The eighth edition of the prestigious Monaco Art Week will take place this year from 27 April to 1 May, drawing art aficionados from across the globe for an enlightening programme of exhibitions, performances and artist encounters. Fourteen international galleries and auction houses will showcase more than five centuries of creation, spanning Renaissance paintings to modern art, contemporary works and jewellery, with emblematic Monégasque neighbourhoods serving as a suitably sophisticated backdrop. Coinciding with Art Monte-Carlo and featuring a full day of conferences for curators, collectors and other industry insiders, Monaco Art Week is expected to further cement the Principality’s place on the elite cultural map.

Image: Léopold Survage (1879-1968) Adoration, 1933 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right 55 x 46 cm

Designed by Perkins Eastman and newly opened in Hanoi's French Quarter, Fairmont Hanoi is a contemporary reinterpretation of French Colonial and Indochinese architecture. The sculpted façade gives way to a lush interior courtyard, with design references throughout the public spaces drawing from the Red River, the Imperial Citadel of Thăng Long and the city’s twelve blossom seasons. Eight culinary concepts include modern Vietnamese classics from Chef Luke Nguyen and a Michelin-starred Italian restaurant by Chef Nicolas Isnard. The Cirua Spa spans an entire floor and features a Korean-style bathhouse with hydrotherapy and thermal facilities, while the beautifully styled rooftop pool offers panoramic views across the city.

Shilpa Gupta’s What Still Holds exhibition at the Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart in Berlin takes words and texts as its central pillars, using them to question established notions of truth, socially imposed moulds and structures of control. A thought-provoking experience. From 27 March 2026 to 3 January 2027.

Shilpa Gupta, Someone Else – A library of 100 books written anonymously or under pseudonyms, 2011, Edelstahl, geätzte Bücher, MS-Regale, 488 × 22 × 190 cm, © Courtesy Shilpa Gupta, Foto: Anil Rane

Following the 2025 opening of the V&A East Storehouse – a behind-the-scenes look into the Victoria and Albert Museum’s vast unexhibited collection – the V&A East Museum will open in London this April. The 6,420sq m statement structure, designed by Dublin-based architects O'Donnell + Tuomey, has been more than a decade in the works. The space will host a free-to-visit permanent collection complemented by vibrant temporary exhibitions, the first of which has been announced as The Music is Black: A British Story, an exploration of Black British music’s influence on UK and international culture. Image © Niall Hodson

The historic Yasaka Kaikan theatre began a new chapter as the Imperial Hotel, Kyoto, which opened its doors on 5 March. The 55-key property honours the location’s legacy by preserving part of its historically protected architecture, as well as by organising cultural experiences such as visits to the neighbouring Gion Kobu Kaburenjo Theatre for the Miyako Odori dance performances. The newly constructed north wing, on the other hand, will connect to tradition with tatami flooring – a first for the Imperial Hotel chain.

From 8 June to 4 October, L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts – founded in Paris in 2012 with the support of Van Cleef & Arpels – will host an exhibition dedicated to the visionary work of American artist Daniel Brush (1947-2022). Blending art, science, poetry and philosophy, Brush challenged the conventional perception of jewellery, questioning its decorative and talismanic roles as well as its relationship to the body and to femininity. The exhibition will highlight his oeuvre through more than 75 remarkable jewels, paintings and sculptures, revealing the unique creative instincts of this self-taught artist.

Haegue Yang, a South Korean artist based in Berlin and Seoul, uses ordinary objects to explore the relationship between the individual component and the collective, shifting away from ideas of conformity and singular identity. Star-Crossed Rendezvous, an installation presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, from 1 March to 2 August 2026, continues Yang’s ongoing engagement with the composer Isang Yun. The collaboration with the museum will also include a one-night performance by the LA Philharmonic on 10 March. 

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Haegue Yang, Star-Crossed Rendezvous after Yun, 2024, aluminum venetian blinds, powder-coated aluminum hanging structure, steel wire rope, moving spotlights, DMX controller, speaker, tripod. Courtesy of the artist. Installation view of Leap Year, Hayward Gallery, London, United Kingdom, 2024. Photo by Mark Blower

Audemars Piguet’s new, much larger London House is a Mayfair mansion where Georgian architecture blends with modish mid-century decor in warm, wood-based golds and browns. Between relaxing lounges, meeting rooms, vinyl collections, a grand piano and a rooftop party terrace, it feels like a members’ club, but is open to all as the brand’s London retail hub. The only requirement: a genuine interest in AP watches.

The UK’s first exhibition dedicated to Elsa Schiaparelli will open at the Victoria and Albert Museum this month. Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art provides a comprehensive overview of the legendary fashion house’s history, from the Roman designer’s groundbreaking early works in the 1920s to the looks that continue to make an impact in the fashion world today under current creative director Daniel Roseberry. Over 200 archival objects will be displayed, spanning not only garments, jewellery and accessories but also sculpture, furniture, paintings and even perfumes. From 28 March.

Photo © Emil Larsson

For one day only: an exhibition at London’s Goldsmiths Centre celebrating twenty years of Bright Young Gems, the Goldsmiths Foundation-backed scheme that annually supports six British-trained graduates with their fledgling jewellery businesses. Well-known past winners with inspiring work on display include Pippa Small, Fernando Jorge, Tomasz Donocik and Imogen Belfield. The Centre also sells work by current jewellers based there and has a rather good cafe attached. 11am-4pm, 3 March.

Dover Street Market kicks off London Fashion Week with an installation of collectable treasures celebrating the 20-year career of UK-based designer Erdem, who has reimagined ten of his favourite edgily romantic creations as a capsule collection. They include a printed voile dress from his first collection in 2006, a botanical lace dress from 2015 inspired by Victorian artist Marianne North, a signature crystal-embroidered evening dress, and two pieces in patchwork woven silk derived from the 2022 collection, inspired by Chatsworth House’s fabric archive. Until 4 March.

Photo © Edrem

After months of whispers surrounding a new build in the works for the Gitana racing team, the public came out in force at the Lorient La Base in Brittany on Saturday for Gitana 18’s first appearance. The 32m trimaran is the culmination of three years of work, including 50,000 hours of research and development and 200,000 hours of construction (all kept as a closely guarded secret until December). Boasting a host of innovative features, the offshore racer is primed and ready for nippy Atlantic crossings and around-the-world escapades.