This Week’s SLEEK News
Ace & Tate debuted a butter‑yellow Berlin‑Schöneberg store that fuses a showroom with an optical practice, signaling a shift toward experiential retail. Sorel launched its “Festival Season Reconsidered” line, emphasizing versatile pieces that transition from city streets to outdoor adventures. Carhartt WIP previewed its Fall/Winter 2026 collection, introducing a ‘destroy wash’ and a tailored Brader Blazer as a bridge between seasons. adidas Originals revived its 2002 World Cup partnership with Coca‑Cola, delivering Y2K‑inspired sneakers, while ETRO released a summer capsule featuring Tabby Booth artwork and Globe‑Trotter travel cases.
Partie Une: What Happens When Space and Texture Start Talking
Galerie OM opened its inaugural exhibition, Partie Une, in Berlin, centering on the dialogue of materiality across design, art, and interior architecture. Curated by Julian Zacharias Eide, the show features iconic designers such as Martin Margiela, Maarten Baas, Jean Prouvé, and Pierre Chareau, alongside Berlin‑based artist Marten Herma Anderson. The gallery’s...
When Cars Bring People Together
At the annual Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este on Lake Como, BMW unveiled its Vision ALPINA concept car, marking the event’s first showcase of the silent‑luxury vehicle. The design features a signature side line that references 1970s Alpina styling and skier...
This Week’s SLEEK News
This week’s SLEEK roundup blends art, fashion and footwear innovations. Painter Daniel Crews‑Chubb opens his six‑piece “The Belt of Venus” exhibition at Patricia Low Contemporary during Venice Biennale 2026, exploring mythic and abstract forms. ASICS teams with designer Cecilie Bahnsen...
Why Is Beeple So Successful?
Mike Winkelmann, known as Beeple, catapulted into the upper echelons of the art market when his NFT collage “Everydays: The First 5000 Days” sold for $69.3 million at Christie’s in 2021, making him the third‑most‑expensive living artist. His recent exhibition “Regular...
Ciao, Venice.
The 61st Venice Biennale opened amid a wave of turmoil, including the untimely death of director Koyo Kouoh, the resignation of the international jury, and the cancellation of the South African pavilion. Despite these setbacks, the event features roughly 100 national...
Champagne Breakfast & Artist Talk: Mario Klingemann in Conversation with Anika Meier
During Berlin’s Gallery Weekend, SLEEK Art Space hosted a Champagne Breakfast and artist talk featuring AI pioneer Mario Klingemann and curator Anika Meier. The conversation, titled “Inert Images vs. Attention Maxxing in the Age of AI Slop,” explored how Klingemann...
In Conversation With Dana Robinson
Brooklyn‑based artist Dana Robinson explores Black identity, home, and femininity by deconstructing 1970s Ebony magazine advertisements and re‑creating them on acrylic‑washed wood panels. Her process—painting on plastic overlays, then transferring the image—produces fragmented, veiled portraits that blur the line between...
AGON: Giulio Bertelli’s Debut Film Reframes Sport as Something Stranger and More Political
Italian director Giulio Bertelli’s debut feature *AGON* arrives on April 24, branding itself as “techno neorealism.” The film follows a female fencer, played by Olympic gold‑medalist Alice Bellandi, as she navigates a sport stripped of crowds, ceremonies and media framing. Bertelli, a...
Marc Brandenburg at the Berlinische Gallery
Marc Brandenburg’s solo show “20th Century Debris” opens at Berlin’s Berlinische Galerie, showcasing decades‑long pencil drawings that translate personal photographs into monochrome, dream‑like fragments. The works, loaned from private and corporate collections, are arranged in thematic clusters that move from...
This Weeks SLEEK News
This week’s SLEEK roundup highlights five brand activations across fashion, hospitality and art. UGG staged its Berlin Supper Club, debuting the Spring/Summer 2026 line in an interactive portrait studio. Miu Miu refreshed its iconic deck shoe with an ultra‑light, slip‑on silhouette seen...
Film Review – Allegro Pastell: Love and Privilege
Allegro Pastell, Anna Roller’s 2026 German drama, follows the long‑distance romance of Tanja, an author in Berlin, and Jerome, a web designer in rural Maintal. Set in 2018, the film isolates the couple’s privileged, white, financially secure lives to explore...
Congolese Dandyism: Polished Shoes on Dusty Streets
La Sape, the Congolese dandy movement, transforms colonial‑era suits into a deliberate act of self‑assertion, using vivid colors, polished shoes and ritualized style to claim dignity on dusty streets. Founder Ben Moukacha Monama codifies the practice with ten rules and a prayer...
Studio Visit: ROMAN LIPSKI
Roman Lipski, a Berlin‑based painter, pivoted from two decades of figurative work to AI‑augmented creation after a creative crisis in 2014. Partnering with data scientist Florian Dohmann, he built the AI Muse, a tool that recombines his own visual language...
Shifting Crossroads – Beirut Contemporary
The Saikalis Bay Foundation opened "Shifting Crossroads – Beirut Contemporary" at its CIRCOLO space in Milan, showcasing ten artists who explore Lebanon’s ongoing political and infrastructural turmoil. Curated as a response to the country’s unfinished crises, the show replaces the...