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Monday, June 8, 2026

A habit-tracking app interface displayed on a smartphone

An anxious person scrolling through their phone late at night, unable to disconnect

A portrait of inner noise: the visible weight of thoughts that refuse to quiet

A person looking at a fitness tracker app on their phone

A person sitting alone with a smartphone, absorbed in the screen and separated from their surroundings

The emotional cost of being measured all the time

Why keeping score of everything can quietly cost us more than we realize

Hands meeting before international flags, reflecting the urgent need for cooperation among rival powers

Economy & Politics

When nuclear diplomacy fails

With the threat of nuclear war growing, violence is not a suitable alternative for deterrence

Diego Rivera's Man at the Crossroads (1933) depicted a worker directing the forces of industry between competing visions of society, contrasting capitalism and socialism through a monumental mural commissioned for Rockefeller Center in New York City

Economy & Politics

The right is disappearing

The choice is between the left and the far right

A French special forces operator from Task Force Takuba in the Sahel, with a Milkor Multiple Grenade Launcher visible in the foreground (2 June 2022)

Economy & Politics

Sahel’s new chessboard

AES and the struggle for sovereignty in the Sahel

On the Street

The reception, ph. Enrico Galvani

Architecture & Design

A Beautiful and Typical Biellese Farmhouse

The Santo Stefano SPA Relais

James Whistler, Self-portrait

An interview with Margaret MacDonald

Whistler and the woman in white

Dutch Chef Dennis Huwae explains his ideas in The Jerusalem Atelier. Photo by Carrie Hart

Diplomatic Encounters

A Cultural Culinary Experience

Miami, Florida, USA, nicknamed "the magic city"

Nature in mass marketing of Miami

How the city in Florida went from a "place where nobody lives" to the second most visited metropolitan area

Marika Anna Umemoto, Central Saint Martins, University of Arts London, London, England

Undressing the Silhouette of Balenciaga

“Transmissions-Heritage and New Creation” at Cristóbal Balenciaga Museum

Cotswold, photo by Alma Reyes

A Tale of Two Meadows

Cotswold Country and the Hokkaido Landscape

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

Early agriculture and irrigation in Southwest Asia, where climate conditions and human innovation together shaped the foundations of civilization

Climate change and the rise of early civilizations

Environmental opportunity, human agency, and the origins of agriculture in Southwest Asia

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

Economy & Politics

Students navigate a new educational landscape where artificial intelligence is becoming as central to learning as textbooks once were

It’s time to abandon traditional exams

The rise of AI is rendering memorisation-based testing obsolete

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

Venezuela: the language of power

Coloniality, intervention, and the struggle for political voice

Entertainment

The White House, a knife, and bloodstains: a visual representation of The Residence, a series that blends political drama with a gripping "whodunit" narrative, exploring the hidden lives and conflicts within the iconic building

The Residence: a ripe plot rich in subtext

A deep dive into this recently released mystery

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

Fashion

Peter Copping unveiled Lanvin’s Spring/Summer 2026 collection at Paris Fashion Week, where nuanced shades of blue anchored a refined wardrobe of bold shoulders, sculptural scarves, and fluid skirts

Peter Copping: the beat beneath the silhouette

Rhythm as narrative structure in the designer's Spring/Summer 2026 collection

Traditional loom weaving by a skilled artisan

India’s timeless sarees

A personal journey through India’s most timeless heritage weaves

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

A child holding a skeleton model at stomach level

Resetting your gut for 2026

How to rebuild your microbiome without diets, detoxes, or punishment

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

Science & Technology

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

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?

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

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

The pool at Constance Lemuria in Praslin, Seychelles, offers a serene space surrounded by lush tropical greenery

Praslin: where the island moves at its own pace

A quiet exploration of forest, sea, and understated luxury in the Seychelles

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

Wellness

Meditating before the rising sun with hands joined overhead, representing awakening, consciousness, and inner light

The deeper meaning behind the International Day of Yoga logo

How the logo's imagery reflects the ancient wisdom of yoga and offers guidance for modern life

A woman walking alone through the city on a rainy day, sheltered beneath an umbrella

The invisible price of approval

Seeking validation from others can cost you self-respect, integrity, and a life that truly feels like your own

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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

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

Franz Gertsch, Patti Smith I (detail), 1978. Courtesy of Museum Franz Gertsch

Franz Gertsch. Blow-up (Part II)

19 Sep 2026 — 28 Feb 2027 at the Museum Franz Gertsch in Burgdorf, Switzerland

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