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The Armory Show Launches its First Museum Acquisition Prizes, and Other News.

Plus, The Rijksmuseum exhibits a drawing book by an artist closely linked to Rembrandt, and Vancouver approves plans for its tallest building, inspired by sea sponges. Photo by Casey Kelbaugh. Courtesy of The Armory Show and CKA. The Armory Show launches its first museum acquisition prizes in its 30-year history. The Armory Show will introduce […]

Inside Johnny Depp’s Private Artistic World, Now on View in Shanghai

Curated by artistic director Shai Baitel, the exhibition traces four decades of the actor's paintings, drawings, and personal symbols through the lens of outsiders and fringe characters. Copyright (C) NFT LLC JD Images ??:copyright (C) Pantheon Limited/Never Fear Truth ???? / ????: (C) ?????? For decades, audiences have known Johnny Depp through the characters he’s […]

Designer of the Day: Gregory Santos

As the principal of Miami-based Studio Santos and the operations lead at S. Lab, Miami Beach native Gregory Santos approaches environments with the eye of a storyteller and the precision of an experimentalist. Whether he is conceptualizing a botanical-filled penthouse in Costa Rica or immersive hospitality "activations" that defy traditional categorization, his work is rooted […]

A Racing Ferrari 625/250 Testarossa Takes the Top honors at The Quail, and Other News.

Plus, The Chinati Foundation to install 10,000 square feet of glass to protect Donald Judd's aluminum works, and Brussels' flower carpet reimagines Hokusai's "Great Wave" in 750,000 dahlias. Courtesy of The Peninsula Hotels. A racing Ferrari 625/250 Testarossa takes the top honors at The Quail. The Quail by The Peninsula, A Motorsports Gathering marked its […]

Bill Blass’ Archive Heads to Auction at Christie’s This September, and Other News.

Plus, The Academy's film archive building to undergo a major renovation, and Kuala Lumpur's contemporary art scene grows. A sequin embroidered 'Matisse' sleeveless cocktail dress, Bill Blass, Spring 1988. Estimate: $2,000-3,000. Offered in Bill Blass: American Elegance on 9-23 September 2026 at Christie's online. Bill Blass’ archive heads to auction at Christie’s this September. Christie’s […]

Designer of the Day: Lesleigh Jermanus of Alémais

Lesleigh Jermanus launched the Australian label Alemais in 2020 with her husband and co-founder, Chris Buchanan, after holding senior design roles at Zimmermann and Marcs. Art sits at the center of everything she creates: an avid collector of contemporary art herself, Jermanus treats design through the same lens as collecting, drawn to color, storytelling, and […]

“Keeping Community” Turns a Gallery Into a Space for Care

Director of Programs Sienna Fekete explains why the Center for Art and Advocacy chose reading rooms and a food fridge over a traditional exhibition. Courtesy of the Center for Art and Advocacy. “Keeping Community,” the Center for Art and Advocacy‘s latest project, resists the format of a conventional exhibition. There are no wall texts guiding […]

Nothing Finer: The Delano Miami Beach Returns

Three decades after reshaping South Beach, the Delano reopens with a new vision and a global hospitality partnership betting on the city where its legend began. Delano entrance. Credit Robert Rieger. Before it became synonymous with Ian Schrager and Philippe Starck, the Delano was already a Miami landmark. Designed by architect Robert Swartburg and opened […]

Designer of the Day: Noa Santos, Founder of NAINOA

In 2020, Noa Santos founded the international interdisciplinary architecture, interior design, and landscape studio NAINOA, which he currently helms as CEO and principal designer. Santos derives all design decisions from a perspective bridging observations of the environment with a desire to elevate a client's lived experience. From the exquisite, art-filled environs of an Aspen guest […]

Frieze London and Frieze Masters Announce This October’s Programming, and Other News.

Plus, 100 works from the Museum Berggruen collection are headed to Miami, and Made debuts a furniture range modeled on the Barbican's sculptural forms. Tracey Emin and Nicholas Cullinan, dunhill x Frieze Masters Talks 2025. Photo: Ben Broomfield and Patrick Straub. Frieze London and Frieze Masters announce this October's programming. Frieze London and Frieze Masters […]

At The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sarah Jones Programs One-of-a-Kind Live Experiences

From Lykke Li to Jonny Greenwood, Rebirth Brass Band, New York Polyphony, Kingfish, and more, the 2026-2027 Met Live Arts season will present a sweeping selection of performances Photo by Paul Scala On September 16, Swedish recording artist Lykke Li will appear onstage in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium for a […]

Prada x Axiom Spacesuits, Design’s Sensibility Crisis, and A.I. Optimism: Andrew Zuckerman Goes Inside ‘Surface 2026’

Andrew Zuckerman has spent much of his career exploring the relationships between people, ideas, technologies, and the natural world. Birds, flowers, animals, cultural figures--his subjects are often familiar, but under his exacting eye, they become strange again, stripped of context and forced into sharper attention. That impulse carries through the new limited-edition Surface 2026, the […]