Masterworks

Features - Art and Architecture

A Curated Companion to the 57th Rencontres d’Arles

From a veiled body wrapped in Sahelian textiles to Patti Smith's voice echoing through LUMA’s La Grande Halle, here's what's worth seeing this year, both on and off the official program.

Words by Justine Sebbag
Paul Kodjo, Abidjan, 1970s, series Les Soirées dansantes [Dance Parties]
Courtesy of Les Rencontres du Sud and in camera galerie.
Features - Art and Architecture

A Curated Companion to the Exhibitions Beyond the Venice Biennale

Flesh, lacquer and chess sets made of volcanic stone: the off-site exhibitions that rival, and occasionally upstage, the Biennale itself.

Words by Sarah Moroz
Jenny Saville, Hyphen, 1999 Oil on canvas 108 x 144 inches (274.3 x 365.8 cm)
© Jenny Saville. All rights reserved, DACS 2026. Courtesy Gagosian.
Features - Art and Architecture

Between Two Minds: Charles and Ray Eames

For nearly 40 years, Charles and Ray Eames did everything together, designing furniture, houses and films that transplanted Bauhaus philosophy into postwar America.

Words by Justine Sebbag
Walnut plywood sculpture by Ray Eames.
Photo by Herbert Matter/Condé Nast via Getty Images
Features - Art and Architecture / News

Remembering David Hockney

Revisiting director Olivier Assayas's 2017 conversation with the beloved British artist, who died, aged 88.

Interview by Olivier Assayas
Photograph by David Montgomery
Features - Art and Architecture

A Curated Companion to the 61st Venice Biennale

The installations, performances and national pavilions defining one of the most politically charged editions in recent memory.

Words by Sarah Moroz
'Seaworld Venice' by Florentina Holzinger. Photo by Andrea Avezzù, courtesy La Biennale di Venezia
Features - Art and Architecture

The Glow of Genius

Thirty years after his death, American minimalist Dan Flavin gets his due at the Venet Foundation, where fluorescent tubes become something close to sacred.

Words by Jeremy Olds
Exhibition view: "Dan Flavin – Simple Fluorescent Tubes", Venet Foundation, 2026. Curator: Erik Verhagen. ©️ Photo: Jerome Cavaliere
Features - Art and Architecture

Inside the Temporary Worlds of Fashion Shows

The creatives behind some of the industry’s most immersive sets this season explain their process.

Words by Justine Sebbag
Image of WOMEN’S FALL WINTER 2026 SHOW COLLECTION © Louis Vuitton – All rights reserved