Clive Davis’ art collection heads to auction, led by Warhol’s Aretha Franklin portrait.
Eight paintings from the collection of Clive Davis, the record producer who passed away this June, will go to auction at Christie’s during the November sales in New York, marking some of the season’s first major consignments. Together, the works are valued at more than $35 million, though Christie’s has not yet released individual estimates. The group includes a circa-1986 Andy Warhol portrait of Aretha Franklin, whom Davis famously championed; a 2009 David Hockney landscape, and a 1992 Joan Mitchell abstraction, alongside works by Frank Stella, George Condo, and Robert Motherwell. While Davis, who worked with musicians from Bruce Springsteen to Alicia Keys, wasn’t widely known as a major collector, Christie’s release suggests a longstanding passion for art.
Anthony Vaccarello and Tory Burch to receive honors at 2026 CFDA Fashion Awards.
The Council of Fashion Designers of America has revealed its nominees and honorees for the 2026 CFDA Fashion Awards, set to take place November 2 at the American Museum of Natural History for the fourth consecutive year. This year’s American Womenswear Designer of the Year nominees include Catherine Holstein for Khaite, Michael Kors, Rachel Scott for Diotima, Tory Burch, and Wes Gordon for Carolina Herrera. The Menswear category features Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne for Public School New York, Ralph Lauren, Thom Browne, Todd Snyder, and Willy Chavarria, while Accessory Designer nominees include Ana Khouri, Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen for The Row, Raul Lopez for Luar, Sophie Buhai, and Stuart Vevers for Coach. Emerging Designer nominees include Colleen Allen, Emily Dawn Long, Julia Ferentinos for Juju Vera, Julian Louie for Aubero, and Zane Li for Lii. Among the honorees, Tory Burch will receive the Positive Change Award for her philanthropic work supporting women entrepreneurs, while photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin will accept the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award for four decades of influential fashion imagery. Anthony Vaccarello of Yves Saint Laurent will receive the International Designer of the Year award, marking a decade at the French house. Bergdorf Goodman’s Linda Fargo will receive the Founder’s Award, Meta’s Eva Chen will accept the Media Award, and designer Susan Cianciolo will be honored with the Isabel Toledo Board of Directors’ Tribute.
Fendi Casa expands in France with a new flagship in Paris.
Fendi Casa is celebrating the official opening of its first Paris flagship, marking the latest step in partner Luxury Living Group’s retail and branded-residence expansion. The two-story space, located in a Haussmann-style building at 16-18 Avenue George V, follows Fendi Casa’s first French outpost in Cannes, which opened last fall. The interior draws on ancient Roman architecture reinterpreted through a modern lens, featuring travertine marble, resin flooring, and Roman lime-plaster wall finishes. The ground floor is dedicated to living room collections, while the upper level houses bedroom pieces, along with personalized design services, a materials library, and a VIP room. The store carries recent Milan Design Week debuts, including the Podium sofa by Toan Nguyen, the Chain storage unit by Ceriani Szostak, and the Peekachill armchair inspired by Fendi’s Peekaboo bag.
Kunstmuseum Den Haag opens its fashion archives to the public.
Kunstmuseum Den Haag, home to the Netherlands’ largest fashion and costume collection, is opening up its archives with a new exhibition, “Reflections on Fashion,” celebrating 75 years of collecting sartorial history. The show features pieces from designers including Coco Chanel, Dior, Hubert de Givenchy, Viktor & Rolf, Iris van Herpen, Fong-Leng, Frank Govers, and Karim Adduchi. The exhibition is organized into distinct gallery sections, each shaped by a different curator’s perspective. Tess van Zalinge’s “Open Depot” section offers visitors a rare look at restoration work in progress, presenting 18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century garments inside out, from corsets to hidden gown linings. Another highlight is a pale pink 1926 Chanel dress, made famous by the Dutch television series Secrets of the Museum, discovered unexpectedly among fabric scraps and now on public display for the first time following extensive restoration. Founded in 1951 as the Dutch Costume Museum, the institution has grown to house more than 50,000 pieces, fulfilling its founding ambition to be “a living institution” engaged with society.
Philippe Parreno’s melting “Iceman” sculpture makes its New York debut.
Philippe Parreno’s Iceman in Reality Park (1995–2023) will make its New York debut this month at Independent 20th Century, presented by Esther Schipper in the gallery’s first appearance at the fair. Originally created for a 1995 group exhibition in Tokyo, the work consists of an ice sculpture that melts over time, with fresh versions installed periodically throughout an exhibition’s run. At Independent, a new Iceman will arrive daily, in white or clear ice, sized similarly to a 2024 iteration shown at Seoul’s Leeum Museum of Art. The booth also includes work by Liam Gillick, Pierre Huyghe, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, and Angela Bulloch, reflecting the gallery’s roots in the 1990s relational aesthetics movement.
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Printemps puts more than 200 pairs of shoes on display in a new exhibition.
Inside Rejina Pyo’s Seoul, the city that shaped her design DNA.
Studio KO reimagines a Soviet-Era tram depot as a cultural landmark in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Victoria Beckham launches Hotel Portofino, a fragrance about what comes after falling in love.
