Sonic X Shadow Generations Sales Top 2 Million In Another Sega Milestone
Sonic X Shadow Generations Sells Over 2 Million Units President of Sega, Shuji Utsumi recently announced that sales for their action-adventure platformer SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS have surpassed two million units sold worldwide; The title combines elements of two titles, SONIC Generations featuring Classic…
Self-Taught Artist Lands His First Solo Museum Show at MoMA
Artforum, Art in America, and Frieze have all featured in his paintings A self-taught artist who often takes art and art magazines as his subject will get his first solo exhibition this coming winter. In its Projects gallery, which is…
Indie Bookstores Will Soon Be Able to Sell E-Books to Customers
An Idea Was Born When Andy Hunter started Bookshop in 2020, his goal was to build an online bookstore that served as an indie alternative to Amazon. Five years later, more than 2,200 independent bookstores sell books through the site,…
Everything you need to know about sports tourism
Traveling to celebrate sports Twenty-one years ago, armed with a backpack and England rugby shirt, I set off for Australia. After 18 joyless months of saving up my salary and holiday days, three glorious, sunlit weeks Down Under awaited. But it…
The mysterious New York nanny who helped shape 20th-century street photography
For much of her life, Vivian Maier was something of a mystery. Her photography talent went largely unrecognized because she kept her work a secret from most of the people who knew her, including the New York and Chicago families…
Discovery Edgar Allan Poe’s Poem About a Talking Raven
Despite gaining national renown after “The Raven” was published in 1845, Edgar Allan Poe never enjoyed great financial success for his poem. The New York Evening Mirror published Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven” on January 29, 1845. Little did…
Oscar Joyo Harnesses Colour and Pattern With Latest Works
Vibrant and bold, Oscar Joyo’s latest body of work which was exhibited at Thinkspace Projects in Los Angeles, vibrates the retina; while delving into his childhood memories childhood in Malawi and themes of Afrofuturism. We interviewed the artist and discussed his fascination…
The insect that painted Europe red
Truly vibrant red was elusive for many years: until a mysterious dye was discovered in Mexico. Devon Van Houten Maldonado reveals how a crushed bug became a sign of wealth and status. Although scarlet is the colour of sin in…
See southern Africa in a new light—on a lake cruise
Killer cruise Two small, beady eyes are watching me. I’m close enough to see light swirling around the green irises, the black pupils reduced to the thinnest of slivers. It’s a lazy, passive, even dismissive look that’s cast my way…
The toxic color that comes from volcanoes
For centuries, the orange pigment was sourced from a toxic mineral. Kelly Grovier looks at a hue that alchemists believed was crucial to creating the Philosopher’s Stone – and which allows art to swivel between different states of being. Expunge…
A brief history of sunglasses, from Ancient Rome to Hollywood
Sunglasses, or dark glasses, have always guarded against strong sunlight, but is there more to “shades” than we think? The pupils of our eyes are delicate and react immediately to strong lights. Protecting them against light — even the brilliance…
‘There was a hand coming through the window’: The surprising story behind Kate Bush’s first hit Wuthering Heights
Kate Bush wrote her chart-topping debut single when she was just 18 years old. She told the BBC about the origins of a literary love song that began a unique career in music. Kate Bush’s debut single, Wuthering Heights, was…
The shady past of the color pink
A hue now associated with innocence once had a murkier meaning: Kelly Grovier looks at the ways in which pink has represented violence and seduction. Pink is a double-edged sword. While red is raucous and racy, and white is prim…
Fil-Canadian singer Mico drops new song, adds Europe tour
MICO Releases “Senses” Filipino Canadian pop-punk singer-songwriter Mico continues his rise in the global music scene with the release of his latest single, “Senses.” Taking to Instagram to share the exciting news, Mico thanked his fans, also known as “Amicos,” for…
Top 10 things to know about Lunar New Year
Massive Lunar New Year Lunar New Year is a festival beyond compare. Technically it’s a week—determined by the lunar calendar but always late January to mid-February—but for many, Chunjie (Spring Festival) is more like 40 days of celebrations. The travel involved…
A museum’s confession: Why we have looted objects
Last year, the Thai government sent a letter to the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco requesting the return of four looted ancient bronze statues depicting Buddhist spiritual figures — buddhas and bodhisattvas. “ We did some initial research on these,”…
Seeing Truth in Van Gogh
About Van Gogh As a college student, I often stretched out on my bed and gazed up at the poster of The Starry Night I had pinned to the ceiling, wondering about the artist, Vincent van Gogh. Was he crazy?…
Beautiful Abyss: The Art of Janice Sung
Illustrator-turned-fine artist Janice Sung’s figures seem at home amidst natural settings, whether in a lily pad pond or a garden, floating like a near-translucent milk specter. Her recent gallery showing at Gallery Nucleus in Los Angeles, the first using physical…
Meet No Guidnce, the global R&B superstars in waiting
Meet No Guidnce To become real R&B stars, you have to do your homework. That’s according to Kaci of No Guidnce, a London four-piece that have been students of the genre their whole lives and are emerging in 2023 as…
Idina Menzel returns to Broadway in “Redwood”
Last fall, when superstar Idina Menzel wasn’t in New York, she hung out in Oakland, Calif. At Bandaloop Studios, she was learning to dance suspended at the end of a rope … and this from a woman who says she…