In 1958, the Danish architect Jørn Utzon enlisted Le Corbusier to help with the decoration of his design for the iconic Sydney Opera House. The French architect and designer obliged, creating a massive wool tapestry titled The Dice are Cast. Upon its completion in 1959, the tapestry was delivered to Utzon’s home, but never made its way to the Opera House. Now, 58 years after its commission, the work has finally been hung in the architectural marvel it was created for.

High Point Spring Market is so massive that visitors are advised to download a purpose-built app to make navigating the 11.5-million-square-foot show floor and its myriad offerings a bit easier. Spread across 180 buildings at the High Point Market Authority in North Carolina, High Point Market is the largest home furnishings trade show in the world.

The Art Institute of Chicago’s recently reinstalled Modern Wing has critics befuddled. The galleries, which span the museum’s entire second floor, present the institution's collection of modern and contemporary artworks, spanning from 1945 to today. Arranged in “mini-galleries” the collection includes works by such luminaries as Jasper Johns, Willem de Kooning, and Ellsworth Kelly.

While Berlin’s Pergamon Museum is closed for renovations, it has decided to send a portion of its remarkable antiquities collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The unprecedented loan includes seventy-three pieces from the Pergamon’s collection of Hellenistic art. The resulting show, Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World, is one of the most monumental Greek art exhibitions ever mounted at the Met.

Christie’s will offer a monumental self-portrait by Jean-Michel Basquiat during its post-war and contemporary art sale on May 10 in New York. The canvas is expected to fetch around $40 million. The current auction record for a Basquiat was set in 2013 at Christie’s, when Dustheads netted a whopping $48.8 million.

The Museum of Modern Art in New York has announced that it will close its architecture and design galleries. The institution, which is readying for a major renovation and expansion led by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, was the first museum in the world to dedicate an entire department to the disciplines. Once the revamp is complete, works from the galleries will be exhibited throughout the entire museum.

For the past thirty-six years, the AIPAD Photography Show in New York has championed the photographic medium as well as the dealers who specialize in the field. Organized by the Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD), the show, which has emerged as one of the most highly anticipated (and most stylish) annual photography events in the world, is the longest-running exhibition dedicated to the medium.

Vienna’s Im Kinsky auction house has withdrawn a painting by the Dutch Golden Age portraitist Bartholomeus van der Helst at the French government’s request. The work was part of the illustrious Schloss Collection of Flemish and Dutch Old Master paintings, which was looted by Nazis in 1943. The auction house’s managing director stated that the consignor, who acquired the work in 2004, was unaware of its troubling provenance.

The second version of Caravaggio’s Judith Beheading Holofernes may have been discovered in a private French collection. The work, which has been missing since the early seventeenth century, was found in an attic in France in 2014. After two years of research, a French art dealer has said that the canvas is the real deal and estimated its value at $136 million. Although Nicola Spinosa, a Caravaggio expert, has backed the findings, other scholars remain skeptical.

The Louvre’s much buzzed about outpost in Abu Dhabi was initially expected to open to the public back in 2012, but after a series of delays, officials are saying that the museum will be completed in late 2016. Designed by the French architect Jean Nouvel, the institution will be one of three museums on Saadiyat Island—a sprawling development that will act as Abu Dhabi’s cultural hub.

Designed by Marcel Breuer in the late 1970s, the Atlanta Central Public Library is widely considered one of the city’s modern architectural gems. Adding to its significance is the fact that it was the final building designed by the iconic architect. Now, the bold structure, which resembles Breuer’s seminal Brutalist design for the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, faces an uncertain future.

1. NYC Duplex Penthouse by Scott Sanders, LLC. The only thing more enviable than this chic NYC duplex’s views of the city, is its spectacular collection of mid century furniture. Stellar pieces by Charles and Ray Eames, Hans Wegner, Edward Wormley, and Eero Saarinen are complemented by sumptuous textures (hello, plush carpets and velvet upholstery) and pops of color, creating a bold and exceedingly livable environment.

The International Center of Photography in New York will reopen in its new venue on June 23. The structure, located in the city’s trendy Nolita neighborhood in close proximity to the New Museum, will open with an inaugural exhibition organized by Curator in-Residence Charlotte Cotton. The museum has been closed since 2015.

In an unprecedented move, the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver has agreed to loan paintings by the Abstract Expressionist Clyfford Still to the Royal Academy of Arts in London. During his lifetime, Still had forbade institutions from loaning works he donated, but in his will, his demands were more ambiguous. The museum, which made the decision to loan the works in collaboration with Still’s children, will send nine paintings to London for inclusion in a major exhibition spotlighting Abstract Expressionism.

The Smithsonian Institution’s trustees were scheduled to meet on Monday, April 11, to discuss the much-debated Olympicopolis project. The plan involves opening the Smithsonian’s first location outside of the U.S. in London’s Olympic Park. The satellite museum would present highlights from the nineteen Smithsonian affiliates in New York and Washington, D.C., including Cooper Hewitt, the Renwick Gallery, and the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden. If the Smithsonian pulls out, the British Museum is expected to swoop in and take up residence in Olympic Park.

On October 6, the first exhibition of portraits by Pablo Picasso in twenty years will open at the National Portrait Gallery in London. The sweeping show will feature seventy-five paintings from all periods of the artist’s career, including a number of iconic masterpieces. After its run in London, the show will travel to the Museu Picasso in Barcelona.

1. This extraordinary California ranch boasts interiors by the celebrated mid century designer Arthur Elrod.

This awe-inspiring ranch is a stunning example of what happens when magnificent architecture meets impeccable interior design. Perched on 210 acres in Rancho Santa Fe, an affluent community in San Diego County, California, this singular structure was designed by Fred Briggs, a pioneering Modernist architect.

In 1887, the decorative painter David Parr, purchased a small terraced house in Cambridge, England. Parr, who worked with a number of celebrated architects and designers, including William Morris and Charles Kempe, decorated his residence with hand-painted Gothic Revival and Arts & Crafts designs, which remain beautifully intact today. On April 18, the home will begin welcoming small groups of visitors by appointment.

Swiss prosecutors raided facilities at the Geneva Free Ports on Friday, April 8, and seized a Nazi-looted Amedeo Modigliani painting. Seated Man with a Cane, which belonged to the Parisian art dealer Oscar Stettiner, has been at the center of a lengthy legal battle led by the original owner’s grandson. The current owner of the painting is the International Art Center, an investment firm owned by collector David Nahmad—a fact that was revealed in the recent Panama Papers leak.

Vladimir Kagan, one of the last surviving icons of mid century modern furniture design, passed away on April 7 in Palm Beach, Florida. Kagan was eighty-eight years old. One of the twentieth century’s most prolific designers, Kagan was known for his organic and elegantly curved furniture. Among his most notable designs are the Barrel Chair, which was designed in the 1940s, his sleek, streamlined rocking chairs of the 1950s, and the modular Omnibus Sofa, which debuted in the 1960s.