Wes Anderson is bringing Joseph Cornell’s New York studio to life at Gagosian Paris.
Wes Anderson will recreate the world of Joseph Cornell at Gagosian Paris, transforming the gallery into a cinematic homage to the artist’s New York studio. The exhibition will restage Cornell’s Queens workspace, where he assembled his intricate shadow boxes from found objects, papers, and trinkets collected around the city. Drawing from both Cornell’s archives and Anderson’s meticulous visual language, the installation will blur the line between set design and curatorial reconstruction. The project marks Anderson’s first major foray into exhibition-making since The French Dispatch and underscores his long-standing fascination with artists who turn everyday materials into acts of imagination.
Maurizio Cattelan has been awarded the 2026 Preis der Nationalgalerie.
Maurizio Cattelan has received the 2026 Preis der Nationalgalerie, Germany’s leading award for contemporary art. The Italian artist, known for works that merge humor with critique of power and belief, was selected by a jury led by Klaus Biesenbach, Emma Lavigne, and Sam Keller. His first solo exhibition in Germany will open at the Neue Nationalgalerie in September 2026. In a statement, the jury said Cattelan’s work speaks to Berlin’s own fraught history, inviting reflection on memory, responsibility, and the absurdities of modern life.
Behind Timothée Chalamet’s controversial Vogue cover, a captivating shoot at Michael Heizer’s City.
For his new Vogue cover story, Timothée Chalamet traveled to Michael Heizer’s City, the vast Land art project in Nevada’s desert completed in 2022 after more than five decades of work. Photographed by Annie Leibovitz, the shoot placed Chalamet within Heizer’s monumental landscape—a mile-and-a-half-long expanse that rarely welcomes visitors. In the accompanying profile, Chalamet reflected on the site’s isolation and praised Leibovitz’s relentless focus on craft. The story coincides with renewed attention to Heizer’s work, which will be the subject of a Gagosian exhibition in New York early next year.
The tech and military industrial complex’s deep sea mining stands to disrupt ocean food webs.
A new University of Hawaii study warns that deep-sea mining for minerals used in technology and defense could destabilize marine food chains. Researchers found that waste plumes from mining trials in the Pacific’s “twilight zone” mimic the size of natural food particles consumed by zooplankton, potentially starving species higher up the food web—including commercially fished species like tuna. As governments accelerate ocean mining to secure resources for electric vehicles and military applications, scientists caution that widespread activity could have long-term effects on global fisheries. The study’s authors urge investment in recycling and land-based recovery of metals instead of extracting them from fragile deep-sea ecosystems.
Billionaire Thomas Kaplan plans to issue an IPO for his massive Rembrandt collection.
Billionaire collector Thomas Kaplan, who owns the world’s largest private group of Rembrandts, plans to take his Leiden Collection public through an IPO. The proposed initiative, called Project Minerva, would fractionalize ownership of the collection—allowing investors to buy shares in works by Rembrandt and other Dutch Masters. Kaplan says the effort aims to “democratize” access to art while preserving the collection’s integrity, though he acknowledges challenges in balancing public ownership with long-term stewardship. He’s testing the market’s appetite by auctioning Young Lion Resting, his first Rembrandt acquisition, to fund his wildlife conservation charity before deciding whether to move ahead with the offering next year.
Today’s attractive distractions:
The future of electric supercars sure looks good through Formula E.
At the heart of Ghana’s Backyard Community Club, a clay earth tennis court.
We’re in peak season for men’s tailoring and occasion dressing.
We want to live inside the “single gorgeous apartment” of Peter Hujar’s Day.
