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☆ Off the Board Game, Onto the Digital Canvas
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Travis Diehl | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The capricious churn of internet-charged culture is producing more main characters, apocrypha and relics than we can handle. Simon Denny, an artist working in Berlin, creates sculptures, installations, videos and prints inspired by the aesthetics of tech companies. In two concurrent shows in Manhattan he has seized on omens like the blade to explore the sociopolitical fallout of the technology industry’s taste for medieval lore. In Denny’s telling, dreams of wizards and blacksmiths, dark forests and dank castles shape the newest digital realms. The sculpture is plugged into a power strip that Denny sourced from a liquidation sale at Twitter during its Musk-mandated transition to X.

Persons: Grimes —, Elon Musk —, Simon Denny, ”, Denny Organizations: Twitter Locations: Canadian, Berlin, Manhattan, New York, Grimes

☆ Chaos is ensuing at Trader Joe's over mini tote bags
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Amanda Krause | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Shoppers are flocking to Trader Joe's in search of reusable mini tote bags. Videos filmed over the weekend show chaos at Trader Joe's stores as the bags hit shelves. If you visit Trader Joe's this week, you want to keep an eye out for mini tote bags. Over the weekend, employees and shoppers began posting videos about the store's new canvas shopping bags. They look just like the classic, reusable totes that have been sold at Trader Joe's for years but in a much smaller size — almost like a shoulder purse.

Persons: —, Joe's Organizations: Service, tote

☆ ‘Dune 2’ jolts sleepy box office with $81.5 million opening
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-03 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

1 spot in its opening weekend with a strong $81.5 million in domestic sales, according to studio estimates. The sequel beat out the first Dune installment, which opened with $41 million when it was released in domestic theaters in October 2021. According to Comscore data, “Dune: Part Two” is the largest opening for Timothee Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson and Austin Butler. Box office revenue is down 13.5% compared to this time last year, Comscore data shows. February and March have, over the past three years, reliably housed movie releases from established franchises and properties including “The Batman,” ($134 million opening weekend) “Creed III” ($58 million) and “Uncharted” ($51 million).

Persons: ”, Jeff Goldstein, Warner, Timothee Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Austin Butler, It’s, Denis Villeneuve’s, Denis Villeneuve, Goldstein, Paul Dergarabedian, “, III ” Organizations: CNN, Warner Bros . Pictures, Warner Bros, Warner Bros ., Dolby, Comscore, Studios

☆ ‘Eventually, one gets used to anything:’ How Ukrainians have learned to live with war
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Dnipro, Ukraine CNN —The residential block in Dnipro looked like someone had taken a huge bite out of it. Their presence was a sign of how Ukrainians have become used to the realities of living through a war. Tsyplionkova said she considered leaving Dnipro after the war started but found she simply couldn’t go: this is her city. Lydmila Lashko, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional organization of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society, says two years of war have forced Ukrainians to get used to its brutal realities. “But eventually one gets used to everything.”Some 4.8 million Ukrainians are officially registered as internally displaced people, according to data from Ukraine’s Ministry of Social Policy.

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☆ How Contemporary Artists Are Taking Papier-Mâché Out of the Classroom
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Alexa Brazilian | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

The artist Joel Hernandez, 39, first worked with papier-mâché as an 8-year-old, soon after moving from Mexico to rural Indiana. His parents had gone looking for piñatas — a staple of their family celebrations — at local stores but had come up short. Hernandez, now based in San Francisco, is just one of the contemporary craftspeople using papier-mâché in new and provocative ways. And while each has a different approach to the medium, they share an appreciation for its democratic and economic nature. Making papier-mâché, after all, requires nothing more than a few pantry items, some trash and a bit of imagination.

Persons: Joel Hernandez, ”, Hernandez, La Luz de Jesus, Han, it’s, Bernie Kaminski, Brooks, “, ” Kaminski, who’s, he’s Organizations: La Luz, Mardi Gras, New Locations: Mexico, Indiana, —, La Luz de, Los Angeles, San Francisco, China, New Orleans, New York City

☆ Was John Singer Sargent also the first celebrity stylist?
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

London CNN —In the spring of 1888, New York socialite Eleanora Iselin welcomed the portrait artist John Singer Sargent into her home, feverish over the question of what she would wear. Despite curating a selection of her best frocks, Eleanor Iselin was captured in her casual day dress at the insistence of Sargent. Working during the rise of haute couture, both Sargent and his subjects were living through a new dawn of fashion. Rachel was styled in a scrap of pink fabric which Sargent manipulated on canvas to become a dress. “Their work was ready-to-wear, using off the (rack) elements of portraiture, whereas with Sargent it always was bespoke.

Persons: Eleanora Iselin, John Singer Sargent, Eager, Iselin, “ Sargent, Eleanor Iselin, Sargent, It’s, James Finch, ”, —, Finch, Margaret Oliphant, Edith Wharton, Gretchen, Rachel Warren, Isabella Stewart Gardner, Rachel, Tate Britain “ He’s, ” Finch, “ He’s, ” Sargent, Sybil Sassoon, couturier Charles Fredrick Worth, Worth, Sassoon, ’ Reframing, Lily, Lily Rose ”, Sybil Sassoon’s, “, they’ve, Ellen Terry, Lady Macbeth, Jai Monaghan, Tate Britain ‘, Sargent’s Organizations: London CNN —, Fashion, Tate, of Art, Tate Britain, CNN, Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, Fenway Court, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, of Fine Arts, Boston Museum of Fine Arts Locations: New York, Tate Britain, of Art , Washington, London, Scottish, Boston, Worth, Paris

☆ Sayre Gomez’s paintings show LA ‘as it is, rather than a projection’
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Victoria Woodcock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —It was not until I looked at “Family Room” for the second time that I saw the two children. The scene of decay and demise is a painting by LA-based artist Sayre Gomez, called “Family Room,” that brings together disparate elements of his hometown in an unnervingly photorealist style. The work forms part of his solo show “Heaven N’ Earth,” at art dealer Xavier Hufkens’ flagship gallery in Brussels, Belgium, exploring the complex dichotomies of the urban landscape. The Broad Museum in Los Angeles has also recently added Gomez’s work to its collection. Gomez's photo-realistic work is currently appearing in a solo show at Xavier Hufkens in Brussels, Belgium (above) and a group show at The Broad in Los Angeles.

Persons: Sayre Gomez, Xavier Hufkens, ” Gomez, Xavier Hufkens It’s, “ Gomez, Gomez, ”, Ed Rusha, Jack Goldstein, ” Sayre Gomez, Sam Ramirez, it’s, fabricators, John Baldessari, Xavier Hufkens “, Ed Schad, David Zwirner Organizations: CNN, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, California Institute of the Arts, Lucasfilm, Peabody Werden, Voorlinden, The Broad Museum Locations: LA, Brussels, Belgium, deindustrialization, ”, Chicago, Los Angeles, Boyle Heights, Hollywood, Netherlands, Hope, Angeles, California

☆ These are the best scenic family road trips for families, from a parent and travel expert who's been to all 50 states.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-25 | by ( Taryn White | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Road trips are the ultimate symbol of freedom, discovery, and the boundless beauty of the US. As a travel expert, I believe these three incredible routes are the best if you're looking to go on an amazing road trip experience with your own family. AdvertisementTake a road trip through ArizonaFrom majestic mountains to captivating canyons, Arizona's glorious scenery cannot be fully realized by visiting just one destination. For a rush of adrenaline, set out on a whitewater rafting excursion with companies like Advantage Grand Canyon. Families can also take a boat cruise on Lake Powell and visit the Glen Canyon Dam.

Persons: I've, Dana Point, Battery, Taryn White, Coyote, Lake Powell Organizations: Business, Santa Barbara Zoo, San Luis Obispo, Aquarium, California Academy of Sciences, Roanoke Star, Biltmore Estate, River Arts, Asheville Museum of Science, North Carolina Arboretum, Biltmore, Asheville Glamping, Railway Locations: California, Dana, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Ellwood, San Luis, Big, Carmel, Monterey, Golden, Battery Spencer, Virginia, North Carolina, North Carolina ., Shenandoah, Smoky, Crabtree Falls . Roanoke, Mountain, Meadows, Dan ,, Asheville, River Arts District, Bohemian, Arizona, Phoenix, Sedona, Boynton Canyon, Grand, El Tovar, Williams, Bend, Lake Powell

☆ Billie Eilish literally signed Melissa McCarthy’s face during SAG Awards
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Melissa McCarthy was the ultimate fangirl at the SAG Awards on Saturday when she asked Billie Eilish for an autograph onstage. Eilish ended up signing her name – with permanent marker – right on McCarthy’s forehead while the pair were presenting the award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series. While McCarthy attempted to continue gushing over Eilish while she was mid-signature, the singer hilariously covered McCarthy’s mouth as the audience bellowed with laughter. “We’ve actually met before,” McCarthy said, going on to correct herself that they’ve actually met three times. And one of my dogs.”She went on to gush that she actually met Eilish “in utero” before she was even born, because Eilish’s mother, Maggie Baird, was McCarthy’s improv teacher years ago.

Persons: Melissa McCarthy, Billie Eilish, Eilish, McCarthy, she’s “, hilariously, “ We’ve, ” McCarthy, they’ve, you’ve, Maggie Baird Organizations: CNN Locations: gush

☆ Artist Uman creates kaleidoscopic worlds on canvas
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( Suyin Haynes | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“I’m more of a fan of the destination,” the artist said, smiling behind sunglasses on a cloudy afternoon in London. Uman Joe PerezIt’s her studio — “my fortress,” as she calls it — where she feels most at home, happiest and freest. This sense of freedom is conveyed in Uman’s latest work, currently on display at Hauser & Wirth gallery in London. Uman Courtesy the artist/Hauser & Wirth/Nicola Vassell GalleryIn a way, each work in the show also extends beyond its own canvas, as Uman worked on several artworks simultaneously during the second half of 2023. “The mirrors came from nostalgia,” says Uman, who recalls growing up celebrating Eid wearing garments embellished with circular mirrors.

Persons: she’s, “, ”, Uman Joe Perez It’s, Hauser, Nicola Vassell, I’m, I’ve Organizations: CNN, Uman, Hauser & Wirth, Wirth, “, Art Basel Miami, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum Locations: Uman, London, Somalia, Somali, Denmark, New York City, ”, New York, Kenya, ” Uman, Connecticut, Nairobi

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LONDON (AP) — Before there was John and Yoko — and after — there was just Yoko Ono. Yet that period forms just a small part of an exhibition opening this week at the Tate Modern gallery in London. One of the largest shows of Ono’s work ever mounted, it includes seven decades of work by the artist, who turns 91 on Sunday. In her landmark 1964 performance “Cut Piece,” she gave gallery visitors scissors and invited them to snip away at her clothes. For an exhibition at New York’s Museum of Modern Art in the 1970s, Ono falsely claimed to have released hundreds of flies soaked in perfume for gallery visitors to find.

Persons: Yoko —, Yoko Ono, John Lennon, Ono, Lennon, London —, ”, Juliet Bingham, ” Bingham, It’s, Bingham, “ Organizations: Ono, Tate, ”, New York’s Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern Locations: American, London, New York, Japan, Britain, Montreal

☆ I'm a sales associate at Coach. Here are 5 tips for securing the best designer bag that people often forget.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Addison Esparza | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementI've worked as a Coach sales associate for two years, so I've learned a lot about buying and selling designer bags. Research brands and materials before buying a bagMany designer bag brands use the same materials. Realistically consider your needsWalking into a designer bag store and trying to choose color, material, size, and style is overwhelming. Would you prefer a crossbody, bag with top handle, shoulder bag, backpack, or belt bag? Next, consider your lifestyle and what your designer bag will be used for.

Persons: I've, —, Jeffrey Greenberg, We're Organizations: Service, Getty, Labor

☆ I work at Coach. Here are my 5 best tips for buying designer bags.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Addison Esparza | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I've helped people buy the perfect designer bags at Coach for two years. AdvertisementI've worked as a Coach sales associate for two years, so I've learned a lot about buying and selling designer bags. Research brands and materials before buying a bagMany designer bag brands use the same materials. Realistically consider your needsWalking into a designer bag store and trying to choose color, material, size, and style is overwhelming. Next, consider your lifestyle and what your designer bag will be used for.

Persons: I've, —, Jeffrey Greenberg, We're Organizations: Service, Getty, Labor

☆ Paris Jackson and Doja Cat just redefined what it means to get inked
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

While Jackson’s transformation was a savvy collaboration with makeup brand CoverFx, temporary tattoo camouflage has snowballed as an essential celebrity makeup technique. While shooting the Disney+ series “The Bear,” Jeremy Allen White required extensive tattoo coverage (and temporary tattoo re-application) that would withstand filming for hours in a hot kitchen. Paris Jackson was a blank canvas on the red carpet after her makeup artists spent two hours camouflaging her 80 tattoos, shown on the right. Elsewhere on the red carpet, while Rey and Jackson were disguising their ink, Doja Cat (who scooped three awards this season) went face-first into the world of — albeit temporary — tattoos. Doja Cat was covered in temporary tattoos at the Grammy awards on Sunday in Los Angeles.

Persons: Paris Jackson, —, Celine, ” Jeremy Allen White, ” Harry Styles, Styles, “, ’ ”, Amber Rose, sequinned Naeem Khan, Lana del Rey, Vivienne Westwood, Jackson, Dilara Findikoglu, Jordan Strauss, it’s Organizations: CNN, Disney, Teen Vogue Locations: South Korea, Rey, Los Angeles

☆ I volunteered to help New York City track its homeless population. Here's what I learned.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

New York City recently conducted its annual survey of the unsheltered homeless. Mayor Eric Adams, flanked by officials from the Departments of Social Services and Homeless Services, kicked off the city's annual Homeless Outreach Population Estimate. The city was about to send 1,500 volunteers to all five boroughs to collect data on the unsheltered homeless. New York City has been keeping count this way since 2005. How New York counts its homeless populationMayor Eric Adams, flanked by city officials and volunteers at the city's 2024 Homeless Outreach Population Estimate.

Persons: —, Eric Adams, Adams, Katie Balevic, wouldn't, we've, Wasow, we're Organizations: Business, Service, of Social Services, Homeless Services, womens Locations: York City, New York, Manhattan, New York City, Gramercy, Kips, Queens, Bronx

☆ Microsoft's full set of Office apps will be available on Apple's Vision Pro — including the company's new AI assistant, Copilot
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Microsoft is bringing a full suite of Office apps to Apple's Vision Pro. AdvertisementMicrosoft is bringing a full suite of Office apps to Apple's Vision Pro. The tech giant said programs including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint would be available on Apple's new tech on its launch day. In a blog post, the company also said its new everyday AI companion, Copilot, would be available for users. Microsoft, however, is making all its productivity apps, including its workplace platform Teams, available for Apple users.

Persons: —, Preorders, TF International Securities analyst Ming, Chi Kuo Organizations: Microsoft, Vision, Service, Apple, Apple Vision, TF International Securities analyst, Netflix

☆ Silicon Valley literally wants to get into your head — any way it can
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A look at the Neuralink brain chip. Apple is set to launch its Vision Pro headset on Friday in what it describes as its big foray into "spatial computing." That space is essentially your head, with the Vision Pro built to create a canvas that emerges before your eyes while you wear it. question, the Vision Pro is also a response to the growing suite of headgear that Mark Zuckerberg has been creating at Meta. Products include the mixed reality Meta Quest Pro and Meta Quest 3, which, like the Vision Pro, are designed to be worn over your head.

Persons: —, they've, Elon Musk, Musk, Neuralink's, Stephen Hawking, Neuralink, Mark Zuckerberg Organizations: Service, Business, Samsung, IDC, Welfare, China's Ministry of Industry, Information Technology, stoke, Apple, Meta, Products, company's Locations: Silicon, Neuralink's

☆ U.S. Needs to Work With Greater Intensity in the Pacific - NZ for Min
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

“Pillar two (of AUKUS) is the examination we're going to look at beginning tonight and tomorrow and going forward," he told Reuters in an interview. New Zealand has had a nuclear free policy since the 1980s and there has been no indication this will change. Peters also said the U.S. had neglected the Pacific since the Second World War, and that had created a vacuum that others had filled. "They've have certainly upped their game, but they need to work with greater intensity on the immediate problems at the ground level of many of the island nations,” he said. Peters did not mention China by name, but jostling between Washington and Beijing for influence in the Pacific has increased in recent years over issues including security, defence, aid and infrastructure.

Persons: Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON, Winston Peters, Peters, ”, Lucy Craymer, Lincoln Organizations: Reuters, Foreign, Pacific Locations: New Zealand, Australia, Britain, U.S, Washington, Wellington, “, China, Beijing

☆ How Do You Make a Weed Empire? Sell It Like Streetwear.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Ezra Marcus | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

There I met Nikola Pavlovic, a genial salesman wearing a flamingo-patterned bucket hat atop long hair, canvas moccasins and a shirt covered in psychedelic flowers. This expertise eventually took him to Cookies, where his role is to match customers with the ideal strain for their lifestyles. And, of course, hoodies: Cookies clothing plays a key role in both the brand’s origin story and its current marketing strategy. The brand predates any legal marijuana regime — when Cookies was strictly a black-market concern, hoodies and hat sales allowed it to gain a foothold above ground. And the soft goods give buyers a way to signal something specific to the outside world: I smoke lots of weed, but in the cool Wiz Khalifa way, not the lame suburban-mom way.

Persons: Nikola Pavlovic, Pavlovic, Khalifa Organizations: Ferrari Locations: Miami

☆ ‘The Schoolmistress’ painting stolen by mobsters returned after more than 50 years, the FBI says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Andy Rose | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A painting older than the US Constitution was returned to its rightful owner this month – more than 50 years after being stolen by mobsters, the FBI said in a news release. “The Schoolmistress,” by English painter John Opie, was found among items in a 2021 estate sale. The FBI returned the painting to the family of Dr. Earl Leroy Wood earlier this month. “It was a well-done painting.”It took more than two years for Wood’s family to find the documentation proving the painting belonged to them. The FBI delivered the work of art to Wood’s son, 96-year-old Dr. Francis Wood, on January 11.

Persons: John Opie, Gerald Festa, Dr, Earl Leroy Wood, Joseph Covello, “, Emily Stauffer, Francis Wood, ”, Gary France Organizations: CNN, FBI, KUTV Locations: Lake City, Covello’s Florida

☆ Protesters hurl soup at the Mona Lisa painting in Paris
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-28 | by ( Stephanie Halasz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Protesters hurled soup at the Mona Lisa painting in Paris on Sunday, but did not seem hit directly as it is protected by a clear casing. An environmental group has said two protesters involved with their campaign were behind the vandalism. The enigmatic portrait is no stranger to both vandalism and thievery. In 2009, a woman angrily threw a ceramic cup at the painting, breaking the cup but leaving the painting unharmed. Then in 2022, a visitor smeared frosting all over the Renaissance-era painting’s protective glass.

Persons: Mona Lisa, Riposte, ”, Mona Lisa ’, ” Leonardo da, Jacqui Palumbo Organizations: CNN, Protesters, Louvre Museum, Louvre Locations: Paris

The artist Emily Weiner is drawn to the sort of instantly recognizable imagery that taps into the unconscious and communicates across time. Her new pieces, which will soon make up a solo show at Red Arrow Gallery in Nashville and feature in the inaugural group exhibition at König Galerie’s Mexico City outpost, continue in this vein while expanding her visual lexicon. On one canvas, Weiner has painted an all-encompassing aquamarine spiral that moves toward a tiny half-moon at the center; hung next to it at Red Arrow will be its fiery twin — a mirror-image spiral rendered in a rusty red. (A number of the other works are symmetrical all on their own and, fittingly, the name of the solo show, “Never Odd or Even,” is a palindrome.) “I was thinking about the notion that this is a tainted world that inevitably is going to be saved by a patriarchal god and trying to invert it,” says Weiner.

Persons: Emily Weiner, she’s, Weiner, “, Lucio Fontana, ” Organizations: Arrow, König Galerie Locations: Nashville, Mexico, König, Mexico City

☆ ‘The Peasants’ Review: A Village Rendered in Oils
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Natalia Winkelman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The painstaking process behind “The Peasants,” the new painted film exercise from DK and Hugh Welchman, is only laid out after the film ends. As the credits roll, the directors show clips of painters viewing reference footage and then reproducing the images in oil on canvas, sometimes frame by frame. The filmmakers pioneered the inventive animation technique on their previous feature, the Oscar-nominated “Loving Vincent,” and they apply it here to a story of sweeping scale. Based on Wladyslaw Reymont’s novel, “The Peasants” follows Jagna (Kamila Urzedowska), a young woman in 19th century Poland who is driven into a loveless marriage with a wealthy widower (Miroslaw Baka) despite her ongoing flirtation with his strapping son, Antek (Robert Gulaczyk).

Persons: “, Hugh Welchman, Oscar, Loving Vincent, ”, Wladyslaw Reymont’s, strapping, Antek, Robert Gulaczyk Organizations: DK Locations: Poland

☆ ‘In the Know’ Review: This American Narcissist
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Mike Hale | More About Mike Hale | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Within that sphere we’re treated to a voice performance by Woods that is a small, hilarious, somewhat dismaying tour de force. Lauren doesn’t bother to keep a lid on his simmering contempt, he just recodes it as a stream of virtue-signaling cant. But on balance their subplots are just a distraction from the endless permutations of Lauren’s perpetual ego trip. (It’s less able to afford the dull stretches that start to crop up in later episodes.) But all things considered, “In the Know” is pretty funny.

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