Welcome to the Friday Weekly Wrap-Up newsletter, where we explore the intersection of Art, Fashion, and Pop Culture.
Carrie Mae Weems + A$AP Rocky Celebrate Fatherhood in Bottega Veneta Campaign
Photographer Carrie Mae Weems has reimagined one of her iconic series for a new Bottega Veneta ad campaign, featuring rapper A$AP Rocky. Alongside still images, the campaign unveiled this past Sunday in celebration of Father’s Day, includes a video where rapper A$AP Rocky is seen playing with his children, Riot Rose and RZA Athelston.
Julianne Moore to Star in and Produce TV Adaptation of The Lost Leonardo
Julianne Moore is set to portray renowned art restorer Dianne Modestini in a TV adaptation of the 2021 documentary The Lost Leonardo, per Deadline. The documentary chronicles the rediscovery and sale of Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi for $450 million at Christie’s in 2017, making it the world’s most expensive work of art. Besides starring the Academy Award winner will also be the executive producer. Stay tuned for more updates!
‘Everybody’s wearing @SKIMS‘
Gentle Readers…Nicola Coughlan, known for her role in “Bridgerton,” has recently joined the roster of celebrities modelling for Skims. Captured by photographer Elizaveta Porodina, the Irish star showcases items from the brand’s popular Soft Lounge collection, featuring their top-selling slip dresses.
Ye’s Transformation of Iconic Tadao Ando Malibu Home
New details have surfaced in a New Yorker story by Ian Parker about rapper Ye, formerly Kanye West, altering a luxurious Tadao Ando–designed home. Ye bought the 4,000-square-foot Malibu property, one of Ando’s few U.S. designs, for $57.3 million from Wall Street financier Richard Sachs. The home is architecturally significant, as Ando, a Pritzker Prize–winning architect, is renowned for his elegant houses and museum designs, including the Chichu Art Museum in Japan and the Modern Art Museum in Texas.
Climate Activists Spray Stonehenge with Orange Powder in Fossil Fuel Protest
One day before Summer Solstice celebrations at Stonehenge, Just Stop Oil sprayed the 5,000-year-old site with orange powder paint. The climate group urged the UK government to end all fossil fuel extraction and burning by 2030, warning of millions of deaths if no action is taken. They confirmed the paint was cornflower-based and would wash away with rain.
