Design Doha’s second edition draws 300 designers to Fereej Al Asmakh.
The second edition of Design Doha has opened in the Qatari capital, bringing together more than 300 designers and studios across over 20 exhibitions through January 31, 2027. The biennial is centered on Fereej Al Asmakh, a historic neighborhood of roughly 60 heritage houses, courtyards, and shaded passageways being restored for cultural use, and is anchored by its headline show, “Arab Design Now.” Among its programs, Public Design Commissions, curated by Javier Peña Ibáñez, reinterprets regional approaches to water, materials, craft and climate for public space.
Supreme becomes an official merchandise partner of New York City.
Supreme has secured a licensing agreement with the City of New York to produce official city merchandise, effectively making the streetwear label an official outfitter of its hometown. The deal reportedly allows Supreme to use New York City’s official trademarks on its products, with the city collecting licensing revenue from sales. Under the terms, Supreme will pay the city 6 percent of proceeds from NYC-licensed merchandise through 2028, with an option to extend the agreement to 2030.
The Art Gallery of Ontario unveils the opening date of its seventh expansion.
The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) will open its new Dani Reiss Modern and Contemporary Gallery on September 25, 2027, the Toronto museum has announced. Under construction since 2022, the $73 million wing is a collaboration between Diamond Schmitt, Selldorf Architects, and Two Row Architect, developed with input from Indigenous leaders and communities. Canada Goose CEO and chair Dani Reiss contributed $35 million, with the remainder coming from private donors and the governments of Ontario and Canada. The AGO’s seventh expansion since its founding in 1900, the five-story, 40,000-square-foot addition will overlook Grange Park and connect to the museum’s Frank Gehry–renovated main building. Its 5,000-square-foot galleries, with 23-foot ceilings, will increase exhibition space by 30 percent and display nearly 400 works from the collection, foregrounding Canadian and Indigenous artists alongside their international peers. The building is designed to operate without fossil fuels and has earned CAGBC Zero Carbon Building Design certification.
Tiffany & Co. and CFDA unveil five finalists for $50,000 jewelry award.
Tiffany & Co. and the Council of Fashion Designers of America have named five finalists for the second Tiffany & Co. x CFDA Jewelry Designer Award: Angelo Jones, Aaron Mak, Christine Olowonira, Haley Kim, and Ivi Kyratzi. Over the 2026–27 program, the designers will work with Tiffany’s design team to reinterpret the house’s signature codes. Each will receive a stipend to create a three- to five-piece capsule collection in metal, which will be presented to a selection committee and showcased at The Landmark, Tiffany’s Fifth Avenue flagship. The winner, to be announced in spring 2027, will receive a $50,000 grant and a paid yearlong fellowship in the house’s design department.
Print Center New York names third executive director in its 31-year history.
Print Center New York has appointed Yukiko Yamagata as its executive director, the third leader in the nonprofit exhibition space’s 31-year history. She succeeds Judy Hecker, who stepped down in February after a decade at the helm. Yamagata was chosen following a national search by the board, according to board chair David Sabel, who praised her ability to build institutional capacity while bringing strong programming instincts and experience working globally. She joins from Creative Time, the New York public art organization, where she spent 22 months, first as deputy director and then as interim executive director. Her résumé also includes Open Society Foundations and the Whitney Museum of American Art, where she began her career in the late 1990s as a senior curatorial assistant in photography.
Attractive Distractions:
Hector Guimard’s Hôtel Mezzara will reopen as an Art Nouveau museum.
Andy Baraghani’s Ditto serves up Bauhaus-inspired design in New York.
Julia Lohmann’s seaweed sculptures rethink how designers use nature.
Christophe Goineau reflects on nearly 40 years of Hermès silk.
