Grandma Moses gets her due in a new Crystal Bridges retrospective spanning 80 works.
The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art will present “Grandma Moses: A Good Day’s Work” from September 12, 2026, through March 29, 2027, reframing Anna Mary Robertson “Grandma” Moses (1860–1961) as a complex, trailblazing force in American art rather than a simple folk nostalgic. The exhibition traces how Moses fused creativity, labor, and a century’s worth of memory into a body of work that made her one of the most recognizable names in postwar American art. The show brings together roughly 80 paintings alongside embroideries, ephemera, and photographic reproductions, aiming to introduce Moses to younger audiences while examining her legacy within the broader story of American art, and highlighting the ways she quietly defied the social norms of her time.
SFMOMA taps MOCA curator Anna Katz to lead the painting and sculpture department.
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has named Anna Katz its Doris and Donald Fisher Senior Curator and Head of Painting and Sculpture, making her the first person to hold the role since its endowment by the Fisher family. Katz joins from the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, where she served as senior curator, and begins her new post on August 17. The appointment marks a homecoming for Katz, who earned her BA in art history at UC Berkeley and was once a student member of SFMOMA. In her new role, she’ll work alongside director Christopher Bedford and chief curator Janet Bishop to shape the department’s exhibition and acquisition strategy, while stewarding the museum’s painting and drawing holdings, including the celebrated Fisher Collection.
Instagram unveils its first major brand refresh in over a decade.
Instagram has moved beyond the camera glyph and sunset gradient that have defined the platform since 2016. According to creative director Christy Silva, the social media service no longer needs to “over-communicate” the way a new app does; instead, the identity now reflects who Instagram’s community has become. Director of brand design Cynthia Pratomo describes the shift as Instagram “growing up”—not more serious, but more accommodating of the platform’s range of tones, from polished campaigns to blurry concert photos and memes. The redesign deliberately celebrates the act of making rather than polished outcomes, an approach Silva compares to “a really well-designed sketchbook.” A key addition is the new viewfinder device, derived from the camera glyph, which frames imagery throughout the system to remind users that every photo began with someone making a real decision to capture and share a moment.
Fernando Botero’s work returns to London for his first major show in over 10 years.
Opera Gallery London will open “Fernando Botero: In Praise of an Amplified World” on October 12, marking the Colombian artist’s first solo exhibition in the city since 2015. Timed to Frieze London, the show runs through November 12 and brings together paintings, drawings, and sculptures spanning nearly six decades, from the mid-1960s to the year before Botero’s death in 2023. Designed with scenography by Cécile Degos, the exhibition pushes back against reading Botero’s style as caricature, instead framing volume as his central artistic subject, a concept the artist traced to a 1957 realization while painting a mandolin, when shrinking its rosette made the instrument appear larger. The show also traces his lifelong dialogue with art history, including his early years as a copyist at Madrid’s Museo del Prado, where he sold reproductions of Velázquez and Goya.
Béis joins Samsonite’s portfolio in a deal valuing the brand at $210 million.
Samsonite Group has agreed to acquire an 85 percent stake in Shay Mitchell’s luggage brand Béis in a $178.5 million deal, valuing the Los Angeles-based startup at $210 million. The transaction, expected to close in the fourth quarter, marks a major exit for Mitchell. Since its debut, Béis has built a combined following of more than two million across Instagram and TikTok, becoming a staple among young travelers at airports nationwide. In 2025, the brand generated $210 million in net sales with what Samsonite described as “attractive margins.” Mitchell will retain a 15 percent ownership stake and continue as chief creative officer, overseeing design as Béis operates as a standalone brand within Samsonite’s portfolio, which already includes TUMI, High Sierra, and Gregory.
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