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In the photographic work of Dima Anufriev aka chikoschikos, the body appears suspended within a fragile visual order shaped by light, silence, and spatial tension. Based in Ekaterinburg, a city marked by severe climates and layered histories, the Russian visual artist approaches nude photography through a disciplined sensitivity to form […]
If there’s one thing you can safely assume about a Julia Ducournau film, it’s that comfort is not part of the deal. The French director who unsettled audiences with “Raw” and then detonated expectations entirely with “Titane,“ yes, the Palme d’Or–winning one involving automotive intimacy, has resurfaced with “Alpha,“ another […]
Boxing Club are the kind of band that could only form in the cracks of a city, through forum ads, collapsing rehearsals, and the beautiful chaos of the London underground. A London-via-Glasgow four-piece, they fuse the city’s ambition and late-night frenzy with Glasgow’s grit and brutal honesty. Their live shows […]
Entering Yi Ling’s world is like stepping into a lucid dream where the ordinary trembles at the edge of the surreal. From the streets and quiet corners of Taiwan, she draws the minutiae of daily life and transforms them into tableaux that are at once intimate and confrontational. Her work […]
In Lui Liu’s paintings, the familiar collapses into the extraordinary, and everyday life shimmers with an intimacy that borders on transgression. A provincial wedding hall becomes a stage where gestures once disciplined by custom unfurl with quiet, subversive insistence. Figures occupy the space like vessels of desire and reflection, their […]
Stepping into the HR Giger Museum Bar in Gruyères is like being swallowed by a living nightmare that’s also a masterpiece. Perched atop a hill in a medieval castle that has weathered four centuries of Swiss winters and sun, the bar feels less like a venue and more like an […]
Certain artists approach the human body as if unearthing a relic preserved across centuries of forgotten myth. Tesi, known in the digital ether as Tesi Four, born Sergey in the wide-breathed solemnity of Novokuznetsk, belongs to this quiet lineage of seekers. In his vision, the naked figure rises as a […]
Looking for work can be brutal, but in Park Chan-wook’s latest, it’s downright lethal. The South Korean auteur behind “Oldboy” and “The Handmaiden” returns with “No Other Choice,” a pitch-black satire that imagines a job market where eliminating the competition is not just metaphorical. Set to hit cinemas on January […]
Björk is once again bending the frame of what a “release” can be. The Icelandic icon is quietly assembling new music for a forthcoming studio album, her first since “Fossora” (2022), and she’s choosing a museum, not a stage or streaming platform, to introduce it to the world. The National […]
In June 2025, Moscow-based photographer Ilya Fomin journeyed to Merzhanovo, a secluded corner of Russia’s Rostov Oblast, to create a new series that reads as a visual poem. Nestled near the Sea of Azov, Merzhanovo’s quiet fields, traditional rural rhythms, and untouched landscapes form the perfect crucible for Fomin’s explorations […]