Studio MUKA turns a historic Santa Monica airport terminal into NEON’s cinematic headquarters.
Housed in Santa Monica’s original airport terminal, a rare surviving piece of early American aviation infrastructure, Studio MUKA’s new headquarters for NEON restores the 1940s bones of the building while layering in subtle references to cinema history. Workstations are arranged in intimate clusters punctuated by lounges and seating pits, a deliberate choice reflecting NEON’s emphasis on community. Conference rooms take cues from the studio’s own releases, with color palettes drawn from films like Parasite and Anora.
DVF’s first runway show in a decade signals a new chapter under Henry Zankov.
Henry Zankov’s runway debut as artistic director of Diane von Furstenberg established a new vision for the fashion house. Early looks referenced archival DVF signatures: leopard prints, pantsuits, and wrap coats. The collection then transformed midway through with looser silhouettes, unexpected color pairings, and a run of inventive prints, including a terrazzo-inspired pattern and a festive palette. The standout moments came via collage prints paired with more relaxed tailoring, alongside sheer leopard looks that felt both playful and confident.
A permanent Gerhard Richter pavilion, designed by the artist himself, opens in Doha.
Gerhard Richter is getting a rare honor: a permanent pavilion of his own design, rising this autumn in Doha’s MIA Park. Developed with Selldorf Architects, the hexagonal structure will house Richter’s sculptures, paintings, and mirror works, with an exterior patterned after his 2011 book Patterns, which fractured one of his abstract canvases into ever-narrower strips. The motif, per Qatar Museums, echoes the geometric repetition found in Islamic art. The pavilion opens November 20, just ahead of Rubaiya Qatar, a new quadrennial contemporary art exhibition launching the following day.
Julian Casablancas to soundtrack Picasso and Warhol at Singapore’s Opera Gallery.
Lead vocalist and songwriter of the rock band the Strokes, Julian Casablancas is stepping in as sound curator for “The Singapore Masters Show 2026” at Opera Gallery. The exhibition brings together 30 works by artists including Picasso, Warhol, de Kooning, Chagall, and Banksy, organized into four thematic chapters that situate the art within the broader sonic cultures of its time. Casablancas will produce chapter-based playlists meant to conjure the wider creative atmospheres each generation of artists worked within. It’s an unconventional curatorial gesture, but one gallery director Stéphane Le Pelletier frames as additive, keeping the artworks themselves at the center while inviting a new sensory entry point.
American art scholar Kathleen V. Jameson to lead the Speed Art Museum into its second century.
Kathleen V. Jameson has been named director of Louisville’s Speed Art Museum, officially stepping into the role this week as Kentucky’s oldest and largest museum prepares to mark its centennial in 2027. A scholar of late-19th and early-20th-century American art with additional expertise in photography and works on paper, Jameson brings a resume that spans both curatorial depth and executive leadership, notably seven years as president and CEO of Charlotte’s Mint Museum, along with a stint leading the Michener Art Museum in Pennsylvania.
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A first look at Skywalker Grill, the restaurant bringing Skywalker Ranch to Los Angeles.
Artists, designers, chefs, and writers on how they reset for fall.
Inside a Beirut apartment where Biedermeier antiques meet midcentury modernism.
Chang’an Academy’s sweeping roofline pays tribute to Chinese architectural tradition.
