Prix Versailles 2026 List, Uma Thurman's Costume Auction, and More
The Prix Versailles has announced its selection for the World's Most Beautiful Universities for 2026, highlighting eight stunning campus designs. Notable winners include the Robert Day Sciences Center at Claremont McKenna College and the Bloomberg Student Center at Johns Hopkins University, both designed by the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG). Other celebrated locations are UNSW Sydney's Health Translation Hub, the Ray Dolby Centre at the University of Cambridge, Oxford's Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, the University of Amsterdam's library, the Anthony Timberlands Center at the University of Arkansas, and Harvard's David Rubenstein Treehouse. Also, Uma Thurman's Pulp Fiction costume will be auctioned on August 26, with a valuation of $15,000-$30,000. Betye Saar, a pioneering assemblage artist, has passed away at 99. The historic Danieli Hotel in Venice has reopened as a Four Seasons venue, featuring 120 refurbished rooms by Pierre-Yves Rochon.
Key facts
- Prix Versailles named eight campus buildings for 2026, including two by Bjarke Ingels Group.
- Uma Thurman's Pulp Fiction costume will be auctioned August 26 at the Peterson Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, estimated at $15,000-$30,000.
- Marcel Dzama designed the poster for the 64th New York Film Festival, running September 25-October 12.
- Betye Saar, pioneer of assemblage art, died at 99; her work was shown at LACMA, the Whitney, and MoMA.
- Venice's Danieli Hotel reopened under Four Seasons, spanning three palazzos with 120 rooms initially.
- The Danieli Hotel's renovation includes restored gilded quatrefoil ceiling and art collection.
- The Prix Versailles list includes buildings in the US, UK, Australia, Netherlands, and Ireland.
- The New York Film Festival poster is presented with Rolex and available through Posteritati.
Entities
Artists
- Betye Saar
- Marcel Dzama
- David Hockney
- Diane Arbus
- Josef Albers
- Nan Goldin
- Simon Rodia
- Uma Thurman
- Quentin Tarantino
- Pierre-Yves Rochon
- Christophe Cherix
Institutions
- Prix Versailles
- Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)
- Claremont McKenna College
- Johns Hopkins University
- UNSW Sydney
- Architectus
- University of Cambridge
- Jestico + Whiles
- Oxford University
- Hopkins Architects
- University of Amsterdam
- MVSA Architects
- Buro van Stigt
- University of Arkansas
- Grafton Architects
- Harvard University
- Studio Gang
- Peterson Automotive Museum
- Propstore
- Film at Lincoln Center
- Rolex
- Posteritati
- LACMA
- Whitney Museum
- MoMA
- Four Seasons
- Danieli Hotel
- Agnès B
Locations
- Los Angeles
- United States
- New York
- Venice
- Italy
- Milan
- Florence
- Taormina
- Sydney
- Australia
- Cambridge
- United Kingdom
- Oxford
- Amsterdam
- Netherlands
- Arkansas
- Harvard
- Watts