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Thursday, May 28, 2026

A city where observation replaces authority, and control is exercised through constant visibility

Woman working with an android robot in a science laboratory

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

An all-seeing system watches silently as individuals move beneath it, reduced to data points in a city shaped by surveillance and control

Woman collaborating with an android robot in a modern science lab

Science & Technology

The AI fear no one is talking about

Will AI split humanity apart?

A diverse tech team collaborating in a modern workspace

Economy & Politics

Why soft skills matter more than you think in tech

The role of communication, adaptability, and problem-solving in tech careers

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

Science & Technology

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

A woman wearing a rash guard in the sea in the Philippines, enjoying a peaceful travel moment

The mental health benefits of travel

From stress reduction to personal growth, how travel supports emotional well-being

On the Street

Mary Quant exhibition, The Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo © Alma Reyes

The legend of Mary Quant

Swinging London as it lives today

Dinner in Christiania, København, Copenhagen

Guerilla Cooking and Camaraderie

In Copenhagen by Night

Mariella Busi, Two poppies (Watercolour)

Watercolour, an enigma of life

Frank Zappa

The Good Die Young

The bizarre world of Frank Zappa

Love and war intertwined — a soldier’s embrace amidst the ruins of battle

The paradox of protection and violence

On the fragile boundary where devotion, fear, and humanity turn love into both violence and hope

A man in a black cap stands with his eyes closed beneath a cloudy sky, lost in thought

How 176 days without alcohol changed my life

A personal journey beyond sobriety, exploring habit disruption, cognitive freedom, and the quiet power of conscious living

Architecture & Design

A forgotten factory space with high ceilings and exposed framework, representing the potential for converting industry into habitation

Adaptive reuse in residential architecture

How repurposed buildings are addressing urban growth, cost, and environmental concerns

The Palais de la Porte Dorée is an exhibition hall located at 293 Avenue Daumesnil, on the edge of the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France

Art Deco: the geometry of prestige

A perspective on the spatial language of society

Art

Cover of the book Michelangelo and the dream of the Sistine Chapel co-authored by Valentina Ansuini and Jade Bajeot and Illustrated by Sabrina Gabrielli

Michelangelo and the Dream of the Sistine

An illustrated children’s book about Michelangelo and his challenging work in the Sistine Chapel

Artist Ellsworth Kelly recalls his first encounter with abstraction and reflects on how his decades-long fascination with line, form, and color shaped both his paintings and his creative process. This video was filmed shortly before his passing in 2015 by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, USA

Ellsworth Kelly: monumental space

Shaping perception and movement through color, form, and scale

Culture

Resilience is what kept the enslaved going through their lives, and it helped them come back stronger

Untold and untaught history: the power of resilience

Resilience during enslavement was derived from the African spirit

According to Joshua 6:1–27, the walls of Jericho fell after the Israelites marched around the city once a day for six days, and seven times on the seventh day, with priests blowing their horns each day and the people shouting on the final day

Jericho: where humanity first remembered

A soulscape reflection on the world’s oldest city, the paradox of permanence, and the echoes that still shape us

Economy & Politics

Employees carrying their possessions out of the office after losing their jobs, symbolising the fear of automation reshaping livelihoods

Will AI trigger mass unemployment?

Why adaptability, creativity, and lifelong learning may matter more than ever before

A charismatic creative professional relaxes on a luxury rooftop overlooking a global city skyline, projecting the polished lifestyle and effortless mobility that often mask the hidden financial and emotional architectures behind carefully curated personal brands

The flexxxit economy

In a world where brand outruns character, a new lifestyle operator thrives in transient global cities

Entertainment

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

Death Stranding (2019) is an action-adventure game developed by Kojima Productions and originally published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It marks Hideo Kojima and his studio’s first project after parting ways with Konami in 2015

The era of playable cinema

From “interactive movies” to narrative worlds you actually live in, not just watch

Fashion

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

Anthony Verlaine, French adventurer and founder of the sustainable fashion project Verlaine & Rimbaud, reflecting on fashion, nature, identity, and contemporary ideas of masculinity

Anthony Verlaine and the art of adventure

Exploring masculinity, sustainability, and aesthetics through extreme journeys

Feature

An overflow of water submerges land that is usually dry

What is happening?

Maybe visions are dancing in front of my eyes

She believed she was the heat, and as the heat, she felt everything ancient about it, and the primal knowledge that came with it

Death, life, and a return to imagination

A tale of fire thieves

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 vision of orbital infrastructure where data, energy, and industry operate beyond Earth’s limits—transforming space from a frontier into a functional extension of the global system

When the cloud hits the ground

Why energy limits, sovereignty, and infrastructure are pushing data centers into orbit

Cochliomyia hominivorax, a type of parasitic fly whose larvae look like worms and feed on live animals

The biological wall to keep out screwworms

A joint effort between the USA, Mexico, and Panama

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

Begnas Lake, located in Lekhnath, Kaski District, Nepal, is a tranquil freshwater lake surrounded by rural villages and scenic Himalayan foothill

Begnas Lake: Nepal’s quiet alternative to mass tourism

How nature, culture, and community shape a model for sustainable and slow travel

Nestled in the historic spa town of Buxton in the United Kingdom, Buxton Crescent offers a luxurious retreat centered on relaxation and wellbeing

Buxton and the luxury of slowing down

One train, one crescent, two thousand years of good sense

Wellness

A woman and man look at each other, searching for connection beyond words

Speaking love the wrong way

How we misread love and how the five love languages can help

Smiling female athlete practicing a cobra pose stretch on a rocky beach at sunset, surrounded by a calm yoga and zen atmosphere with natural copy space

The forgotten foundation of Yoga

The Yamas as a guide to truth, balance, and self-awareness beyond modern spiritual performance

Discover our authors

Donatella Polizzi

Donatella Polizzi

Vadiraj Bengeri

Vadiraj Bengeri

Zarmina Khan

Muhammad Taj

Virginie Tolly

Maryum Khalid

Hall Gardner

Omar Sabah

Sudeep Neupane

Sidrah Hakim

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Joana Vasconcelos, Gestalt, 2017. Courtesy of Museo Picasso Málaga

Joana Vasconcelos. Transfiguration

28 May — 26 Sep 2026 at the Museo Picasso Málaga in Málaga, Spain

Ayobola Kekere-Ekun, Come home before the sun sets II (diptych) (detail), 2023. Courtesy of Rele Gallery

Let us go where the ones who sleep dance

28 May — 31 Jul 2026 at the Rele Gallery in Los Angeles, United States

Catherine Opie, Munch sky (detail), 2024. Courtesy of Regen Projects

28 May — 3 Jul 2026 at the Regen Projects in Los Angeles, United States

Judith Murray, Trance (detail), 2021. Courtesy of Sundaram Tagore Gallery

Judith Murray's exhibition

28 May — 27 Jun 2026 at the Sundaram Tagore Gallery in New York, United States

Alfredo Jaar, The end (GSL_a) (detail), 2025. Courtesy of MoCP

Prix pictet storm

29 May — 22 Aug 2026 at the MoCP in Chicago, United States

Isabel Parra, Fish #10 (detail), 2025 - 2026. Courtesy of Sin Sin Fine Art

Between symbiosis and extinction

29 May — 30 Jun 2026 at the Sin Sin Fine Art in Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Wendy McMurdo, Young Girl (iv) (detail), 2016. Courtesy of National Galleries of Scotland

The digital mirror

30 May — 25 Oct 2026 at the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Michelle Robinson, Santa Cruz Island Dudleya, 2026. Courtesy of Launch LA

30 May — 20 Jun 2026 at the Launch LA in Los Angeles, United States

Betye Saar, West side story: sharks girls (detail), 1969. Courtesy of Roberts Projects

Let’s get it on: the wearable art of Betye Saar

30 May — 22 Aug 2026 at Roberts Projects in Los Angeles, United States

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

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

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

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