Coppola’s personal F.P. Journe FFC prototype, co-designed with the filmmaker, sold for a record $10.755 million at Phillips amid Megalopolis losses.

Beeple’s ‘Regular Animals’ at Art Basel Miami Beach: robot dogs with hyper-realistic heads of Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg, Picasso, Warhol, and Beeple poop AI-styled NFT images, critiquing algorithmic control. All $100k robots sold day one.

Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama tops ArtReview’s 2025 Power 100 as the first African ever, for his scrap-metal installations on colonialism and labor plus Tamale art hubs funded by his sales.

Reefline is a seven-mile underwater sculpture park off Miami Beach that uses art like Leandro Erlich’s Concrete Coral to restore damaged coral reefs and marine habitats.

Dutch designer Iris van Herpen takes the inaugural Perrier-Jouët Design for Nature Award for her biomimicry-driven couture that fuses nature, science, and sustainability.

Mantua’s Renaissance heritage, personal ties, and art history links explain why Ileana Sonnabend’s postwar collection found a home in Palazzo della Ragione.

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban wins AIA’s top 2026 honor for cardboard innovations, refugee shelters via VAN, and teaching sustainable design.

Key winners from WAF 2025 in Miami: Holy Redeemer Church tops buildings, FRACTAL CHAPEL interiors, Gelephu Airport future projects, plus category standouts.

Architect Frank Gehry, dead at 96, reshaped skylines with Bilbao’s curves and L.A.’s Disney Hall. From Toronto kid to starchitect, his joyful designs leave cities changed.

The Zayed National Museum debuted December 3 in Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat District, honoring Sheikh Zayed and UAE history with 1,500+ objects across six galleries.

Designers name the ceiling the fifth wall and push treatments like wallpaper over dated accent walls. Sources detail uses in dining rooms, powder rooms, and more for 2026.

The Met’s 2025 holiday tree in the Medieval Sculpture Hall features a 20-foot blue spruce with an 18th-century Neapolitan crèche of over 70 figures depicting a multicultural Nativity scene.

Foam sofas without frames that ship in boxes and expand—viral on TikTok with peaking searches. Easy urban delivery wins, but durability lags for heavy use.

Pantone names Cloud Dancer (PANTONE 11-4201), its first white Color of the Year since 1999, for serenity and fresh starts in design trends.