J. Cabelle Ahn

In May, an AI-powered robot named Gabi became the first ordained Buddhist monk in South Korea. Footage showed the 1.4m-tall enrobed humanoid, complete with a helmet resembling a monk’s shaved head, participating in purifications and pledging itself to the Buddhist values of benevolence and compassion. This strange merger of technological achievement and deeply held spiritual beliefs is the central premise of New Rituals [for the End of the World] at the House of Electronic Arts Basel (HEK).

Oscar Wilde once said: “One should either be a work of art or wear a work of art.” The upcoming Iris van Herpen exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum reveals that, for the Dutch couturier, Wilde’s two options have long been inseparable. The show brings together more than 140 haute couture looks by Van Herpen, who founded her fashion house in 2007 and quickly carved out a distinct place in the field through her wholehearted embrace of technology.

As New York thaws from its coldest winter in a decade, Central Park is in bloom—and so, too, is the city’s art market. More than a dozen fairs of varying scale and focus are due to unfurl across Manhattan this month. Setting itself apart from the crowd is Tefaf New York , which returns to the Park Avenue Armory from 15 to 19 May.