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.

    • 2 More Truly Fascinating Retro Games Are Coming to PS5 This Week

      Two retro games are due to arrive on PS5 on 13 August: Tecmo’s Touki Denshou Angel Eyes and Technos’ V’Ball. Their release broadens access to older arcade and PlayStation titles, particularly Angel Eyes, whose home-console version is being made available outside Japan for the first time. Angel Eyes began as a 1996 arcade fighting game…

    • ICE wants to give agents electrified gloves that shock people into compliance

      US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is seeking to spend up to $20 million on electrified gloves designed to deliver painful shocks during physical encounters. The proposed purchase has prompted civil liberties concerns because the devices could be used discreetly and would expand the agency’s force options in immigration enforcement. The Department of Homeland Security notice…

    • How Three Artists Scored No. 2 Hot 100 Hits Without Doing Anything on the Songs

      Billboard examines three artists who were credited with No. 2 hits on the Hot 100 despite not performing musically on the recordings. The cases show how promotional decisions, incorrect paperwork and unpredictable music-industry practices can distort chart credits and shape an artist’s public legacy. One example is Bill Parsons, whose name was used on Bobby…

    • O’Sullivan suffers another setback with China Open exit

      Ronnie O’Sullivan’s difficult start to the snooker season continued as he lost 6-4 to Thailand’s Noppon Saengkham in the second round of the China Open. The defeat matters because the seven-time world champion, a two-time winner of the event, has now suffered another early exit after also falling in the second round of last month’s…

    • ‘Grease’ star Stockard Channing says she’s ‘happy being a recluse’ after leaving America

      Stockard Channing has said she is content living privately in London after leaving the United States, describing herself as “happy being a recluse”. The actor, best known for playing Rizzo in *Grease*, reflected on the move in the context of the death of her longtime partner, producer Daniel Gilham, and her preference for a quieter…

    • Amazon gets out of the MMO game

      Amazon is withdrawing from the massively multiplayer online game market, transferring responsibility for the western live operations of Throne and Liberty and Lost Ark to other companies. The move completes a broader retreat from first-party AAA MMO development and signals a shift towards cloud gaming, social games and titles linked to Amazon’s wider entertainment franchises.…

    • US veteran freed as Colombia quake death toll reaches 181

      Russia released Robert Gilman, a 32-year-old former US Marine from Massachusetts who had been detained there since 2022. US officials said President Vladimir Putin approved a pardon on humanitarian grounds because Gilman was seriously ill; President Donald Trump said no prisoner exchange or other concession had been involved. Gilman had been convicted in Russia over…

    • These 12 Artists Reached No. 2 on the Hot 100 With Their First Hit — Then Never Made the Chart Again

      Billboard highlights 12 artists whose first and only appearance on the US Hot 100 peaked at No. 2, making them an unusual group of near-chart-topping one-hit wonders. – The Jaynetts: “Sally, Go ’Round the Roses” spent two weeks at No. 2 in 1963, behind Bobby Vinton’s “Blue Velvet”. – The Crazy World of Arthur Brown:…

    • DOJ heavyweights throw monkey wrench in Dem plans to put Trump allies in hot seat

      A Justice Department legal opinion has concluded that President Donald Trump’s private advisers and lawyers may invoke executive privilege when discussing matters connected to their advisory roles. The ruling could complicate Democratic efforts to compel testimony from Trump allies, limiting congressional scrutiny of the president’s decision-making and communications. The opinion was issued by the Justice…

    • Rubio says Hegseth is a ‘cat guy’

      Secretary of State Marco Rubio told conservative media personality Katie Miller in a recent episode of her podcast that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is “a cat guy.” During the interview with Miller, Rubio and his wife, Jeanette Rubio, talked about their pets at home, with Marco Rubio saying one of their dogs is “really smart”…