Fortuny debuts a wallpaper collection made by artisans at the San Patrignano rehabilitation community.
Fortuny, the storied Venetian textile house behind the Delphos dress, is launching its first wallpaper collection in partnership with San Patrignano, Europe’s largest drug rehabilitation community, and its Casa D’Arte arts and crafts initiative. The finishes, including marble, lime wash, and embossed leather effects, were developed with San Patrignano’s artisans and are entirely handcrafted, with each style made-to-order and customizable in material, color, and texture. The collection reinterprets Fortuny’s archival decorative prints and will debut at the brand’s historic Giudecca showroom throughout September, coinciding with Homo Faber 2026 and the citywide Homo Faber in Città program. San Patrignano, which has supported over 26,000 people since 1978 with a reported 70 percent drug-free success rate, has previously collaborated with design platform Artemest on a furniture collection made by its residents.
Revisiting Adele’s Brit Awards performance in one of Yayoi Kusama’s infinity rooms.
Following the death of Yayoi Kusama, attention has returned to a memorable 2016 moment tied to her work: Adele’s Brit Awards performance staged inside Kusama’s Infinity Mirrored Room – The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away. Before that performance, Adele spent an hour exploring the installation at the Broad in Los Angeles, filming her experience for what became the backdrop to her rendition of “When We Were Young.” The singer said standing inside the mirrored space, which multiplies reflections into an illusion of eternity, allowed her to see different versions of yourself from every angle,” adding that she noticed things about herself she hadn’t recognized before. Kusama, a pioneering avant-garde artist known for her work across visual art, performance, fiction, and poetry, continued painting until her final days.
Frieze Abu Dhabi’s inaugural edition will feature galleries from 36 countries.
Frieze Abu Dhabi has unveiled the full gallery lineup for its debut edition, running November 19–22 at Manarat Al Saadiyat. The fair, Frieze’s first in the Middle East, will bring together 84 galleries from 63 cities and 36 countries, succeeding the 17-year-old Abu Dhabi Art under a new partnership with the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi. The main Galleries section features strong regional representation, including Carbon 12, The Third Line, and Tabari Artspace, alongside participants from Beirut, Saudi Arabia, Tehran, and India, as well as roughly 20 European galleries and major U.S. names like Gagosian and Pace. An all-female curatorial team leads the fair’s two curated sections: Frieze Masters Abu Dhabi, organized by Marika Sardar around Indian Ocean trade histories, and Global Futures, curated by Tarini Malik, spotlighting artists tied to the UAE and broader region.
Kim Conaty departs The Whitney to lead Dartmouth’s Hood Museum.
Dartmouth College has named Kim Conaty, currently chief curator of the Whitney Museum of American Art, as the next director of its Hood Museum of Art, the institution announced Wednesday. Conaty will begin the role on October 27, succeeding John Stomberg, who led the museum for a decade and oversaw its $50 million renovation. Conaty’s curatorial career includes stints at MoMA and the Whitney beginning in 2008, followed by a curator role at Brandeis University’s Rose Art Museum in 2015, where she organized solo shows for Fred Eversley, Sharon Lockhart, and Tony Lewis. She returned to the Whitney in 2017 as the Steven and Ann Ames Curator of Drawings and Prints and was named chief curator in 2024, where she co-directed the museum’s first collection strategic plan and organized major exhibitions including “Mary Corse: A Survey in Light” and “Edward Hopper’s New York.”
The experimental art event Tokyo Jazz Club will premiere in a former capsule hotel during Art Week Tokyo.
The founders of Basel Social Club, the experimental alternative to Art Basel, are launching a new venture in Japan: Tokyo Jazz Club, running November 1–8 in a former capsule hotel in Tokyo’s Jimbocho neighborhood, timed to Art Week Tokyo. Following the Basel Social Club model, the event will blend contemporary art, performance, music, and food. Co-founder Robbie Okuda Fitzpatrick called Tokyo “the natural choice” for expanding the concept, citing Art Week Tokyo’s growing pull for international artists and galleries. Co-founder Yael Salomonowitz said the program will “privilege experience over spectacle,” with artists activating spaces throughout the building through sound, movement, and ritual rather than separating exhibition from performance. Since launching in 2022, Basel Social Club has held five editions in unconventional venues, from a former mayonnaise factory to a disused office building, inspiring similar events elsewhere.
Attractive Distractions:
Tiffany & Co. marks 160 years of its first chronograph with a new titanium watch.
Inside House of Josty, a six-room hotel overlooking Copenhagen’s Frederiksberg Gardens.
A Mumbai photographer’s five-year obsession with the Indian monsoon.
Skylights and silver ceilings illuminate this house in Kyoto by Tato Architects.
