Bottega Veneta sponsors Royal Academy’s Peggy Guggenheim retrospective exhibition.
Bottega Veneta has announced its support for “Peggy Guggenheim in London: The Making of a Collector,” an exhibition celebrating the pioneering patron’s legacy at the Royal Academy of Arts, running November 21, 2026, through March 14, 2027. The show brings together significant works from Guggenheim Jeune, the gallery Peggy Guggenheim founded in 1938 just steps from the Royal Academy, which mounted over 20 exhibitions of abstract and surrealist art before closing in June 1939. With this support, Bottega Veneta affirms its commitment to championing artistic expression and positioning Venice as a contemporary center of culture and creativity, extending a track record of collaborations with institutions including Punta della Dogana, the Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul, the Bangkok Kunsthalle, and the Pier Luigi Nervi Foundation in Venice.
Team USA heads to Lyon after a victory at Bocuse d’Or Americas.
Team USA is headed to Lyon, France after beating out eight teams in New Orleans and winning the Bocuse d’Or Americas, securing a spot in what’s widely considered the world’s most prestigious cooking competition. Unlike most cooking competitions, it’s in front of a live audience in an atmosphere closer to a sporting event than a culinary contest. For the Americas qualifier, Team USA’s halibut platter featured a halibut fillet with tomato and shrimp garnish, sweet corn garnish, and sauce Choron, while its beef dish paired a bone-in ribeye and brisket with sour cherries, sweet potato gnocchi, and Royal Kona coffee beans. The team now turns its attention to the Bocuse d’Or Finals in Lyon, where it will compete against 23 other teams, including Canada, Colombia, Mexico, Argentina, Denmark, Norway, and Italy, for the gold medal.
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art expands its collection with works by Basquiat, Diebenkorn, and more.
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) has announced the acquisition of more than ninety modern and contemporary artworks, along with more than 250 approved gifts, all acquired between January and June 2026. The purchases include video installations by Ana Mendieta, Stephanie Comilang and Simon Speiser, and Agnieszka Polska; preparatory architectural drawings by Arakawa + Gins; Betye Saar’s House of Fortune (1988), an installation inspired by nineteenth-century seances; and objects by Frida Escobedo, Bijoy Jain, and Kwango Lee. Among the approved gifts are paintings by Jennifer Bartlett, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Richard Diebenkorn, and Nicole Eisenman, along with works from local pottery manufacturer Heath Ceramics and jewelry by Jay DeFeo.
Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography launches speaker series for its 40th anniversary.
Forty years ago, on September 10, 1985, The Cooper Union Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography began with a simple mission: to preserve the work and legacy of Herb Lubalin, a Cooper Union alumnus and one of America’s most influential graphic designers. That mission has since grown into one of the world’s most significant archives dedicated to graphic design, typography, and visual culture, now encompassing nearly 80,000 design objects by designers spanning two centuries and five continents. To mark its 40th anniversary, the center is launching a special speaker series, Open Flat File, extending the digital publication of the same name that launched in 2016 to surface stories from the collection. Each participant will select a single object from the archive, deliver a talk about it, and design a commemorative poster tied to the object, available free to attendees.
The British Fashion Council unveils a nationwide push with Fashion Britain.
This September, the British Fashion Council will launch Fashion Britain, a new national initiative designed to expand the UK fashion industry beyond London. The program will roll out across six “leading cultural cities” including London, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Bristol, and Edinburgh, each hosting a curated slate of public events, designer conversations, cultural collaborations, and retail experiences tailored to local identity. The BFC says the goal is to distribute the sector’s commercial benefits more evenly nationwide and build “lasting pathways for designers and creatives to build sustainable careers within their own cities. Strategy 2030 plan for strengthening Britain’s fashion ecosystem, following the earlier launch of Fashion Assembly, an education initiative introducing fashion curricula into schools nationwide.
Two Warhol Foundation grantee shows explore spirituality in Los Angeles.
AMI Paris launches “THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND” capsule collection.
MIT’s recyclable yarn could take on 11 million tons of textile waste.
Marc Newson designs a 30-pound bookstand for Taschen’s biggest books.
