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Photography
ScanLAB Projects Depicts the Sonoran's Cinematic Movement in "FRAMERATE: Desert Pulse"

In Phoenix, Arizona’s Desert Botanical Garden, the London–based creative studio artfully ruminates upon the relationship between a unique natural environment and the passing of time
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Culture Club
AvroKO’s Lunar New Year Party with Chef Sam Yoo and Leiti Hsu

Lauded interior design firm AvroKO welcomed a sophisticated suite of guests to its high-concept hospitality and design gallery, HOST on Howard, for a Lunar New Year party.

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art
The Real, Imagined, and Experienced Landscapes of Cooper Cox's "The View From Upstairs"

At Ochi Gallery, running concurrently with Frieze Los Angeles, a staggering artistic achievement from the Brooklyn-based painter.
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Travel
The Travel Infrastructure of Lando Norris

The F1 champion measures his year in departures; airports, hotel rooms, paddocks, and transfer vans form the invisible architecture of his life.
CUISINE
Michelin-Starred Grégory Marchand Turned an Entire Parisian Street into a Culinary Destination
PERFORMANCE ART
The Met Cloisters’ Site-Specific Sonic Installation by Gerard & Kelly
ARCHITECTURE
Limbo Museum and Art Omi Partner on a Two-Part, Site-Specific Architecture Commission
DESIGN
Designing the Textured, Sophisticated Atmosphere of Moss Members' Club
DESIGNER OF THE DAY
Designer of the Day: Jean-Marc Flack
DESIGN
Warkentin Associates and Bench Architecture Transform a Former Pencil Factory into a Creator Hub

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FASHIOH
A Demi-Couture Debut, the Eternity Yacht, and a “Diva Dance” Finale: Kim Shui’s Fall/Winter 2026 Runway
DESIGN
Ulysses de Santi and Ashlee Harrison’s ‘Crossings’ Convenes 53 West 53’s Diagrid With Art and Collectible Design
PHOTOGRAPHY
François Halard's ‘Details of Exception’ Photography for The Glenrothes
ART
New York's Neue Galerie Opens “Egon Schiele: Portrait of Dr. Erwin von Graff”
ART
Carsten Höller Encourages Communal Dreaming at the MIT Museum
DESIGN
Behind the Design of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX Halftime Show
ART
PS21’s ‘The Dark’ Winter Festival Connects Columbia County Through Performance
DESIGN
ATRA Form Gallery’s Mythic Zona Maco Design Curation
DESIGN
Pierre Yovanovitch Reintroduces Ecart
Designer of the Day
Designer of the Day: Chen Chen & Kai Williams
DESIGN DISPATCH
Heritage of London Trust Will Open David Bowie's Childhood Home to the Public, and Other News
FILM
To Save and Project: The MoMA International Festival of Film Preservation Returns
ARCHITECTURE
Transit Studio Transforms a South London Bottling Plant into a Cocktail Bar 
ARCHITECTURE
Suchi Reddy’s Spiral Pavilion for Mumbai’s Architecture and Design Film Festival
DESIGN
In Scotland, Bard’s Latest Exhibition Finds Inspiration in the Hardware Store
DESIGN DISPATCH
The Obama Presidential Center Begins Its Newest Installation, and Other News
ART
Illustrator Cesar Canseco’s FIFA World Cup 2026 Art Commission
FILM
Documentary Features that Defined the 2026 Sundance Film Festival

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