What’s moving through culture: the ideas, people and signals worth paying attention to.
Nostalgic Today
Collette Dinnigan brings her Paris fashion pedigree to Saint James’ 140 years of French maritime craft, recasting the Breton stripe in pure cashmere and turning a familiar wardrobe staple into something altogether more luxurious.
Collette Dinnigan and Saint James rework the iconic Breton stripe in pure cashmere, bringing together French maritime heritage, Australian design and a more enduring idea of luxury.
01 Sept 2026
Cultural Capital
The market is beginning to assign a measurable premium to things that carry evidence of human origin, physical material, visible craft and a verifiable story of how they were made.
From plein air painting to precious metals and the art market, a new premium is emerging around human skill, materiality and verifiable craft.
31 Aug 2026
Nostalgic Today
Why we’re falling for works that spark the imagination and the thrill of looking again.
Beauty is losing its guilty-pleasure status. As collectors turn towards material mastery, material richness and art with presence, a new aesthetic confidence is beginning to reshape the cultural appetite.
07 Aug 2026
Cultural Capital
From the Editor’s desk
Art Place Resources is a growing collection of guides designed to take you places, enter rooms and bring ideas to unlock your curiosity.
26 Jul 2026
Cultural Capital
From the Editor’s desk
Art Place is widening its lens with Culture Desk and The List: an editorial note on culture, creativity, technology and what we are paying attention to.
19 Jul 2026
Digital Currents
AI and social media are changing how culture is created and shared. Culture Desk examines what happens when human expression is increasingly shaped by feeds, algorithms and synthetic content.
Culture has always been shaped by human expression. But as social media accelerates attention and AI fills the feed with synthetic content, the question is who, or what, is defining culture.
16 Jul 2026
Zeitgeist
Field Notes
The 2026 Monaco Grand Prix revealed a growing intersection between prestige sport and contemporary culture, as art, hospitality and global events came together in a new kind of cultural experience.
30 Jun 2026
