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Four friends laughing together on a couch in a warmly lit living room, from The Invite (2026) directed by Olivia Wilde
25.09.2026
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The Invite: Olivia Wilde's Wonderfully Chaotic Dinner Party

by Tuba Meltem Pekol

Olivia Wilde's The Invite turns a dinner party with Penelope Cruz, Edward Norton and Seth Rogen into a sharp satire of social media and performed intimacy.

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Inde Navarrette in a moody bar scene from Obsession 2025, wearing a gold necklace with a somber expression

09.08.2026

When Wishes Become a Personal Hell: A Review of Obsession (2026)

by Tuba Meltem Pekol

Night-time view of a public video installation by The Otolith Group showing a large projected close-up of an eye on a modernist building facade, with a single viewer standing in the plaza below.
20.01.2026
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Why You Need a Collective After Graduating Art School

by Samuel Marin Belfond

Why joining an art collective after graduation helps artists survive precarity, replace lost school structures and keep making work together.

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Interior of Librairie Sans Titre in Paris with wooden bookshelves and independent art and design publications on display.

13.01.2026

The Return of Print in a Digitally Exhausted World

by Bethany Suarez

Black-and-white museum gallery view with a large classical marble bust on a pedestal framed by doorways, with visitors in the background.

12.01.2026

Beyond the Auteur: Ethical Curating in Practice

by Linda Rubino