The art and fashion worlds have been busy: new foundations, major career moves, record-breaking prizes and a fresh episode of Fashion Neurosis. Catch up in one quick scroll.
🎙️ Bella Freud’s New Guest: Annie Leibovitz
This week, Bella Freud’s Fashion Neurosis welcomed legendary photographer Annie Leibovitz, whose career spans Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, MoMA, and portraits of everyone from Queen Elizabeth II to Kate Moss and Barack Obama. In the episode, she and Bella Freud dive into Susan Sontag, dance, and her early days shooting the Rolling Stones.
🦾 Tech Titans Hit Miami Basel
At Miami Basel, a robot zoo of tech icons grabbed the early spotlight in Beeple’s new sculptural digital series Regular Animals (2025). The project presents 10 hyper-detailed robotic creatures, each bearing an eerily familiar face atop a four-legged machine. Corralled in a pen, the bots roam around with built-in cameras, capturing, processing, and yes, pooping out images as they go.
🧥 Loewe’s Comms Star Heads to Tech
After seven years shaping Loewe’s global image, Charlie Smith is leaving for UK tech firm Nothing. He worked closely with Jonathan Anderson and Pascale Lepoivre during the brand’s huge growth, recently helping onboard new creative directors Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough.
🚇 Chanel Takes Over the Subway
Chanel staged its Métiers d’art show on a New York subway platform this week, with Matthieu Blazy sending Loli Bahia, Alex Consani, and Mona Tougaard among other stars down a downtown station-turned-runway. Commuting will never look this glamorous again.
đź’¸ A Major New Art Prize Lands
The Serpentine and New York’s Flag Art Foundation have announced a new biannual award worth £200,000, now the largest contemporary art prize in the UK. Five artists over ten years will receive support and exhibitions in both London and Manhattan. The first winner will be selected in 2026.
