Gainsborough Dressed Power for the Portrait

New York, “Gainsborough: The Fashion of Portraiture”

Thomas Gainsborough painted clothing with enough conviction to make silk, lace and tailoring active participants in a portrait. The Frick brings together more than two dozen works for the first New York exhibition devoted entirely to his portraiture. Fashion is treated as a language of class, labor, craft and identity rather than decorative scenery. Technical research traces the painter's handling of textiles, while the sitters show how dress helped construct ambition and social position in Georgian England. On view from February 12 through May 25, 2026.

Paris, Christofle's Malmaison Riviera

Christofle takes its historic Malmaison tableware toward the Mediterranean with a warmer, more relaxed palette. A watercolor-like yellow washes across porcelain, while hand-drawn palmettes and rosettes preserve the Empire references that have defined the pattern for more than a century. Silver-plated accents keep the expected glint, but the collection is meant for an everyday table rather than a state dinner. Available from April 2026.

Athens, “Yorgos Lanthimos: Photographs”

Yorgos Lanthimos is better known for films in which the ordinary quickly becomes peculiar. His still photographs hold the same tension. Onassis Stegi gathers 182 images made during the past five years, including work created around film sets in New Orleans, Atlanta, Henley-on-Thames and Budapest. A temple-like installation leads from three outer series to a central group of 110 new photographs. Without dialogue or movement, empty rooms and isolated figures become even stranger. On view from March 7 through May 17, 2026.

The Return of Annie Hiéronimus's Sandra Sofa

When Annie Hiéronimus designed Sandra for Ligne Roset in 1975, severe angles still dominated modern seating. Her all-foam sofa proposed something softer, lower and far more interested in the body. Hiéronimus was the only woman working in the company's design studio at the time. The new edition keeps the rounded, enveloping silhouette while adding multi-density foam, lumbar support and a lighter construction that makes the sofa easier to move.

Miami, “Dripped”

At Nina Johnson, water and desire move through furniture, sculpture and painting. Athens collective Made by Astronauts presents hydroformed steel pieces whose surfaces seem almost liquid. Hilliary Gabryel covers salvaged bedroom furniture in latex, while Paris-based painter Oh de Laval uses self-portraiture and Greek mythology to explore vulnerability. Together, the works make solid materials look unstable and private longing feel unexpectedly architectural. On view from February 12 through April 4, 2026.