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Vuslat Dogan Sabancı: Art as an antidote in times of profound disconnection

Between the ongoing humanitarian crisis from the February earthquakes and the divisive political climate amidst the presidential and parliamentary elections, the voices and needs of the Turkish people must be […]

Harry Belafonte passes away at 96

This past week has seen the loss of one of the world’s most iconic voices in music and a paragon for societal progress, Harry Belafonte. Passing at his home in […]

MSCHF’S Big Red Boots leave a big cultural footprint

While the wisest expectation to have for Brooklyn-based art collective MSCHF is to expect the unexpected, each new iteration of the group’s trickster-like sensibilities comes as a true surprise. This […]

Sacha Jafri’s “We Rise Together” prepares for a moon landing

Humanity’s captivation with space will likely never truly be satisfied—it’s something that has driven much of our wonder and endeavours for centuries and millennia, and only for a fraction of […]

Lucy Sparrow felts an entire McDonald’s for Art Basel 2022

Art Basel’s offerings for Miami Beach 2022 have been bright and engaging, bringing together art lovers and the celebrity elite over entertainment and visual art spectacles. Following in a theme […]

Welsh councillor William Gannon implores he is NOT Banksy

Banksy needs little introduction—the anonymous graffiti artist has been wowing the world with his cutting socio-political statements and iconic representations of struggle against authority for three decades now. He has […]

Bob Dylan’s ‘Rail Car’ rolls into Provence

Often hailed as one of America’s greatest songwriters of all time, folk music legend Bob Dylan has always shown himself to be a master of simplicity, social consciousness, and storytelling. […]