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The Judd Foundation has slated Donald Judd’s architecture office to reopen in 2025.
Donald Judd’s architecture office will open to the public in September 2025, following extensive restoration efforts that began in 2018. The project was delayed by a fire in 2021 but is making strides to continue its initial efforts to stabilize and preserve the structure. The renovated building will feature sustainable materials and energy-efficient cooling systems, and will house architectural models, design prototypes, and Judd’s furniture. It will also include new program spaces and accommodations for visiting researchers.
Toronto’s decommissioned Downsview Airport will live on as a mixed-use neighborhood.
A major redevelopment will transform the 370-acre Downsview Airport site into a neighborhood zoned for mixed use, the largest urban redevelopment project of its kind in North America. Set to unfold over multiple decades, the project will feature parks, pedestrian paths, and bike lanes, integrating the new development with Toronto’s urbanscape. It also aims to address the city’s housing crisis with 10 percent of units designated as affordable housing, and 40 percent meeting a family-friendly mandate to have two or more bedrooms.
Jonathan Anderson now has an honorary degree from the University of Creative Arts.
The Loewe creative director and JW Anderson founder has received an honorary degree from the University for the Creative Arts, where he spoke openly about his dyslexia and creative journey in a student-facing address. He encouraged his audience to “steal, adapt, and borrow” ideas, emphasizing that authenticity comes from personal connection and interpretation. He also highlighted the importance of continuous learning and self-expression in his address, adding that “rules are useless.”
David Beckham announced he’ll helm a new wellness brand under a biotech company.
The soccer and fashion star has become a strategic investor in the biotech firm Prenetics, where he will also co-found a new wellness brand called IM8. Beckham will serve as an ambassador for IM8, which its website says was developed with input from NASA’s former chief scientist. Prenetics CEO Danny Yeung described Beckham’s involvement as marking a transformative era for the firm, emphasizing the unique opportunity to impact the health and wellness industry.
Jane Fonda’s latest role? A guest curator of Gagosian’s climate benefit exhibition.
Jane Fonda is teaming up with Gagosian to host “Art for a Safe and Healthy California,” an exhibition benefitting the Campaign for a Safe and Healthy California, which combats harmful oil drilling practices. The show will feature works by Nan Goldin, Frank Gehry, Shepard Fairey, and others, and follows a successful April benefit that raised more than $14 million. “Art for a Safe and Healthy California” will take place at Gagosian Beverly Hills from July 18 to August 30.
Today’s attractive distractions:
A 26-foot-tall Marilyn Monroe statue is riling up Palm Springs denizens.
“Euphoric and terrible”: one writer dishes on the world of competitive eating.
Japan’s falling birth rates have diaper brands pivoting to focus on geriatrics.
With all its ads and spon-con, has TikTok become the new Instagram?
