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Tate Modern’s Frida Kahlo Exhibition Has Already Sold a Record 41,000 Advance Tickets

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Madonna collects her. Her work sets auction records for women artists. Netflix is developing a series about her. She’s the subject of an opera . Now, Mexican painter Frida Kahlo has another claim to fame. “Frida: The Making of an Icon,” opening this month at London’s Tate Modern, has pre-sold 41,000 tickets, a record for the institution, reports the Guardian . That beats the 32,000 advance sales for the museum’s 2017 David Hockney exhibition. “We’re pretty blown away by it,” Catherine Wood, Tate Modern’s interim director, told the publication. The museum is billing the show as the first major exhibition to explore how Kahlo became a “global icon” and a major influence on a generation of artists. Co-organized with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the show will include more than 30 works by the artist alongside documentary photographs, personal effects, and works by a host of artists reflecting her profound influence.  ...
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“More than lifting weights” – Samoa prepares for Pacific Strongest 2026

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Pacific Strongest 2026 flyer featuring champs from 2025’s event. Photo: Provided by Misa Peter Anae. Ann-Tauilo Motuga | Reporter/Videographer “Pacific Strongest is about more than lifting weights. It’s about honouring our culture, strengthening our people, and bringing the Pacific together – united in strength.”– Misa Peter Anae, Co-founder, Pacific Strongest. An insane battle of pure grit, power and island pride will take over Apia this weekend as the Pacific Strongest 2026 kicks off in beautiful Samoa. The two-day competition will take place behind the Central Bank of Samoa on Friday 26th and Saturday 27th June. Spearheaded by co-founder and President of Strongman Samoa Misa Peter Anae, the free family-friendly event will unite some of the Pacific’s strongest male and female athletes. Photo: Provided by Misa Pete...
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Sideline Conversions 22 June (some news and information to start the week)

Xavier Numia and Billy Proctor running freely during the Super Rugby Final. They won a College First XV Premiership final together in 2015 for St Pat’s Town and have now won the Super Rugby title together for the Hurricanes. Photo: Caroline Lewis. Monday morning edition – updates expected later today. It’s the last week of...
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Canada’s defence boom is splitting SMEs into three speeds

A new BDC study finds established suppliers running near capacity while a larger pipeline of prospective entrants faces financing and compliance barriers. Canada’s defence ramp-up is reaching small and medium businesses at very different speeds. A new study from BDC, produced with The Icebreaker, sorts them into three groups: defence-focused firms trying to scale now, companies moving cautiously between civilian and military work, and prospective suppliers still working out how to get in. Demand is rising across all three. The firms best placed to meet it have the least room to grow, and the firms with room to grow are the least ready. The study surveyed 268 companies active in defence and 374 interested in entering. The sample was non-probabilistic and skews to Ontario, so it describes the firms surveyed rather than all Canadian SMEs. Three speeds Defence-heavy SMEs earn most of their revenue from the sector. They have customers and demand but no slack: 2...
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Wellington Club Rugby 20 June links to live scoring, updates, streaming and more

LIVE scoring updates Wellington club rugby (on Saturday 20 June 2026)   CLICK on the link directly below for live Swindale Shield and lower grade Scoring and fulltime scores updated as they happen. WRFU Men’s Premier WRFU Men’s Premier 2 WRFU Men’s Reserves WRFU Women’s Premier WRFU Restricted U85 WRFU Colts Alternatively, follow live scores...
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One of the smallest Pacific communities celebrates a unique anniversary

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Soana Aholelei | Reporter / Director “It goes back to 1881, when Rotuma ceded to Great Britain.  There was some internal strife back in the day and Rotuma turned to Great Britain for help” – Bruce Tizard-Varcoe Rotumans from all over the United Kingdom and abroad celebrated a unique anniversary recently – the ceding of the tiny nation to the British 145 years ago. Celebrated as Rotuma Day by its people around the world, those of its citizens in the UK chose to hold their celebrations at the Oak’s Golf Course Centre, in Carlshalton Surrey, last month. Rotuma is a political dependency of Fiji, but its people are ethnically Polynesians and are fiercely proud of their cultural heritage.  At the celebration in Surrey, Rotumans and Fijians dressed to impress in their best and floral Pacific Islands attire. For community...
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A Rare Working Manuscript of the ‘Big Book’ of Alcoholics Anonymous Tagged Up To $2 M. Heads to Auction at Christie’s from Jim Irsay Estate

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A rare working copy of Alcoholics Anonymous , the basic text of the 12-step program, also known as “the Big Book,” is coming to auction at Christies New York on July 1 at its Rockefeller Center salesroom. It comes from the collection of the late billionaire Jim Irsay. Bearing extensive handwritten notations and edits by the authors, it is estimated to sell for between $1 and $2 million. The proceeds will go to philanthropic causes that were important to Irsay. The manuscript has sold for various prices over the years; the next buyer may get it at a discount relative to its last outing. Irsay bought the manuscript in 2018 from auction house Profiles in History for $2.4 million, per ESPN ; it had previously come to auction twice at Sotheby’s, ESPN reports: in 2004, when it went for $1.6 million, and in 2007, when it fetched $992,000. “Our dad understood the struggles countless people everywhere face every day and wanted so badly to bring hope and relief to ...
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