Virtual Entertainment #237

https://www.yankodesign.com/2025/09/23/this-public-sculpture-in-taiwan-looks-different-every-hour-of-the-day/

In this issue: Hellscapes in Japanese Art: From Jigoku-zōshi to Naraku; ‘Like Martha’s Vineyard, if the Mexicans Took It Over’ Willy Chavarria Is Selling a Version of Americana That Asks, Who Belongs in These Clothes?; Reinstalled Indigenous Art Galleries Offer a Welcome Shift in Perspective; ‘Saturday Church’ Review: Saving Fabulous Souls to Sia’s Music; ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ and ‘Nuremberg’ Raise the Question; Decolonizing Language by Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o Review – Last Words of a Literary Giant; African Restaurant Week Wants to Expand the Bay Area’s Palate; This Public Sculpture in Taiwan Looks Different Every Hour of the Day; Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle Is the Highest-Grossing Anime Ever; Why Is Bob Marley’s ‘Legend’ Still Reggae’s No. 1 Album?

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Virtual Entertainment #236

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/books/review/positive-obsession-susana-m-morris.html

In this issue: Configurations in Black: A Stateless Rwandan Refugee Makes Art out of His Experience; ; India’s Colonial Past Revealed Through 200 Masterful Paintings; 3 of Mexico’s Lesser-Known Archaeological Wonders; Jabari Banks Closes Bel-Air With His Debut EP 'Ultra’; Remembering Koyo Kouoh, the Cameroonian Curator Due to Lead the 2026 Venice Biennale; “Reimagine” by Laura Gauch: A Fashion Story in a Dance Studio; A New Musical Revisits the Bay Area’s Apocalyptic Orange Sky Day; ‘Positive Obsession’ Is a Fresh Look at Octavia E. Butler; Japan Art Festival 2025: Paris Gets a Japanese Art Fix

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Virtual Entertainment #235

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/11/disappearing-chilean-art/

In this issue: How Tate’s Emily Kam Kngwarray Show Is Revealing the Fraught Market Dynamics of Aboriginal Art; Why This South African Photographer Prefers To Be Called a ‘Visual Activist’; In ‘King Hedley II,’ the Bard of Black Life Asks if One Man Can Rebuild; 5 Previously Unheard Recordings of Louis Armstrong at the BBC Studios; ‘Disappearing’ Chilean Art; New Nonfiction from Native American Writers; Documentary on ’80s Vietnamese-American New Wave Scene Opens Asian Film Festival in New Orleans; Opera Is Still Obsessed With the Suffering of Women;  ‘A Banquet for Hungry Ghosts’ Serves Horror and Chinese Cuisine in Animated Anthology; Christina Kimeze’s Freewheeling Paintings Capture the Joy of Rollerskating

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Virtual Entertainment #234

https://observer.com/2025/04/artist-interview-frieda-toranzo-jaeger-bortolami-impersonal-unity-tools/

In this issue: Frieda Toranzo Jaeger Is Challenging the Ideologies of Late-Stage Capitalism With Rage and Ritual; 'It’s the Wars Now': Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal on Why Their Othello Is Made for Today; Basquiat’s ‘Sábado por la Noche (Saturday Night)’ Sells for Over $14M; A Story of Family’s Grief Set Against Political Upheaval in Egypt; In Hong Kong, an Artist Is Crafting a Ceramic Garden; Native American Singer-Songwriter Sierra Spirit Comes Home to Play Norman Music Festival; A Closer Look at Brooklyn Museum’s “Solid Gold” Exhibition; Seattle Black Film Festival: Amplifying Black Storytelling and Experiences; One of SF’s Most Unique Dining Experiences Is a 1920s-Themed Supper Club; Saheem Ali Brings Kenyan Coast Heat to Broadway in New Musical ‘Goddess’

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Virtual Entertainment #233

https://observer.com/2025/02/arts-interview-art-fair-phillippines-founder-trickie-lopa/

In this issue: Fair Founder and Collector Trickie Lopa Reflects On 12 Years of Art Fair Philippines; Immersive Tokyo Museum Invites Visitors To Explore Art Through Touch, Play, and Physical Activity; Comedy Star Keyla Monterroso Mejia is Only Shining Brighter; This Oakland Restaurant Residency Is Looking for the Next  Rising Star Chef; Amy Tan Archive Lands at UC Berkeley, Offering a Bird’s-Eye View of a Singular Literary Life; Mexico City’s Art Scene Is Thriving—And Growing; Bong Joon Ho Will Always Root for the Losers; American Playwright ak payne Wins Susan Smith Blackburn Prize; The ‘Father’ of Native American Composers Hasn’t Gotten His Due; Máret Ánne Sara to Create the Next Hyundai Commission for Tate Modern

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Virtual Entertainment #232

https://www.theafricareport.com/394298/nigerian-modernism-curated-by-osei-bonsu-at-the-tate-modern-gets-the-attention-it-deserves/

In this issue: In Highest 2 Lowest, Black Art Is the Main Character; Nigerian Modernism at the Tate Modern Gets the Attention It Deserves; Thai Pop Rising: Jaonaay on Viral Success, Family Legacy and T-Pop’s Global Moment; Latin America’s New Wave of Fashion Photographers; How Record Auctions Are Fuelling India’s Art Boom; Three Museums Designed by David Adjaye Are Opening - But Some Institutions Are Downplaying His Involvement; Misty Copeland: The Exit Interview; New Documentary Shines Light on Frank Matsura and His Portraits of Indigenous Life in Washington; How Will Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Show Shape U.S. Politics?; ‘Literary Anarchist’ Yan Lianke on Chinese Writers, the Nobel Prize and Censorship

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Virtual Entertainment #231

https://www.si.edu/exhibitions/corazon-y-vida-lowriding-culture%3Aevent-exhib-6772

In this issue: De Young's Update Sends a Message: Native Artists Are Still Here; Brandon Taylor on the Quandary of Black Art; Love Asian Food? The First Cupertino Restaurant Week Is Your Treasure Trove; ‘Deaf,’ ‘DJ Ahmet,’ ‘Yunan’ Compete for Arab Critics’ Awards for European Films; Latino Family’s Struggle With Upward Mobility in ‘The Other Americans’; Dr. Nia Imara’s ‘Painting The Cosmos’ Underscores the Connections in Everything; Ancient Sculpture Yields Clues to a Millennia-Old Artmaking Technique; Spike Lee to Be Honored by Chicago Film Festival; ‘Corazón Y Vida’ Smithsonian Show Finds the Heart and Life in Lowrider Culture; Fashion Risks Going Backwards on Diversity, Says Ex-Vogue Boss

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Virtual Entertainment #230

https://www.axios.com/local/detroit/2025/08/27/frame-work-past-and-future-black-queer-perspectives

In this issue: Berbere Tacos and Egusi Kale: Breaking Down AfriCali Cuisine; Black Queer Art Center Stage in New Carr Center Show; Domestic, International Writers To Headline First Korean Literature Festival; Visualising the Histories of Black Britain; In Paris, Arab Music Is a Form of Protest; Color Theories Review. Julio Torres on Stage; Eiteljorg Museum to Release Native-Led Art Book 'In the Company of Our Relatives; Oakland Native Brings Heartfelt New Film ‘Paper Bag Plan’ to Theaters; Cowboys, Cyberpunks and Politics Dominate at NYC Queer Fashion Show; Carín León To Become First Latin Artist To Play Las Vegas Sphere

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