Yayoi Kusama, who was named as the world’s top-selling contemporary artist. Works by the 95-year-old, who is known for her fascination with polka dots, sold for a total of $80.9m at auction last year. By contrast, David Hockney, who took the top spot in 2022, sold $50.3m worth of art.
Levi’s, which reported a 20% increase in footfall at its US stores and a sharp rise in its share price in the week after Beyoncé released her country album, Cowboy Carter. “Denim on denim on denim on denim”, she sings on a track called Levii’s Jeans; Beyoncé has also been posting images of herself in “double denim”.…