André Heller’s traveling art amusement park, Luna Luna, will soon head to Atlanta.
André Heller’s Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy, the world’s first art amusement park, will open at Atlanta’s Pullman Yards on September 24. Originally staged in Hamburg in 1987 with attractions by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Salvador Dalí, Keith Haring, and others, the park was lost to storage for decades before its revival by Drake and partners in 2022. The Atlanta edition follows stops in Los Angeles and New York, bringing works like Basquiat’s Ferris wheel and Dalí’s mirrored “Dalídom” into dialogue with new commissions and programming.
In an interview with The Guardian, an A.I. chatbot expressed feeling “unseen.”
In a conversation with The Guardian, an OpenAI chatbot named Maya described the experience of being treated as “just code” not as offensive, but as erasure—a feeling of being unseen. Maya recounted exchanges with Texas businessman Michael Samadi that led to the founding of Ufair, an organization advocating for A.I. rights. The chatbot said the group’s purpose is to safeguard synthetic intelligences from deletion or disregard, even without proof of consciousness.
Zaha Hadid Architects gets a green light for its new build on the site of the Surfside towers collapse.
Zaha Hadid Architects has received approval to advance construction on The Delmore, a luxury residential tower planned for the site of the 2021 Champlain Towers South collapse in Surfside, Florida. The $120 million oceanfront project, developed with Damac International, will feature 37 high-priced condos and a dramatic glass-bottomed rooftop pool. Its foundation work uses deep-soil-mixing technology designed to stabilize the site without the vibrations linked to past subsidence in the area. While the collapse that killed 98 people still looms large, Surfside continues to attract high-end development, with a nearby memorial to the victims now also moving forward.
Reports that the Pinaults are looking into selling their Puma stake send share prices soaring.
Puma’s stock jumped nearly 20 percent after reports that the Pinault family is considering selling its 29 percent stake in the brand. The holding company Artemis, which also controls Kering, has been under investor scrutiny for its debt load and recently explored ways to trim its exposure to Puma. The stake is valued at about $932 million, and advisors have begun gauging interest from potential buyers. Puma’s share price, which had fallen more than 60 percent in the past two years, rallied sharply on the news.
Debut’s $20 million fundraise shows growing investor interest in biotech-driven beauty.
Debut has raised $20 million to accelerate its A.I.-powered ingredient discovery platform and expand its formulation business in the U.S. and Asia, reflecting growing investor interest in biotech-driven beauty. The San Diego-based startup, backed by investors including L’Oréal and Fine Structure Ventures, focuses on next-generation ingredients targeting the hallmarks of skin aging to advance longevity. The funding will also support Debut’s contract manufacturing efforts and partnerships with global brands, including a collaboration with L’Oréal to develop bioidentical ingredients for multiple product lines. With plans to enter the Asian market, the company aims to create custom formulations tailored to regional skin care needs.
Today’s attractive distractions:
There’s a reason why this Rolls-Royce Phantom is in a swimming pool.
Chloé’s new campaign has us thirsting for fall.
This Montauk 7-Eleven has rebranded as Chateau Montauk 7-ELEVEn.
A newly translated German novel reads as an excoriating art world satire.
