Morning Links for October 31, 2025.
The Headlines ROYAL FLUSH. During the marquee New York sales next month, Maurizio Cattelan, whose duct-taped banana sold for $6.2 million…
Richard Avedon’s Portraits of Aging Are Collected in a New Coffee-Table Book
If the renowned fashion-and-portrait photographer Richard Avedon had listed his relationship status with cameras on Facebook—a platform launched…
GAMMA Architects Shueisha TOON FACTORY Phase 2
Summary GAMMA Architects designed Shueisha TOON FACTORY Phase 2 as a flexible, light-filled creative workspace The 135-square-meter office…
Renowned artist Anish Kapoor designs a metro station that looks like a vagina
What happens when one of the world’s most renowned and influential artists designs a metro station? It depends…
Two more suspects charged over Louvre heist
Two more suspects, a man and a woman arrested this week over the jewel heist at the Louvre,…
Why does death inspire so much art? It’s the killer question
When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the Ten Commandments given to him by God, two in…
Rashid Johnson’s Largest Exhibition to Date Is a Tour-de-Force
“The Broken Five,” 2019. (Photo: Martin Parsekian, courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art) It only feels natural that…
nArchitects designs twin park pavilions on either side of the Hudson River
Brooklyn-based studio nArchitects has designed two waterfront park pavilions that address the conditions of flood-prone sites along the…
A long goodbye: Life-sized silicone statues are helping families across India mourn
“Who can predict what form grief will take,” says Subimal Das, 49, a sculptor in Kolkata. PREMIUM Silicone…
Inside Fondation Cartier’s New Home in Paris
When the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain decided it had outgrown its Jean Nouvel–designed glass structure on Paris’s…
Heatherwick Studio Breaks Ground on Seoul’s Soundscape: Transforming Forgotten Island Into Musical Oasis
From forgotten wasteland to cultural destination, Nodeul Island on Seoul’s Han River is undergoing a remarkable transformation under…
Maltese Artist Henry Falzon Unveils New Exhibition Exploring Connection And Emotion
This November, “I Thought I Heard You Say…”, a new exhibition by acclaimed Maltese artist Henry Falzon, known…