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Nan Goldin captures an exquisite Debbie Harry campaign for Gucci’s cruise collection.
Photographer Nan Goldin’s image of Debbie Harry is leading Gucci’s new We Will Always Have London campaign. The shoot centers the fashion house’s reimagined Blondie bag as part of its Cruise 2025 collection and alludes to Goldin’s 1991 photograph Misty and Jimmy Paulette in a Taxi in NYC.
Wes Anderson’s first retrospective will come to the London Design Museum in 2025.
In November 2025, London’s Design Museum will open a comprehensive retrospective of Wes Anderson’s work, tracing his cinematic style from the 1990s to his recent Oscar-winning films such as The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. Produced in collaboration with La Cinémathèque Française, the exhibition will feature original props, costumes, set designs, and personal items offering a behind-the-scenes glimpse into Anderson’s creative process.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s erstwhile Miami installation is the subject of a documentary.
The Nova Southeastern University Art Museum in Fort Lauderdale will stage an exhibition that documents Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s 1983 Surrounded Islands. The show will feature sketches, photographs, and fabric from the installation, which draped 11 Biscayne Bay islands in pink fabric and sparked controversy over environmental concerns before ultimately marking South Florida’s entrance into the international art scene.
Jhumpa Lahiri declines her Noguchi Award in response to the museum’s Kaffiyeh ban.
Jhumpa Lahiri has declined the 2024 Isamu Noguchi Award in protest of the museum’s new dress code banning political attire, which led to the dismissal of three employees wearing kaffiyehs in support of Palestinians. The museum defended its policy, citing a desire to avoid alienating its diverse visitorship, but a majority of its staff opposed the rule.
Forty leading art fairs unite over a shared environmental goal of reducing emissions.
More than 40 major art fairs, including Frieze and Art Basel, have united under a new initiative to halve their carbon emissions by 2030. Led by the Gallery Climate Coalition, the effort focuses on reducing the environmental impact of art fairs, which contribute significantly to galleries’ overall emissions. The coalition has also introduced practical tools, such as the Art Fair Toolkit for Environmental Responsibility, to help art fairs implement sustainable practices.
Today’s attractive distractions:
The great Tamagotchi comeback heralds its first U.K. storefront.
Moo Deng’s overnight ascent was (maybe) foretold by art history.
Vanessa Friedman gives an etymology deep dive on: the pussy blouse.
From Dancing with the Stars to Ziwe, Anna Sorokin is booked and busy.
