings are read more
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Uganda: Its Uganda to the World At Fitur Madrid 2026 Tourism Expo
Uganda is participating in the International Tourism Trade Fair (FITUR) 2026 in Madrid, showcasing its tourism and investment opportunities as part of the government’s strategic push to deepen international partnerships and boost economic diplomacy in Southern Europe and Spanish-speaking markets. The fair runs from January 21 to 25 at IFEMA Madrid. The Ugandan delegation is read more
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Philip Leider, Artforum Founding Editor Who Shaped a Changing Art World, Dies at 96
Philip Leider, the founding editor of Artforum, died at his home in Berkeley, California, on January 11 at 96. Artforum announced his death over the weekend, but did not state a cause. Leider’s career arc was an unusual one. He helped turn Artforum into a go-to source for serious, no-nonsense art criticism, serving as its read more
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Ali Cherri on How Art Can Keep Us Empathetic In a Dark and Violent World
In Ali Cherri’s recent films, war maps itself onto the spine of those afflicted. The watchman, the titular figure of a 2024 short, stands rigid for unbroken hours, lost in a lineage of men stationed along the border of the internationally unrecognized Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.Cherri’s follow-up film The Sentinel (2025)—the second in an read more
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Mexico City’s Museo Jumex to Stage ‘Football & Art’ Exhibition During World Cup
The Museo Jumex, a private museum in Mexico City established by top collector Eugenio López Alonso in 2013, hopes to score a golazo with one of its exhibitions next year, timed to the upcoming FIFA World Cup. “Fútbol y Arte. Esa misma emoción”(Football & Art. A Shared Emotion) will open at the museum’s David Chipperfield–designed read more
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This Asian Metropolis Is the Best City in the World for Shopping, Our Readers Say
The global shopping map has been redrawn, and your flight plan may be outdated. For years, Paris was the reflex splurge and Tokyo the “culture trip with a little shopping on the side.” The most committed shoppers now build routes around Seoul’s dermatology corridors and Singapore’s air-conditioned superblocks, where retail, dining, and leisure sit under read more
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‘They Want to Kill Art’: The French Art World Is Up In Arms Over a Proposal to Impose New Taxes on Art
In an attempt to increase revenue, two French parliamentarians are proposing that the government put in place a new tax regime on art in its 2026 budget. The French art world has risen up to oppose it, including issuing a lengthy statement with 27 signers, including leading fair company Art Basel, which just held the read more
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In The Fanciful Depictions of Magda Kirk Massive Deity-Like Characters Reign Over An Inter-dimensional World – Hi-Fructose Magazine
In the fanciful depictions of Magda Kirk, massive deity-like characters reign over an interdimensional world comprised of emotion, self-awareness, and unlimited possibility. They are unabashedly seen strutting, stretching, flexing, or idly reclining in blissful states of reverie. In this realm, hues of fuchsias, purples, and golds radiate from within and without her subjects, spreading delicious read more
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Violently Happy: Hattie Stewart’s Saccharine-Fueled World Is In Your Face & Over The Top. – Hi-Fructose Magazine
A clean line is such a joy to me. If I’m stuck or having a bad day or I’m frustrated with a commission (or the world in general!), getting ideas down on paper always makes me feel better.” Despite all the tinkering and fine-tuning that happens there, her primary sketchbook work is surprisingly polished. The read more
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