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Thursday, June 4, 2026

A young athlete receiving reassurance from caring parents, symbolising the stability parents provide during emotional moments

A coach building confidence in young players, representing the foundations of resilience and growth

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

Parent checking on their child’s wellbeing after competition, representing the nurturing side of sports parenting

Young players chasing the ball with enthusiasm, symbolising the joy and freedom at the heart of youth sport

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 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

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

Science & Technology

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

Traditional loom weaving by a skilled artisan

India’s timeless sarees

A personal journey through India’s most timeless heritage weaves

On the Street

An abstract ink and watercolor illustration depicting the tension between structure and freedom—where rigid architectural forms dissolve into flowing, organic shapes, symbolizing the transformation of obedience into becoming

The architecture of obedience

How civilization learned to worship self-reduction

The inequality and chasm of global wealth distribution are visible throughout different parts of the world

Economy & Politics

Wither the global social agenda?

Are policies for social development reaching their endpoint, or are they witnessing a new vision on social protection?

Shamanism in Chinese Medicine

Shamanism in Chinese Medicine

The association with the supernatural

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

Gallery David Zwirner at Art Cologne

The world's leading galleries in Cologne

A conversation with Daniel Hug, the director of Art Cologne

Alone on the road, chasing freedom and possibility—because the human urge to move has always been more instinct than choice

The human need to keep moving

A journey of self-discovery and a reflection on the universal impulse to migrate

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

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

Black Sabbath’s farewell concert, featuring frontman Ozzy Osbourne shortly before he died

Ozzy Osbourne: the final bow

Remembering the Prince of Darkness and the end of an era

Fashion

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

A collective portrait of the hippie movement, where fashion becomes identity—flowing silhouettes, handcrafted details, and psychedelic color express a shared commitment to freedom, community, and resistance to conformity

Hippie fashion and the politics of freedom

Dress, dissent, and the transformation of modern style

Feature

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

An overflow of water submerges land that is usually dry

What is happening?

Maybe visions are dancing in front of my eyes

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 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

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

The AI fear no one is talking about

Will AI split humanity apart?

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

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

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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

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

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