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.

    • Ex-Biden campaign manager says there’s ‘no saving’ DNC Chair Ken Martin after inside reports

      DNC Chair Ken Martin is facing intensifying criticism after reports of internal Democratic Party dysfunction, with Rufus Gifford, a former deputy campaign manager for Joe Biden, saying on Monday that there is “no saving” his position. The comments follow a New York Times report highlighting infighting, fundraising shortfalls and broader concerns about Democratic leadership, adding…

    • Giant pink mammoth and BBC Ceefax – Joe Lycett unveils first major solo art exhibition

      Comedian and artist Joe Lycett has opened his first major solo art exhibition, “Everything Must Go”, at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, in his home city. Lycett said the collection was inspired by “things that are no longer with us” and became partly “an exercise in looking into grief”, honouring friends who had died, while…

    • CNN’s Kaitlan Collins downplays Trump’s dinner jibes on Daily Show

      CNN’s chief White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins has addressed Donald Trump’s pointed insults towards her at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, telling Jon Stewart on The Daily Show that she prefers to keep the focus on journalism rather than her own reaction. During his hour-long speech at the Friday dinner, his first appearance before the…

    • Linda Perhacs Reported Missing

      Linda Perhacs, the 82-year-old psychedelic folk musician best known for her 1970 cult album Parallelograms, has been reported missing after friends and collaborators lost contact with her. Her former manager, Laurel Stearns, said Perhacs was discharged from a residential care facility around eight months ago under the supervision of her legal guardian, and that repeated…

    • Debate over AI’s future divides Silicon Valley as China gains ground

      A public debate over the future of artificial intelligence has split leading Silicon Valley figures, reignited by the release of a powerful new Chinese open-source model. Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella and Elon Musk have all publicly backed open-source AI, arguing it strengthens safety, security and innovation, while rivals such as Anthropic and OpenAI…

    • Rhiannon Giddens Signs With WME (EXCLUSIVE)

      Roots and Americana musician Rhiannon Giddens has signed with talent agency WME for worldwide music representation, the singer and agency confirmed on Tuesday. The move comes as the Grammy- and Pulitzer-winning artist prepares to release her seventh studio album, ahead of a major label release and following a string of high-profile collaborations and live projects…

    • Judges announce 13-strong Booker Prize longlist, snubbing favourites

      The Booker Prize longlist for 2026 has been unveiled, featuring 13 novels from authors including Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout and previous Booker winners Douglas Stuart and Marlon James. Judging chair Mary Beard described the selection, dubbed the “Booker Dozen”, as “dynamite” with “something for everyone”, while high-profile names such as Maggie O’Farrell, Ann Patchett,…

    • Previous winners Douglas Stuart and Marlon James lead a Brit-heavy Booker prize longlist

      Booker prize judges have named their 2026 longlist, with previous winners Douglas Stuart and Marlon James both featuring alongside three-time nominee Elizabeth Strout. The 13-strong selection, revealed on Tuesday and chaired by classicist Mary Beard, spans authors of seven nationalities across three continents, with almost half based in the UK, and is being praised for…

    • Anna Kendrick Thriller Series ‘Embassy’ Lands on MGM+ in the U.S.

      US streamer MGM+ has acquired the six-part action thriller “Embassy” for American audiences, alongside a slate of other territories including Italy, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Colombia and Argentina. Led by Anna Kendrick as an American diplomat caught up in a hostage crisis at the US embassy in London, the series brings together…

    • ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Review: Tom Holland Returns in a ‘Mature’ Adventure That for All Its Good Action Is Trying Too Hard

      Variety’s chief film critic Owen Gleiberman reviews “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, which finds Tom Holland’s Peter Parker as an isolated, workaholic crime-fighter after the memory-wiping ending of “No Way Home.” The critic praises the film’s attempt at a more thoughtful, “mature” tone compared with its predecessor but argues it strains…