With the reopening of its Skywalk, Milan is getting its own High Line.
Milan will reopen the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II’s rooftop Skywalk in February 2026, reviving a 250-meter route that arcs above the city center from Piazza della Scala to the Duomo. Highline Milano, the young team behind the restoration, has expanded the former maintenance walkways with new lookout points, landscaped areas, and access to long-hidden historic rooms. Visitors will be able to enter the Sala degli Orologi, a vast early-20th-century control room that once regulated clocks across the city and has been closed since World War II. The project positions the Galleria as a new cultural perch for both residents and tourists, with exhibitions, guided tours, and a rooftop perspective that echoes the appeal of other elevated urban promenades.
Sylvester Stallone is recalling his Rocky statue from its loan to the Philadelphia Art Museum.
Sylvester Stallone plans to take back the Rocky statue he purchased at auction and loaned to Philadelphia for RockyFest in 2024. City officials agreed the sculpture will return to him in 2026, while the original statue gifted to Philadelphia in the early ’80s will remain on public display. The museum will temporarily move that first version indoors for a “Rocky” exhibition marking the franchise’s 50th anniversary, then reinstall it at the top of the museum steps. The decision follows public resistance to an earlier proposal that would have swapped ownership of the two works.
The New York Historical will open the Tang Wing for American Democracy.
Next year, the New York Historical will debut the Tang Wing for American Democracy, a 71,000-square-foot expansion timed to the nation’s 250th anniversary. The new wing will anchor a major exhibition, “Democracy Matters,” and significantly scale up the museum’s civics program for sixth-grade students with new classrooms and learning spaces. It will also introduce a large exhibition gallery, a conservation lab, improved storage for the institution’s archives, and eventually the permanent home of the American LGBTQ+ Museum. A slate of semiquincentennial exhibitions—ranging from Native American modernism to the history of Revolutionary-era women—will open throughout 2026 as part of the rollout.
Nnena Kalu is the first artist with a learning disability to win the Turner Prize.
Nnena Kalu won the 2025 Turner Prize, marking the first time the award has gone to an artist with a learning disability. The Glasgow-born artist, who works with ActionSpace in London, has spent decades developing a practice centered on vividly layered drawings and sculptural forms built from everyday materials like fabric and old VHS tape. The jury cited the force of her mark-making and the physical presence of her installations. Her work appears alongside the other shortlisted artists—Rene Matić, Mohammed Sami, and Zadie Xa—in an exhibition at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery in Bradford through February 2026.
Zaha Hadid Architects, Moshe Safdie, Iwan Baan, and others paid tribute to Frank Gehry.
Leading architects, institutions, and cultural figures honored the late Frank Gehry with moving tributes in Archinect. Zaha Hadid Architects, Moshe Safdie, Daniel Libeskind, and others reflected upon his impact on form, construction, and the evolution of contemporary practice. Photographers and writers such as Iwan Baan and Christopher Hawthorne described how his work shaped their understanding of cities, especially Los Angeles. Major museums and architecture schools also commemorated his legacy, citing collaborations, archives, and the lasting imprint of his projects on the field.
Today’s attractive distractions:
Is the $600 Miu Miu Uno card set on your gift-giving list this year?
One writer reminisces about two decades of tackiness at Miami Art Week.
Stella McCartney’s newest capsule is designed for “human and horse.”
This former “dad shoe” is coming back with a serious focus on innovation and performance.
