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Friday, April 3, 2026

Medics rush an injured Palestinian child into Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City following an Israeli airstrike on October 11, 2023, reflecting the toll of war on civilians

Marines with Marine Air Ground Task Force-5, a collection of units led by the 5th Marine Regiment, participate in a combined arms staff training exercise at the Marine Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, California, on February 13, 2016

The house in Gaza shelled by the Israeli military on December 25, 2013, where toddler Hala Abu Sbeikhah was killed

An injured Palestinian child is transported by medics to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City after an Israeli airstrike on October 11, 2023, illustrating the human cost of conflict

In Helmand Province, Afghanistan, Royal Air Force Sgt. Stuart McCaig, a 29-year-old tactical air director from Bothwell, Glasgow, monitors aircraft on his computer while working alongside U.S. Marines at the Regional Command (Southwest) Direct Air Support Center

Economy & Politics

War as a system, not an event

How conflict organizes society, perception, and everyday life beyond the battlefield

Bowls loaded with fruits and fibre, reflecting the connection between nutrition and inner balance

The silent conversation: how your gut talks to your brain

Understanding the science behind intuition, anxiety, and the gut-brain axis

In Brussels, Belgium, the night unfolds under a deep, dark sky, framing a magnificent arch glowing in the distance

Economy & Politics

Lessons in compassion from an age of division

The story of abolitionism’s founding father and what it can teach us today

A woman on the stairs of Dubrovnik’s Old Town, surrounded by historic architecture, Croatia

The world needs feelers, not travelers

A journey into curated emotion, island magic, and the unseen rhythms of the Adriatic and Aegean

On the Street

Uptown Manhattan, Central Park, New York City, USA

It’s never too late to do what’s right

In a crimson velvet gown adorned with pearls and jewels, this figure illustrates how queens used opulent attire and accessories to shape enduring fashion trends

Queens who set trends

The legacy of royalty in fashion and beauty

Superman and Batman action figures joined in friendship, holding hands

A tale of two cinematic universes

A fresco by Cesare Maccari (1840-1919) depicting Roman senator Cicero (106-43 BCE) denouncing Catiline's conspiracy to overthrow the Republic in the Roman senate. (Palazzo Madama, Rome), Italy

Italy’s forgotten architects of the modern world

How Galileo, Machiavelli, Vico, and Beccaria shaped science, politics, history, and justice

The Bolwoningen project in ’s-Hertogenbosch comprises 50 ball-shaped houses, grouped together near a canal in the residential area of Maaspoort

Architecture & Design

Bolwoningen: the futuristic spheres of Dutch suburbia

A 1980s Dutch housing experiment where design, ecology, and imagination meet

The Starry Night, June 1889. Museum of Modern Art, New York

My connection to Van Gogh’s Starry Night

Finding peace, beauty, and meaning in Vincent van Gogh’s turbulent world and luminous brushstrokes

Architecture & Design

The vaulted ceiling at the entrance of the Ganjali Bathhouse, built in 1631 as part of a larger architectural complex in the old center of Kerman, Iran, features frescoes adorned with Safavid-era ornaments

The modernization process of the city of Kerman

An example of a middle eastern architecture modernization

A high-tech living room where digital interfaces regulate lighting, entertainment, and climate, conveying the future of residential design

The architecture of the smart home ecosystem

Designing homes that respond and adapt to modern life

Art

Anselm Kiefer, Walhalla, 2016, Almost redolent of the chaotic, despairing images of Bosch, Kiefer offers a rather terrifying and apocalyptic view of where one might live. For some of course, this vision is a reality on our world right now. Photo © White Cube/Courtesy the artists 2016

Art, nature, and the post-human condition

The tension between traditional landscape art and the rise of artificial aesthetics

Agostino De Romanis, Shadows of Day and Night, oil on relined paper, 250 x 130 cm, 2003

De Romanis, the ‘symbolic’ works

The primeval appeal of the Orient

Culture

The moon rising behind the horizon bringing reflection and stillness

Regaining our ability to find ourselves

Reflections on resplendence and the delicate moments we witness

Hockney’s carpet, watercolour, 16 × 12 cm, Mark Weighton, 2025

Truth, illusion, and creativity in a digital world

Libra Full Moon

Economy & Politics

Richard Nixon announced 50 years ago that the US would no longer exchange dollars held by foreign governments for gold

The day money became just paper

The 1971 break from gold, the rise of debt-based money, and the global shift toward hard assets

A moment where value floats free of lived reality: money, data, and artificial intelligence converge as symbols of control, while human presence recedes into managed abstraction

AI, crypto and the disappearence of reality

Money, machines, and what we stopped paying attention to

Entertainment

Gérard Philipe and Maria Casarès were among the most celebrated figures of mid-twentieth-century French theatre and cinema

Beyond the myth: Gérard Philipe and Maria Casarès

The book’s contributors discuss archives, performance, and the evolving memory of two icons of French theatre

George Clooney and Tiziano Buccarello during the filming of “The American,” shot in Sulmona, Abruzzo, Italy

Tiziano Buccarello: the man behind the reflection

After twenty-five years resembling George Clooney, Buccarello reflects on identity and the balance between fame and real life

Fashion

Bella Hadid wearing a Schiaparelli necklace at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, France

The influence of surrealism on fashion

From Elsa Schiaparelli to modern designers

Demna Gvasalia, known mononymously as Demna is a Soviet-born Georgian fashion designer

Demna Gvasalia’s radical new chapter at Gucci

When heritage meets disruption

Feature

A woman walking through a dimly lit street at night

Map of your head

Episode 2: on purity, pressure, and surviving a culture that refuses boundaries

Books and books and books, a collection that is not enough

Maybe it is not below you, but at the very least, you are above it

Food & Wine

A medium shot of a pregnant woman enjoying a fruit bowl, emphasizing the benefits of nutritious food choices during pregnancy for both mother and baby

Western diet during pregnancy and ADHD risk

What every mom needs to know

This classic British dish originated in the 19th century, during the Industrial Revolution

Fish and chips: comfort food beloved for generations

A classic British dish for good reason

Science & Technology

Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen, the crew of Artemis II, poised before the Moon as they prepare to resume humanity’s journey into deep space

Back to the moon, or back to ourselves?

Artemis II and the return to a journey shaped as much by memory and myth as by technology

A woman stands on a balcony, enjoying sunlight to boost vitamin D

The sunshine vitamin you can’t ignore

Why vitamin D3 is essential for strong bones, immunity, and lifelong well-being

Sport

The Dodgers Stadium is located in the Elysian Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California

Jumping on the bandwagon after the Dodgers' World Series

How the Dodgers’ Championship sparked my love for baseball during my first spell in the bullpen

Vinícius José Paixão de Oliveira Júnior, commonly known as Vinícius Júnior or Vini Jr., is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Real Madrid in La Liga and for the Brazil national team

Why Vinicius Jr.‘s fight is our war

Racism, denial, and the unbearable burden placed on Black athletes in modern football

Travel

Panoramic drone view of Nainital, Uttarakhand, India

Top experiences in Nainital: beyond Naini Lake

Discover scenic walks, sacred spaces, and quiet nature experiences in this timeless Himalayan hill town

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, seen from above with its distinctive city buildings

The best time to visit Barcelona

A guide to enjoying the city without the crowds

Wellness

A woman sitting on a hammock, holding a sketchbook during a quiet afternoon

The sweetness of doing nothing

The quiet rebellion against hustle culture

A vintage-style composition inspired by ancient star maps, featuring an armillary globe, constellations, and zodiac symbols that evoke the early age of astronomy

Astrology as a language of the cosmos

Understanding how the movements of the sky mirror the patterns of human life

Explore the Calendar

Worldwide Brussels Dresden Tallinn Madrid Seoul Québec Vienna Cambridge Sydney Barcelona Pittsburgh Amsterdam London Chicago Sidney Paris Singapore Philadelphia Berlin San Francisco Munich Hamburg

Pablo Benzo, Silent blue (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Johansson Projects

3 Apr — 30 May 2026 at the Johansson Projects in Oakland, United States

Niamh Porter, Case study no. 8 (detail), 2022. Courtesy of Taylor Galleries

The shape of longing

3 Apr — 6 Jun 2026 at the Taylor Galleries in Dublin, Ireland

Cesare Pietroiusti, Materia paterna, exhibition view. Courtesy of the Gallery Apart

Materia paterna

3 Apr — 31 May 2026 at The Gallery Apart in Rome, Italy

Christopher Adams, Biomorphic moments. Courtesy of Garvey|Simon

Christopher Adams: biomorphic moments

9 Apr — 8 May 2026 at Garvey | Simon in Manhattan, United States

Frederic Edwin Church, Pichincha (detail), 1867. Courtesy of Philadelphia Museum of Art

A nation of artists

12 Apr 2026 — 5 Jul 2027 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, United States

Sameh Khalatbari, Veins of sorrow - The rupture no. 2 (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Modernism Inc.

Veins of sorrow

12 Apr — 2 May 2026 at the Modernism Inc. in San Francisco, United States

Anonyme, Le marché aux fleurs, quai de la Mégisserie (detail), vers 1680. Courtesy of Musée Carnavalet

Madame de Sévigné. Parisian letters

15 Apr — 23 Aug 2026 at the Musée Carnavalet in Paris, France

Anna Kincaide, Its a jungle (detail). Courtesy of JoAnne Artman Gallery

Couture in color

15 Apr — 30 Jun 2026 at the JoAnne Artman Gallery in Laguna Beach, United States

Robert Sagerman, 17,759 (detail), 2018. Courtesy of Cris Worley Fine Arts

Edifice, fount, rippling spaces

15 Apr — 30 May 2026 at the Cris Worley Fine Arts in Dallas, United States

Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga, Eala (detail), 2025. Courtesy of October Gallery

Inheriting the future

16 Apr — 16 May 2026 at the October Gallery in London, United Kingdom

Pierre Gaignard, Bestiaire paramétrique (Lézard, random seed 1024), 2025. Courtesy of Galerie Eric Mouchet

Printemps paramétrique

18 Apr — 13 Jun 2026 at the Galerie Eric Mouchet in Paris, France

Morgan Irons, August in the fields (detail). Courtesy of LewAllen Galleries

24 Apr — 23 May 2026 at the LewAllen Galleries in Santa Fe, United States

William Shepherd, In bedroom (detail), n.d. Courtesy of LewAllen Galleries

Western reliquaries

24 Apr — 23 May 2026 at the LewAllen Galleries in Santa Fe, United States

Alex Webb, Philadelphia, Rock ministries boxing club, 2016. Courtesy of Philadelphia Museum of Art

Rising up: Rocky and the making of monuments

25 Apr — 2 Aug 2026 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, United States

Ron Arad, Good ping pong dining table, 2023. Courtesy of Opera Gallery

Ron Arad, from 1992 to 2026

27 Apr — 28 May 2026 at the Opera Gallery in Monaco, Monaco

Francisco de Zurbarán, Christ and the virgin in the house at Nazareth (detail), about 1640. Courtesy of the National Gallery © The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio

2 May — 23 Aug 2026 at The National Gallery in London, United Kingdom

Judy Chicago, Bigamy hood (detail), 2022, Mixed media on stamped aluminum form, 13.25 x 15.25 x 0.75 in, 33.66 x 38.74 x 1.91 cm, © Chicago Woodman LLC, Judy Chicago/Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York; Photo © Chicago Woodman LLC; Donald Woodman/Artists Rights Society, New York

The materiality of Judy Chicago

8 May — 22 Nov 2026 at the Alberta Pane Gallery in Venice, Italy

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