Culture stories by GGD News
Cover Story: Jill Scott’s Latest Classic
The woman is exposed, totally unaware of who faces her. She’s naked, but covered in thoughts, ideas, and beliefs. The phrases inscribed across her face and body are proclamations. Mantras like “I’m Free,” “Your rules are nothing,” and “I am my own body,” shield her like armor.
The $3B Art Stash in Iran
There’s a multi-billion-dollar modern art collection sitting in Tehran and most people outside the art world barely talk about it. Inside the vaults of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art is a collection widely estimated to be between $3 billion to $5 billion, making it one of the most valuable concentrations of Western modern art outside Europe and North America.
$4,500: Damien Hirst Artwork Added Alongside Works by Bob Dylan and Mr. Controversial
A Damien Hirst work with a mere four-figure estimate doesn’t show up often. Hirst’s “Butterfly Spin (acrylic on paper)” is set to appear in Halls Fine Art’s upcoming Modern and Contemporary Art and Design auction.
Flipped: How a Brooklyn Family Cashed In on a Banksy
In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, during Banksy’s month-long New York residency, a robot spray-painting a barcode appeared on a warehouse building in Coney Island. The stenciled work, commonly referred to as “Tagging Robot,” was one of several pop-up murals the elusive artist installed across the city that fall.
Cover Story: The Images Behind J. Cole’s The Fall Off
Album art still carries weight. Even in the streaming era, visuals remain one of the clearest ways artists communicate intention.
One of One: Haiti’s Team Outfits at the 2026 Winter Olympics
Olympic ceremonies have a history of rewarding symbolism, but they rarely reward risk. Most teams arrive wrapped in national colors and abstract flag cues. Haiti arrived with legacy.
250: Nigerian Modernism
More than 250 works unfold across 9 rooms at Tate Modern, and yet what hits first isn’t Nigerian Modernism’s scale, but its density. Textured, saturated, vibrant layers are everywhere in the exhibit. Fabrics look like paintings. Paintings are enveloped in music or poetry. Doors are sculpted with royalty and scenes of daily life. Nothing is quiet. Nothing is random. It’s an ordered chaos.
Apple x ISSEY MIYAKE Drop a $229 Knit iPhone Pocket and it’s Already Sold Out
Apple and ISSEY MIYAKE have teamed up to create a special-edition iPhone Pocket: a 3D-knitted sleeve for your iPhone, crafted in Japan and designed to wear (not just carry) your device. The concept builds on Miyake’s “a piece of cloth” philosophy, pushing wearable phone fashion to full tilt.
Paris Photo 2025: The Fair Defining Contemporary Photography
This weekend, the world turns its lens to Paris for the 28th edition of Paris Photo 2025; an event that’s not just an art fair but the single largest gathering on the planet dedicated to photography and image-based art.
1,900% Stock Gains and Hate Mail: Welcome to Quantum Investing
Rigetti Computing Inc. and D-Wave Quantum Inc. make products that so far have few real world applications. They’re burning through cash and aren’t expected to generate significant amounts of revenue for years. Despite all that, investors can’t get enough of them.