Talk Fuse

    Topic: Art

    Sport and screen adaptations aside, the art world moves at its own pace, and this hub is where that pace is tracked. Coverage ranges across exhibitions, artists, galleries and the wider creative economy, taking in everything from major shows and acquisitions to the market forces and controversies that shape what gets made, shown and collected.

    Art rarely sits apart from the events around it, and stories here often intersect with culture, politics, technology and business, whether that means a work sparking public debate, a new tool reshaping how art is produced, or funding and institutional decisions affecting who gets to create. Following this topic offers a way to keep pace with how creative expression is evolving and being contested.

    For readers with an interest in culture beyond the headlines of the day, this is a place to see how ideas take visual form, how institutions respond to them, and how art continues to reflect and challenge the world it's made in.

    • “When I came back, my desk was covered in flowers. That’s who Bon Scott was.” The story of a friendship with a golden-hearted charmer

      Fifa Riccobono, former CEO of AC/DC’s Australian label Albert Music, has shared personal recollections of Bon Scott, revealing the warmth and loyalty behind the singer’s rock-star image. Her account offers a rare, intimate perspective on Scott from someone who knew him from his very first gig with AC/DC until his death in 1980, highlighting a…

    • 5 Top 40 Hits From 1965 That Every Baby Boomer Can Still Sing by Heart

      This article from American Songwriter looks back at five Top 40 hits from 1965 that it argues remain instantly recognisable to baby boomers today. The selection highlights a pivotal year in popular music, when British acts crossed the Atlantic to challenge American artists, and genres such as soul, R&B and folk-rock gained ground on earlier…

    • 10 Movies That Will Change Your Life

      This Collider listicle rounds up ten films the author argues can genuinely alter how a viewer sees the world, spanning both uplifting and deeply unsettling emotional territory. Rather than offering feel-good picks alone, the list embraces cinema’s capacity to unsettle, arguing that discomforting or bleak films can be just as transformative as hopeful ones. Titles…

    • 4 Times Dolly Parton Proved She Was One of America’s Greatest Country Songwriters

      The article highlights four songs from country legend Dolly Parton’s back catalogue, arguing they cement her status as one of America’s greatest songwriters, particularly for work produced in the 1970s and 1980s. The piece is a retrospective tribute rather than breaking news, focusing on how her writing turned personal experience and emotion into songs with…

    • Rybakina makes winning start in race to number one

      World number two Elena Rybakina began her US Open campaign with a comfortable straight-sets win, easing past 17-year-old wildcard Thea Frodin 6-3 6-2 in her first match since retiring injured from her Cincinnati Masters quarter-final with a heel problem. The victory keeps alive Rybakina’s chances of becoming world number one for the first time, with…

    • Six Ed Sheeran Crew Members Rushed to Hospital After His Detroit Show

      Six crew members working on Ed Sheeran’s concert setup at Detroit’s Ford Field were hospitalised after a forklift lost control during the post-show teardown. Officials described the incident, which occurred just after 11pm, as a “forklift injury accident” after the vehicle struck a golf cart carrying several workers who had been walking away to take…

    • Another Artifactory CVE under attack by AI agents or humans

      Security researchers say attackers have begun exploiting CVE-2026-82329, a critical authentication-bypass vulnerability in JFrog Artifactory, mere days after the vendor released a patch. The flaw, which allows unauthenticated intruders to mint their own admin tokens, is significant because Artifactory is widely used for managing software artifacts and packages across engineering supply chains, and researchers say…

    • The 9 Best ‘September’ Songs, From Earth, Wind & Fire to Green Day (Staff Picks)

      Billboard’s music staff have picked their nine favourite songs about or inspired by September, spanning six decades of pop, soul, rock and jazz standards. The list reflects how differently artists have treated the month — some framing it as wistful nostalgia, others as a marker of ageing, heartbreak or renewal — as autumn begins. Featured…

    • Did We Expect Dolly Parton’s Posthumous Chart Takeover?

      Dolly Parton’s death has triggered a significant posthumous return to the Billboard Hot 100, with five of her classic songs re-entering the chart in the same week her passing was announced. The surge reflects the scale of public mourning for the country music icon, who died on 25 August, with radio stations and streaming platforms…

    • Variety and Utopai Studios to Host Future in Focus Conversations at TIFF

      Variety, in partnership with Utopai Studios, is hosting an invite-only “Future in Focus” event at the Toronto International Film Festival on 12 September, bringing together filmmakers to discuss how technology and innovation are reshaping filmmaking. The event highlights growing industry interest in how tools such as AI and immersive storytelling are influencing creative production, with…