In Art Basel Miami Beach this weekend, though collectors are reportedly “much more interested in visiting Paris at this point than going back to Miami Beach,” sales have been strong, especially when it came to digital art (that is, if you call Beeple’s abhorrent output ‘art’). The whole fair and affair should be summarized in what has been named one of the event’s standout works: The Imperial Prayer Rug by Nicholas Galanin. This is a 2.5m wide rug showing the viewfinder of a drone.

Justin Bieber, your new favorite UI/UX designer?

France on the eve of the final judgement: a splendid doom-title for a new interview with supercharged intellectual Emmanuel Todd.

Superb Chinese craftsmanship + European aristocratic branding: basically, there was a time where upscale families loved creating their own logos (‘coats of arms’), and the most clout-chasing of them used to order from China custom-made exquisite porcelain adorned by those creations. Quite the sophisticated merch! The Grand Canal Museum of Beijing is displaying a collection of these pieces, 135 items from the 18th & 19th centuries, through March 3, 2026.

“Yorgos [Lanthimos] is my Whitney Houston.”

The price of silver, the precious metal, hit an all time high today. Let’s commemorate the moment with a giant silver star from Sandy Liang’s Seoul pop-up [add to folder: silver stars].

Google’s Nano Banana Pro generator is so efficient it’s gross, and got a real insight out of @dystopiangf: “your physical appearance will be like an arbitrary pfp/avatar. Everyone will functionally become anonymous, even if they post themselves”.

Industry will be back on January 11. If not for the “hot, young, rich, sad people”, tune in for the outerwear: some of the best coats, jackets, layers, blazers, and all around snuggle-wardrobe available on screen.

Old money, new money, newer money, elites’ degeneration and stupefaction: this month further stretched the all-encompassing economic bubble, sparking tensions. “Will we the people tolerate a brave new world of trillionaires”? Will traditionally-trained brokers regard bitcoin barons with hauteur? Should we all equip ourselves with Louis Vuitton Spring 2018 attire? Let’s wait and see.

Udo Kier was so magnificent. Arte uploaded a documentary.