The Latest Booker Prize is awarded to Author David Szalay

The Booker Prize is one of the most prestigious literary awards and was recently awarded to David Szalay for his book "Flesh".

This Week in Art & Culture: Fast Fashion Backlash • Wealth’s Visuals • Ross On-Auction

From Paris pushing back against SHEIN’s first permanent store, to a closer look at how wealth is framed across film and architecture, to Bob Ross paintings selling for over $600k to support public TV.

SHE”IN” or “OUT”? Paris Says “No” to SHEIN’s First Permanent Store

On the first day of SHEIN’s grand opening in Paris, shoppers and protestors rally at the BHV department store. The fast-fashion giant now faces controversies, boycotts and fury over labor issues, sustainability, and scandals involving its sales of “childlike” sex dolls

The Aesthetics of Wealth Inequality

Sometimes richness looks like an opulent mansion, sometimes it looks like a sleek modern home. In these different aesthetic visions of wealth, we get different accounts of its injustices.

This Week In The Arts - What Will Be Mamdani's Effect on The Arts?

This week we look at Zohran Mamdani’s historic win, the new U.S. Poet Laureate, the creative limits of IMAX, the elegance of xia, the opening of Egypt’s Grand Museum, and Saba’s latest track that reminds us hip-hop still breathes off the charts.

National Library of Congress Announces New United States Poet Laureate

On September 15th, 2025 the National Library of Congress appointed Arthur Sze as the nation’s 25th Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry.

The Creative Inconveniences of IMAX

While its popularity is exploding, IMAX is still a cumbersome, disorganized format. Its lack of convenience, though, has become a channel for creativity.

A Touch of Xia侠 Between Blades and Wine Cups

When old swords tell new stories, Wuxia films and chivalrous ideals modernize over time.

Is Zohran's Win A Win For Artists?

The historic mayoral win has many celebrating. The question is, should we?

Piecing it all together

Collage, clay, and coming-of-age in 2025, this week’s features linger on the handmade worlds that make art come alive.

We Need More Clay Puppets for Halloween

It’s *this* time of the year again and we’re all excited for another spooktacular Halloween. Spice up your Oct 31st by adding these stop-motion films to your watchlist and revisiting the quirky charm of handmade horrors.

Imperfect Days

It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life. And in Perfect Days, feeling good requires risk and active engagement, not just a peaceful routine.