📚 Seoul Score: MoMA’s First-Ever Bookstore
MoMA has opened its first dedicated bookstore in Seoul’s Dosan Park, deepening its 20-year partnership with Hyundai Card and boosting the city’s art credentials. The sleek spot holds 1,100+ titles of art, design and photography plus cult MoMA merch like New Era caps and varsity sweaters. Focused entirely on books and paired with Hyundai Card’s live-streaming Digital Wall, it’s a true destination for print-loving art fans.
🎬 David Lynch’s $15m Mid-Century Haven
Director David Lynch’s 2.3-acre Los Angeles estate has listed for $15m. Designed in the 1960s by Lloyd Wright (the son of Frank Lloyd Wright) and later expanded with a production suite, screening room and pool house, the Beverly Hills property is pure Mid-Century Modern drama, a creative sanctuary with filmic provenance. “A creative sanctuary and architectural landmark offered with a provenance unlike any other in Los Angeles,” realtor @hellomarcsilver commented on the property.
🥤 Capri Sun x Christian Siriano’s Runway Splash
New York Fashion Week’s surprise hit? The Capri Sun x Christian Siriano pouch purse. Blending playful nostalgia with high-fashion flair, the glittery accessory has dominated feeds and front rows alike, proving juice-box chic is officially a thing.
💰 Sotheby’s $520m Autumn Power Move
Sotheby’s is set for a blockbuster season with two major private collections: Jay & Cindy Pritzker’s 37 works (est. $120m) and Leonard Lauder’s 55 works (est. $400m). Highlights include Klimt’s Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer (est. $150m+) and two prized landscapes, alongside Matisse, Munch and Agnes Martin, a market-defying line-up.
💐 Scent Meets Colour: Aesop x Jack Coulter
Aesop has teamed up with synaesthete artist Jack Coulter on a painting inspired by its new Above Us, Steorra Eau de Parfum. Translating scent into colour, Coulter’s abstract work captures the fragrance’s stellar mix of notes, turning aroma into a visual constellation.
✨That’s a wrap: Seoul’s book haven, Lynch’s cinematic home, a juice-box runway moment and Sotheby’s mega sales. All the art-world buzz, neatly poured, until next week – ciao!
