The Roundups
Ken Carson — xperiment - caretunez
Turnstile — NEVER ENOUGH:VERSIONS
xaviersobased — “Struggle Gang”
Chanel Beads — “teenage dream chanel beads remix”
Tommy Fleece — Plus
untitled (halo) — “aimee lou wood freestyle”
Tezzus + diamond* — “Hood of Atlanta”
underscores — “Unlimited Love + The Peace (Frost Children Remix)”
Soldier’s Reveal Yourself, Softly at Market Gallery in New York, opening September 1
Tickets dropped for Printed Matters’s 2026 NY Art Book Fair (featuring 300+ exhibitors from 41 countries) at MoMA PS1 in New York from September 24–27
Deana Lawson’s Edge Control at Gagosian, featuring photographs and holograms, opening September 10 at 541 West 24th Street in New York
Christian Marclay’s exhibition at White Cube Paris in Paris from September 9–October 10
Gagosian at Frieze Seoul at COEX in Seoul from September 2–5, featuring paintings and sculptures by Damien Hirst
Shigeo Otake’s Inside the White Cube: Agoraphilia at White Cube Hong Kong through August 29
Interesting campaigns this week: Prada AW25, Gucci Primavera by Michael Chelbin, Celine by Michael Rider, Balenciaga AW26 by Pierpaolo Piccoli
JW Anderson dropped a “Twisted Denim” collection featuring a twisted silhouette made in Japan from Japanese cotton
Willy Chavarria collabs with UGG on a biker inspired footwear collection
Brands are gearing up to prepare for NYFW early next month
Products
Everything Is Important, Vol. 2, a field guide to NYC’s downtown art scene curated by Mike Brewer and produced by Travis Spinks and Noah Letcavage
HELIOT EMIL + Alpinestar’s Ignite boots containing spark rods engineered to create sparks when they make contact with the road
Home Invasion’s Jeffery lamp inspired by Young Thug’s album cover and Alessandro Trincone’s 2016 Japanese-style dress
BERLIN POSTERS FIRKIN bag by @gorantosic_, made from found posters
Custom Rick Owens Geobasket mules by @dietsodas
This Week’s Headlines
Iranian state TV aired a tutorial for assassinating Barron Trump
Iranian state television aired a Hitman-style video segment titled “Where and How Should We K*ll Barron Trump?” alleging that they have Trump’s 20-year-old son under tight surveillance, detailing his movements and personal life, and advertising a $10 million bounty for his assassination. The U.S. Secret Service confirmed that the claims are being investigated.
There’s a new underground rap super-collective
Lucy Bedroque, Slayr, Prettifun, and many more have come together to form La Familia. The collective unites a group of artists who have long socialized in a Discord group, and have a history of musical collaboration. La Familia was first teased during a PlaqueBoyMax stream earlier this year, and the official Instagram page debuted this week. Look through their following for a glimpse at the collective’s wider network, with 38+ affiliated artists, producers, and visual creators.
Highlights from the first look at GTA VI’s gameplay
The GTA VI extended look dropped yesterday, offering the first look at gameplay and the most concrete details yet about the game. Highlights include:
Characters Lucia and Jason will physically change based on players’ habits
NPCs are set to be more advanced and reactive than ever
Players can travel together or separately as the two protagonists and build a relationship between them that will affect the story
The map is reportedly twice the size of GTA V’s and three times the size of Red Dead Redemption 2’s
There’s a more complex six-star wanted system and advanced police recognition
Stealing cars will be a far more involved process, with techniques varying from vehicle to vehicle.
The robot Olympics were held in Beijing
The five-day World Humanoid Robot Games have just wrapped up, bringing together more than 2,000 humanoid robots to compete in Olympic-style events including running, soccer, tug of war, table tennis, combat, sparring, and long jump. Notably, three robots surpassed Usain Bolt’s 100-meter world record of 9.58 seconds, with the top three finishing in 8.64, 8.86, and 9.39 seconds, respectively. The events took a massive toll on the robots, with several falling apart mid-event, and nearly all of them requiring extensive repairs afterward.
Catastrophic flash floods strike Nepal and Tibet
Triggered by a glacial collapse in the Himalayas, devastating flash flooding swept across the Nepal-Tibet border, leaving 579 people dead, and nearly 2,000 others unaccounted for. The initial collapse was large enough to read as a magnitude 5.3 earthquake, and caused water levels to rise up to 9 meters in 30 minutes. Rescue officials are now warning that secondary floods could be an issue, as temporary dams upstream, formed by the debris, could fail in the coming days.
New DJ-rating app is like Letterboxd for nightlife
A new app called “Seen Live” allows users to rate DJ sets and live shows in a Letterboxd or RateYourMusic-esque fashion. Reception is polarized, with many questioning the need to constantly algorithmize everything, particularly live music, while others have shrugged off the app as a useful tool for documenting their personal history. The release speaks to a broader cultural obsession with tracking, cataloguing, and rating everything we consume.
Headline curation and words by Mikail Haroon (@mvkail)
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