LACMA’s latest acquisitions include works by Hiroshi Sugimoto, Max Beckmann, and more.
LACMA has expanded its collection with new acquisitions by artists Hiroshi Sugimoto, Max Beckmann, Uta Barth, and Diedrick Brackens, and more, following its 2025 Collectors Committee Weekend. The additions, which span photography, painting, and textile art, reflect the museum’s continued focus on both historical anchors and contemporary voices. Works by Mercedes Dorame and Tarek Atoui have also joined the collection, broadening its cross-disciplinary reach.
As ‘de minimus’ tariff exemptions end, price hikes are even hitting fast-fashion retailers.
Shein has raised prices across its U.S. website ahead of new tariffs that will end the longstanding ‘de minimis’ exemption on small imports from China. Categories like beauty, home goods, and toys saw sharp increases, while women’s clothing prices rose by an average of 8 percent. The move signals how fast-fashion retailers are beginning to pass escalating trade costs directly onto American consumers.
The MTA’s new New York City subway diagram calls back to Massimo Vignelli’s from the 1970s.
The MTA recently unveiled a new subway diagram, the transit map’s first major overhaul since 1979, which recalls Massimo Vignelli’s brief (and unpopular) 1972 design known as the Unimark. Stripping away much of the city’s detailed geography, the map intends to emphasize clarity and legibility, offering bold, bright lines for each train in the interest of making the system more navigable for riders.
Paris is expanding its car-free zones to prioritize pedestrians and greenspace.
Paris will close 500 streets to car traffic over the next several years, converting parking spaces into pedestrian zones, bike lanes, and green areas. Backed by a recent referendum and part of Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s long-term vision for a more walkable city, the plan extends her push toward a “15-minute city” model.
As Waymo’s fleet of self-driving cars rapidly grows, so too do videos of their traffic mishaps.
As Waymo’s fleet of autonomous vehicles expands into cities like Austin, videos of their traffic mishaps—ranging from wrong turns to blocked intersections—are multiplying across social media. Riders and bystanders have documented incidents of cars freezing mid-route, causing congestion, and requiring police intervention. While Waymo insists riders can safely exit vehicles at any time, the viral clips highlight persistent challenges for driverless technology in real-world conditions.
Today’s attractive distractions:
Nike is throwing major R&D behind this Olympian’s quest to run a sub-four minute mile.
The National Museum of Women in the Arts captures the Guerrilla Girls’ enduring legacy.
Do you know the role that Princess Diana played in the Lady Dior bag’s rise?
Next Monday, the Upper East Side will be all-consumed by the Met Gala.
