Nigo Retrospective Debuts on Olympia London's Digital Screen, Plus Hockney Auction and MCH Group Growth

Key facts

• The Design Museum and Olympia London launched 'Nigo: From Japan With Love,' the first retrospective of Nigo, on Olympia's 83-meter outdoor digital screen Canvas, running daily every 15 minutes for free.
• The exhibition was produced with experience-design studio Pixel Artworks and traces Nigo's cultural fusions from Japanese craft and streetwear to vintage Americana and contemporary luxury.
• The CFDA appointed Hildy Kuryk as interim CEO following Steven Kolb's resignation, with a permanent search by Karen Harvey Consulting Group expected to take three to six months.
• David Hockney's 'Dog Painting 17' (1995) will be auctioned at Christie's London on October 14 during Frieze Week, estimated at £1.5 million–£2.5 million ($1.99 million–$3.3 million).
• MCH Group reported net profits quadrupled to CHF 18.4 million ($22.1 million) in the first half of 2026, with operating revenue up 12 percent to CHF 248.8 million ($298.9 million).
• Art Basel Qatar debuted in February with 87 exhibitors, and MCH Group expects operations to normalize by year's end after regional disruptions starting in March.
• Imelda Cajipe Endaya became the first woman named to the Order of National Artists of the Philippines for Visual Arts since its establishment in 1972, announced on September 1.
• Endaya co-founded the women artists' collective Kasibulan in 1987 with Brenda Fajardo, Anna Fer, Sister Ida Bugayong, and Julie Lluch.