Citizens of the European Union live in an internet built and ruled by foreign powers. Most people in the EU use an American search engine, shop on an American ecommerce site, thumb American phones, and scroll through American social media feeds. That fact has triggered increasing alarm in the corridors of Brussels, as the EU…
The armorer who put a live round into the gun that Alec Baldwin was rehearsing with on the set of the film “Rust” when it went off, killing the cinematographer, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter on Wednesday. The conviction of the armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, marks the first time a jury has weighed in at…
On Tuesday, during Paris Fashion Week, artist Cécile B. Evans unveiled her latest project, a short film titled Reception!, which served as the backdrop for the Miu Miu Fall/Winter 2024–25 runway show. Evans has long explored the structures that lie beneath digital technologies. In 2016 at the Berlin Biennale, Evans showed What the Heart Wants,…
LOS ANGELES — The standard line about awards season is that these fancy galas and parades of red carpet gowns are a celebration of art. A reward for a year of hard work. And sure, they are. They’re also an audition for the big show. A prelude to the Oscars and the award that everyone…
Richard Abath, a night watchman whose decision to allow two thieves disguised as Boston police officers into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990 enabled the greatest art heist in history — and one that remains unsolved — died on Feb. 23 at his home in Brattleboro, Vt. He was 57. His lawyer, George F….