Art Basel announced the 206 exhibitors for the 2026 Paris edition.
Art Basel Paris has announced the exhibitor list for its 2026 edition, which returns to the Grand Palais from October 23–25, with preview days on October 21 and 22 and an invite-only “Avant-Première” on October 20. The fair will mark the first Paris edition overseen by former Art Basel communications chief Karim Crippa, continuing the event’s rapid consolidation as one of the art market’s central October anchors following the replacement of FIAC in 2022. Organizers confirmed a broad international roster of leading galleries spanning blue-chip, modern, contemporary, and emerging sectors.
Warsaw has become a new capital for art collecting.
Warsaw is rapidly emerging as a major European collecting hub, driven by Poland’s economic expansion, a growing class of wealthy professional collectors, and significant investment in cultural infrastructure including the new Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, designed by Thomas Phifer and opened in 2024. According to The Art Newspaper, Poland recently surpassed Switzerland to become the world’s 20th-largest economy, fueling a more internationally connected art ecosystem that has accelerated through initiatives such as Warsaw Gallery Weekend and gallery-sharing events like Constellations Warsaw. Dealers, curators, and collectors cite increasing international attention, rising local buying power, and Warsaw’s strategic position between Western Europe and Ukraine as key factors reshaping the city into a serious center for contemporary art patronage and collecting.
Zaha Hadid Architects has completed the world’s longest single-mast bridge.
Zaha Hadid Architects has completed Taiwan’s Danjiang Bridge, a 920-meter crossing over the mouth of the Tamsui River near Taipei, now the world’s longest single-mast asymmetric cable-stayed bridge. Defined by a 200-meter concrete mast, supporting a 450-meter main span, the bridge was engineered to withstand typhoons and earthquakes while minimizing obstruction of the river’s famed sunset views. Originally unveiled in 2015 as one of the last major projects personally overseen by Zaha Hadid before her death, the bridge connects key highways on both sides of the river and is expected to significantly reduce congestion around Taipei’s northern coast.
LVMH has released its first human rights charter.
LVMH has introduced a new group-wide Human Rights Charter designed to formalize standards around labor rights, workplace protections, supplier accountability, and ethical sourcing across its portfolio of more than 75 luxury brands. The charter expands on existing governance frameworks such as LVMH’s Code of Conduct and Supplier and Business Partner Code of Conduct, outlining commitments related to fair wages, non-discrimination, safe working conditions, freedom of association, and due diligence throughout the company’s global supply chain. The move comes amid increasing scrutiny of labor practices within the luxury sector following recent investigations into subcontracting and manufacturing conditions in Italy tied to major fashion houses.
Privately held for 700 years, a Medieval King Arthur manuscript could fetch £2 million at Christie’s.
A rare illuminated medieval manuscript recounting the legends of King Arthur, Merlin, and the Holy Grail is expected to fetch between £1.5 million and £2 million when it goes to auction at Christie’s in London on July 8, marking the first time the work has appeared publicly after remaining in private hands for more than 700 years. Known as the Lebaudy manuscript, the circa 1290–1310 volume is one of only three privately held copies of the Old French Lancelot-Grail cycle and contains 126 gold-leaf miniatures, including a rare image of Merlin transformed into a talking stag, with scholars attributing the work to the anonymous Master of the Liège Apocalypse. Medievalists have described the sale as a major scholarly opportunity because the manuscript—never publicly exhibited or comprehensively studied—contains unusual narrative variations emphasizing Arthur’s kingship and military struggles over traditional knightly romance
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The whole scandalous history of Elsa Schiaparelli’s Lobster Dress for Wallis Simpson.
Dennison and Collectability have reunited for the 1960s-inspired asymmetrical Oblique watch collaboration.
On’s latest Erewhon collaboration is for a run to the grocery store.
With the new Casablanca summer capsule, you can dress to match your Ladurée macaron.
