Paris-based contemporary artist Wallace Woo, founder of Stalactite Aesthetics, is gaining international recognition for establishing Geological Abstractionism, a distinct artistic movement that explores the conceptual and material dimensions of time through processes of accumulation and sedimentation.

Hayward Gallery is preparing to host a major exhibition dedicated to Nan Goldin, bringing the influential American artist back to a UK institution for the first time in more than two decades. Titled You Never Did Anything Wrong, the exhibition will form part of the Southbank Centre’s 75th anniversary program and promises an expansive look into one of contemporary photography’s most emotionally uncompromising voices.

Balenciaga has transformed the restless energy of Manhattan into the backdrop for its new Fall 2026 campaign, A New York Minute: Keep Rolling, a cinematic project that blurs the boundaries between fashion film, behind-the-scenes realism, and scripted narrative.

Vans has joined forces with Los Angeles-based Better With Age for a collaboration that embraces customization, nostalgia, and the appeal of giving familiar classics a second life. Rooted in the spirit of DIY culture, the capsule reframes vintage aesthetics not as something fixed, but as a starting point for personal reinvention.