Lorde taps fine art photographer Talia Chetrit for the cover art of her new “What Was That?” single.
Lorde enlisted New York–based fine art photographer Talia Chetrit to shoot the cover of “What Was That?,” her first solo release since Solar Power. Known for her raw, in-camera manipulations and psychologically charged portraits, Chetrit captures Lorde in an arresting, sweat-slicked close-up that signals a moody, intimate new era. The collaboration continues Lorde’s ongoing dialogue with contemporary artists, following earlier partnerships with painter Sam McKinniss and photographer Ophelia Mikkelson Jones.
German company Peri will bring a $1.1 million 3D-printed Starbucks to Texas.
Peri 3D will debut the world’s first 3D-printed Starbucks in Brownsville, Texas, a $1.1 million project slated to open April 28. The German firm, known for pioneering 3D-printed social housing in Europe, brings its concrete-printing technology to a region quickly becoming a hub for advanced construction, alongside ventures like Bjarke Ingels’ ICON-backed developments.
Mexico City-based art dealer Agustina Ferreyra has closed her gallery to become director of OMR.
Agustina Ferreyra will close her namesake gallery at the end of April to become director of Mexico City’s OMR, one of the city’s most established contemporary art spaces. Known for championing emerging Latin American artists, Ferreyra will also continue developing Bodega, her collaborative curatorial platform with OMR, as an experimental project space.
Artist Stuart Semple claims to have developed an acrylic paint of an “unreplicable” color.
Artist Stuart Semple has created an acrylic paint called YOLO, inspired by a newly discovered, previously invisible color identified by scientists using laser stimulation of specific retinal cells. Blending high-frequency pigments and optical brighteners, Semple’s version transforms the hue—known as Olo—into a vivid, purchasable paint aimed squarely at working artists.
Metropolitan Museum of Art director Max Hollein declares the Met is a “non-partisan institution.”
In an interview with Le Quotidien de l’Art, Max Hollein, director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, emphasized the Met’s status as a private, non-partisan organization that will remain unaffected by federal rollbacks of DEI initiatives. His commentary underscored the museum’s independence by pointing to its diverse base of donors, which shields it from political influence and allows it to maintain autonomy over its curatorial direction.
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Own a piece of Philly’s architectural history with this $3.3 million Frank Weise home.
Oh, to be a fly on the wall at the Judd Foundation benefit dinner.
A.I. slop is churning on—but to what consequences?
“Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams” has thrown open its OMA-designed doors in Seoul.
