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Saturday, March 7, 2026

Sunlight cutting through a shadowed forest, symbolising the moment your inner sun begins to dawn after darkness

Expansive waves rolling across a bright blue sea, conveying the slow unravelling of old walls as you return to your truest self

A graceful body suspended in water in a flowy white dress, conveying a weightless, unhurried state that mirrors emotional release

Sunlight illuminating a quiet forest path, reflecting the emergence of your inner north

Bright blue waves caught in motion, conveying the gentle act of piecing together all your broken pieces into something whole again

Deep as the ocean, blue as the sea

A story of shedding old layers and returning to the truest self

A small thank-you present exchanged between two people, symbolizing appreciation made visible and heartfelt

Why being thankful is your brain’s favourite workout

A look at how thankfulness reshapes your brain, lowers stress, and builds lasting happiness

Trendy and confident: a stylish woman in sunglasses reflects themes of feminist art and queer identity

The rise of the female gaze on TikTok

How the female gaze is reshaping visibility, identity, and power online

A young man celebrating freedom at sunset by the sea, reflecting the power of rewriting one’s story

Narrative repair: editing your inner story

From disability to engineering to AI, a journey into how we can consciously redesign the stories that define us

On the Street

A man stirs food in large pots over an open flame, preparing a traditional meal, Srinagar, India

The boom of restaurants and food delivery in Kashmir

A relative pause in the conflict has led to a mushrooming of restaurants across the valley

Amazigh woman. Numerous ancient Greek, Phoenician and Roman texts attest to the existence of the Berber people as the first occupants of North Africa

The Amazighs of Tunisia

The free people

Kate Winslet in Mare Easttown

My favorite 2021 shows so far

Shows that caught my eye in the first half of the year

In the midst of a chaotic protest, people converge with a shared sense of urgency, reflecting a collective frustration that often overrides individual critical thinking

Economy & Politics

Why people follow trends: understanding herd mentality

Exploring the psychology behind trend adoption, from fashion to social movements

Sunrise in Dakhla, photograph by YoTuT

The dazzling metamorphosis of Dakhla

An attractive and resilient city

Shiota Chiharu, Where Are We Going?, 2017/2019, White wool, wire, rope, Installation view: Shiota Chiharu: The Soul Trembles, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, 2019, Courtesy: Galerie Templon, Paris/Brussels © Kioku Keizo

Blood and Cosmos

Weaving through Chiharu Shiota’s trembling soul

Architecture & Design

Construction began in 1720 under Prince-Bishop Damian Hugo von Schönborn

The splendor of Bruchsal Palace

A Neo-Baroque masterpiece in Southwest Germany

View of Santorini, Greece, with iconic white houses and blue-domed churches

How travel shapes empathy and innovation in design

Global encounters inspire designers to move beyond visuals and create work rooted in culture, connection, and respect

Art

Gottfried Eisenberger (pictured right), World Art Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Gottfried Eisenberger on World Art Dubai’s next phase

The fair’s curator reflects on scale, strategy, and the growing global reach of emerging artists

Antony Gormley Another Place, 1997, Antony Gormley’s Another Place features 100 cast-iron figures facing the sea along Crosby Beach, exploring humanity’s relationship with nature, time, solitude, and existence. Each life-sized figure, modelled on Gormley’s own body, stands motionless against shifting tides and weather, symbolizing reflection, resilience, and the universal human search for meaning and connection

Fishing with dynamite: the new monumentality

Some thoughts on the inequality of means for contemporary artists

Culture

A solitary poet sits lost in thought, his face lit by a soft, amber glow — a quiet reflection of Milan Kundera’s vision of the novel as a search for understanding rather than virtue

Milan Kundera and the novel beyond good and evil

When storytelling reveals truth, not morality

Sunlight shining through a leaf, representing love through one's capacity to feel love everywhere if they know how to identify it

The Sun rises every day

Today it dawned again, as always

Economy & Politics

Pro-European protesters face riot police in Tbilisi, as Georgia’s struggle between democratic aspirations and authoritarian pressure unfolds in the streets

Georgia at the crossroads of Europe and the Kremlin

How electoral fraud, authoritarian drift, and Russian influence are threatening the country’s democratic future

Jeffrey Edward Epstein (January 20, 1953 – August 10, 2019) was an American financier and child sex offender

Geopolitics of the Epstein files

Strategic narratives, intelligence claims, and the India–Israel dimension

Entertainment

No Other Choice, featuring performances by Son Ye-jin and Lee Byung-hun

A guide to 2025’s standout cinema

The films that surprised, unsettled, and stayed with us long after watching

Myha'la Herrold as Harper Stern in Season 3 © Simon Ridgway/HBO

The evolution of "Industry"

How a TV show finds its footing

Fashion

Drawing on old Hollywood glamour and the showgirl as a modern goddess, the collection reframes a familiar cultural cliché. It merges Mugler’s heritage with a personal quest to reconcile contrasting forces and reignite the house’s iconoclastic power

Excavating Mugler: Miguel Castro Freitas ushers in a new era

A debut collection that reinterprets power, glamour, and the house’s iconic dna for a modern luxury audience

A model showcasing Dior’s iconic New Look from 1947, symbolizing post-war elegance and the rebirth of feminine style

Fashion and post-war recovery

How style helped conceal injuries and restore dignity

Feature

A boy sitting silently before a big window, capturing the stillness of existing in an in-between space

The unseen boy: invisible, forgotten, waiting

A heart breaking exploration of grief, time, and a child lost between worlds

Silhouette of a person standing by neon lights at night

Map of your head

Food & Wine

A smiling girl surrounded by colorful Brazilian fruits

Nutrition at the heart of self-care

How nutrition, movement, sleep, and mental well-being work together to build lasting health and resilienc

Hyperlipidemia is a significant factor that contributes to cardiovascular diseases globally. Thankfully, it is one factor that is easy to modify through medications and lifestyle changes

Feeding your microbiome to lower your cholesterol

Focusing on a pro-gut microbiome diet can improve cholesterol and other lipid levels

Science & Technology

Larger and longer-lived organisms require more cumulative cell replications to build and maintain their tissues

Replicative proportionality law in multicellular organisms

The rate of cellular renewal is a particular manifestation of the universal relationship between energy and matter

A person surrounded by floating algorithms symbolizes the overwhelming presence of AI in modern life

Margaret's statement resonate under a a new dilemma

The convenience brought by A.I. is seductive, but shouldn’t we be questioning it?

Sport

Back view of a shirtless man posing to showcase his muscles and physical fitness

HIIT: the athlete’s secret weapon

From sprints to plyometrics, discover how HIIT transforms fitness and performance across sports

An Adidas soccer ball resting on the grass pitch, ready for the game

From Sialkot to stadiums: the hidden price of football

The impact of football production on workers in Sialkot, Pakistan

Travel

Ayyana Kere, the second-largest lake in Karnataka, stretches between small mountains and offers breathtaking views, India

Manchenahalli Lake: a hidden haven

Your perfect weekend escape from Bengaluru

Sambar in Horton Plains, Sri Lanka (c) Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne

Birdwatching in the highlands of Sri Lanka

Tea country and Horton Plains National Park

Wellness

Scarcity or abundance: the choice is ours, and we must make it repeatedly throughout our days

Proving that abundance thinking beats scarcity

How one woman in South Sudan discovered the mindset that changes everything

Silhouette of a woman in traditional attire by the window

The long way back to myself

Survival, motherhood, emotional healing, and the birth of purpose

Explore the Calendar

Worldwide Madrid Mexico City Singapore Vienna Honolulu Munich Washington Philadelphia Copenhagen Zurich Cambridge Dresden Santiago Los Angeles Lausanne Québec Lucca Sofia Sidney Brussels Pittsburgh Stuttgart

Michaelina Wautier, Two girls as Saints Agnes and Dorothea. Courtesy of Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand

7 Mar — 31 May 2026 at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand in Ghent, Belgium

Julia Lucey, Coyote in the oak manor labyrinth (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Wally Workman Gallery

7 Mar — 4 Apr 2026 at the Wally Workman Gallery in Austin, United States

Marcel Vidal, Umbrella (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Kerlin Gallery

Blue moon shadow

12 Mar — 18 Apr 2026 at the Kerlin Gallery in Dublin, Ireland

John Alexander, Nature observed (detail). Courtesy of Berggruen Gallery

Nature observed

12 Mar — 30 Apr 2026 at the Berggruen Gallery in San Francisco, United States

Rachel Simon Marino, Running on air (detail). Courtesy of Berggruen Gallery

12 Mar — 30 Apr 2026 at the Berggruen Gallery in San Francisco, United States

Hussein Baalbaki, Seaside (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Artbooth Gallery

12 Mar — 26 Apr 2026 at the Artbooth Gallery in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Various artists, We refuse_d, exhibition view. Courtesy of Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art

13 Mar — 7 Jun 2026 at the M HKA in Antwerp, Belgium

Dorothy Browdy Kushner, Trees (detail), 1965. Courtesy of LewAllen Galleries

A force of nature

13 Mar — 18 Apr 2026 at the LewAllen Galleries in Santa Fe, United States

Amy Kirchner, Impression 1 (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Heather Gaudio Fine Art

Notions of time

14 Mar — 25 Apr 2026 at the Heather Gaudio Fine Art in Greenwich, United States

Wrona Gall, Ocean glow (detail), 2026. Courtesy of bG Gallery

14 Mar — 14 Apr 2026 at the bG Gallery in Santa Monica, United States

Paul Klee, Around the fish (Umden fisch) (detail), 1926. Courtesy of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund, 271. 1939. © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Paul Klee: other possible worlds

20 Mar — 26 Jul 2026 at The Jewish Museum in New York, United States

Andy Denzler, Inner space 5 (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Opera Gallery

20 Mar — 15 Apr 2026 at the Opera Gallery in Paris, France

Jay Khan, Foggy Victoria Harbour (detail). Courtesy of Sin Sin Fine Art

Pouring shadow. Contrast and balance

20 Mar — 20 May 2026 at the Sin Sin Fine Art in Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Kurt Schwitters, Picture Lyonel / Like a landscape by Feininger (detail), 1933. Courtesy of Zentrum Paul Klee

Schwitters: on the fringes of the avant-garde

20 Mar — 21 Jun 2026 at the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern, Switzerland

Robert Zandvliet, Cinema (detail), 2012. Courtesy of Museum Franz Gertsch

The painting is a door

21 Mar — 30 Aug 2026 at the Museum Franz Gertsch in Burgdorf, Switzerland

Franz Gertsch, Liebespaar (nach courbet) I (detail), 1967. Courtesy of Museum Franz Gertsch

Iron bed and trumpet, family and couples

21 Mar — 30 Aug 2026 at the Museum Franz Gertsch in Burgdorf, Switzerland

Leanne Picthall, You’ve become my joy, you understand? (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Museum Franz Gertsch

Meaning so well

21 Mar — 7 Jun 2026 at the Museum Franz Gertsch in Burgdorf, Switzerland

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