Artist Peregrine Church has always struggled with the gloomy weather in the Pacific Northwest. “It doesn’t rain so much as it just gets wet,” he said of the weather in his home city of Seattle, which ...

In early 2025 auction house Christie’s in New York City sold an unusual collection of art pieces. Surreal portraits, photorealistic images and cartoon-inspired creations, all generated by artificial ...

As we made our decision to name the Architects of AI the 2025 Person of the Year, we could not help but notice one particular tension: the enthusiasm gap­—particularly in the U.S. While the country ...

In which Observer's Arts Editor sets out to have as many art and art-adjacent encounters as possible in the Windy City in just two days. Anish Kapoor’s Cloud Gate, better known as the Bean. Photo: ...

Great design transcends eras, and nobody knows that better than interior designer Dan Fink. In one of Fifth Avenue’s grandest buildings, Fink recently completed work on an apartment that stands as a ...

For the fourth year in a row, the richest person in the United States is the South African-born businessman and political figurehead Elon Musk, according to Forbes. Forbes released its annual list of ...

In July, the artist Amy Sherald pulled out of a large-scale show at the Smithsonian after learning that she might not be able to include a portrait of Lady Liberty as a Black trans woman. The Trump ...

Why is it legal to celebrate Shona traditions but illegal to crown a Ndebele king in Zimbabwe? That’s the question critics are asking after Zimbabwe’s government condemned Bulawayo Mayor David Coltart ...

“Careless People,” a memoir by a former Facebook executive, portrays feckless company leaders cozying up to authoritarian regimes. By Jennifer Szalai When you purchase an independently reviewed book ...

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style. Nearly 4,000 people have signed an open letter calling on Christie’s New York to cancel an ...

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Humans are eating art, though not in the literal sense. Consider the word “consume.” Modern creative culture has facilitated a shift in interaction with media, and it can be seen through something as ...