Louvre Reopens Apollo Gallery, Jessica Morgan to the Tate, and More: Morning Links for July 22, 2026
Good Morning!Jessica Morgan has been named director of the Tate museum network.The Louvre’s Apollo Gallery has reopened nine months after the infamous crown jewels...
Militarie Gun share shimmering new single ‘World’s Away Burning’ with Mannequin Pussy
Militarie Gun have shared a new single, ‘World’s Away Burning’, featuring Mannequin Pussy. Listen below.
The collaborative song will appear on the deluxe edition of...
Haruki Murakami to Publish a New Memoir This Fall
Beloved Japanese author Haruki Murakami will publish a new memoir this fall. Abandoning a Cat: A Personal Story will be published by Knopf, and...
Lit Hub Daily: July 22, 2026
THE BEST OF THE LITERARY INTERNET
TODAY: In 1886, Hella Wuolijoki is born.Why writing alt text image descriptions is an act of literary...
In Venice and Shanghai, Wallace Chan Presents a Vision of Buddhist Maximalism
In the 1990s, the Hong Kong–based artist Wallace Chan purged all his earthly possessions to live as a Buddhist monk for six months. But...
Paul McCartney Facetiming Ringo Starr During Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour Is the Cameo of the Year
Lucky fans on the acclaimed Liverpool tour got the ultimate surprise from the icon this week
Beatles fans aboard Liverpool’s Magical Mystery Tour —...
Chelsea Wolfe Reveals New Album The Dark, Lines Up 2026 Tour
Chelsea Wolfe has announced her next album, The Dark, which is set to land on Loma Vista on August 21. The record’s lead single,...
At the Art + Tech Summit, Christie’s Pins Its Future on AI Billionaires Who Aren’t Buying Art… Yet
“We are in a historic moment in wealth creation,” said CNBC wealth reporter Robert Frank at the keynote presentation of the 2026 edition of...
Are NewJeans Really Back?
It's been a long road for NewJeans, from the halcyon days of their chart-topping Get Up EP, to a yearslong legal dispute tied to...
Trump Installs New Thomas Jefferson Bronze Sculpture in White House Rose Garden
Last week, President Trump installed a new, life-size bronze sculpture of Thomas Jefferson in the Rose Garden, making it the fifth statue he has...
Charli XCX shares reflective new single ‘Camera’ with video directed by Aidan Zamiri and starring Vincent Cassel
Charli XCX has shared her reflective new single ‘Camera’, accompanied by an Aidan Zamiri-directed video starring Vincent Cassel – watch below.The track is the latest preview...
Katie Holmes Has a New Boyfriend—And He Is an Artist
Life imitates art, sort of. Katie Holmes plays a New York–based photographer reconnecting with her high school flame in Happy Hours, a new film...
‘Do You Love America?’: Smithsonian Museum Leader Grilled Over Gender, Diversity, Patriotism at Congressional Hearing
“Dr. Hartig, are you America first? Do you love America?” So asked Representative Tim Burchett (Republican of Tennessee) of Anthea Hartig, director of the...
Long-Lost Artworks by Chilean Muralist Julio Escámez Are Slowly Being Uncovered and Restored
Two 1970s murals by Chilean artist Julio Escámez, long thought to have been destroyed by Augusto Pinochet’s military regime, are currently in the process...
Charli XCX Keeps the ‘Camera’ Rolling on Vincent Cassel in New Video
The great French actor Vincent Cassel grumbles through a brutal day on set in the new music video for Charli XCX’s “Camera.” Directed by Charli’s...