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Jasper Johns at The Whitney: The Magician at Play

Sandra Bertrand

Death as a theme has a place in the artist’s obsessions. Later paintings depict skeletons as part of the imagery with a lightheartedness that makes one think the artist at 91 has come to terms with the issue of mortality. One work places the skeleton over an original silhouette of the artist from his own shadow. Another earlier and more somber image is based on a 1965 war photograph by Larry Burrows with Marine corporal James Farley crumpled in grief over the death of a comrade.

Art Collective DOSSHAUS Continues the Legacy of Pop Art

The Editors

DOSSHAUS is an art collective founded in 2011 and the current nom de guerre of David Connelly. Created in response to a society saturated with social-media-generated images in which reality itself seems all the more relative, DOSSAHAUS uses recycled cardboard, paper, and acrylic to create its own highly idealized universe. This cardboard world is at once separate from and a product of modern culture. DOSSHAUS have taken part in more than 20 group art exhibitions in Los Angeles, New York and Miami.

Young Prodigy Autumn De Forest Sells Six-Figure Paintings to Major Collectors

Autumn De Forest

At the young age of 12, the child prodigy has commissioned six-figure works of art and has garnered national and international acclaim for her colorful tributes to Marilyn Monroe. Her artistic style has been compared to iconic abstract painters including Andy Warhol, Jackson Pollock and the Picasso. Her exhibitions have defined her as one of the most accomplished and recognized prodigies of our time. Her original masterpieces have sold for tens of thousands of dollars, and have been acquired by several major art collectors.

Trust in U.K. Politicians Is Declining

by Jonathan Powell

Last December, a separate YouGov democracy study noted that tensions over the future of the European Union, political divides in the United States, the populism debate, as well as the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic, "have further deepened challenges for democracy and its role both in Britain and globally." Issues such as Brexit and the future of the United Kingdom, which is hearing calls for devolution, have also played a role, it said. In the opinion piece, Roberts said: "The decline of trust in politics in the UK and in other liberal democracies over recent decades is damaging society."

Craig, Daniel Craig: How James Bond Was Reinvented

by Ben Friedman

Director Sam Mendes’ Skyfall and Spectre capture the maturation of Daniel Craig into that of Ian Fleming’s classic character. While Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace showcase a more brutal and relentless Bond, Mendes’s direction depicts a more physically restrained Bond. The action sequences are breezier. As Craig ages, so does Bond, and thus there is a reliance on more guns, gadgets, and intelligence behind his fighting style.