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Phia Co-Founders Knew App Took Credit for Sales It Didn’t Drive

Phia Co-Founders Knew App Took Credit for Sales It Didn’t Drive

Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni pushed for features in the e-commerce startup’s software that took credit for sales it didn’t drive, according to internal communications and people with knowledge of [...]

Africa’s Streetwear Scene is Having a Moment

Africa’s Streetwear Scene is Having a Moment

Africa’s streetwear scene is grabbing the spotlight in 2026 as Ghanaian brand Free the Youth prepares to release one of the most coveted Air Jordan collaborations we’ve seen this year. [...]

Taylor Swift Wedding-Dress Fever Has Bridal Brands on High Alert

Taylor Swift Wedding-Dress Fever Has Bridal Brands on High Alert

The star's wedding dress remains under wraps, but chains such as David's Bridal are already betting brides will want one just like it. [...]

Vyrao Finalising Sale

Vyrao Finalising Sale

The premium perfume line, created by former fashion executive Yasmin Sewell, is closing in on a new owner. [...]

Dubai’s Reign Over Middle East Fashion Will Outlast the War

Dubai’s Reign Over Middle East Fashion Will Outlast the War

While the Middle East conflict has punctured Dubai’s aura of invulnerability and prompted some to question the city’s future, it has done little to erode the advantages that made it [...]

Can Beauty Beat Big Pharma at Hair Loss?

Can Beauty Beat Big Pharma at Hair Loss?

As shoppers seek newer, better solutions for hair shedding and thinning, brands are racing to offer products that go beyond the scalp. [...]

Worldview | Mercado Libre Sacrifices Profit for Growth

Worldview | Mercado Libre Sacrifices Profit for Growth

This week’s round-up of global markets fashion business news also features a luxury goods scandal in Hong Kong, Reliance Retail’s latest acquisition in India and Puma caught in the crossfire [...]

On Sneaker Brand’s Shares Slump After Sales Disappoint

The Swiss brand's stock tumbled after it posted disappointing second-quarter sales and issued a slightly more cautious sales forecast for the year. [...]

Natura Posts 92% Decline in Quarterly Profit

Natura Posts 92% Decline in Quarterly Profit

Brazilian cosmetic maker Natura on Monday posted a second-quarter net profit of 35 million reais ($6.85 million), a 92.1 percent ⁠decline from the same period in 2025. [...]

Report: Armani Stake Sale Could Be Delayed Beyond March 2027 Deadline

Report: Armani Stake Sale Could Be Delayed Beyond March 2027 Deadline

Citing company sources, Italian newspaper Corriere ‌della Sera said market conditions for the luxury industry were still challenging and negotiating a deal could require time. [...]

Lululemon Executive Exits as New CEO Is Set to Join

Lululemon Executive Exits as New CEO Is Set to Join

Chief strategy officer Rachel Acheson, who worked at the company more than 14 years, has exited one month before chief executive Heidi O’Neill is set to take over, according to [...]

Shein to Launch IPO as Soon as August 19, Sources Say

Shein to Launch IPO as Soon as August 19, Sources Say

The Hong Kong IPO could take place as soon as Wednesday of next week, two people with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday. [...]

Why British Brands Are Piling Into the US

Why British Brands Are Piling Into the US

After decades of mixed results, a new generation of UK brands is expanding into the US. This time, they're prioritising community, patience and cultural translation over splashy launches. [...]

How Hyosung Is Taking Bio-Materials to Industrial Scale

How Hyosung Is Taking Bio-Materials to Industrial Scale

The world’s largest spandex manufacturer by market share, based in South Korea, has created a drop-in bio-alternative ready for large-scale production. BoF sits down with CEO Chang Hwang Lee to [...]

Opinion: Adidas Has a Mountain to Climb in China

Opinion: Adidas Has a Mountain to Climb in China

Adidas would do well to tailor its Chinese business more closely to local tastes rather than simply importing a global formula, writes Bloomberg’s Juliana Liu. [...]

John Lewis Managing Director Quits Job After Less Than Three Years

John Lewis Managing Director Quits Job After Less Than Three Years

Peter Ruis' surprise departure comes as the company faces “really tough” trading conditions. [...]

Harvey Nichols Warns It Could Collapse Without Rescue Deal

Harvey Nichols Warns It Could Collapse Without Rescue Deal

The upscale department store says it will not be able to survive another year without new investment, as bidders for the chain circle. [...]

Amouage First Half 2026 Sales Surge 74 Percent

Amouage First Half 2026 Sales Surge 74 Percent

The Omani fragrance house recorded another period of record growth as it continued to double-down on key geographies like the US and high-concentration perfumes. [...]

Shein IPO Value Could Fall Short of $30 Billion Targeted by Some Investors

Shein IPO Value Could Fall Short of $30 Billion Targeted by Some Investors

Bloomberg Intelligence estimates the ultra-fast fashion retailer supports a valuation of $22 billion to $25 billion, well below the roughly $30 billion valuation some investors have pushed for. [...]

Inside the $5 Billion Cosmetics Company Behind Rhode

Inside the $5 Billion Cosmetics Company Behind Rhode

After its buzziest acquisition ever and a dozen years into the role, E.l.f.. Beauty CEO Tarang Amin still seems pretty “elfing” delighted by it all. [...]

Can You Trust AI to Tell You Which Brands Are Sustainable?

Can You Trust AI to Tell You Which Brands Are Sustainable?

A BoF analysis of recommendations by ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini found that brands' online reputations and how users phrase their questions matters more than actual environmental performance. [...]

Cushion Foundations Dominate in Asia. Now, They’re Going Global.

Cushion Foundations Dominate in Asia. Now, They’re Going Global.

One of Asia’s biggest beauty product categories had failed to translate globally for over a decade, but it may finally be seeing its moment. [...]

Can Harvey Nichols Recapture its Glamour?

Can Harvey Nichols Recapture its Glamour?

The once-glitzy department store chain is in a "death spiral," says Frasers Group's Mike Ashley, who has made a bid to take control. A refocus on design could be what [...]

How Brands Can Still Win Over Back-to-School Shoppers

How Brands Can Still Win Over Back-to-School Shoppers

Consumers are feeling the pressure of inflation, high gas prices and economic uncertainty this back-to-school season. But they’re still spending on fashion — when brands can prove they’re worth the [...]

Blazy or Bust: Luxury’s Zero Sum Game

Blazy or Bust: Luxury’s Zero Sum Game

Chanel’s surging sales underscore that the luxury industry’s challenges may be less about demand than desirability. [...]

Chris Green on Why the Best Fashion Stores Don’t Chase Scale

Chris Green on Why the Best Fashion Stores Don’t Chase Scale

Chris Green joins Imran Amed to explain how his self-funded Brooklyn menswear store earned a place among the world's best fashion stores — by staying off the internet and betting [...]

Thom Bettridge to Step Down as I-D Editor in Chief

Thom Bettridge to Step Down as I-D Editor in Chief

Global editorial director Steff Yotka will succeed Bettridge, who is leaving to focus on his creative studio Content World. [...]

Sneaker Brands Are Taking Collaborations to a New Level

Sneaker Brands Are Taking Collaborations to a New Level

Kith's new collaboration with Salomon on the XT-Evo is the latest example of the way footwear companies are leveraging influential outside partners to help them debut their newest shoes or [...]

Under Armour Forecasts Steeper Annual Sales Decline

Under Armour Forecasts Steeper Annual Sales Decline

The athletic apparel maker is struggling with weak ⁠consumer demand amid macroeconomic uncertainty in ⁠its key North American market. [...]

Retailers Tap AI Shopping Traffic but Fight to Keep Customer Data

Retailers Tap AI Shopping Traffic but Fight to Keep Customer Data

As shoppers increasingly turn to ChatGPT and Google's Gemini for product recommendations, retailers are racing to appear in chatbot results while resisting efforts to cede customer data that underpin online [...]

Unlocking the Ultimate Online Beauty Community

Unlocking the Ultimate Online Beauty Community

A first-of-its-kind report from Reddit maps the platform’s raw and expansive beauty community. The platform hopes it will be a tool for brands and beauty lovers alike. [...]

Skims to Enter India Through Partnership With Reliance Brands

Skims to Enter India Through Partnership With Reliance Brands

The luxury arm of Reliance Retail will operate the Skims brand across physical and digital ⁠channels, beginning with Delhi and Mumbai. [...]

How Value Became Watchmaking’s Biggest Trend

How Value Became Watchmaking’s Biggest Trend

As the boom in trophy timepieces cools, a new generation of enthusiasts is fuelling demand for accessible watches that deliver strong design, quality and heritage, made by brands ranging from [...]

Vogue World 2027 Will Be Held in San Francisco

Vogue World 2027 Will Be Held in San Francisco

The sixth edition of the annual runway spectacle will return to the US after this year's outing in Milan. [...]

Capri Cuts Revenue Outlook as Iran War Hits Michael Kors Sales

Capri Cuts Revenue Outlook as Iran War Hits Michael Kors Sales

Congestion at ports in Asia combined with weaker demand across Europe and emerging markets from the war hurt sales, the company said. [...]

What Makes a Makeup Artist Brand Work?

This week, we have a conversation with Katie Jane Hughes about her upcoming retail launch and an explainer on a niche perfume drama. [...]

Sydney Towle, Influencer and Health Activist, Has Died

Sydney Towle, Influencer and Health Activist, Has Died

Towle, known for sharing her life as a young woman living with cancer, passed away aged 26 on Wednesday. [...]

Ralph Lauren Beats Estimates on Demand From Affluent Shoppers

Ralph Lauren Beats Estimates on Demand From Affluent Shoppers

Strong sales among young and affluent ⁠shoppers helped drive quarterly revenue above analysts' expectations. [...]

Kenvue Misses Estimates as Inflation, Tariffs Squeeze Margins

Kenvue Misses Estimates as Inflation, Tariffs Squeeze Margins

The US consumer health company and parent of Neutrogena narrowly missed Wall Street estimates for second-quarter results as tariffs and currency-related costs offset sales gains. [...]

Henkel Raises Sales Guidance for 2026

Henkel Raises Sales Guidance for 2026

The German conglomerate and Schwarzkopf parent lifted its annual sales forecast, though growth for its adhesives unit outpaced its consumer brands. [...]

EBay Gives Solid Outlook, Says It Paid More to Acquire Depop

EBay Gives Solid Outlook, Says It Paid More to Acquire Depop

The resale marketplace beat sales and profit expectations but said its purchase price for Depop was $200 million more than initially announced. [...]

Why Fashion Brands Need More Instagram Ads Than Ever

Why Fashion Brands Need More Instagram Ads Than Ever

As Meta’s AI-powered advertising system demands a growing supply of creative content to feed to users, fashion brands face a new challenge: how to keep up without sacrificing brand identity. [...]

E.l.f Raises Revenue Outlook; Needs Scrappy Thinking to Maintain Growth

E.l.f Raises Revenue Outlook; Needs Scrappy Thinking to Maintain Growth

With sales at its core line in decline, the company is tweaking everything from price, geographic distribution and categories to rebuild momentum. [...]

The Debrief | The Fashion and Beauty Companies Everyone Wants to Work For

The Debrief | The Fashion and Beauty Companies Everyone Wants to Work For

As economic uncertainty and hiring freezes reshape parts of the fashion and beauty job market, BoF’s Eoghan O’Donnell and Dan Hastings join Sheena Butler-Young to unpack BoF’s Most Desirable Beauty [...]

Shopify Shares Soar as Revenue Outlook Beats Estimates

Shopify Shares Soar as Revenue Outlook Beats Estimates

Shares surged after the company's third-quarter revenue outlook beat expectations, strengthening the view that it faces limited disruption from AI. [...]

Next Upgrades Profit Outlook Again on Strong Summer Spending

Next Upgrades Profit Outlook Again on Strong Summer Spending

The UK retailer said it benefited from sunny weather and the release of some “pent-up demand” in the Middle East and northern Europe. [...]

Shiseido’s Profits Recover in First Half Amid Turnaround

Shiseido’s Profits Recover in First Half Amid Turnaround

Growth turned positive in the second quarter, driven by key regions like the Americas, as the Japanese giant executes its yearlong restructuring plan. [...]

Amazon Loses US Court Ban on Perplexity’s AI Shopping Tools

Amazon Loses US Court Ban on Perplexity’s AI Shopping Tools

The ruling is the first by a federal appeals court to address whether AI agents acting on behalf of users can legally access online platforms. [...]

How to Build a Fashion Store Worth Leaving Home For

How to Build a Fashion Store Worth Leaving Home For

Six retailers featured on BoF’s list of The Best Fashion Stores in the World shared what goes into operating a compelling multi-brand boutique today, from fostering repeat customers to offering [...]

Why Mikayla Nogueira Chose Sephora

Why Mikayla Nogueira Chose Sephora

The influencer-turned-founder and erstwhile Ulta Beauty employee has selected Sephora for the retail debut of her label, POV Beauty. That decision was not taken lightly, said Nogueira. [...]

Earthquake damages Colombia’s tallest church

Earthquake damages Colombia’s tallest church

A 7.4-magnitude quake caused a tower to collapse at the beloved Manizales Cathedral [...]

A gripping account of the hunt for the treasure-laden San José shipwreck

A gripping account of the hunt for the treasure-laden San José shipwreck

A new book details the obsessive quest to find the sunken ship and, following its discovery, the various claims to the ship's billion dollar cargo [...]

Heart of gold: exhibitions tune into Peter Simensky's sculptural radios and celebrate his legacy

Heart of gold: exhibitions tune into Peter Simensky's sculptural radios and celebrate his legacy

The late artist’s ‘pyrite radios’ feature alongside works by his friends, students and collaborators at the Maine College of Art & Design [...]

Comment | This year’s Venice Biennale is filled with thought-provoking reminders of past art disputes

Comment | This year’s Venice Biennale is filled with thought-provoking reminders of past art disputes

From a contested Richard Prince to the disputed Veroneses, Venice remains one of the best places to see works of art formerly at the centre of legal controversies [...]

New novel on Gertrude Stein paints a partial picture

New novel on Gertrude Stein paints a partial picture

A fictionalised account of an essayist’s exploration of the writer tells us more about contemporary women than the star quality of its protagonist [...]

Bottoms up: vast Roman shipwreck filled with ancient wine amphoras discovered near Sicily

Bottoms up: vast Roman shipwreck filled with ancient wine amphoras discovered near Sicily

“Extraordinary site” could reveal “interesting story about trade routes”, maritime archaeologist David Gibbins says [...]

‘Stopping while ahead’: London gallery Sid Motion to shut after a decade

‘Stopping while ahead’: London gallery Sid Motion to shut after a decade

Eponymous founder says she is winding up "while the programme and finances are still intact" [...]

Remains of colonial hospital and church discovered in Lima’s historic centre

Remains of colonial hospital and church discovered in Lima’s historic centre

Walls, floors, human burials and 18th-century tiles have been uncovered in what was once the Hospital and Church of the Holy Spirit in Peru [...]

UK Ministry of Justice spent more than £85,000 removing Banksy mural from the Royal Courts of Justice

UK Ministry of Justice spent more than £85,000 removing Banksy mural from the Royal Courts of Justice

According to the BBC, Westminster council has also spent around £60,000 on security measures for a statue the street artist installed in central London in April [...]

Office block developers fight with heritage campaigners over London’s historic Square Mile

Office block developers fight with heritage campaigners over London’s historic Square Mile

The Liverpool Street railway hub and 1 Silk Street are two of the latest contested developments in the heart of the capital, where new skyscrapers are clamouring to be built [...]

From beavers to basketball hoops: a new public art trail opens in Toronto

From beavers to basketball hoops: a new public art trail opens in Toronto

The Lassonde Art Trail is part of a $1bn redevelopment project to revitalise the city's relationship with its waterways [...]

Uffizi Galleries in Florence announce ‘unprecedented’ €50m revamp

Uffizi Galleries in Florence announce ‘unprecedented’ €50m revamp

The programme will include the redesign of displays, the creation of new exhibition space and the installation of new lighting systems [...]

Comment | What happened to George Lucas’s vision of a museum for ‘the people’?

Comment | What happened to George Lucas’s vision of a museum for ‘the people’?

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art’s new admission and membership fees are tone-deaf and self-defeating [...]

‘We’re astounded and a bit perplexed by it’: colossal 2,500-year-old sculpture discovered at Unesco site in Turkey

‘We’re astounded and a bit perplexed by it’: colossal 2,500-year-old sculpture discovered at Unesco site in Turkey

The statue gives new insight into the ancient Lydian civilisation, Turkey’s culture ministry says [...]

‘What’s good for the planet is good for artists’: group launches new Green Manifesto

‘What’s good for the planet is good for artists’: group launches new Green Manifesto

Recently rebranded artist membership organisation Artists Now has created a guide on how to make creative practices more eco-friendly [...]

Raise a glass: long-hidden image of soldier returns to Pieter de Hooch painting

Raise a glass: long-hidden image of soldier returns to Pieter de Hooch painting

The figure has been painted back onto the work at the Maurithuis after being removed at some stage in its history [...]

Van Gogh’s exuberant ‘Tarascon Stagecoach’ will go on show in New York

Van Gogh’s exuberant ‘Tarascon Stagecoach’ will go on show in New York

The masterpiece, alongside 62 other works given by the Pearlman family, is coming on tour from Los Angeles [...]

Lidar analysis reveals more than 20,000 pre-colonial earthworks under Amazonian rainforest

Lidar analysis reveals more than 20,000 pre-colonial earthworks under Amazonian rainforest

A new study based on aerial surveys suggests the pre-Columbian Aquiry civilisation had a much more developed and dispersed footprint than previously thought [...]

Seven Smithsonian museums shut down due to cooling system failure

Seven Smithsonian museums shut down due to cooling system failure

The closure affected a number of the institution’s buildings along the south side of the National Mall in Washington, DC [...]

As local museums in the UK face closure, government promises help

As local museums in the UK face closure, government promises help

A recent report revealed that 524 UK museums closed between 2000 and 2025. But while the government has offered short-term help, structural issues remain unresolved [...]

Huge nuclear bunker in Italy is set to become a Cold War museum

Huge nuclear bunker in Italy is set to become a Cold War museum

West Star, a former Nato HQ near Verona, is expected to host 100,000 visitors annually [...]

Russian drone destroys unique 300-year-old wooden Cossack church in Ukraine

Russian drone destroys unique 300-year-old wooden Cossack church in Ukraine

The Holy Presentation Church is said by officials to be the last surviving building of its kind from the 18th century [...]

Louvre to lend Islamic art treasures to the Smithsonian

Louvre to lend Islamic art treasures to the Smithsonian

Upcoming exhibition at the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington, DC, will feature 26 works from the Louvre, some of which have never been shown in the US [...]

V&A deputy director Tim Reeve appointed to lead English Heritage

V&A deputy director Tim Reeve appointed to lead English Heritage

Reeve will become chief executive officer of the organisation at which he started his career [...]

Valerie Hillings appointed inaugural director of Guggenheim Abu Dhabi

Valerie Hillings appointed inaugural director of Guggenheim Abu Dhabi

Currently the director of the North Carolina Museum of Art, Hillings worked on the Abu Dhabi project from 2009 to 2018 [...]

‘Criminalisation of dissent’: Indian artist remains behind bars after workers’ protest

‘Criminalisation of dissent’: Indian artist remains behind bars after workers’ protest

Srishti Gupta was arrested in April this year, fitting a broader pattern of crackdowns on activists [...]

The Australian Museum returns remains of Rapa Nui ancestors to Easter Island

The Australian Museum returns remains of Rapa Nui ancestors to Easter Island

The restituted human remains include 17 skulls and one sample of hair, which were taken from the island during a German expedition in 1882 [...]

Fra Angelico’s earliest surviving altarpiece returns to Fiesole after restoration reveals hidden throne

Fra Angelico’s earliest surviving altarpiece returns to Fiesole after restoration reveals hidden throne

The work, created by the young friar-artist and updated later by Lorenzo di Credi, has undergone careful repair and cleaning [...]

London mayor Sadiq Khan calls for city's public museums to remain free to enter

London mayor Sadiq Khan calls for city's public museums to remain free to enter

‘Free museums and galleries are a fundamental part of London life’, says the long-serving Labour mayor in a new op-ed [...]

Reconstruction of legendary Sutton Hoo ship takes shape

Reconstruction of legendary Sutton Hoo ship takes shape

The seventh-century Anglo-Saxon burial ship is due to take to the water in May 2027, following a lengthy reconstruction process working from decayed remains [...]

‘Art Cure’ book analyses the healing powers of the arts

‘Art Cure’ book analyses the healing powers of the arts

An exploration of scientific studies on art and health, short-listed for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction [...]

Unesco urged to investigate after Israeli forces trigger explosions near Lebanon’s World Heritage-listed Beaufort Castle

Unesco urged to investigate after Israeli forces trigger explosions near Lebanon’s World Heritage-listed Beaufort Castle

Experts fear the explosions’ proximity to the site has caused damage, but cannot assess this while the area remains under Israeli occupation [...]

‘It would represent an irreversible loss to Scotland's cultural record’: potential sale of Glasgow art centre’s archive sparks outcry

‘It would represent an irreversible loss to Scotland's cultural record’: potential sale of Glasgow art centre’s archive sparks outcry

There have been protests and a petition since the archive of Glasgow's Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) was listed among the assets of the insolvent organisation [...]

Comment | Why AI’s attempts at art historical analysis are a load of phooey

Comment | Why AI’s attempts at art historical analysis are a load of phooey

Many of those applying artificial intelligence to art history do not understand the basics of our discipline [...]

Royal Museums Greenwich workers vote to strike over pay and working conditions

Royal Museums Greenwich workers vote to strike over pay and working conditions

The strike across the east London museums will occur on 11 and 12 August as Prospect union pledges to step up industrial action across the heritage sector this summer [...]

Gagosian exits locations in Basel and London's Burlington Arcade

Gagosian exits locations in Basel and London's Burlington Arcade

The closures are the latest mega-gallery real estate downsizes this summer [...]

‘Art-world summer camp’: the Aspen Art Fair prioritises immersion over expansion

‘Art-world summer camp’: the Aspen Art Fair prioritises immersion over expansion

The boutique fair is attracting increasingly ambitious exhibitors while leaning into the mountain town's distinctive character [...]

Collector Bernardo Paz plans new museum in Brazil next-door to Inhotim

Collector Bernardo Paz plans new museum in Brazil next-door to Inhotim

Although no longer involved with Inhotim, Paz appears to be reviving its model of art pavilions in a botanical landscape [...]

UK artist Conrad Shawcross sounds alarm on Jodrell Bank Observatory funding cuts

UK artist Conrad Shawcross sounds alarm on Jodrell Bank Observatory funding cuts

The Unesco World Heritage site, located in northwest England, is home to the UK's largest telescope [...]

Two US ambassadors have displayed Van Goghs in their London residence—but Donald Trump's pick for the job can't quite follow suit

Two US ambassadors have displayed Van Goghs in their London residence—but Donald Trump's pick for the job can't quite follow suit

Winfield House, home to American representatives to the UK, is hidden away in Regent’s Park—and has hosted a series of the Dutchman’s masterpieces [...]

Japan’s 400-year-old Kumamoto Castle damaged by 7.1 magnitude earthquake

Japan’s 400-year-old Kumamoto Castle damaged by 7.1 magnitude earthquake

The quake has caused damage and disruption to more than a dozen other cultural sites in the Kumamoto Prefecture [...]

In Gregg Araki’s new film, an artist and her assistant test boundary between mentorship and exploitation

In Gregg Araki’s new film, an artist and her assistant test boundary between mentorship and exploitation

The art-world satire "I Want Your Sex", starring Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman, deals in questions of power, consent and liberation [...]

Family of donor who helped establish Canadian Museum for Human Rights to pause support over Palestine exhibit

Family of donor who helped establish Canadian Museum for Human Rights to pause support over Palestine exhibit

The Asper family’s foundation last donated to the museum in 2023, and Gail Asper says she has indefinitely paused a personal gift of C$50,000 over a display about the violent [...]

Comment | The Obama Presidential Center aims high, like a Gothic cathedral

Comment | The Obama Presidential Center aims high, like a Gothic cathedral

The building’s epic art commissions play a big role, compelling visitors upwards [...]

‘Amazon-style’ conditions: Prospect union members overwhelmingly vote to strike at London's V&A museums

‘Amazon-style’ conditions: Prospect union members overwhelmingly vote to strike at London's V&A museums

V&A staff represented by the Public and Commercial Services Union are also considering industrial action [...]

Lessons from Notre-Dame inform reconstruction of Copenhagen Stock Exchange building

Lessons from Notre-Dame inform reconstruction of Copenhagen Stock Exchange building

After fire destroyed half of the historic red-brick structure in 2024, its owners’ ambitious goal is to rebuild even faster than the French did with the Paris cathedral [...]

Treasures from Ancient Egypt’s ‘Golden City’, and the stories of the people who made them, revealed in San Francisco show

Treasures from Ancient Egypt’s ‘Golden City’, and the stories of the people who made them, revealed in San Francisco show

Twenty artefacts from Pharaoh Amenhotep III's abandoned city, discovered on Luxor’s west bank in 2021, are part of the exhibition at the de Young Museum [...]

Artist starts legal case against Meta for deleting her Instagram account

Artist starts legal case against Meta for deleting her Instagram account

Emma Shapiro and her lawyers are fighting the “loss of her artistic archive, audience, professional visibility and space for public debate” [...]

Arts groups in US cities that increased culture funding during Covid have rebounded more quickly: report

Arts groups in US cities that increased culture funding during Covid have rebounded more quickly: report

While municipal funding covered a modest share of organisations’ expenses, it had an outsized impact in cities that increased their cultural support, a new study from DataArts shows [...]

Betye Saar, assemblage artist who reframed racist and sexist imagery, has died, aged 99

Betye Saar, assemblage artist who reframed racist and sexist imagery, has died, aged 99

The legendary Los Angeles artist reframed charged images and objects, embraced printmaking and developed elaborate, transporting installations [...]

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