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10 Bold Predictions for The Celebrity Traitors 2026
From inevitable friendly fire to tactical recruitment blunders, here are 10 bold predictions for how the drama will unfold in the upcoming series of The Celebrity Traitors. 1. James Acaster will be one of the first celebrities accused of being a Traitor With comedians already under suspicion after Alan Carr’s win last series, we predict…
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10 Films & The Paintings They Secretly Belong To
From classical ideals to psychological surrealism, these are the films that find their true visual souls hanging on museum walls. 1. The Substance (2024) + The Birth of Venus – Sandro Botticelli Beauty becomes a prison when the ideal woman is expected to emerge perfectly formed and remain eternally young. 2. Poor Things (2023) +…
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10 Films & Their Unlikely Photographic Companions
Ten iconic films meet ten visionary photographers in Close-Up Culture’s vision of shared psychological landscapes and visual echoes. 1. Aftersun (2022) × Rineke Dijkstra, Almerisa, Wormer, Netherlands A childhood memory caught just before it becomes something you can no longer return to. 2. The Piano Teacher (2001) × Francesca Woodman, Self-Portrait at Providence, Rhode Island…
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The Shining & Rembrandt: 10 Films & Their Painting Companions
Welcome to a new series on Close-Up Culture, where we pair some of our favourite films with their painting soulmate. 1. The Shining (1980) + The Night Watch – Rembrandt Something perfectly ordinary made deeply unsettling – the sense that there’s something wrong just behind the surface. 2. Paris, Texas (1984) + Nighthawks – Edward…
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25 Films Where Art Is the Main Character
Close-Up Culture list 25 films where the frames look like oil paintings and the camera treats the art direction like the protagonist. 1. Mr. Turner (2014)What you’ll see: Painting · Landscapes · Light · Seascapes 2. The Great Beauty (2013)What you’ll see: Rome · Sculpture · Architecture · Decadence 3. Frida (2002)What you’ll see: Self-portraits · Surrealism ·…
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Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art – Exhibition Review
In the midst of their rivalry, Coco Chanel once called her “that Italian artist who makes clothes”, but Elsa Schiaparelli understood that fashion could do more than dress the body. It could distort it, provoke it, and amuse it. At the V&A, Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art traces a career in which the conventional boundaries between fashion and…
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AFTERLIFE: Who Is Really in Control?
At FACT Liverpool, artist duo ONLY SLIME – Claudia Cox and Tobi Pfeil – invite audiences into AFTERLIFE, an immersive world where mythology, gaming, opera and digital technology collide. Developed from Claudia’s near-death experience in 2021, the work explores the relationship between body and avatar, reality and virtual worlds, and what happens when we give up…
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Form of the Future — The Sculptural and Artistic Mastery of Dr. Simon Ourian
Presented by Haykoff Gallery Haykoff Gallery, founded by Bella Haykoff, proudly presents Form of the Future — The Sculptural and Artistic Mastery of Dr. Simon Ourian, an unprecedented exhibition exploring the intersection of anatomy, art, and imagination./ Envisioned within the private, museum-like villa grounds of Dr. Ourian’s Beverly Hills estate, featuring sprawling greens, fountains, and immaculate landscape design,…
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Nicolas Moreton: A Life Dedicated To Sculpture
SCULPTOR Nicolas Moreton has been crafting his skills for more than 35 years, in the process earning himself a fine reputation for his individualistic art. His work is sensual, intimate and in many ways quite wondrous – a true labour of love. See it and you will be drawn into its magic like a magnet.…
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Close-Up: An Interview With Fore-Edge Painter MCIE
MCIE is a visual artist creating digital and traditional works. In this interview, we talk about their incredible fore-edge painting. Can you tell us about your background and how you go into art? I’ve always been an artistic person, my first foray into art was an obsession with tracing all the drawings in those old…
