The Rijksmuseum has joined a major scientific study exploring whether simply looking at art can ease Parkinson’s symptoms. Backed by a $200k Michael J. Fox Foundation prize, researchers will compare three groups over 18 months. Early signs are promising, creative therapy has already reduced anxiety and boosted well-being in previous trials. Researcher Bas Bloem’s theory? Art might help raise dopamine.

Street signs in Yau Tsim Mong are quietly transforming into glowing art portals. Local studio @chamberlab.art is projecting digital animations onto everyday signage, turning spots like Nathan Road into improvised pop-up light installations.

In Shanghai, Espace Gabrielle Chanel opened this week at the Power Station of Art, complete with Mainland China’s first public contemporary art library. Designed by Japanese architect Kazunari Sakamoto and holding 50,000 books (we gasped too), it will also house the Archive of Chinese Contemporary Art.

In New York, the United Auto Workers have filed to represent around 1,000 staff at the Met Museum, from curatorial to conservation to retail. Museum unionisation continues to gather serious momentum. Popcorn, anyone?

💥 PARTNER SPOTLIGHT - STUDIO J.E.D. 💥

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We are excited to team up with Studio J.E.D. for this Art Girl Fax issue. Studio J.E.D. was founded in early 2025 when ceramic artist Jen Dwyer moved from rural Connecticut to move in with her them boyfriend and soon to be husband Brooklyn. In a tiny apartment under the rumble of the Bushwick train, surrounded by moving boxes and uninspiring Amazon lamps she asked herself a life-changing question: “What if I made the lighting I wish existed?”. The next day she began sculpting soft, organic, deeply handmade ceramic lighting meant to bring calm and beauty into everyday spaces. Only a couple of months after creating her first piece — the now-beloved Kusama Lamp — Dwyer was invited into a group exhibition at Bergdorf Goodman, curated by Natasha Roberts where most of her lamps sold out repeatedly. The momentum set the foundation for a growing collectible lighting studio grounded in craftsmanship, texture, and sculptural design. Working from her Brooklyn studio, Dwyer is now developing her second collection and preparing for her upcoming exhibition at ICFF in May 2026 and if you like to get an idea of her work (and the iconic lamps….), find more info here.

Discover the can’t-miss art events worldwide that TheArtGorgeous team are itching to see!

• ⁠Brussels — Nairy Baghramian at WIELS
  

• Chicago — Yoko Ono at MCA Chicago
  

• New York — Sylvia Snowden at White Cube
  

• Margate — Bridget Riley at Turner Contemporary
  

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