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Saturday, April 4, 2026

In the late 1800s, a local indigenous stonemason named Zeferino Gutiérrez completely transformed the front of the church

One of the biggest celebrations happens during Fiesta San Antonio, where thousands of people walk around cracking cascarones on friends and strangers

"Día de los Cascarones" is a playful tradition where people crack confetti-filled eggs on each other to celebrate Easter and bring good luck. Photo by © Tara Lowry Photography

The church originally existed in the 1600s, but it looked much simpler, more like a typical colonial Mexican parish church with a plain façade

Preparing the "cascarones" is also part of the fun. It begins way before the actual celebration date

The "Día de los Cascarones" in San Miguel de Allende

The "Day of the Eggshells" is a fun celebration in some parts of Mexico

A distressed woman reaches out from a crowded bus, capturing a moment of urgency, separation, and human vulnerability amid crisis, Kashmir

Economy & Politics

Asiya Andrabi and the politics of resistance

Activism, imprisonment, and the contested narratives of the Kashmir conflict

How should a document be read when its strategic meaning arises from the structure that binds its priorities into an ordered whole?

Economy & Politics

Technology in the 2025 U.S. NSS: a structural CR analysis

State purpose, security, and power in the National Security Strategy

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

Economy & Politics

War as a system, not an event

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

On the Street

Sperm Whale © Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne

Science & Technology

Great Whale Gatherings

Part 3: The Sperm Whale, the only Great Whale of the Toothed Whales

Man sitting in front of a window

A man with more than just a look

A pair of Ottoman children's slippers, 1860s-1880s

Ottoman education and the footwear deficit

The Imperial Tribal School at the turn of the twentieth century

A young monk boy walking with an umbrealla

The journey back to self

How self-discovery, gratitude, and conscious language transform personal growth into collective healing

A gripping scene from Warfare (directed by Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland), where realism meets raw intensity—depicting the brutal, chaotic rhythms of modern combat through the eyes of elite American soldiers

Warfare: a parable of the crisis of empire

How Alex Garland's Warfare uses a true story to expose the hubris and failure of imperial ambition, mirroring America's Iraq War experience

Depressed-looking man slumped on a shopping cart, symbolizing the emotional toll of unhealthy lifestyle habits

The mood-food connection

Why sugar and processed foods make anxiety and depression worse

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

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

Lessons in compassion from an age of division

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

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

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

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

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

Wellness

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

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

The sweetness of doing nothing

The quiet rebellion against hustle culture

Explore the Calendar

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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

Spatial poems. Courtesy of MASS MoCA

23 May 2026 — 27 Apr 2027 at the MASS MoCA in North Adams, United States

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

Aesthetics of Change. Courtesy of MAK

Aesthetics of Change

15 Dec 2107 — 15 Apr 2018 at the MAK in Vienna, Austria

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