There are many types of art collectors. Some act like their collections are filled with CIA secrets. Others love nothing more than to flaunt their holdings to anyone who asks. Thank goodness for that latter type, because they make Architectural Digest’s “Home Tours” so consistently enjoyable to watch. Though celebrity collectors often blur out their…
George Miller’s new prequel, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024), unpacks the origins of the titular heroine, played by Anya Taylor-Joy and last seen in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), following her as she is torn from her lush homeland and cast into a desert wilderness. All the post-apocalyptic hallmarks from the Mad Max franchise…
There’s a new high water mark for passive aggressiveness in the visual arts—and the pun is intended. When the town of Seaside, California ordered homeowner Etienne Constable to build a fence to conceal the boat in his driveway, he erected the fence all right. And then he hired his neighbor, artist Hanif Panni, to paint…
Walking into a museum, many visitors expect to be transported by the artwork lining the walls, seeing illustrations of far-away lands, likenesses of mythological beings, and portraits of important historical figures from other time periods. There are few artists who are capable of depicting everyday people and places that manage to be as transporting for…
