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Exhibitions explore how science has impacted technology, aesthetics, and storytelling in cinema
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.- The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures today announced details of its two marquee Fall 2024 exhibitions, Color in Motion: Chromatic Explorations of Cinema and Cyberpunk: Envisioning Possible Futures Through Cinema, on view October 6, 2024. Color in Motion investigates the role of color in film, from the technological advancements that made its use possible, to the ways filmmakers use color as a storytelling tool, to its psychological impact on audiences. On view October 6, 2024–July 13, 2025, this exhibition highlights the role color has played since the earliest days of film history—both as a tool for technological experimentation and artistic expression. The exhibition features technologies from Technicolor and Eastman Color, objects such as the legendary ruby slippers designed by Gilbert Adrian ... More

New exhibition from BAMPFA's permanent collection explores themes of impermanence in art and film
BERKELEY, CALIF.- A new exhibition at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) will spotlight the museum’s distinctive history of collecting and exhibiting artwork that embraces experimentation and unconventional materials. To Exalt the Ephemeral: The (Im)permanent Collection showcases a historically and geographically broad selection of over one hundred works from BAMPFA’s art and film collections that convey ideas of impermanence in both their material processes and thematic concerns. A yearlong presentation that will occupy the entirety of BAMPFA’s downstairs galleries, To Exalt the Ephemeral explores longstanding questions about how museums collect, steward, and showcase work by artists who incorporate ephemerality into their creative practices. The thematic focus of To Exalt the Ephemeral draws ... More

Mantle, Gehrig, DiMaggio, Hammerin' Hank jerseys featured in Heritage's Summer Platinum Night Sports Auction
DALLAS, TX.- There have been historic Sports auctions, legendary Sports auctions, landmark Sports auctions. But there has never been anything like Heritage’s August 23-25 Summer Platinum Night Sports Auction, which could become the biggest Sports auction ever. There have already been countless headlines about its centerpiece: the New York Yankees jersey Babe Ruth wore when he called his shot (or not?) against the Chicago Cubs in Game 3 of the 1932 World Series. The jersey, photo-matched more than any ever worn during a mythic moment, is even scheduled to return to Wrigley Field on July 23. The jersey’s $30 million estimate garners as many knowing nods as wide eyes. As Heritage’s Director ... More

Frist Art Museum to open career-spanning exhibition of works by María Magdalena Campos-Pons
NASHVILLE, TENN.- The Frist Art Museum presents María Magdalena Campos-Pons: Behold, a sweeping exhibition of photography, installation, video, painting, and performance spanning the nearly four-decade career of the Cuban-born artist who now lives and works in Nashville. Organized by the Brooklyn Museum and the J. Paul Getty Museum, the exhibition will be on view in the Frist’s Ingram Gallery from September 27, 2024 through January 5, 2025. The first survey of Campos-Pons’s work since 2007, Behold brings together career highlights and new works, along with a multimedia series on view for the first time in the United States. In more than 50 richly layered artworks, sketchbooks, and documented performances, the artist draws on her memories and experiences as well as her family’s story to examine the histories ... More

A retrospective featuring the complete series of Tsai Ming-liang's films debuts in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Tsai Ming-liang retrospective will run from July 31 to August 17, featuring 14 films that represent Tsai’s filmmaking trajectory, the most complete series ever had in Los Angeles, thanks to the partnership of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles and the American Cinematheque. This retrospective is made possible with the support of the spotlight Taiwan grant from the Ministry of Culture, Taiwan. Tsai’s work has garnered accolades at the world-famous Venice, Cannes, and Berlin film festivals, among others. Tsai will embark on a trip along with Lee Kang-sheng to attend the Q&A session. The American Cinematheque has long been an important and creditable non-profit cultural arts organization in curating film series. This is a long-awaited retrospective for film lovers in Los Angeles to meet Tsai in ... More

Legion of Honor 100: Museum celebrates its centennial
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- A century after the Legion of Honor’s founding by the tour de force Alma de Bretteville Spreckels and her husband, Adolph B. Spreckels, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (“Fine Arts Museums”) look forward to celebrating the Legion of Honor 100, a once-in-a-generation series of festivities commemorating the 1924 founding of the beloved San Francisco institution. The Legion of Honor 100 will commence in November 2024 and continue for the next 12 months to highlight the unique histories, rich collections, and future aspirations of the Legion of Honor. Dedicated museum supporters and new audiences alike are invited to imagine the institution’s future, and how they might take part in it, through a series of exhibitions and public programs, as well as contribute to an ambitious gifts of art and endowment fundraising ... More

It's a race to reach fashion's high end
PARIS.- Ferrari is more than just a car company — it’s a lifestyle. Or so said John Elkann, the CEO of Exor, the parent company of Ferrari, at a sports and fashion event held by The New York Times in Paris this month. But in a world in which Formula One and fashion increasingly mingle, it prompts a question: Is there another car brand that could have a similar journey from the road to the runway? Exor, after all, also owns Stellantis, which in turn owns Alfa Romeo, Maserati and Citroën, among other brands. Elkann, the man behind the 2021 introduction of Ferrari’s high-end fashion line, said it was unlikely that such brands could make the leap to lifestyle. Ferrari started creating luxury cars in the 1940s as a way for its founder, Enzo Ferrari, to finance his racing passion. It has long been more than just a car company, he said. “It’s a unique company ... More

Review: A chameleon's dance at Little Island
NEW YORK, NY.- In the work of choreographer Pam Tanowitz, it’s not uncommon for dancers to match the space around them, dressed to blend with their environment. Those designs — costumes that quote the Joyce Theater’s geometrically patterned chairs or the muted gold of the David H. Koch Theater — are more than clever visual choices. They’re a statement on the inseparable nature of dance and space: how dance is inevitably shaped by where it happens, and how dancers can infuse a place with new life. In her latest work, “Day for Night,” which premiered in full Thursday (Wednesday’s performance was halted midway through because of lightning), the setting was the amphitheater on Little Island — the Barry Diller-funded park suspended above the Hudson River — and the stunning backdrop a stretch of the river at sunset. On ... More

'Twisters' takes off at the box office
NEW YORK, NY.- So much for those theories about moviegoers being hungry for original stories. After a dismal start to the summer ticket-selling season — Memorial Day weekend attendance was the lowest in 43 years — Hollywood has bounced back by delivering nostalgia-heavy sequels. The latest is “Twisters,” a loose follow-up to “Twister,” the 1996 action-adventure about storm chasers in Oklahoma. “Twisters” was on pace to collect roughly $80 million in the United States and Canada over the weekend. That total, easily enough for No. 1, turned heads in Hollywood. Box office analysts had predicted “Twisters” would take in about $50 million. “Twisters” probably took off at the box office for a variety of reasons, theater owners said. Reviews were largely positive. There haven’t been many natural disaster movies in the marketplace ... More