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.

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      Aaron Pierre, who now plays John Stewart in HBO’s new Green Lantern series “Lanterns”, previously had a lesser-known DC role in SYFY’s “Krypton”, a two-season prequel series set 200 years before Superman’s birth. The show follows Seg-El, grandfather of Kal-El, as he navigates political intrigue and threats to his family’s future, with Pierre appearing as…

    • Political shake-up, teen stabbed in Rochdale Taco Bell, Hovland leads at Atlanta

      Burnham strikes a pay deal averting Avanti driver strikes as Davey angers Lib Dem MPs; a 13-year-old is seriously hurt after a mass knife attack at a Rochdale Taco Bell, plus Shoreditch’s rider encampment, Vantara’s animal rescue, Hovland’s lead and KATSEYE’s festival surprise.

    • Nashville airport to be renamed for Dolly Parton after petition reaches over 160,000 signatures

      Nashville International Airport is to be renamed in honour of Dolly Parton, after a Change.org petition calling for the tribute gathered more than 160,000 signatures. The move, announced by Tennessee Governor Bill Lee on Friday 28 August, comes days after the country music icon died aged 80 on 25 August following a brief illness with…

    • Martin Scorsese’s Controversial 10/10 Psychological Thriller Is Officially Free on Streaming

      Martin Scorsese’s 1976 neo-noir classic Taxi Driver is now streaming for free on Pluto TV, giving audiences fresh access to one of the defining films of the genre. The film follows Vietnam veteran and insomniac night-shift taxi driver Travis Bickle, played by Robert De Niro, whose alienation and moral disgust at 1970s New York City…

    • Sade Olutola explains how Ed Sheeran inspired her ‘Arrow Heart’ EP at Reading 2026

      Rising south London pop artist Sade Olutola has revealed that Ed Sheeran directly inspired her debut EP, ‘Arrow Heart’, speaking to NME backstage after her first appearance at Reading Festival 2026. She explained the project’s title and concept originated when she was 11 years old, after becoming a fan of Sheeran and mimicking his habit…

    • AA faces £5bn takeover move by German insurer Allianz, reports claim

      The German insurer Allianz is reportedly weighing a £5bn takeover bid for the AA, Britain’s breakdown recovery firm, according to Sky News. Allianz is said to be one of several parties in talks with the AA’s advisers, with private equity firm EQT also understood to be a bidder. A sale of this scale would mark…

    • 10 Sci-Fi Shows That Actually Get Time Travel Right

      This Collider feature rounds up ten science-fiction television series that the writer believes handle time travel especially well, arguing that the concept is notoriously hard to depict without lapsing into paradoxes and plot holes. It highlights shows that succeed either through rigorous internal logic, such as Dark, or by treating time travel as a philosophical…

    • Women in UK arts feel they do not have equal opportunities for roles, says report

      A new report from the support group Women in the Arts has found that women working in the UK arts sector believe they lack equal opportunities for roles, particularly as they grow older, with researchers describing an industry fixated on “young and emerging” talent. The findings matter because they point to persistent, widely felt gender…

    • The Sunday Papers

      This week’s Sunday Papers, Rock Paper Shotgun’s regular roundup of notable games writing from around the web, gathers pieces on Gamescom 2026’s laptop theft problem, the value of statistics in games, GTA 6’s central relationship, Disco Elysium’s soundtrack, and a Command & Conquer voice acting legend. The column also shares a new music track to…

    • Poll: Box Art Brawl: Mega Man Zero 2 (GBA)

      Nintendo Life’s regular “Box Art Brawl” feature invites readers to vote on regional box art designs, this time turning to Mega Man Zero 2, the GBA action platformer developed by Inti Creates and released in 2003. The game was well received on launch for making modest improvements over its predecessor while retaining a familiar formula,…