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Sunday, November 23, 2025

Street culture in motion: where many of today’s most influential fashion trends begin

From research to runway: a workspace where ideas take shape before becoming trends

Streetwear’s evolution is rooted in communities that turn culture, identity, and performance into style

Subcultures like hip hop and breakdance continue to shape global style from the ground up

Inside the creative process: where early signals evolve into future trends

How fashion trends are born and why they matter

From street style to cultural shifts, discover how fashion trends emerge, evolve, and influence the world beyond the runway

The 1702 Visscher Stoopendaal Map of Israel, Palestine, or the Holy Land is a historical map that illustrates the geography of the region during that time

Economy & Politics

A closer look at claims in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Foundational myths and historical claims in the debate over land ownership and legitimacy

On the margins of a wealthy world, a man’s plea for support speaks to the urgency of making poverty unacceptable

Economy & Politics

Make poverty illegal

The “war on poverty” may not be the best answer to fight poverty

The artwork “Bafflement of Depression”, highlighting mental health struggles, was uploaded as part of the Art4Good campaign

The Generation Z issue of mental health

From Covid-19 to AI, three defining forces reshaping a generation’s mental health

On the Street

Under the night sky, a person gazes at shooting stars and meteors

Fireflies and divine stars

Poems of honesty, dissonance, and a restless heart

Teenage girl lying on the grass in a yellow sundress with a novel on her chest

My dark Vanessa: a novel

The complexities of victimhood, challenging the notion of a perfect victim, and the potential for self sabotage during the process of healing

Oasa DuVerney. Studio Visit 2

Jason Sudeikis as Ted Lasso in the Tv series Ted Lasso

Ted Lasso: a celebration of football and life

How Ted Lasso resonates beyond football with themes of kindness and found family

Snakebites are a public health problem in Costa Rica

Science & Technology

50 years of biting the snakebites

The Clodomiro Picado Institute, the pinnacle of scientific achievement

Two glasses of wine resting on a wine barrel amidst the vineyard

Exploring the world of wine

Old World vs. New World

Architecture & Design

The Panoramapunkt observation deck in Berlin offers stunning panoramic views of the city's skyline, Germany

Tension of formality and informality in Berlin's allotments

The history and challenges of Berlin's allotment gardens amidst urban change

Clos Lucé (restored), the manor house where lived Leonardo at Amboise, France

Sabine Frommel on the Renaissance across borders

How the migration of artists shaped culture, patronage, and power in Europe

Art

Pato Bosich in his London studio, UK

A conversation with artist Pato Bosich

On poetry and alchemy of painting

The Great Wave at Kanagawa, designed by Katsushika Hokusai

The great wave off Kanagawa

A personal exploration of Japanese tradition and identity through the lens of Hokusai’s timeless print

Culture

Jim and Huck drift along the Mississippi at twilight, a journey of survival, freedom, and uneasy companionship

Percival Everett’s James and the voice of freedom

Based on a retelling of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Dr. Shadiya Mohamed S. Baqutayan and Jeffrey Levett

Dr. Shadiya Baqutayan: faith, migration, and dignity

From Yemen to Malaysia and living in Spain

Economy & Politics

A group of people in Jakarta, Indonesia, hold a white banner promoting the Sustainable Development Goals

The sustainable development goals ten years after

Why the sustainable development goals faltered and what a changing world means for the future of global governance

Seeing clearly begins when we learn to assemble what we’ve taken apart

The true cost of stereotypes in leadership

How to use listening, asking, and learning to dismantle the walls of disunity and drive growth

Entertainment

From Nuremberg to modern populism, a reflection on how the aesthetics of power and mass persuasion endure across eras

Fascism on film: Orwell, Riefenstahl, and Weimar's warning

A documentary exploration of fascism's past and its unsettling echoes in the present

Immersed in music, Zubeen let his soul flow through every chord

Zubeen Garg and the soul of Northeast India

Remembering a musical legend and reimagining the Northeast through culture, identity, and the call for recognition

Fashion

Man browsing for clothes and secondhand apparel

Why is secondhand fashion failing?

Secondhand fashion needs psychology, curation, and better design to compete with fast fashion

Caress of the Gaze by Behnaz Farahi envisions the future through a second-skin concept created with multi-material 3D printing technology

3D printing revolutionizes sustainable fashion

How additive manufacturing reduces waste and inspires innovation in clothing production

Feature

Hand in hand, they move forward — a quiet moment of safety and belonging beneath the trees

Memory loops in a time of war

A black raven perched on a tree branch

The raven’s feast: a song of ashes and wings

A surreal meditation on human folly, avian vengeance, and the cyclical dance of fire, flesh, and rebirth

Food & Wine

Blacke and white photo: Maria Ernesta with husband Geminiano

Under the sky of 2023: a vintage born of resilience

An Italian white wine that reflects a year of challenge and craft

Cultivated meat, produced through innovative cellular agriculture, offers a sustainable and ethical alternative to traditional livestock farming

Cultured meat is the future

Animal farming causes climate change. So why not grow meat in a lab?

Science & Technology

Visual representation of molecular change: mutations at the microscopic level drive evolution and adaptation across all living systems

Understanding the molecular clock

The molecular clock hypothesis assumes that mutations occur at a constant rate, but the Rabies virus mutates per infectious generation

A visual representation of artificial intelligence and machine learning, combining technical motifs and dynamic overlays to evoke the rapid evolution of AI technologies

AI is speaking, but are we actually listening?

Between the glossy promises and the viral train wrecks, the real conversation about AI’s future is getting lost

Sport

Every second in free fall is a lifetime of exhilaration

Adrenaline junkies: U.S. states with the most thrill-seekers

From skydiving to rock climbing: the states leading the thrill-seeking charge

A fan holding a Liverpool scarf high in the stands

Scoring big: the evolution of sports tourism

How sporting events turn locations into top tourist spots and influence worldwide travel

Travel

Cambridge University, UK, in autumn—where history meets the beauty of falling leaves

Cambridge: a timeless summer in the heart of academia

A reflective journey through history, beauty, and the quiet wonder of academic life

A white castle captured in photography, with Broadway Tower bathed in the soft, fading autumn sunshine late in the day. Broadway Tower & Country Park, Broadway, United Kingdom

A journey through England’s idyllic countryside

Be amazed by the beautiful landscapes of this lovely region

Wellness

A woman stretches peacefully in the morning sunlight, embodying the power of a calming routine to ease anxiety and set a mindful tone for the day

Manage anxiety with a morning routine

Gentle practices for a peaceful mind and body

At 10°C, the body shifts from fight-or-flight to focus and stillness

Cold, calm, and reborn: my first ice bath journey in Saigon

What began as recovery unfolded into self-discovery

Explore the Calendar

Worldwide Nuremberg Seville Milan Prague St Petersburg Denver Krakow Salzburg Amsterdam Edinburgh Munich Los Angeles Vienna Cambridge Santiago Tallinn Warsaw Dresden Washington Riga Bern Sidney

Brigitte Stahl, Untitled, 2024. Courtesy of Kristof De Clercq Gallery

23 Nov — 21 Dec 2025 at the Kristof De Clercq gallery in Ghent, Belgium

Victor Matthews, The bering sea, 2025. Courtesy of Space Gallery

The light of sand

24 Nov — 8 Dec 2025 at Space Gallery St Barth in Gustavia, Saint Barthélemy

Katie Simmons, Carya glabra (detail), 2023. Courtesy of Pleiades Gallery

Collapsing and coalescing: making-with in the anthropocene

25 Nov — 20 Dec 2025 at the Pleiades Gallery in New York, United States

Adriano Pompa, Grand tour. Courtesy of Galleria Vik Milano

25 Nov 2025 — 15 Jan 2026 at the Vik Milano Gallery in Milan, Italy

John Constable, Hampstead heath with a rainbow (detail), 1836. Courtesy of Tate Britain

Turner and Constable: rivals and originals

27 Nov 2025 — 12 Apr 2026 at the Tate Britain in London, United Kingdom

Christa Joo Hyun D’Angelo. Courtesy of Tempesta Gallery

Pain of pleasure

27 Nov 2025 — 6 Feb 2026 at the Tempesta Gallery in Milan, Italy

Unidentified photographer, Hester street, West from the Southwest corner of Norfolk Street, New York City, ca. 1898. Courtesy of the New York Historical

Stirring the melting pot (...)

28 Nov 2025 — 29 Mar 2026 at the The New York Historical in New York, United States

F.A. Vasilyev, After heavy rain, 1870. Courtesy of New Tretyakov Gallery

The Magic of watercolour

29 Nov — 18 May 2025 at the New Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, Russia

Ashvin Harrison, The night watch owl (Original hand painting), 2025. Courtesy of the Wall Art Gallery

Ashvin Harrison at The Wall art gallery

29 Nov — 7 Dec 2025 at The Wall Art Gallery in Miami, United States

Yseult Digan, Empress. Courtesy of Danysz Gallery

29 Nov 2025 — 17 Jan 2026 at the Magda Danysz Gallery in Paris, France

Emil Lukas, In orbit with untraceable balance. Courtesy of Piero Atchugarry Gallery

In orbit with untraceable balance

30 Nov 2025 — 31 Jan 2026 at Piero Atchugarry in Miami, United States

Eva Olivetti and Linda Kohen, Eva y Linda. Courtesy of Piero Atchugarry Gallery

30 Nov 2025 — 31 Jan 2026 at Piero Atchugarry in Miami, United States

Joyce Pensato, Untitled (detail), 1980. Courtesy of the Institute of Contemporary Art

Joyce Pensato's exhibition

2 Dec 2025 — 15 Mar 2026 at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Miami, United States

Richard Hunt, Low flight, 1998. Courtesy of the Institute of Contemporary Art

2 Dec 2025 — 29 Mar 2026 at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Miami, United States

Igshaan Adams, Weerhoud, The Hepworth Wakefield, exhibition view, 22nd June – 3rd November 2024. © Igshaan Adams. Courtesy the artist, Thomas Dane Gallery, Casey Kaplan and blank projects

Lulu, Zanele, Zandile, Savannah

2 Dec 2025 — 1 Nov 2026 at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Miami, United States

John Fincher, Poplar seasons (detail), ca. 1990s. Courtesy of LewAllen Galleries

In the poplars eternal beauty lives

5 Dec 2025 — 3 Jan 2026 at the LewAllen Galleries in Santa Fe, United States

Emilija Škarnulytė, Æqualia. Courtesy of Tate St Ives

Emilija Škarnulytė's exhibition

6 Dec 2025 — 12 Apr 2026 at Tate St Ives in St Ives, United Kingdom

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