Art & Culture

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – June 24, 2026 – Peugeot has just announced it is becoming the Official Automotive Partner of the Venice International Film Festival, the oldest film festival in the world, with the deal covering the 2026, 2027 and 2028 editions. The 83rd Mostra runs from September 2 to 12, 2026, and Peugeot will be right at the centre of it — fleet of vehicles on the Lido, a concept car in front of the Palazzo del Cinema, and the Lion badge on the red carpet itself. For a brand that has spent years building its credentials in cinema, this is arguably the biggest cultural partnership it has landed yet.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – June 15, 2025 – A new book from German publisher R. G. Fischer Verlag is asking some quietly unsettling questions about the world we live in — and reaching back thousands of years for the answers. Der Verlust des Ideals (The Loss of the Ideal), written by Jürgen Hamacher and published in 2026, draws on the author's 25-year experience as a practicing druid to explore how ancient oracle traditions once shaped entire societies, why that knowledge disappeared, and what its absence means for us today. At 718 pages, it's an ambitious undertaking — and one aimed squarely at readers curious about history, spirituality, and the deeper structures that hold communities together.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – May 14, 2026 – ASUS has partnered with TSUTAYA BOOKSTORE to turn a literary space into something that looks more like a gallery, cultural venue, and creative studio rolled into one. The centerpiece is the ProArt Cinema PQ09U, a 162-inch 4K UHD microLED display installed in TSUTAYA's newly opened hybrid retail space in Taipei — and it's being used not to sell products, but to deepen the experience of reading, art, and ideas. At a moment when bookstores everywhere are rethinking what they're actually for, this collaboration offers a genuinely interesting answer: a place where a book recommendation might come alongside an immersive visual art experience on a screen bigger than most living room walls.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – May 14, 2025 – A new book launched today at the Alfa Romeo Museum in Arese marks 75 years of collaboration between Alfa Romeo and the Carabinieri Corps, one of the most enduring institutional partnerships in Italian automotive history. Titled Carabinieri and Alfa Romeo – for Italy, the volume traces how Alfa Romeo vehicles have accompanied Italy's police force through every major chapter of the republic, from post-war reconstruction to the fight against organized crime. Published by Giunti and Giorgio Nada Editore, the book is authored by Danilo Moriero and Lorenzo Ardizio, with original photography by Alessandro Barteletti and Paolo Carlini. It is a document of Italian social history told through the cars that policed it.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – January 22, 2026 – Mercedes-Benz has announced a new collaboration with Sony Pictures Animation’s upcoming theatrical release “GOAT,” an original action-comedy scheduled to hit theaters globally in February 2026. The film is set in an all-animal world and follows Will, a young goat chasing an outsized dream: becoming a roar ball pro. For everyday moviegoers, this partnership is less about corporate logos and more about a familiar feeling—seeing ambition, imagination, and modern mobility stitched into the same story at the exact moment families start planning their next cinema night.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – January 1, 2026 – iQIYI says its first global offline entertainment park, iQIYI LAND, will open in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province on February 8, 2026, bringing the platform’s Chinese film-and-TV stories into a highly interactive indoor theme-park experience.

A New Kind of Indoor Theme Park for Families and Travelers

iQIYI describes iQIYI LAND Yangzhou as a next-generation indoor theme park built around immersive entertainment and recognizable Chinese IP. Instead of a traditional ride-first model, the park is positioned as a place where visitors step into story worlds through technology, live interactions, and recreated sets. For families planning a holiday outing or travelers looking for something beyond the usual sightseeing, the promise is an experience that feels like entering a show’s universe rather than just watching it.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – December 30, 2025 – Asian Hall of Fame is kicking off a new season of coast-to-coast celebrations that spotlight American Dream role models and honor Asian contributions to the nation’s story.

A Year of Giving, Scholarships, and Community Partnerships

Asian Hall of Fame (AHOF) says it awarded $1.2 million this year to 177 fellows, scholarship recipients, and community partners as part of its mission to “democratize pathways of excellence.” The organization also reports that, since 2021, it has advanced $4.2 million and supported 1,270 jobs cumulatively—an attempt to connect recognition with real-world opportunity, not just applause.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – December 18, 2025 – Some business books are all frameworks and buzzwords. This one is built from days, moments, and the kind of real-world tension that comes with working directly beside a high-profile leader. My Boss Akio Toyoda: An Author's True Story of 5,012 Days was published in September, and its author—Toyota Fellow Hideki Fujii—describes it as both a business book filled with Mr. Toyoda’s words and actions, and a human story about what it feels like to be “the subordinate” who has to deliver those words to the world.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – December 10, 2025 – When BMW returns to Art Basel Miami Beach 2025, it isn’t just bringing VIP shuttles and sleek badges – it’s arriving with a full-on art statement, created in collaboration with acclaimed sculptor Kennedy Yanko and inspired by the 738-hp BMW XM Label.

Where art fair glamour meets automotive muscle

As Art Basel’s Official Global Automotive Partner, BMW has turned Miami Beach into a rolling gallery once again from December 5 to 7, 2025. The brand’s presence goes far beyond simple logo placement: Art Basel First Choice VIP guests are chauffeured between venues in BMW’s flagship models, while the centerpiece activation explores how metal, motion and design can all tell the same story.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING – December 5, 2025 – What happens when one of pop culture’s most unhinged villains crashes the world of luxury Italian furniture? You get “The Joker Throne” – a dramatic, conversation-starting piece that has just won a 2025 Archiproducts Design Award and officially pushed comic-book fandom into the realm of collectible art and interior design.

From Gotham to Milan: when design meets dark storytelling

Created by Stellantis Design Studio in collaboration with Italian luxury specialist Formitalia, The Joker Throne sits at the center of The Joker Collection, a bold furniture line inspired by DC’s infamous agent of chaos. Unveiled at Salone del Mobile 2025 and now crowned at the Archiproducts Design Awards in Milan, the piece was singled out by an international jury for its provocative concept and willingness to challenge traditional ideas of “good taste.”