Simon de Pury Documentary 'The Hammer' Heads to Cannes, Whitechapel Hires Economist, Frank Gehry Home Sold

A documentary on auctioneer Simon de Pury, titled 'The Hammer' and directed by Simon Wallon, will premiere at the 2026 Cannes Film Market. The film traces de Pury's career at Sotheby's and Phillips, featuring Marina Abramović and Jeff Koons, and explores the intersection of art, commerce, and spectacle. London's Whitechapel Gallery appointed economist Mariana Mazzucato as its first Economist-in-Residence for a three-year initiative to rethink cultural institution funding. The Sirmai-Peterson House in Thousand Oaks, California, a rare 1980s Frank Gehry residence, was sold to a local architecture enthusiast, its first transfer from the original owner. Detroit's art scene is thriving with MOCAD reopening under new leadership focused on accessibility, and initiatives like the Detroit Salon and Little Village. L'Oréal and Estée Lauder showed mixed performance in China's beauty market in March 2026, with Estée Lauder leveraging China as a core growth engine. Other news includes Mutina's ceramic collection inspired by Josef and Anni Albers, Dior's cake-shaped pop-up, a cyberdeck revival, and the Pokémon Fossil Museum's North American debut in Chicago in May.