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Art Basel Just Wrapped Up Its Inaugural Edition In Qatar
With art fairs in Miami Beach, Hong Kong, Paris, and its flagship location in Basel, Art Basel recently added to its annual schedule of events with a week-long showcase in Doha, Qatar. The arrival of the contemporary art fair was, naturally, met with anticipation from those in the industry, with many quick to predict which artists and galleries would be part of the line-up. Having wrapped up the inaugural edition last week, Hypebeast takes a look back at the presentations and Special Projects that came out on top amongst its 17,000+ visitors. Kicking off the event, chairperson of Qatar Museums, Sheikha Al Mayassa Bint Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, led an intimate discussion with arts patron and founder of LUMA, Maja Hoffmann, and Serpentine Gallery art director Hans Ulrich Obrist. As part of...
Inside Lucid’s Atmospheric ‘Seven Suite’ Spectacle in Berlin
Last week, Californian brand Lucid took to Berlin’s International Film Festival to stage Seven Suite; a cinematic multisensory event stepping into the world of its new all-electric Gravity SUV. With genre-defying composer Uèle Lamore at the helm, the performance was positioned as an extension of the car’s innovative design, immersing creatives, tastemakers and automotive mavens into its theater of emotions.In the run-up to the event, Lamore began by delving into her personal repertoire, reshaping her upcoming album to capture the feeling of entering the Lucid Gravity. “It was something we talked about in depth,” she explained of the process. “We wanted to bring the idea of nature into organic music elements, something of which the brand tries to incorporate into the car.”Flowing from the r...
Ultra-Rare 1993 Porsche 968 Turbo S Could Fetch $1.2 Million USD at Auction
SummaryThe 1993 Porsche 968 Turbo S is one of the rarest transaxle models, with only 14 units ever producedThis specific chassis features a unique "Paint to Sample" finish and minimal mileageIt is expected to become the first of its kind to break the seven-figure mark publicly and is auctioned by Gooding & Co.A 1993 Porsche 968 Turbo S has officially been listed for Gooding & Company’s upcoming Amelia Island auction, carrying a pre-sale estimate that could see it sell for as much as $1.2 million USD. Once considered an "overlooked" entry in the German marque's history, this ultra-limited transaxle sports car—one of only 14 built—is now positioned to set a new market record for front-engined Porsches.This particular example is distinguished by its "Paint to Sample" Zermatt Silver ex...
New Museum’s ‘New Humans’ Comeback Show Looks to the Future
SummaryThe New Museum in New York is set to open New Humans: Memories of the FutureOpening on March 21, the expansion's inaugural showcase features over 700 that reimagine the relationship between humanity and technologyIn an era drunk on algorithmic prophecy, the presence (and fear) of the mechanized nonhuman is ever-present. Yet with every new technology that comes our way, we’re forced to face the same question that artists and scientists have been wrestling with for centuries: what does it mean to be human?With excitement high for the long-anticipated reveal of the New Museum’s OMA-designed expansion, the institution has announced the full artist list for its expansive comeback show, New Humans: Memories of the Future. A fitting theme for the newly revamped building, the exhibition exp...
Transmediale Returns To Berlin, ‘Re-wiring’ A Web that Extends Globally
Words by Will Allstetter for HypeartAt the end of January, Transmediale returned to Berlin for its 39th edition. The art and digital culture festival wove through the city and took root in an eclectic mix of venues, ranging from Berghain to the Canadian Embassy. Navigating the programming required transferring between trams, subways, buses and cars, as well as shuffling on frozen-over sidewalks.Though partly a logistical byproduct, the geographical network the festival embedded into the city was cannily on target for its theme: “By the Mango Belt & Tamarind Road.” In their thematic compass, curators Neema Githere and Juan Pablo García Sossa write, “the festival is reimagined as a living recursive carrier net — a hammock of relational technologies in practice that stretch across latitud...
Jahan Loh Reimagines Chinese Deities as Interstellar Travelers in ‘The Fortune Trilogy’ Exhibit
SummaryJahan Loh has unveiled The Fortune Trilogy, a new solo exhibition curated by artceo at Singapore’s Tanjong Pagar DistriparkThe show reinterprets the traditional Chinese trinity of Fu Lu Shou (Blessing, Prosperity, and Longevity) through monumental astronaut sculpturesExclusive merchandise accompanies the exhibition, including a bespoke Incense Chamber by Kuumba and gold jewelry by Point JoaillerieSingaporean artist Jahan Loh has officially opened The Fortune Trilogy, a genre-bending exhibition that transports ancient Chinese iconography into a chrome-laden future. Launching today, February 13, at Tanjong Pagar Distripark, the show serves as a cosmic invocation of renewal just in time for the Lunar New Year, reimagining the enduring symbols of Fu Lu Shou—the deities of blessing, pros...
Ruth Asawa’s Massive Retrospective Heads to Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
SummaryThe Guggeneheim Museum Bilbao is set to host Ruth Asawa: Retrospective, after stops at MoMA and SFMOMAOpening in March, the exhibition covers six-decades of live and practice, from her upbringing in a Japanese internment camp to works completed in her home-studio in her final yearsWorks on view include nature-inspired tied-wire pieces, clay and bronze casts, paperfolds, paintings, drawings, sketchbooks, lithographs and an abundance of her famed looped-wire sculptures“An artist is not special,” the legendary Ruth Asawa once said. “An artist is an ordinary person who can take ordinary things and make them special.” Asawa, a West Coast favorite turned canon name, made work that changes the way we look at the elemental world and what it can teach us.Following stops at the Museum of Mode...
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Marc Marquez Reflects on His MotoGP Comeback Championship and Brotherly Rivalry for 2026
Marc Marquez is entering the 2026 MotoGP season as the reigning champion, having clinched his seventh title in 2025—his first in six years—with the Ducati Lenovo team. Sitting down with Hypebeast at the new season launch event in Kuala Lumpur, the celebrated rider opens up about the physical toll of his comeback and the mental fortitude required to return to the top after a "nightmare" period of surgeries and rehabilitation from 2020 to 2023.Despite the triumph, Marquez admits he isn't fully back to peak physical condition following a right shoulder injury sustained late last year. He notes he is in the "last steps" of rehabilitation and is already back on the bike preparing for the season opener. Regarding the machinery, Marquez highlights that the 2026 Ducati Desmosedici represents a "sm...
Casa de Los Leones Opens as a New Platform for Contemporary Mexican Craft
Summary The project marks the brand’s move into hospitality through a contemporary art and design focused lens Original architectural elements were preserved and paired with custom furniture, ceramics, textiles and artworks that feel embedded in the space rather than stagedClase Azul México has opened Casa de Los Leones, a new cultural space housed in a restored historic mansion in Polanco. Opening February 17, the project marks the brand’s move into hospitality through a contemporary art and design focused lens, positioning the house as a platform for contemporary Mexican craftsmanship and creative collaboration.The restoration and design were led by C Cúbica Arquitectos, working directly with Mexican designers, artisans and artists across multiple floors of the home. Original architectur...
Bonhams Unveils New US Headquarters in New York
SummaryAuction house Bonhams opens its new US headquarters, home to Steinway Hall at 111 West 57th Street in ManhattanTo launch the building, the house is hosting several exhibitions across its four story spaceHighlights include a renovated Steinway Rotunda, which now serves as an exhibition space; two auction rooms and a triple-height galleryBonhams unveiled its new US headquarters, leaving behind its previous Madison Avenue address for the neoclassical grandeur of 111 West 57th Street, the century-old home of Steinway Hall and the world’s skinniest skyscraper.With a presence in a Manhattan’s “Billionaire’s Row” stretch secured, the move marks a major global and local expansion for the 230-year-old auction house. Rather than merely showcase, the new space is built to inspire and engage au...
