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Jonathan Young Announced for Anime Weekend Atlanta 2026

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3 days ago

October 24, 2026

Musician / YouTuber

Jonathan Young is a singer, songwriter & music producer with over 2 million YouTube subscribers, best known for his deep baritone voice, vibrant fusion-metal style, and viral “nerdcore” albums such as Starship Velociraptor, Helldivers Heavy Metal, 40K Heavy Metal and Sea Shanty Metal. Despite getting his start as a cover artist reimagining nostalgic Disney & Anime anthems, Jonathan has become a trailblazer – completely reinventing what it means to be successful in the landscape of online music creators with over 500+ music credits across his 12-year career alongside “industry” and “influencers” alike – bands like Three Days Grace, Bilmuri and Alestorm, creators like Caleb Hyles, Colm McGuinness, Annapantsu, Brandon McInnis and Ninja Brian (of NSP), and brands like Magic: The Gathering, Baldur’s Gate 3, Beyblade, and Dragonball Super.

When he’s not making music, Jonathan keeps accidentally turning his hobbies into jobs. Playing D&D every weekend turned into “Dungeon Playlist”, a side channel where Jonathan and his sister Emma compose all-original boss fight music specifically designed for D&D campaigns or TTRPGs. Grinding games of Magic: The Gathering quickly turned into guest appearances on shows like Game Knights and Commander at Home… and foam swordfighting with Brian Kibler in Los Angeles quickly turned into staffing at local SoCal high-fantasy LARP, Twin Mask. Jonathan is a committed ally to LGBTQ+ & neurodivergent people. If you read this bio, show it to Jonathan at his booth for a free sticker.

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Art Basel Paris 2026: A $100 Million Modigliani, Two $10 Million Richters, and a Grand Palais at Full Stretch

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3 days ago

October 24, 2026

We Speak Media

Paris in October belongs to art — and this year, the art world showed up determined. The fifth edition of Art Basel Paris opened its public days Friday at the Grand Palais, running October 23–25 under the glass vaults of the great exhibition hall, in the fair’s first edition under new director Karim Crippa.

The scale is serious: 211 galleries from 41 countries and regions — 183 in the main Galeries sector, 16 in Emergence and 12 in Premise — including 64 galleries operating in France and 32 first-time participants. Around the fair, Paris art week hums with satellites including Paris Internationale and Design Miami.Paris, while inside the Grand Palais the fair keeps inventing: the Premise sector moved into a larger Salon Seine space, the Conversations program took over the Grand Palais Auditorium, and Oh La La! — mid-fair booth rehangs art-directed by Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu — rewrote stands on October 23–24. An expanded Public Program carried a first presentation to the Parvis des Droits de l’Homme by Tracey Emin.

And then there is the money. The fair’s biggest ticket hangs at Pace Di Donna Schrader: Modigliani’s 1917 Nu étendu (Lolotte), priced at over $100 million. The sales that have landed are led by Hauser & Wirth, which placed Gerhard Richter’s Rokokotisch (1965) at around $10 million and Georg Baselitz’s Der Hirte (1965) at around $10 million. White Cube sold two Julie Mehretu paintings at $7.85 million each, David Zwirner placed a Richter at $8.5 million, and Pace sold Dubuffet’s La chaise for just over $5 million. The crowd-stopper, meanwhile, is Jeff Koons’ ten-foot bronze Corks (Couple) — the selfie backdrop of the fair.

The context made the turnout its own headline: the fair opened days after a weekend of unrest across France, with barriers and dog patrols around the Grand Palais. Some collectors stayed home — but a great many came anyway, and the Grand Palais at full stretch suggests Paris’s grip on the art calendar is only tightening. Public days run through Sunday, October 25, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.