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Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Horn’s Einhorn (Unicorn) transforms the human form into mythic presence — the long horn strapped to the performer’s head evokes both medieval symbolism and a surreal extension of the body, confronting notions of identity, purity, and physical exposure

Rebecca Horn (24 March 1944 – 6 September 2024) was a leading figure in contemporary art, known for merging installation art and experimental cinema with bodily interventions, most notably Einhorn (Unicorn), a body-suit featuring a prominent horn rising from the headpiece

Rebecca Horn, a German artist (1944–2024), created Unicorn, a seminal body-based work in 1970

Rebecca Horn’s Einhorn (Unicorn, 1970): a pioneering body-extension performance in which a woman, wearing a tall unicorn horn constructed of wood, metal, and fabric, traverses fields and woods in a trance-like walk, blending myth, corporeality, and identity in an evocative exploration of purity and human vulnerability.

Rebecca Horn (24 March 1944 – 6 September 2024) was a German visual artist best known for her installation work, experimental filmmaking, and radical explorations of bodily transformation, including Einhorn (Unicorn)—a bodysuit featuring a long horn projecting vertically from the head that reimagines the body as a site of constraint, symbolism, and expression

Embodied practices in contemporary art

How living between London and Paris reshaped my understanding of art, fashion, and embodied expression

A realistic Y2K-inspired fashion portrait, blending metallic textures, urban attitude, and early-2000s nostalgia into a bold contemporary look

The Y2K aesthetic and the return of the minimal body

How the aesthetics of the 2000s rehabilitate a dangerous body ideal

A writer immersed in the creative process collaborates with generative AI in a quiet home workspace, reflecting the evolving relationship between human thought and machine-assisted authorship

Science & Technology

Writing with generative AI

Co-creation, craft, and the mediation of meaning

A relaxed viewer chatting on the phone with a sitcom playing in the background, reflecting television’s role as emotional background presence

Why we rewatch the same shows again and again

How “ambient TV” helps people regulate stress, focus, and emotional overwhelm

On the Street

Unknown English artist Armada Portrait (1588)

The allure of strong women: the beauty

The changing shapes of feminine aesthetics

As the mist settles over the hills, so does the tranquility of boredom, offering respite from the ceaseless pursuit of constant stimulation

The sweetness of boredom: embracing the art of doing nothing

A fresh take on the frustrations of having nothing to do

Sign at the town limits of Pioneertown, California, USA, an unincorporated town in San Bernardino County

Exploring Pioneertown, California

An old film set turned tourist hotspot makes for plenty of desert fun

Filipino workers hauling rice bags

Economy & Politics

The Philippines’ remittance economy

Financial boosts are undeniable, but the negative emotional impact should not be overlooked

A poured glass of red wine Malbec, the most cultivated wine in Argentina

Livin' la vida Malbec!

A taste of the “Made in Argentina”

Capturing the essence of the Qatar World Cup with the official FIFA portrait, featuring the iconic ball design

Decoding FIFA's global football landscape

Business moves, controversies, and the future game

Architecture & Design

Smiling African American woman holding a model of a portable house

The forgotten architecture of mobility

Reconsidering portable and prefabricated design in contemporary architectural practice

The Eden Project, a visitor attraction located in a reclaimed china clay pit, designed by Nicholas Grimshaw. Its geodesic biomes are inspired by soap bubbles and natural cellular structures, making it a notable example of biomimicry in architecture, Cornwall, England

The alchemy of innovation in design

From biomimicry to artificial intelligence, unconventional methods are redefining creativity and innovation

Art

Rafael Luis Armengol Machí "Pebrot partit" (Catalan for "Split Pepper") (1985) by the Oil on canvas, presented as a diptych (two panels). 162 x 260 cm (approximately 63.8 x 102.4 inches). Contemporary art collection at the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Alicante (MACA) in Alicante, Spain

Travels in Hyperreality at MACA

Spanish modern art, intensified perception, and the museum as a site where representation exceeds the real

Visual documentation of EMBERS / BRACI, a collaborative 2026 performance-installation by Nikhil Chopra and Uriel Barthélémi at Galleria Continua. Courtesy of the artists and Galleria Continua. © Francesco Raco

Embers / Braci: between fire and memory

Nikhil Chopra and Uriel Barthélémi explore rhythm, fragility, and endurance

Culture

Never have billions of nervous systems been so simultaneously exposed to planetary trauma, celebrity intimacy, political threat, ecological grief, and technological acceleration

Global connectivity without communication

The Garden, Caligula, Trump, you and me: end of one cycle and the beginning of another

A man writing among blurred crowds, symbolising passion that survives regardless of public attention

The novelty of being unseen

Would I still think my passion a noble quest if it amounts to nothing?

Economy & Politics

Busy city intersection in the USA highlighting social inequality, as pedestrians move through an urban street while a homeless woman sits unnoticed on the sidewalk

The American poverty trap

How a rigged economy turns work into a life sentence and wealth into hereditary power

A monochrome photo of a man wearing a hoodie with the shadow of a hand on his face

When identity speaks before you do

The subtle ways race, ethnicity, and religion influence how success is perceived

Entertainment

Black Sabbath’s farewell concert, featuring frontman Ozzy Osbourne shortly before he died

Ozzy Osbourne: the final bow

Remembering the Prince of Darkness and the end of an era

Kino International on Karl-Marx-Allee in Berlin, pictured at night. The cinema opened on November 15, 1963, with the screening of Optimistic Tragedy, which won a special prize at the Cannes Film Festival earlier that year, Germany

Kino culture and the art of watching slowly

What Berlin’s local cinemas reveal about film, community, and cultural value

Fashion

A collective portrait of the hippie movement, where fashion becomes identity—flowing silhouettes, handcrafted details, and psychedelic color express a shared commitment to freedom, community, and resistance to conformity

Hippie fashion and the politics of freedom

Dress, dissent, and the transformation of modern style

During the 50s, leather jackets became one of the earliest symbols of rock culture. They are still relevant nowadays

Rock & threads: how music rewrote the language of fashion

From rebellion to runway — the story of how rock music transformed clothing into a cultural statement

Feature

A young girl grips a chain-link fence in Idlib, Idlib Governorate, Syria

The things the war could not bury

A fictional portrait of loss, survival, and the fragile remains of hope

An overflow of water submerges land that is usually dry

What is happening?

Maybe visions are dancing in front of my eyes

Food & Wine

Astronaut food has come a long way from the old “toothpaste tubes”

Fueling Artemis II: maple syrup in the void

What Jeremy Hansen ate on humanity's farthest journey

Clouds over the vineyard-covered hills of Oltrepò Pavese, Italy

Barbacarlo: a cru, a conflict, a victory

How one vineyard reshaped the meaning of origin in Italian wine

Science & Technology

A society under constant surveillance, where digital systems quietly shape behavior, visibility, and power

The AI fear no one is talking about

Will AI split humanity apart?

Located in Chile’s Coquimbo Region, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory—formerly the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope—is a major astronomical research facility

Vera C. Rubin Observatory: a new eye on the universe

How the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is transforming our understanding of space, time, and the unseen cosmos

Sport

“A faceless teenage football player standing on the field

The forgotten wonderkids of Football

The bittersweet stories of football’s lost prodigies

Pensive, a young chess player competes against a chess software

Precision without pulse: playing chess against AIs

Chess has always been about one thing, and it is the human mind

Travel

A woman wearing a hat walks toward a rustic wooden cottage surrounded by breathtaking mountain scenery and peaceful nature

The art of going missing

The growing desire to unplug, slow down, and reconnect with real life

Smiling toddler sitting playfully inside an open suitcase

The trials and triumphs of traveling with children

Why public infrastructure falls short for families—and how small acts of kindness can carry us all further

Wellness

A man lies down in a relaxed posture, symbolizing emotional healing and quiet self-reflection

Healing without romanticizing pain

The quiet work of becoming whole without drama

Nostalgium, watercolour 16 x 12 cm, Mark Weighton, 2026

The intelligence of the living world

Sagittarius Full Moon

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Explore the Calendar

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Ellen George, Calling. Courtesy of PDX Contemporary Art

Seeds petals stones

3 — 27 Jun 2026 at the PDX Contemporary Art in Portland, United States

Feng Xiao-Min, Composition n° 5, 4 (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Opera Gallery

Pieter Obels and Feng Xiao-Min's exhibition

4 Jun — 5 Jul 2026 at the Opera Gallery in London, United Kingdom

Diana Greenberg, Botanical in blue (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Wally Workman Gallery

4 — 28 Jun 2026 at the Wally Workman Gallery in Austin, United States

Sean Cham, 301 Chinese boy on duty (detail). Courtesy of Foam

Foam Talent 2026

5 Jun — 28 Aug 2026 at the Foam in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Gianfranco Gentile, Si salveranno solo le meduse (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Fabbrica del Vapore

The measure of one

5 Jun — 13 Sep 2026 at the Fabbrica del Vapore in Milan, Italy

Winshluss, The followers (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Galerie Vallois

Le goût de la matière noire

5 Jun — 17 Jul 2026 at the Galerie Vallois in Paris, France

Alain Bublex, Plan Voisin de Paris – V2 circulaire secteur A23 (detail), 2013. Courtesy of Galerie Vallois

Vous faites des cartes postales ? (Alain Bublex de A à B)

5 Jun — 18 Jul 2026 at the Galerie Vallois in Paris, France

Simon Mark, Paris couple (detail). Courtesy of Kathmandu Photo Gallery

Human materials

6 Jun — 25 Jul 2026 at the Kathmandu Photo Gallery in Bangkok, Thailand

Emmanuel Awuni, 2 pm before the clouds (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Magnin-A Gallery

Les traces du vivant

11 Jun — 1 Aug 2026 at the Magnin-A Gallery in Paris, France

Brigitte Lustenberger, Prologue of an elegy, 2019. Courtesy of Museum Franz Gertsch

A gaze of one’s own

13 Jun — 30 Aug 2026 at the Museum Franz Gertsch in Burgdorf, Switzerland

Keith Macgregor, Nathan rd at night (detail), Hong Kong 1999. Courtesy of Blue Lotus Gallery

18 Jun — 30 Sep 2026 at the Blue Lotus Gallery in Hong Kong, Hong Kong

From the exhibition Inferno & paradiso. Courtesy of Photo Elysée ©Hannah Reyes Morales

Inferno & paradiso

26 Jun — 1 Nov 2026 at the Photo Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland

Hannah Darabi, How to marry a millionaire, "Mahvashs book of pleasure" (detail), 2024. Courtesy of Photo Elysée © Hannah Darabi

Why don’t you dance?

26 Jun — 1 Nov 2026 at the Photo Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland

John Little, Untitled (detail), 1959. Courtesy of LewAllen Galleries

Color says it all

26 Jun — 25 Jul 2026 at the LewAllen Galleries in Santa Fe, United States

Rekha Rodwittiya, Home is wherever you are (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Sakshi Gallery

Unfolding narratives (...)

30 Jun — 8 Jul 2026 at the Mall Galleries in London, United Kingdom

Joan Miró, Gaudí XIII, (detail) 1979. Courtesy of Casa Batlló
Contemporary. Fundació Joan
Miró, Barcelona © Successió Miró, 2026

Gaudí-Miró-Gomis: deconstructed

8 Jul 2026 — 10 Jan 2027 at the Casa Batlló Contemporary in Barcelona, Spain

Keerthana Kunnath, Not what you saw. Courtesy of Foam

Not what you saw

18 Sep — 27 Nov 2026 at the Foam in Amsterdam, Netherlands

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