Tom Hardy is now a martial arts champion. The 45-year-old actor quietly entered the 2022 Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Open Championships in Milton Keynes this Saturday, beat all of his opponents and returned home victorious. Better yet, one of his competitors told the media that Hardy was “probably one of the toughest competitors I’ve had”.This, make no mistake, is how you do it. Hardy’s jiu-jitsu debut ...
MFA students at New York’s Academy of Art got a rare treat when they were invited to peer into the private collection built by the legendary New York writer and art world tastemaker Glenn O’Brien and his wife Gina Nanni, to select works to pair alongside their own for the school’s “Eye to Eye” exhibition series (on view through March 14). Nanni and her ...
Tom Holland has disputed Martin Scorsese’s claims that Marvel films are not “real art”.In 2019, the legendary director enraged fans of the franchise by saying that the comic book adaptations were “not cinema” and comparing them to theme park rides.Since then, many high profile filmmakers have either made similar comments or praised Marvel, with critically acclaimed directors such as Chloe Zhao and Nia DaCosta ...
Curiosities is a column where I preserve for posterity the “you can’t make this up” parts of the art news. Below, some questions posed by the events of the last week… 1) Can the Corporations Stop the Flood of Undesired Penis NFTs? On August 25, beloved multinational beer conglomerate AB InBev made corporate marketing history when its management authorized its marketing department to ...
Star Wars is arguably one of the most popular film franchises of all time, and the galaxy far, far away has grown considerably since Lucasfilm was acquired by Lucasfilm. With the Skywalker Saga in the rear view it seems like Star Wars could go anywhere, with new projects being announced for both theaters and small screens. And some new fan art imagines what Loki ...
Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know on this Friday, November 20. NEED-TO-READ Inside the Art Collections of Big Banks – Bloomberg takes a look at the art collections of major financial institutions, which have become big-time players in the art industry. Many of the ...
Tom Gores, a trustee at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, has resigned from the institution’s board after activists called for him to step down over concerns related to his financial firm’s investment in Securus Technologies, a company that has faced controversy over the way it manages the phones services it provides to prisons. Gores had been a trustee at the museum since ...
Posted on Thursday, October 8, 2020 by Polk Newsroom Members of the Polk State College community are saddened by the news of Tom Freeman’s passing last week. His legacy lives on through his artwork across Polk County, including the Polk State JD Alexander Center in Lake Wales that is home to some of his pieces, most notably the “Old Oak Tree” mural that pays ...
