After nearly 10 years of planning and construction, one of the world’s most anticipated architectural projects is slated to open to the public for the first time on March 28. Designed by the Pritzker Prize–winning architect Jean Nouvel, the National Museum of Qatar is a feat of ... More

Imagine descending a grand staircase in this glistening Art Nouveau collar, with its opals, amethysts, gold nudes, and plique-à-jour enamel ornaments. Two women presumably had the privilege. The first was the second wife of jewelry creator René Lalique (1860–1945). The other was Lillian Nassau, once dubbed the doyenne of New ... More

Formerly called the Crow Collection of Asian Art, the downtown gallery has completed an expansion and renovation that added a studio workshop, a cozy street-side terrace, improved visitor access, and a new space for its award-winning boutique of Asian goods. The anniversary celebration welcomes Clouds and Chaos by ... More

The Aspen Art Museum has launched a new partnership with longtime collaborators Chris Stone and David Fox, founders of renowned New York–based architecture and design firm STONEFOX. The dynamic duo, who have been supporting the AAM for more than a decade by consulting on event design and ... More

Having a social media presence has become increasingly powerful in terms of brand identity, awareness and also, showing your followers all the cool stuff you've been up to. Instagram users will scroll through their feed at lightning speed, stopping only momentarily at the most stylish, vibrant and covetable accounts. But, ... More

The Fondazione Prada's newly completed Torre, which opened to the public for the first time this spring, provides a dramatic last act to the foundation’s sprawling cultural compound dedicated to the manifestation of ideas across the spectrum of art, literature, cinema, music, philosophy and science. Housed in a former distillery ... More

Anderson Ranch Arts Center will honor Chinese conceptual artist and human-rights activist Ai Weiwei with the International Artist Award at its Annual Recognition Dinner in Snowmass Village on July 19. The award is given to globally recognized artists whose careers have fundamentally influenced contemporary art; past ... More

If any sport could be classified as a religion, soccer—with its rabid global following, monumental stadiums and winged iconography—would be it. Like any religion, the sport has inspired its own artistic tradition—one that spans almost as many cultures and countries as the sport itself. While ... More

Since her breakout solo show at the Brooklyn Museum in 2012, New York-based artist Mickalene Thomas has been a highly documented player in the vanguard of contemporary black art (often alongside Derrick Adams, with whom she throws a joint birthday party each year). Thomas is most famous ... More

Hollywood could be considered a kind of real-life Neverland in which half the population suffers from arrested development and wrinkles don’t exist. Celebrity photographer Matthew Rolston spent the first part of his 40-year career capturing that Neverland's most famous inhabitants—even befriending ultimate Neverland-ian Michael Jackson—and heightening them in stylized, high-gloss ... More