Process
The Paintings of Bouchra Belghali
By Brian D’Ambrosio To stand before a painting by Bouchra Belghali is to experience something closer to listening than looking. It unfolds the way music does—not by telling a story or depicting a recognizable scene, but by setting color into motion, allowing it to vibrate, collide and resolve into feeling. Like a melody unburdened by lyrics, it bypasses explanation and goes straight to sensation.
By Brian D'Ambrosio about 6 hours ago in Art
Actor Andreas Szakacs on AI Cinema as Szakacs Films Prepares Echoes of Tomorrow for May 2026
Szakacs Films is stepping further onto the international stage with the announcement of several new global projects, led by the upcoming feature film Echoes of Tomorrow, currently targeting a May 2026 release. The announcement reflects a broader creative shift for the company, signaling a deliberate move toward future-focused storytelling that engages with emerging technologies and contemporary cultural questions.
By Andreas Szakacs2 days ago in Art
When To Drop A Writer
Sometimes, there will arise a problem between writer and artist. There are plenty of reasons for this to happen, and when it happens, the adult thing to do is to just message the other person that you’ll be breaking off business dealings with the person and then going on to the next project. You can negotiate, especially if you have a split-profits deal, so avoid blocking them for as long as possible (although in some cases a clean break is best). Each situation is unique, so get as much advice as possible before making a rash decision. Also, remember that in business, paranoia is a good thing: Keep records of every interaction. How you’ll proceed is up to you when you decide to break up, but something needs to be done.
By Jamais Jochim3 days ago in Art
South Korea’s Construction Equipment Market: Innovation, Growth, and Future Outlook. AI-Generated.
Why Construction Equipment Is Gaining Attention in South Korea South Korea’s skyline is changing rapidly. From new residential complexes to high-tech infrastructure projects, construction activity is more dynamic than ever. Behind these developments lies an often-overlooked hero: construction equipment. Cranes, excavators, loaders, and other machinery are quietly enabling some of the country’s most ambitious building projects.
By Kim Soo hyun4 days ago in Art
Essence, Embodiment, and Relational Reality
The Failure of Reduction and the Need for Synthesis There is a persistent failure in many modern attempts to explain what a human being is. Some frameworks reduce the person entirely to matter, insisting that identity, consciousness, morality, and meaning are nothing more than emergent properties of physical processes. Other frameworks move in the opposite direction, detaching spirit from reason and grounding belief in intuition alone, often at the cost of coherence or accountability. Both approaches fail because both misunderstand essence. One denies that essence exists at all. The other treats it as something vague and undefinable.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast7 days ago in Art
Israel Launches Major Operation to Locate Last Hostage in Gaza. AI-Generated.
In a critical development affecting the fragile ceasefire in Gaza, Israel announced a large‑scale military operation on January 25, 2026, aimed at locating the last remaining hostage still believed to be in the territory. The move comes amid mounting diplomatic pressure from the United States and other mediators to advance to the second phase of a U.S.‑brokered ceasefire agreement.
By Salaar Jamali7 days ago in Art
Jim Sloan
By Brian D’Ambrosio At 90, Jim Sloan has lived several lifetimes’ worth of work—carpenter, sign painter, excavator, sawmiller, road-builder and the go-to rattlesnake remover of Galisteo, New Mexico. Art may be the through-line, but it has never been the source of his income, nor the center of his universe. Sloan has always kept one foot in the studio and the other in the soil, without bothering to decide which world he truly belongs to. The truth is that he fits cleanly into neither, and he has long since stopped trying.
By Brian D'Ambrosio 19 days ago in Art
