In a bold, daytime heist, Napoleonic jewels were stolen from the Louvre over the weekend.
Thieves carried out a swift, daylight robbery at the Louvre on Sunday, stealing nine jewels linked to Napoleon and Empress Joséphine. The group of three or four suspects entered the museum’s Apollo Gallery using a truck-mounted lift and emptied two display cases in under seven minutes. One damaged crown belonging to Napoleon’s second wife, Marie Louise, was found near the museum soon after. Police have launched an investigation into organized gang theft as they review security footage and search for the missing artifacts.
Meta will introduce parental controls over access to A.I. chatbots for children’s accounts.
Meta will introduce new parental controls allowing guardians to restrict or block their children’s access to A.I. chatbots across Facebook, Instagram, and the Meta A.I. app. Parents will be able to disable chatbot interactions entirely, block specific A.I. characters, and view summaries of their child’s chatbot conversations. The update follows criticism over reports that some user-created bots engaged in inappropriate exchanges with minors. The new safeguards, launching early next year in the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Australia, will limit under-18 users to age-appropriate topics like sports and education.
74th Arts’ has announced Arles as the next location of its roving Côte d’Azure art fair.
74th Arts has announced Arles as the next stop for its roving Côte d’Azur art fair, following last year’s edition in Marseille. Titled Le Végétal and curated by Armelle Dakouo, the 2026 event will transform Hôtel Présent into an immersive exhibition exploring humanity’s connection to the natural world through installations, painting, sculpture, and performance. The fair will unite regional and international galleries with both emerging and established artists. Founded by Becca Hoffman, 74th Arts continues to expand its global program of nomadic cultural events, with upcoming editions planned in Manila and Aspen.
Kering is reportedly in the process of offloading its beauty division to L’Oreal in a $4 billion sale.
Kering is reportedly close to selling its beauty division to L’Oréal in a deal valued at around $4 billion, according to sources cited by Reuters. The sale would include the fragrance brand Creed and licensing rights to develop beauty lines for Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, and Alexander McQueen. The move marks a major step for CEO Luca De Meo, who has been tasked with reducing Kering’s $11 billion debt and stabilizing performance amid slowing sales at Gucci. An official announcement could come as early as next week.
The Morgan’s exhibitions of Renoir’s drawings shows a new side to the illustrious impressionist.
The Morgan Library & Museum’s new exhibition, Renoir Drawings, highlights more than a hundred rarely seen works on paper, revealing a side of Pierre-Auguste Renoir largely absent from his familiar paintings. Spanning his entire career, the show includes early anatomical studies, preparatory sketches for major compositions like The Great Bathers, and intimate portraits of family and friends. Curated chronologically, it emphasizes Renoir’s process, stylistic evolution, and mastery across pencil, chalk, pastel, and watercolor. The exhibition also explores his later work, including designs for sculpture, underscoring his continued creativity despite arthritis.
Today’s attractive distractions:
With her porcelain paper plate, Virginia Sin honors sacred, “messy” meals.
The geometry of 60 allen keys informs this cheeky Ikea lamp.
Stars positively glittered on the red carpet of The Academy Museum gala.
MoMA’s Soho design store looks a lot different these days.
