British artist Alex Chinneck has brought his unmistakable surreal language into the world of luxury fashion, creating a series of 14 sculptural window installations for Dior’s flagship stores in New York and Los Angeles. The works reinterpret familiar fragments of the American streetscape, traffic lights, clocks, taxis and cars, distorting them into playful, dreamlike forms.

To celebrate the enduring legacy of one of the world’s most recognizable everyday objects, designer Mario Paroli and Italian design brand Seletti have transformed the iconic Bic Cristal pen into an oversized lighting piece. Unveiled at Maison&Objet in Paris, the project serves as the final chapter in Bic’s celebrations marking the 75th anniversary of its legendary ballpoint pen.

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.