27 October 2025 An extraordinary sound system … Peter Doig’s exhibition House of Music at Serpentine Gallery, London. Photograph: Guy Bell/Shutterstock In their studios around the world, artists are hitting play and allowing music to become an unseen collaborator, notes, rhythms and melodies weaving themselves into their creative process. According to interviews conducted by The Guardian, creatives like Chris Ofili, Lindsey Mendick, Ragnar Kjartansson and others shared how sp

26 October 2025 Dakota Fanning on June 2, 2024. John Nacion/FilmMagic In an era when celebrity relationships often play out publicly and at lightning speed, Dakota Fanning’s decision to pause and wait for the right partner feels refreshingly intentional. At 31, the actress who has grown up in the spotlight says she’s absolutely fine remaining single until she finds someone who truly fits not someone who just fills a role. In a recent interview she admitted dating apps feel ex

25 October 2025 June Lockhart in 1948. Everett June Lockhart, celebrated for her enduring television roles during the Golden Age of Hollywood, has passed away at the age of 100 at her home in Santa Monica, California, the family announced. Born in New York City in 1925 to actors Gene and Kathleen Lockhart, she made her first stage appearance at age eight and debuted on film as a child in the 1938 adaptation of A Christmas Carol. She achieved early acclaim on Broadway, earning

24 October 2025 Still Life with Guitar, a 1919 gouache and pencil work valued at about €600,000, has been found by police after disappearing in October. Photograph: Spanish National Police/AFP/Getty Images Tiny but iconic, a 1919 painting by Pablo Picasso titled Still Life with Guitar valued at around €600,000 was recovered this week after vanishing en route to an exhibition in southern Spain, concluding a case that authorities say never involved a grand heist but rather a ba

23 October 2025 No fan of the White House, Trump holds a table seating chart of the ballroom in the renovated Oval Office. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP In a development stirring controversy across architecture and politics, President Donald Trump has embarked on a sweeping renovation of the White House’s East Wing, declaring its status obsolete in favour of a grand new ballroom costing some $250 million. Renderings of the 90,000-square-foot space unveil an opulent design schem

22 October 2025 On the morning of October 19, 2025, thieves executed one of the most audacious museum heists in modern memory when they stole eight priceless pieces of French crown jewellery from the Galerie d’Apollon at the Louvre Museum in Paris. The raid played out almost as a cinematic sequence. Disguised as construction workers, the perpetrators arrived on a basket lift at a first-floor window over the Seine-facing façade of the museum, around half an hour after opening.

21 October 2025 Brandon Nagy/Shutterstock In an exclusive interview with Esquire published October 20, pop star Joe Jonas addressed recent swirling rumors that he used cocaine during a live performance of his band Jonas Brothers. The speculation began after a fan-filmed clip circulated online that showed Jonas briefly wiping his nose with a mirror and a small cloth while the brothers performed their JONAS20: Greetings from Your Hometown Tour. Some viewers interpreted the foot

20 October 2025 Jamien, 1982. Photograph: Coreen Simpson Celebrated photographer and jewelry designer Coreen Simpson has finally received the art-world recognition her five-decade career deserves with the publication of Coreen Simpson: A Monograph, part of the prestigious Vision & Justice series by Aperture. In this richly designed volume, readers are invited into Simpson’s vibrant practice an oeuvre that spans black-and-white portraiture, early hip-hop documentation, experim

19 October 2025 Kylie Jenner.  Phillip Faraone/Getty On October 17 in Los Angeles, she hosted a celebratory pop-up event ahead of the brand’s official 10-year anniversary, which falls in November. The evening was less about business talk and more about milestone celebration a visual and cultural marker of how much has changed since the original launch of Kylie Cosmetics in 2015. Stepping out in a striking pink latex dress and wig, Jenner revived the “King Kylie” persona that

18 October 2025 Landscape, Autumnal Effect, ca 1885–86. Photograph: Collection of David Lachenmann At the heart of New York’s fall museum calendar, the Morgan Library & Museum presents Renoir Drawings, a landmark exhibition bringing together more than 100 seldom-seen works on paper by Pierre‑Auguste Renoir and revealing the depth of an artist best known for his glowing painted canvases. Curated by museum director Colin B. Bailey, the show is the first in over a century dedica

17 October 2025 Snoop Dogg in Los Angeles in June 2025. Paras Griffin/Getty In a marked turn from earlier remarks that stirred controversy, Snoop Dogg has publicly praised same-sex parenting and affirmed his commitment to LGBTQ+ representation through a fresh musical and messaging collaboration. Partnering with GLAAD for Spirit Day, he released a children’s track titled “Love Is Love,” in which he celebrates diverse family structures and underscores that love transcends form.

15 October 2025 On the October 14 episode of Dancing with the Stars’ season 34, the studio lights held a soft glow and the air felt charged with emotion as celebrities turned the spotlight inward to pay tribute to the people who shaped their lives. Each performance was stitched with tenderness, memory, gratitude. It was meant to be a decisive night, a point where someone would bow out. But in a surprise twist, no one was eliminated. The hosts announced that all votes and scor

14 October 2025 Shahar Azran/Getty Images The music world was struck with sorrow on October 14 when D’Angelo (born Michael Eugene Archer) died at the age of 51 after a private fight with pancreatic cancer, as confirmed by TMZ and later reported by People. Known as one of the leading voices in neo-soul, D’Angelo carved a place in music history with a style that fused R&B, funk, gospel, and personal earnestness. A native of Richmond, Virginia, D’Angelo’s musical journey began e

13 October 2025 ‘Feeling his way’ By the Sea, by Denton Welch. Photograph: Denton Welch. Courtesy John Swarbrooke Fine Art In a recent reflection, Novelist Alan Hollinghurst revisits the short, luminous life of painter and writer Denton Welch, celebrating his fierce creativity, his heightened sensitivity, and the sense that from tragedy emerged a distinctive artistic voice that continues to resonate. Welch was born in 1915 in Shanghai to an English father and American mother,

12 October 2025 Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau. Credit : swns Pop star Katy Perry and former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau were spotted sharing intimate moments on a yacht off Santa Barbara, California, where they were photographed kissing, cuddling, and embracing during what appeared to be a romantic cruise. The two have been linked since the summer, first seen together at a casual dinner in Montreal, and these fresh images amplify speculation that their bond has gro

11 October 2025 Diane Keaton with Duke and Dexter. Chelsea Lauren/Variety/Penske Media via Getty In an interview that sheds light on her deeply personal life philosophy, Diane Keaton whose death at age 79 has just been confirmed opened up about why she never married despite long-term relationships with figures like Al Pacino, Warren Beatty, and Woody Allen, and how she later embraced motherhood later in life through adoption. Keaton shared that from her teenage years onward s

10 October 2025 Billie Eilish performs on stage in Miami on Oct. 9. Arturo Holmes/Getty During her October 9 show at the Kaseya Center in...

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08 October 2025 ‘I sat still!’ … Bachardy, left, and Isherwood in Hockney’s 1968 work. Photograph: CHRISTIE’S IMAGES LTD. 2025 At 91...

07 October 2025 Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck on October 06, 2025 in New York City. Slaven Vlasic/Getty; Andrew H. Walker/Shutterstock...