Interviews & Essays

With The Brutalist taking three Golden Globe Awards on seven nominations earlier this month, the Oscar race has found a new leader.

Varied by culture, artistic movement, influence, and preferred medium, these Latin American artists might not have much in common, except for the fact that they deserve more recognition for their contributions to the art historical canon.

Sure, 2024's Inside Out 2 is the highest grossing animated film of all time ($1.7 billion worldwide), but the one to beat at this year's Oscars cost a fraction of that Pixar-produced behemoth. Flow, directed by Gints Zilbalodis at only $3.7 million, took animation’s top prize at the Golden Globes earlier this month after wowing audiences at Cannes last spring where it nabbed the Un Certain Regard award.

Sotheby's listing of a small and historic island off the coast of central Naples has received quite a bit of backlash from locals this week. The islet, Punta Pennata, is located in the crystalline waters of Bacoli, a fishing town within the Campanian volcanic arc.

Rome’s Trevi Fountain is the city’s largest Baroque fountain and a symbol of the revival of Ancient Roman technology and aesthetics. Connected to the city’s awe-inspiring ancient waterways, the fountain is an architectural wonder.

This slideshow is dedicated to black, contemporary artists that we believe our readers should know more about. The artworks highlighted here span drawing, painting, quilting, and sculptural practice.

A search for Cleopatra’s tomb, led by the Dominican defense lawyer turned archaeologist, Kathleen Martinez, continues to give the public glimpses into what life in the Ptolemaic included. Nonetheless, the Egyptian Queen’s remains still have yet to be found. 

There have always been two faces to New York City– the hard driving world of high finance and the aesthetic realm of art and culture. No two hotels illustrate this dichotomy better than Midtown’s Prince Kitano and Soho’s The Arlo. One sits at the crossroads of where America does business, the other at the city’s nexus of creativity. 

Problems of gender inequity have plagued academia since its inception with women being discouraged or outright barred from learning and practicing different sciences and art forms. 

As we welcome the year of 2025, Louis Vuitton welcomes back their emblematic collaboration with Japanese Pop artist, Takashi Murakami. The new line of handbags, wallets, footwear, and other accessories was lauded as of January 1st with Zendaya as the face of the campaign.