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Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Two professional chefs work in the kitchen of a luxury restaurant

A chef prepares dishes during busy service in the kitchen of a high-end restaurant in São Paulo, Brazil

Inside the chef’s counter kitchen at Saison in San Francisco, California, photographed on March 6, 2015

Two chefs work side by side in the kitchen of a luxury restaurant

A chef prepares dishes during a busy service in a fine dining kitchen in São Paulo, Brazil

Noma and the cost of culinary excellence

As allegations against René Redzepi resurface, the fine dining world is forced to confront the human cost of perfection

A manuscript illustration (18th c.) of the Kurukshetra War, fought between the Kauravas and the Pandavas, recorded in the Indian epic Mahābhārāta

Chiranjeevatva in Indian mythology

Cosmic duty, immortality, and the continuity of dharma

Break-out groups to deeply discuss specific themes at GTA Assemby, Bandung, Apr 2026 @ anon

Economy & Politics

The Bandung spirit and the search for radical futures

Grassroots movements from across the Global South gather in Indonesia to confront war, inequality, and ecological collapse through collective alternatives

Artist Ellsworth Kelly recalls his first encounter with abstraction and reflects on how his decades-long fascination with line, form, and color shaped both his paintings and his creative process. This video was filmed shortly before his passing in 2015 by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, USA

Ellsworth Kelly: monumental space

Shaping perception and movement through color, form, and scale

On the Street

Andrew Bird with violin in concert © Dani Cantó

Post Production Dragon

Indie Classical: CPR for classical music recordings

Moscow cinema. Soviets turned down St. Peter and Paul's Church in order to build it in the 1930s

In the last bastion of Christendom

Tips for a trip to Armenia

World record holder Paolo Fabiani

Science & Technology

Mental Calculation and Memorization

A conversation with the world record holder Paolo Fabiani

Madeleine Vionnet, Evening Dress, 1928/Madeleine Vionnet, Evening Dress, 1922/Gabrielle Chanel, Evening Dress, late 1920s, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Annex Gallery 1 © Alma Reyes

Architecture & Design

Total art in Modernism

Function and decoration in the early 1900s

Photo by Djordje Bukvic. Dresses: Jovana Petkovic, Antonio Riva and Amina Hasanbegovic. Styling: Jovana Petkovic, famous Serbian designer that is already representing her new collection through this editorial and on Serbia Fashion Week. Accessories: NUELIS, FCKNG LION and Metro Shoes. Make up: Dina Randjelovic. Hair: Stevan Radivojevic. Location: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Belgrade. Photographer Assistant: Bojan Kolundzija. Decorations: Bloom Design Studio

Ivana Bataković, profession.. top model!

One of the most recognisable faces in the Balkans

A woman climbing endless stairs, symbolizing the ongoing journey of personal growth and development

The lifelong journey of personal development

Cultivating self-awareness, growth, and resilience to unlock your full potential and live with purpose

Architecture & Design

The Palais de la Porte Dorée is an exhibition hall located at 293 Avenue Daumesnil, on the edge of the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France

Art Deco: the geometry of prestige

A perspective on the spatial language of society

A man in a red and black shirt wearing a red hard hat, an architect working with both computer and paper plans

Rethinking creativity in the age of CAD

How digital precision both empowers and limits the designer’s imagination

Art

A watch makes time look eternal, circular, divorces time from the body and makes it completely external and putatively objective

"Four Twenty PM" at the National Gallery of Thailand

A.T. Apichart makes time look and feel benign, so that it doesn’t

Kristian Zara, Visual Meditation, ink on paper, 2022

The opening thought

On the transformative journey of thought in the creative process

Culture

Man wearing a cowboy hat and black coat, seen from behind, Berlin, Germany

Wolfgang Jäger and the politics of kindness

An anthropology of belonging in Berlin

A garden can be a place, a state of mind, or a symbol for growth, peace, abundance, creativity, or spiritual life

Thoughts on the fragmentation of the world

If the world is like a garden, the soil is being prepared for a deep blooming of empathy and love

Economy & Politics

A city caught between war and peace: a single operator, distant silhouettes, and unseen forces reveal how modern conflict unfolds through technology, fear, and proxy violence rather than open battle

Hybrid warfare and the transformation of terrorism

Security, proxy conflict, and the strategic use of violence in the post–Cold War era

Economic inequality continues to widen, with a small percentage of the global population controlling a disproportionate share of wealth and resources

Domination as means for imperial exploitation of the planet

The majority of the world lives in poverty, while the rich live in unimaginable luxury

Entertainment

The Swedish production of Wicked the Musical at the Gothenburg Opera during the 2023–2024 season

The politics of Wicked: what was lost from book to musical

How Wicked the musical traded complex political discourse for broader appeal

Hollywood’s 2026 reckoning

Five blockbuster gambles driven by franchise fatigue, corporate anxiety, and the fear of irrelevance

Fashion

McQueen Spring Summer 2026 explores subconscious desires as they surface, tracing a journey from longing to deliverance while surrendering to the raw power of nature

McQueen SS26: where ritual meets rebellion

Seán McGirr revives McQueen’s wild spirit with pagan theatrics and ultra-low silhouettes

Stretching process during morning training: a young athletic woman warming up before a run

The evolution of sportswear

From gyms and stadiums to streetwear, luxury houses, and haute couture

Feature

She believed she was the heat, and as the heat, she felt everything ancient about it, and the primal knowledge that came with it

Death, life, and a return to imagination

A tale of fire thieves

A woman surrounded by layered foliage and quiet air, representing the slow, unseen shifts within identity

Becoming Alice: through the glasshouse

How a moment of confusion opens Alice to a more expansive understanding of who she can be

Food & Wine

Bathed in golden light, a glass of Tokaji Aszú rests among honeycomb, blue cheese, and autumn fruit—an homage to Hungary’s legendary sweet wine, shaped by noble rot, misty vineyards, and centuries of patience

Tokaji Aszú: Hungary’s liquid gold

A journey into noble rot, centuries-old craft, and the world’s most storied sweet wine

A person holding a doughnut, symbolizing the irresistible appeal of sugary, ultra-processed foods

How ultra-processed diets hijack the brain

Exploring the neuroscience behind food addiction and how industrial diets manipulate our appetite, reward, and self-control

Science & Technology

Avoid the damage of exposing your personal information online by understanding how phishing websites work and how to act when the problem appears

How to defend your data

Expert tips to identify phishing websites and prevent data theft

A man sits in quiet reflection as a symbolic parliament unfolds behind him—each figure representing the many voices, conflicts, and negotiations within the human mind

Governance within: the mind as a living parliament

Exploring the inner negotiations between emotion, reason, and self through psychology, engineering, and AI

Sport

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

A young boy gripping his bat with determination, reflecting the early spark of competitive spirit

The $50,000 child: when youth sport became a luxury

How rising costs, elite programs, and parental pressure have transformed youth sport into an expensive pursuit

Travel

Coastal views in the Algarve, Portugal, where cliffs meet the Atlantic Ocean

Europe’s small countries with big adventures

Cyprus, Albania, Portugal, and Ireland prove you don’t need to choose between coastlines and peaks

Scuba diving in Padangbai, Bali, among colorful coral reefs

Alone but never lonely in Indonesia

A solo journey through Bali and Jakarta, from jungle swings and coral reefs to hidden city charms

Wellness

Standing at the threshold between darkness and light, she pauses in the stillness of becoming

In the heart of nowhere

Why getting “nowhere” is essential for getting somewhere new

Woman sitting beside a gray wall, looking upset and depressed

A teen’s journey to emotional boundaries

One young woman’s story of self-awareness, strength, and healthy limits

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Shalabia Ibrahim, Untitled (detail), 2004. Courtesy of Artbooth Gallery

Fields of memory

14 May — 21 Jun 2026 at the Artbooth Gallery in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Arqueologías presentes. Courtesy of ADN Galeria

Arqueologías presentes

14 May — 13 Jun 2026 at the ADN Galeria in Barcelona, Spain

Amrita Sher-Gil, Winter, Zebegény (Hungary) (detail), January 1939. Courtesy of Drents Museum

Europe belongs to Picasso, India belongs to me

14 May — 20 Sep 2026 at the Drents Museum in Assen, Netherlands

Ilaria Sagaria, s.t. (detail), 2019. Courtesy of Maja Arte Contemporanea

Tutto ciò che tace (All that remains silent)

14 May — 27 Jun 2026 at the Maja Arte Contemporanea in Rome, Italy

Amy Metier, Real and imagined (detail). Courtesy of William Havu Gallery

15 May — 3 Jul 2026 at the William Havu Gallery in Denver, United States

Henry Jackson, Ava (detail), 2026. Courtesy of LewAllen Galleries

Primal field. Interval

15 May — 20 Jun 2026 at the LewAllen Galleries in Santa Fe, United States

Frances Carlene, Fragments of landscape 802 (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Bitfactory Gallery

15 May — 13 Jun 2026 at the Bitfactory Gallery in Denver, United States

Damián Ortega, Cosmic thing, 2002. Courtesy of MASP

Matter and energy

15 May — 13 Sep 2026 at the MASP in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Safwan Dahoul, Dream 287 (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Ayyam Gallery

The eye: an aperture into the soul

16 May — 4 Jul 2026 at the Ayyam Gallery in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Sokari Douglas Camp, Free west indian dominicans (detail), 2025. Courtesy of October Gallery

Fashion and fortune

21 May — 27 Jun 2026 at the October Gallery in London, United Kingdom

Joan Miró, Femme, oiseaux (detail), 1977. Courtesy of Opera Gallery

Regards sur l’art espagnol, 1945–2025

22 May — 17 Jun 2026 at the Opera Gallery in Paris, France

Spatial poems. Courtesy of MASS MoCA

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

Joana Vasconcelos, Gestalt, 2017. Courtesy of Museo Picasso Málaga

Joana Vasconcelos. Transfiguration

28 May — 26 Sep 2026 at the Museo Picasso Málaga in Málaga, Spain

Alfredo Jaar, The end (GSL_a) (detail), 2025. Courtesy of MoCP

Prix pictet storm

29 May — 22 Aug 2026 at the MoCP in Chicago, United States

Isabel Parra, Fish #10 (detail), 2025 - 2026. Courtesy of Sin Sin Fine Art

Between symbiosis and extinction

29 May — 30 Jun 2026 at the Sin Sin Fine Art in Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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

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

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