How Hitchcock’s Vertigo gave us the dolly zoom – one of cinema’s trippiest visual effects

By Susan Kerrigan, Professor Film and Television, Swinburne University of TechnologyAugust 4, 2026

From Jaws to Pixar, you’ve likely seen this hypnotic camera technique before. Here’s how it works.

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Newspaper space for political cartoons is shrinking – but we need these artists as much as ever

The cartooning industry is still struggling to adapt to the 21st century media business model.

Robert Phiddian, Professor of English, Flinders UniversityAug 3, 2026

The Conversation

Unbound Forms at the Hepworth: how Indian and Bangladeshi artists turned craft traditions into contemporary sculpture

In the exhibition, wood carving, metal casting, weaving and knotting are reimagined as tools for experimentation and personal expression.

Hannah Sabapathy, PhD candidate in the School of Design, University of LeedsAug 3, 2026

Ceramics Now

The City That Makes: Jingdezhen

Notes from the 52nd IAC Congress, satellite exhibitions and the 2026 Jingdezhen International Ceramic Art Biennale By Olivia Fero There is a street in Jingdezhen for glaze and a street for bisque, a street for tiles, a street for tools, a street for decals. Whole districts specialise the way organs specialise: underglaze painting here, porcelain […]

Ceramics NowAug 5, 2026

Hyperallergic

Remembering Milan Knížák, Simone Forti, and Francisco Correa Cordero

This week, we honor a Czech Fluxus artist, a pioneering choreographer, and a promising gallery director.

Lisa Yin ZhangAug 5, 2026

Hyperallergic

The Fruitless Search for Vermeer’s Personal God

A recent biography spends too much time speculating about the Dutch artist’s religious beliefs and not enough exploring other mysteries, including his possible use of a camera obscura.

Natasha SeamanAug 5, 2026

Artforum

Monumental Ambition: On Chicago’s Obama Presidential Center Museum

"The building has drawn much criticism, particularly in a city known for its innovative architectural history."

Alexander JovanovichAug 5, 2026