Welcome to the Friday Weekly Wrap-Up newsletter, where we explore the intersection of Art, Fashion, and Pop Culture.
💰Basel Rolls On
Art Basel opened this week with a more agile game plan, lower price points, faster decisions and curator-led booths. With a new fair in Doha set for February and the debut of Premiere, a sector spotlighting ultra-contemporary art, Basel is banking on flexibility to keep collectors spending. And despite global unrest and economic jitters, the sales came quickly: David Zwirner moved a Ruth Asawa for $9.5M and a Richter for $6.8M.
💿 Addison Rae Gets the Haute Treatment
Fashion meets fangirl in the most fabulous way: sought after stylist and Interview magazine’s fashion director Dara Allen hand-painted a custom dress for Addison Rae’s debut album drop that we are all obsessed with here at TAG. Inspired by the dreamy visuals by Ethan James Green and John Paul Patrikas and built by Matthew Neff, it’s an IRL album cover moment because why wouldn’t you wear your own aesthetic?
🐐 Jacquemus Goes Home
Simon Porte Jacquemus has now dropped Le Paysan, a campaign that’s both a love letter to his roots and a glimpse into his future. “This next collection is an homage to my family, my roots, my culture, where I come from,” he shared. “It’s also where I’m heading, and the dream I’m chasing.” Shot like a Provençal daydream, it’s rustic romance with a high-fashion filter.
👑 Marie Antoinette, But Make It V&A
Tickets are now on sale for the Marie Antoinette Style blockbuster show at the V&A, opening this September. Over 250 years of fashion, art, and unapologetic luxury will be on display. Members get in free, powdered wigs optional.
💺 That chair is Van Gone
“This is a nightmare for any museum.” A couple were filmed breaking Nicola Bolla’s “Van Gogh” chair, an artwork covered in hundreds of glittering crystals at Italy’s Palazzo Maffei, before fleeing the scene unnoticed. The museum has since urged visitors to “respect art,” though honestly, the whole incident felt like a grimly fitting performance piece for our current human situation.
