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Art Basel Paris, Metallica's Las Vegas residency and major film and music festivals will headline a packed international cultural calendar from Oct. 19 to 25, bringing together contemporary art, cinema, design and live performances across several continents.
Among the week's highlights are Turkish contemporary artist Kutlug Ataman's video installation in Paris, a major Tiffany Studios exhibition in New York, the final days of the Rome Film Fest and jazz performances in Melbourne.
Art Basel Paris will take over the Grand Palais from Oct. 23 to 25, bringing together more than 200 galleries from 41 countries and territories. The contemporary art fair will feature established galleries, emerging artists and specially curated presentations.
Beyond the main exhibition, its public program will spread across nine Paris landmarks beginning Wednesday, showcasing works by internationally recognized artists including Robert Indiana, Tracey Emin, Niki de Saint Phalle and Yinka Shonibare.
Turkish artist Kutlug Ataman will also take part with his video installation Kuba, displayed at the Chapel of the Petits-Augustins at the Beaux-Arts de Paris. Built around interviews with residents of an Istanbul neighborhood, the work explores identity, community and displacement.
Meanwhile, New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art will open Designing the Gilded Age: Drawings from the Studios of Louis C. Tiffany on Thursday. Featuring nearly 120 works, the exhibition will offer visitors a closer look at the creative process behind the studio's stained-glass windows, decorative lamps, mosaics and interiors, with displays continuing until Feb. 7.
In Nigeria, Design Week Lagos will continue through Sunday under the theme Making a New Africa, bringing together exhibitions, trade showcases, discussions and training programs focused on African design, manufacturing and sustainable economic growth.
Italy's 21st Rome Film Fest will wrap up Sunday following a program of international competition films, public discussions, special screenings and tributes across the capital.
Hosted at the Auditorium Parco della Musica and other venues, this week's schedule includes Make Some Noise: Mano Negra!, a documentary focusing on the French-Spanish rock group, alongside a Friday program celebrating pioneering women who helped shape early cinema.
In the United States, Metallica will continue its Life Burns Faster residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas with concerts Thursday and Saturday.
The band will follow its No Repeat Weekend format, performing different setlists across the two nights while making use of the venue's immersive sound system and wraparound visual displays.
Los Angeles will also host several classical and contemporary music performances at Walt Disney Concert Hall, where Andrew Bird will join the Los Angeles Philharmonic on Friday. The venue's weekly program includes A Symphonic Ballet conducted by Elim Chan and an organ recital by French musician Lucile Dollat.
In the Middle East, Dubai Opera will welcome the Gipsy Kings for a symphonic performance Thursday, followed by Indian singer-songwriter Prateek Kuhad's Full Moon Chamber Tour on Saturday and the classical music program Romantic Masters on Sunday.
Australia's Melbourne International Jazz Festival will continue through Sunday, with Grammy-winning pianist Kris Davis performing alongside students from the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music on Wednesday. South African trumpeter and vocalist Mandisi Dyantyis will take the stage at the JazzLab for the festival's closing night.
Elsewhere in Australia, the Sydney Opera House will present the 70th-anniversary staging of My Fair Lady on Friday and Saturday, while the Sydney Symphony Orchestra will perform John Williams' score for Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back live alongside screenings of the film from Wednesday through Saturday.
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