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Sunday, August 23, 2026
Society reduces the legacies of deceased figures through selective, non-neutral choices about which experiences to emphasize
Changamiré avoids mere imitation by approaching Holiday's legacy as an ongoing, living inheritance of complex humanity
Billie Holiday performs live at Club Bali in Washington, D.C. (September 1948) alongside Al Dunn and Bobby Tucker—capturing the powerful, immediate stage presence that audiences celebrated while often disconnecting her music from the ongoing struggles of her daily life
Institutions flattened Holiday's complex humanity into simplistic labels and penal categories long before her actual death occurred
Through artistic reinterpretation, Changamiré directly challenges historical reductions to reconnect Holiday's expression with her lived reality
Entertainment
How we inherit the whole truth of Billie Holiday
In her tribute album Seeking Billie: The Unusual Tribute to Billie Holiday, artist Changamiré rejects the flat, flattened labels history often assigns to jazz royalty
A crowd of protesters gathers at a political demonstration, holding signs and expressing their frustration
Economy & Politics
How did conservatives become such whiny babies?
The transformation of philosophical conservatism into grievance and resentment
The Stand (1978) dust jacket, first edition
Entertainment
Bev Vincent on Stephen King's "The Stand"
How “The Stand” and “Lockdown” reflect isolation, morality, and a post-COVID world within Stephen King’s multiverse
A humanitarian worker providing food assistance to a homeless man, representing efforts to uphold the right to food
Economy & Politics
Rethinking food poverty
Why access to food is rarely mentioned in the multidimensional definitions of poverty

On the Street

Aishleen Lester
Fashion
Be bold, light up the skies...!
Aishleen Lester, artisan jeweller
Artificial Intelligence
Science & Technology
Robots Will Dream Of Electric Sheep
Children of the Turing model
Wine on the sand, under the setting sun—the perfect beginning to a nostalgic and intimate night
Feature
A surprise encounter
Surprises are not always a good thing
The Atelier-Premiere
Architecture & Design
Keep it simple
Interview with Philippe Courtois of Atelier-Premiere
Shrine Of Hazrat Auliya
Travel
Nizamuddin Auliya Dargah mausoleum
The Holy Shrine of New Delhi
A person enjoying a holistic lifestyle
Wellness
Healthy habits for a better you
How to adopt a holistically healthy lifestyle

Architecture & Design

Exterior view of the Carson Pirie Scott & Co. department store building, located at the southeast corner of South State and East Madison Streets in Chicago’s Loop, decorated with bunting and flags in celebration of Abraham Lincoln’s 100th birthday (1909)
Chicago and the birth of modern architecture
Steel frames, glass façades, and the evolution of architectural thought in the industrial age
The United States Federal Courthouse in Los Angeles, California, United States, symbolising the use of high-performance building envelopes to improve energy efficiency in dense cities
Material intelligence for climate-resilient design
Why architects are looking beyond aesthetics to choose materials that perform, endure and protect

Art

Yayoi Kusama, Infinity Mirror Room, The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away (2013)
Come and have a go if you think you’re art enough
From Beuys to Cattelan, this essay explores why the question “Is it art?” says less about the artwork than about our need for certainty
Michael Joo's Concatenations (1991/2026) is a large-scale mixed-media installation measuring 513.1 × 412.8 × 289.6 cm (202 × 162½ × 114 in). Characteristic of Joo's interdisciplinary practice, the work brings together diverse materials and conceptual references to explore connections between nature, culture, history, and systems of knowledge. Courtesy of the artist and Kukje Gallery. Photograph by Genevieve Hanson
Directionless and the art of uncertainty
At Hauser & Wirth Menorca, Rashid Johnson explores disorientation as a creative force in contemporary life

Culture

Kabyle Village Square, a work by Henri Clamens, housed in the Narbonne Museum of Fine Arts, depicting communal life in a Kabyle settlement
Not Arab, not French: Amazigh identity in Algeria
A history of resistance, erasure, and the ongoing struggle for cultural and linguistic recognition in post-independence Algeria
Auschwitz was a vast system of concentration and extermination camps established by Nazi Germany near Oświęcim in occupied Poland, becoming a central site of persecution and mass murder during the Holocaust
Viktor Frankl and the search for meaning
How purpose, love, and inner freedom helped prisoners endure the Holocaust

Economy & Politics

An Indian man gives his child water to stay hydrated during extreme summer heat, highlighting the risks of dehydration and heat exhaustio
Surviving the Indian summer
How extreme heat reshapes daily life—and the essential do’s and don’ts to stay safe, healthy, and prepared
A screengrab of a refugee camp from the report “Number of Refugees Who Fled Sudan for Chad Doubles in One Week”, Chad
Purity, perception, and the ethics of war
How cultural frameworks shape moral judgment, division, and empathy in conflict

Entertainment

South Korean girl group Blackpink featured in a promotion for PUBG Mobile
Why being a celebrity is so hard in Korea
The price of perfection in the K-pop and K-drama world
Directed by Céline Sciamma, the 2019 French historical drama Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu) follows Marianne and Héloïse, whose relationship lies at the heart of the film
"Portrait of a Lady on Fire" beyond the canvas
A reflection on Céline Sciamma's acclaimed film, exploring art, observation, love, and the quiet rebellion against expectation

Fashion

A young person wearing a garment is mocked and pointed at by classmates, experiencing bullying
Fashion bullying: wearing your scars as a school uniform
From childhood rejection to adult resilience, fashion’s role in belonging and self-worth is deeper than we think
Olivier Rousteing is a French fashion designer who served as the creative director of Balmain from 2011 to 2025
Olivier Rousteing and the reinvention of Balmain
How identity, digital vision, and cultural fluency transformed a heritage house into a global fashion force

Feature

A young refugee offering a modest gift to the girl who made him smile, representing hope carried quietly across borders
Where my father met my mother
How two teenagers from different worlds meet in a village market and challenge the boundaries around them
"A French Postillion," by Thomas Rowlandson, 1780
A story about choices
Crossing: strength and weakness

Food & Wine

A warm, vintage café interior bathed in natural light, representing the charm and elegance of Japan's traditional kissaten culture
A quick trip through Japanese café evolution
From smooth jazz to cute cosplay: how Japanese cafés became spaces for art, music, and entertainment
Golden-brown lunpia served with dipping sauce, symbolising the lasting legacy of Semarang's traditional cuisine
Lunpia: the traditional flavours of Semarang, Indonesia
Exploring the Javanese-Chinese roots of Semarang’s definitive dish and the hundred-year legacy that keeps it alive

Science & Technology

A tangled network of colorful strands symbolizes the complex genetic and epigenetic mechanisms involved in Alzheimer’s disease progression
Using a mechanical mind to save a biological one
Machine learning was applied to Alzheimer's disease data and identified potential therapeutic targets.
A patient speaks with concern while the doctor remains focused on her notes, reflecting the all-too-common experience of women’s symptoms being overlooked or dismissed in clinical care
The preventive care gap in women’s health
Why systemic bias, limited access, and delayed diagnoses continue to undermine care for half the global population

Sport

Soccer player Ghiggia (Uruguay) scores a goal that silences a whole nation. Illustration by Paola Bilancieri
1950 FIFA World Cup: the silence at the Maracanã
Brazil strikes first but Uruguay’s captain rewrites the script
The simple yet vital role of food in athletic preparation highlights how nutrition, even in seemingly small details, can be "game-changing" in high-performance sports
How elite athletes' diets transformed performance
From Olympic records to NBA championships, the revolutionary diet changes that made athletic history

Travel

Munsyari is the headquarters of a sub-division and municipal board in the Pithoragarh District. The name also refers to the wider Munsyari Tehsil and Sub-Division region in the hill state of Uttarakhand, India
Munsiyari and the art of snow yoga
Exploring wellness, trekking, and indigenous Himalayan architecture
Maastricht, the Netherlands, features charming urban architecture with cobblestone streets, historic buildings, and a timeless European atmosphere
Maastricht: the Netherlands beyond Holland
A journey through Roman streets, Catholic traditions, riverside cafés, and European identity

Wellness

Women of different ages and diverse skin types posing together, celebrating natural beauty and individuality
Why chasing trends won’t make you happy
There is only one you, that’s your superpower
A girl reaches out toward colorful balloons, smiling with pure happiness
The illusion and truth of happiness
Why pleasure is not enough—and how purpose, community, and faith shape a deeper sense of well-being
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Michael Mazur, Wakeby evening memory (detail), 1985. Courtesy of the Schoolhouse Gallery
Wakeby island
24 — 11 Aug 2026 at The Schoolhouse Gallery in Provincetown, United States
Emma Itzstein, Voices of children in the summer sky (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Olsen Gallery
Excursions outside the orangery
26 Aug — 19 Sep 2026 at the Olsen Gallery in Sydney, Australia
Gregory Hodge, Overgrowth (detail), 2026. Courtesy of the artist and Sullivan+Strumpf
Shimmer
27 Aug — 26 Sep 2026 at Sullivan+Strumpf in Sydney, Australia
Melike Kara, New mornings (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Carl Kostyál
All that grows
28 Aug — 13 Sep 2026 at the Carl Kostyál Gallery in London, United Kingdom
Selin Nisa Acikel, Veil (detail), 2025. Courtesy of 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel
On a bit of Earth which had no name
28 Aug — 17 Oct 2026 at the 532 Gallery Thomas Jaeckel in New York, United States
Evon Streetman, Homage to James Agee (detail), 1978. Courtesy of Tracey Morgan Gallery
Reflections
28 Aug — 10 Oct 2026 at the Tracey Morgan Gallery in Asheville, United States
Billy Schenck, Gratuitous violence (detail). Courtesy of JoAnne Artman Gallery
Technicolor west
1 Sep — 31 Oct 2026 at the JoAnne Artman Gallery in Laguna Beach, United States
Lis Sam, Shadow (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Fremin Gallery
Metamorphosis
1 Sep — 31 Oct 2026 at the Fremin Gallery in New York, United States
Benji Reid, Light bike (detail), 2021. Courtesy of October Gallery
Zana Masombuka. Spotlight: Benji Reid
3 Sep — 3 Oct 2026 at the October Gallery in London, United Kingdom
Quentin James McCaffrey, Triptych with flowers and view (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Alison Jacques Gallery
Quentin James McCaffrey's exhibition
3 Sep — 3 Oct 2026 at the Alison Jacques Gallery in London, United Kingdom
Aleana Egan, wing paper (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Kerlin Gallery
Dove passages
3 Sep — 3 Oct 2026 at the Kerlin Gallery in Dublin, Ireland
Richie Wilde López, Cuando el mar se acercó (detail). Courtesy of Paradigm Gallery + Studio
Tending to clouds
4 — 27 Sep 2026 at the Paradigm Gallery + Studio in Philadelphia, United States
Ali Cherri, still from The sentinel (detail), 2026. Courtesy the artist and Almine Rech Gallery
Soul witness
5 Sep 2026 — 4 Jan 2027 at WIELS in Brussels, Belgium
Huang Chih-Cheng & Hao, Polishing (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Fragment Gallery
Stalker
5 — 26 Sep 2026 at the Fragment Gallery in New York, United States
Ellen Bradshaw, Spring fever, 10th Ave and 25th Sta (detail). Courtesy of Pleiades Gallery
Every street has a story
8 Sep — 3 Oct 2026 at the Pleiades Gallery in New York, United States
Heather Lenz, Night water 6, eclipse (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Gallery Naga
Echoes of place
8 Sep — 3 Oct 2026 at the Gallery Naga in Boston, United States
Megan Magill, Ruffles and fairy lights (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Gallery Naga
Instructions for dancing
8 Sep — 3 Oct 2026 at the Gallery Naga in Boston, United States
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