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Abu Dhabi Collectors’ Week Feels Like a Race Weekend With Rare Paganis, McLarens and More
This December, Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Island will unite the worlds of art, design and performance under a single spotlight. The first-ever Abu Dhabi Collectors’ Week, hosted by RM Sotheby’s and Sotheby’s in collaboration with the Abu Dhabi Investment Office, lands during Formula 1 weekend at The St. Regis Saadiyat Island Resort. The high-end auction event is poised to be a reflection of how collecting has evolved in the Middle East, where art, engineering, history and innovation all converge.The automotive lineup alone captures pure excitement with the 2017 Pagani Zonda 760 Riviera, leading the showcase. It’s a one-off creation by Horacio Pagani himself. Dressed in Pearl White and accented with electric blue, it’s a study in obsessive craftsmanship boasting 7.3 liters of AMG-tuned V-12 power...
adidas’ Toast to Latine Skate Culture
Culture is a team sport, something that adidas knows well. Last month saw the return of Nuestra Cultura Al Mundo, the brand’s creative platform celebrating Hispanic and Latino/a/e changemakers, and with it came a spotlight on a new cohort of voices making waves in their communities, proving that even a corner of culture can contain a universe of its own.Front and center this year are Jenn Soto and Diego Nájera, two skaters embodying what it means to move with passion, pride and purpose, both on and off the deck. Hailing from opposite coasts, the two are brought together by an ardent commitment to the people and places that raised them, and skateboarding, just as much a vehicle for self-expression, belonging and storytelling as it is for speed. More than a trick, each turn, grind and slide ...
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Opens September 2026 in Los Angeles
SummaryThe Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will open on September 22, 2026, in Los Angeles’ Exposition ParkThe building features a "spaceship silhouette" by Ma Yansong and includes 35 galleries over 100,000 square feetThe collection features over 40,000 works, spanning Frida Kahlo and Norman Rockwell to Jack Kirby and George Lucas’ film propsOpening September 22, 2026 in Los Angeles’ Exposition Park, the long-awaited Lucas Museum of Narrative Art finally has its date. The billion-dollar, 300,000-square-foot landmark lands next to the Coliseum and the University of Southern California with an 11-acre park for the city to share.The Lucas Archives bring models, props, concept art, and costumes from George Lucas’ film legacy. Two theaters, a library, a restaurant and café, retail, and classrooms...
Meghan Markle: 64-Dollar-Kerze ohne Docht – Herzogin blamiert sich mit Luxus-Marke
Meghan Markles Lifestyle-Kollektion sorgt erneut für Spott! Eine 64-Dollar-Kerze kam völlig ohne Docht an, die Fruchtaufstriche schmecken nach Supermarktware und auch die teuren Blütenstreuer ...
Audi Is Entering Formula 1, Previews Its Audi R26 Concept F1 Racer
Summary:Audi is officially entering Formula 1 and will debut for the 2026 race seasonThe R26 Concept race car features a split titanium and black/Audi Lava Red base color schemeAudi will officially debut the R26 in January, 2026, and set to compete in March in Melbourne, AustraliaAudi has unveiled the design identity for its Formula 1 entry and took the time today to preview its Audi R26 Concept racer.The R26 Concept, a preview of the actual race car that will debut in January 2026, showcases the brand's new visual identity. Chief Creative Officer Massimo Frascella described the F1 project as a "pioneer for the new brand identity", based on principles of being "clear, technical, intelligent and emotional". The car's design features minimalist graphic surfaces and a color palette of titaniu...
At the 15th Shanghai Biennale, “Listening” Is a Metaphor
The 15th Shanghai Biennale, "Does the flower hear the bee?," officially opened its doors at the iconic Power Station of Art (PSA). The edition serves an ambitious and timely exploration into nonhuman and relational intelligence.Its theme anchors itself in a poetic scientific truth: there are subtle interactions between different life forms. Like the flower that can sense the vibration of a bee’s wings, it looks into the embodied and interconnected sphere wherein communities can create dynamic bonds with “the more-than-human world.” The 15th Shanghai Biennale takes place at a time of great uncertainty and global despair. If there’s no turning back for us, we’re urged to look towards art for emerging forms-of-life and new modes of sensorial communication."I think we live in a time where so m...
Giza Pyramids Awaken Contemporary Creativity in ‘Forever Is Now’
SummaryForever Is Now returns for its fifth edition, running through December on the Giza PlateauThe showcase features 10 site-specific commissions by an international roster of artistsThe theme centers the mythic and historical dimensions of the pyramids and the timeless power of artFresh off the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Forever Is Now returns to the Giza Plateau with a crop of new sculptural commissions, for that special month of the year when the ancient pyramids turn into an open-air art gallery. Running through December 6, the 2025 edition pays tribute to the timeless allure of Egypt’s cultural heritage, exploring the mythic layers of the pyramids and how they’ve rippled into arenas of art, philosophy, culture and history.Ten international artists were tapped to ...
Selbstfürsorge als Geschäftsmodell: Kinderlose Influencerinnen spalten das Netz
Für die einen mutig, für die anderen egoistisch – Posts über das bewusste Leben ohne Kinder spalten die Community. Was hinter dem Hype steckt.
David Brian Smith Explores Place and Belonging in ‘All around the Wrekin’
SummaryDavid Brian Smith’s All around the Wrekin exhibition explores English pastoral traditions through luminous, surrealistic landscapesWorks such as "Another Dream" and "A Dragons Eye" combine oil and gold leaf on herringbone linenOn view at Ross + Kramer until November 22, 2025London-based contemporary artist David Brian Smith’s latest exhibition at Ross + Kramer Gallery is titled All around the Wrekin. The show presents a series of luminous new landscapes that merge memory, folklore and ancestral heritage into richly symbolic compositions. The title itself references a Midlands expression meaning “to take the long way around,” a fitting metaphor for Smith’s winding journey through personal history and imaginative reinterpretation of rural life.The show features several notable large‑s...
George Condo Joins Sprüth Magers and Skarstedt
SummaryGeorge Condo is now represented by galleries Sprüth Magers and SkarstedtThe announcement comes as an exit from Hauser & Wirth, which had represented the artist since late 2019Artist George Condo is now jointly represented by galleries Sprüth Magers and Skarstedt, marking both a departure from Hauser & Wirth and reunion with old friends.First showing with co-founder Monika Sprüth at her then-eponymous gallery in 1984, just a few years before her powerhouse merger with fellow dealer Philomene Magers, it’s safe to say that the gallery and artist go way back. His return to Skarstedt also rekindles a long-standing partnership, with the gallery which represented him from 2004 to 2019, prior to his time with Hauser & Wirth.“[Condo] is a remarkable artist, and it has been a priv...
Mark Ryden’s ‘Eye Am’ Puts Faith in Fantasy
SummaryAmerican artist Mark Ryden, known for his leading the pop surrealist aesthetic, has lifted the veil on Eye Am at Perrotin Los AngelesOn view through December 20, the exhibition features a mix of paintings and drawings that revel in intuition, curiosity and feelingWhimsy, wondrous and delightfully absurd, Mark Ryden’s fantastical worlds offer up an escape from our own, from the confines of logic, from chronology and the pressures of corporate enclosure. The pop surrealist pioneer has built a career out of elusive, Victorian-inflected dreamscapes, and his new exhibition at Perrotin Los Angeles only takes us further down this rabbit hold.There’s thinking and there’s feeling, and as Eye Am points out, one often comes at the expense of the other. As a result, this new suite of paintings ...
SEMA Show: The Present, Past, and Future of Enthusiast Car Culture
For a lot, car culture can mean sharing of knowledge and expertise, or the bond and support between enthusiasts. Some look at car culture as an avenue for inspiration. Others simply use it as a way to obtain rare and coveted parts. Whatever one's definition of car culture may be, one thing is certain – SEMA has been fostering it for decades.Since 1963, SEMA – an acronym for the Specialty Equipment Marketing Association – has been at the forefront of car culture and community, holding its massive gatherings for car enthusiasts, product developers, service technicians and many others to congregate and collaborate. Recently, the show has even invited the public to attend, providing general admission for those outside of the industry. This move has proven successful, as the SEMA Show grows yea...
