A pioneer of Op Art, François Morellet produced sculptures, installations, and paintings that transform precisely rendered geometric figures into displays pulsating with kinetic energy, such as Répartition Aléatoire de 20% de Carrés Superposée 6 Fois: Bleu-Vert-Jaune-Orange-Rouge (1970). To mark the centennial of his birth, the exhibition “100 x Morellet” stretches across France, with examples of his work shown at such institutions as the Centre Pompidou-Metz, Musée d’Arts de Nantes, and the Palace of Versailles, the latter hosting six noteworthy pieces through November 1.

Sparked by his young daughter’s high ponytail, Simon Porte Jacquemus created the Le Palmier fall/winter 2026 collection for Jacquemus, balancing the structured silhouettes and tightly emphasized waists of 1950s couture with whimsical details like ruffles, fringe, and polka dots as seen on this gown.

A stunning example of haute horlogerie, this new Baignoire miniwatch by Cartier takes on another dimension, rendered in the textured, light-catching Clou de Paris hobnail pattern, a hallmark of the maison since the 1920s.

Among the sculptures on the UNESCO World Heritage site in Târgu Jiu, Romania, Endless Column (1938) by Constantin Brancusi rises 98 feet in the air and consists of 15 metal modules stacked into a towering tribute to the country’s fallen soldiers of World War I.

Crafted with a mesmerizing halo of light pink tourmalines and marquise-cut, magenta rubellites interspersed with brilliant diamonds, the stunning Elafonisi Beach necklace, included in the Majestic Escapes high-jewelry collection by Harry Winston, evokes the idyllic pink sandy shores of picturesque Crete in Greece.

New York artist Loie Hollowell explores themes of the body and sacred geometry in hypnotic paintings of vibrant color gradients and three-dimensional tactile shapes, such as Split Orbs in Pink, Purple, Green, Brown (2023). Her work will be featured in “Exquisite Corpse,” a group show she curated that considers the female form in playful and unexpected ways; on view through November 11 at Pace Berlin.

For its Infinity dining table, Italian design house Porada topped a spellbinding base of intertwined loops of carved solid Canaletto walnut with a painterly disk of dark marble.

For his signature “Indeterminate Lines” series, which he introduced in 1979, French conceptual artist Bernar Venet fashions industrial steel into monumental curved rolls that celebrate notions of chance and unpredictability over strict order.