Museo Casa Kahlo, the house museum devoted to Frida Kahlo’s domestic life, has opened.
Museo Casa Kahlo opens this week in Coyoacán on the grounds of the artist’s family property, offering an intimate look at her domestic world. Housed in Casa Roja, the museum includes spaces such as a preserved kitchen with Kahlo’s only known mural, her private basement retreat, and rooms dedicated to her students and her sister Cristina’s social projects. Alongside family artifacts, the museum incorporates digital installations and will host rotating shows spotlighting Mexican, Latin American, and women artists. Led by director Adán García Fajardo and designed with contributions from Rockwell Group and Pentagram, the project extends Kahlo’s legacy while preserving the scale and atmosphere of a family home.
Linguists find that the latest knock-on effect of Chat GPT use is “lexical seepage.”
New research from Florida State University finds that the use of A.I., particularly ChatGPT, is influencing everyday speech by seeding words into conversation, a phenomenon the researchers call “lexical seepage.” By analyzing over 22 million words from unscripted podcasts, the team observed a rise in A.I.-favored terms like delve, garner, and meticulous while synonyms remained stable. The effect arises through implicit learning, wherein repeated exposure unconsciously shapes vocabulary. Experts warn it could standardize speech, reduce dialect diversity, and dampen creative expression.
Ahead of its Paris edition, Art Basel has announced the advent of “ultra-VIP” previews.
Art Basel Paris will introduce an “ultra-VIP” preview called Avant Première on October 21, allowing the 203 participating galleries to invite a select group of clients to the Grand Palais before the fair’s official VIP days. The program aims to provide an intimate, business-focused viewing of the fair, giving galleries the authority to select which clients attend. This new preview precedes the First Choice VIP opening on October 22 and reflects the Paris edition’s growing prominence within Art Basel’s global fairs. Organizers have not indicated whether similar previews will appear at other Art Basel editions.
With Super Bowl LX, Bad Bunny will perform on “just one date” in the continental U.S.
Bad Bunny will headline the Super Bowl LX halftime show in February 2026, marking his only scheduled performance in the continental U.S. before his world tour. The Puerto Rican artist dedicated the show to his culture and heritage, highlighting symbols like the pava, a straw hat tied to Puerto Rican identity. His upcoming tour will not include U.S. dates, a decision he attributed to concerns over immigration enforcement affecting his fans. The Super Bowl appearance will thus serve as his sole U.S. live event in the near term.
Creative Time alumna Diya Vij is now heading up curatorial programs at Powerhouse Arts.
Diya Vij, formerly a curator at Creative Time, will become Vice President of Curatorial and Arts Programs at Powerhouse Arts in November 2025. She will oversee exhibitions, public programs, festivals, and artist residencies, aiming to expand community engagement and access to the arts across Brooklyn and beyond. Vij’s past work includes launching Creative Time’s CTHQ space, directing fellowships, and curating large-scale public commissions. At Powerhouse, she will lead initiatives that integrate artistic production with civic life, strengthening the organization’s role as a hub for creative practice.
Today’s attractive distractions:
What do Lorde and Loewe have in common? An appreciation for photographer Talia Chetrit.
An architecture critic pans Downtown Brooklyn as “The Olive Garden of New York real estate.”
A new generation of students is ditching laptops by choice.
A “transformative meal” at Noma inspired this designer’s wooded retreat in New York.
