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Friday, June 5, 2026

The age of AI could democratize the Renaissance Human ideal, allowing more people than ever to pursue growth and excellence across multiple domains

A woman pursuing the role of the Artist. Art serves as a universal language to process experiences, connect with others, and find meaning beyond basic survival

A human and a robotic hand barely touching, alluding to the Renaissance painting "The Creation of Adam", by Michelangelo Buonarroti

The original Renaissance emerged when material and cultural conditions aligned to allow more people to pursue excellence across domains. We're approaching a similar moment with far greater reach

Artificial Intelligence: threat or potency? The sweet spot, where flow emerges, lies just beyond our current capabilities

Science & Technology

The Renaissance human ideal in an age of AI

Freed from survival imperatives, could we finally pursue work in the deeper sense of human excellence?

Madrid, Spain Venezuelan flag waving during a protest at Puerta del Sol

Economy & Politics

Venezuela: the language of power

Coloniality, intervention, and the struggle for political voice

The Drama is a dark romantic comedy-thriller directed by Kristoffer Borgli that follows a young couple, Emma (Zendaya) and Charlie (Robert Pattinson), whose seemingly stable relationship descends into emotional turmoil one week before their wedding after a shocking confession about their pasts

The illusion of stability in 'The Drama'

Nietzsche, emotional pain, and the fragility of modern relationship

Delegations of women's club members attend the US National Suffrage Parade in 1913

The hidden conditions of women’s oppression

Femininity, compliance, and the social order

On the Street

Ladakh is often referred to as the “Little Tibet”

Ladakh, India’s last frontier

Hard to get there maybe, but harder to leave

Vladimir Clavijo-Telepnev, "Alice in Wonderland" photography

Heart alive in wonderland speaks

A surreal poetry journey inspired by wonderland, Sylvia Plath, and Alasdair Gray

The Disappearance of Fireflies, ph. Consorci de Museus de la Comunitat Valenciana

The Disappearance of Fireflies

Interview with Josep Tornero

Ambivert, 50 introvert / 50 extravert

Caught up between extremes

How to find out if you are an ambivert

The Malek Mosque (Persian: مسجد ملک کرمان, romanized: Masjid-e Malik; Arabic: مسجد ملك), also called the Imam Mosque (transl. Masjid-i imam), is a mosque is located in Kerman, Iran

Architecture & Design

Iranian Islamic architecture styles

Understanding the categorization of Dr. Mohammad Karim Pirnia

Six fruit cereal portions stored in glass mason jars, set on a white surface for easy meal prep

Smart eating starts with prep

A sustainable approach to nutrition, balance, and everyday wellness

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

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

Embodied practices in contemporary art

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

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

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

An aid worker surveys the devastation in Gaza, where humanitarian assistance remains a vital lifeline for communities struggling amid widespread destruction and displacement

The legal and humanitarian debate over Gaza

How war crime allegations, civilian suffering, and detention practices shape international discussion

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

Entertainment

Ari Aster at the premiere of his film "Beau Is Afraid" in 2023. Photo by © Frazer Harrison

Ari Aster's career retrospective

Looking for meaning behind the madness

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

Fashion

Traditional loom weaving by a skilled artisan

India’s timeless sarees

A personal journey through India’s most timeless heritage weaves

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

Feature

A woman gazing into a room lined with iconic bags, symbolising her first glimpse into the life she secretly desired

The room of bags

How a room filled with iconic handbags becomes the backdrop for one woman’s realisation about who she wants to become

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

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

The Moon is deeply tied to how life on Earth developed and how human civilization functions

Take me to the moon: the frontier of technological regime

The true meaning of the new lunar race with the construction of a new historical capability with a human purpose

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

Writing with generative AI

Co-creation, craft, and the mediation of meaning

Sport

A child processing a painful loss in the back seat, representing the moments when parental support matters most

The car ride home after the game

Why the next ten minutes can shape your child's relationship with sport and with you for years to come

“A faceless teenage football player standing on the field

The forgotten wonderkids of Football

The bittersweet stories of football’s lost prodigies

Travel

While the TV show was also filmed in Ontario to replicate the 19th-century setting, showing the visual of the Island was the main objective

The land of Anne of Green Gables

Visiting Prince Edward Island on the east coast of Canada

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

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

Explore the Calendar

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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

Lisa Golightly, Pastime (detail), 2023. Courtesy of Billis/Williams Gallery

Becoming the sea

13 Jun — 11 Jul 2026 at the Billis Williams Gallery in Los Angeles, United States

Raymond Logan, Golden Gopher at night (detail), 2024. Courtesy of Billis/Williams Gallery

13 Jun — 11 Jul 2026 at the Billis Williams Gallery in Los Angeles, United States

Richard Parker, Pastel sticks #178, 2018. Courtesy of Billis/Williams Gallery

Featuring: Richard Parker

13 Jun — 11 Jul 2026 at the Billis Williams Gallery in Los Angeles, United States

Alan Govenar, Kamala Lakshmi Narayanan (detail). Courtesy of Cris Worley Fine Arts

The eyes and ears of the people

13 Jun — 25 Jul 2026 at the Cris Worley Fine Arts in Dallas, United States

Swan Scalabre, Ambition n°24 (detail). Courtesy of JoAnne Artman Gallery

Here comes the sun

15 Jun — 31 Aug 2026 at the JoAnne Artman Gallery in Laguna Beach, United States

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

Viraj Khanna and Brian Robertson, Made to appear, exhibition view. Courtesy of GR gallery

18 Jun — 1 Aug 2026 at the GR Gallery in New York, United States

Jacob Gils, Paris #5 (detail). Courtesy of In The Gallery

Jacob Gils' exhibition

18 Jun — 8 Aug 2026 at the In The Gallery in Copenhagen, Denmark

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

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