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Tuesday, October 20, 2026
IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi’s expert team at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, 29 March 2023. Under Sachs’s proposal, the plant would stay under Russian control with IAEA safety oversight. Photo: Fredrik Dahl / IAEA
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission observers track the movement of heavy weaponry in eastern Ukraine, 2015. Sachs’s settlement would give the OSCE the job of monitoring the armistice and verifying arms limits. Photo: OSCE
A dove, the oldest symbol of peace. Sachs proposes a settlement that would permanently end hostilities between Russia and Ukraine, rather than a temporary ceasefire
The Zaporizhzhia plant, Europe’s largest nuclear power station. In the author’s plan, it would sell an agreed share of its electricity to Ukraine at cost. Photo: Fredrik Dahl / IAEA
President Volodymyr Zelensky and Andriy Yermak, head of the Presidential Office, in Bucha, April 2022. Under the author’s framework, Ukraine would lift martial law and hold elections, and the new parliament would ratify the settlement
Economy & Politics
A framework for Peace in Ukraine
Neutrality, an armistice line and great-power guarantees: a single package to end the war for good
A reader holding an ancient religious manuscript, representing the preservation of Katharevousa through religious practice
Culture
Katharevousa: Greece's forgotten language bridge
The rise, influence, and lasting legacy of the language that stood between classical and modern Greek
Multicultural crowds on London Bridge, England
Economy & Politics
The battle over Britishness
National identity, migration, and the politics of belonging in 2025
The interior of Dostoyevskaya Metro Station in Moscow, Russia
Culture
"Crime and punishment" and the question of guilt
Raskolnikov’s struggle with morality, responsibility and the belief that some stand above the law

On the Street

Marc Riboud (French, 1923–2016), Peace March, Washington, D.C., 1967, Gelatin silver print, Collection of the Dayton Art Institute
Art
We are still children of the 60s
Art of the 1960s: Dayton Art Institute
The modernisation of education
Science & Technology
The modernisation of education accelerated by the pandemic
The use of technology in the teaching process
Mikhaïl Huseynov, Academy of Sciences, circa 1955
Architecture & Design
Inventing a national style in Baku
Modern architecture in Azerbaijan
Park Güell, the fantasy world created by Gaudí
Travel
Winter sun in Barcelona
A glimpse of Spring on the Catalonian coast
Celebrating unity and peace through meditation on International Yoga Day, where yoga enthusiasts from diverse backgrounds come together for holistic well-being
Wellness
International Yoga Day in Tunisia: history and impact
Discover how yoga enhances well-being and cultivates unity across Tunisian communities
The Amphitheatre in the garden of Vittoriale degli italiani, located in Gardone Riviera at Lake Garda, Italy
Entertainment
Maria Pia Pagani and the legacy of open-air theatre
Revisiting Gabriele d’Annunzio, Eleonora Duse, and the cultural vision behind the OATI project

Architecture & Design

A living room combining wood, organic textures, soft furnishings and expansive glazing, showing the human-centred character of warm modern architecture
How warm modern architecture is redefining home design
Natural materials, softer textures and a stronger connection to place are making contemporary homes feel more human
Museum of Ethnography is one of Hungary’s most significant cultural institutions, located in Budapest and dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of ethnographic collections from Hungary and around the world
The Museum of Ethnography: building beneath the park
A new vision of museum architecture where landscape and structure become inseparable

Art

Anselm Kiefer is a German painter and sculptor whose work is known for its monumental scale and rich materiality. After studying under Peter Dreher and Horst Antes in the late 1960s, he developed a distinctive artistic language incorporating materials such as straw, ash, clay, lead, and shellac, The Doris and Donald Fisher Collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, US
Anselm Kiefer and the art of decay
At SFMOMA, materials weather, corrode and transform, challenging conventional ideas of permanence and preservation
The Death of Leonardo da Vinci, by Ingres, 1818
A visual artist’s counterpoint to a clinical reading
Childhood memory, creativity, and the intersection of art and the unconscious

Culture

Black Shabbat" (also known as "Black Saturday") refers to the brutal Nazi Gestapo raid carried out on the ancient Jewish Ghetto of Rome on October 16, 1943
World War II history at the Jewish Museum of Rome
Exhibitions and testimonies reveal the persecution and deportation of Rome’s Jewish community
The Kurukshetra War, also known as the Mahabharata War, was a legendary conflict between the Kauravas and the Pandavas, two rival branches of the Kuru dynasty, fought for the throne of Hastinapura
The Mahabharata and the human condition
A civilizational narrative of ethics, power, and human complexity

Economy & Politics

A large red tanker or chemical carrier passing beneath a modern cable-stayed bridge, Turkey
The Middle East and the rise of multipolarity
Regional conflict, shifting alliances, and the growing challenge against American dominance
Industrial engineers overseeing automated robotic arms welding steel components in a modern manufacturing facility
The transformation of the global labour market
How technology, demographic change, and economic uncertainty are reshaping work worldwide

Entertainment

The welcoming entrance of Cineteca Nacional Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico, representing a modern landmark dedicated to celebrating the art of film
Exploring Chapultepec National Film Archive, Mexico City
A unique cinematic experience surrounded by the beauty of nature
A woman capturing an ordinary city scene on camera, reflecting Tiranos Temblad’s fascination with the unexpected moments hiding in plain sight
What Tiranos Temblad can teach us about the internet
From a pig drinking soda to a giant mate hiding in plain sight, Tiranos Temblad has spent fourteen years proving that if you pay attention, everyday life is already fantastic

Fashion

A woman wearing a white dress stands on the bed
The life of an outfit
How clothes carry us through the emotional arc of a day
Ali Haider is an Emirati designer whose Dubai-based streetwear label, TRAPWRLD, explores the relationship between cultural heritage and contemporary identity
TRAPWRLD and the shape of Emirati identity
Dubai streetwear brings heritage into a global visual language

Feature

In a dim bunker, a daughter confronts the father she was told was gone
Embarrassment
Some stories don’t move forward: they tear open
A bird and a cat stare intently at each other
A dangerous game in parallel worlds
Blue jays and pygmy bats tempt fate in encounters with watchful cats

Food & Beverage

Close-up of an elderly Italian woman’s hands making fresh pasta by hand
Migration and the making of modern cuisine
Centuries of human movement have transformed ingredients, recipes, and food traditions across cultures
A humanoid futuristic robot cooking in the kitchen, performing everyday human tasks
When AI enters the kitchen
How Europe’s food industry is blending data, flavor, and sustainability to create the recipes of the future

Science & Technology

A humanoid robot, symbolizing collaboration between people and artificial intelligence
When Artificial Intelligence learns to dream
New AI architectures are embracing reflection and self-correction, raising questions about the future of human thought and machine intelligence
Woman interacting with a service robot in a modern office environment
The human question behind AI
A philosophical reflection on artificial intelligence, ideology, and the future of human subjectivity

Sport

Uzbekistan’s national football team poses with the country’s president after the match against Qatar on June 10, 2025
Uzbekistan’s long road to the World Cup
Decades of loss and near misses give way to a nation’s first World Cup qualification
The FIFA World Cup is an international football tournament contested by the senior men’s national teams of the member associations of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport’s global governing body
Sport is war minus the killing
Sportswashing: the ongoing relationship between sport and power

Travel

Lamgara is a serene, picturesque hill block located in the Almora district of Uttarakhand. Situated 17 km east of Almora at an elevation of roughly 1,800 to 1,900 meters, it offers a peaceful retreat into authentic Kumaoni village life, surrounded by pine forests, terraced fields, and stunning Himalayan views
Finding home in the Himalayas
A personal journey from urban life to a secluded mountain village in search of peace, purpose, and spiritual growth
The Peace Palace (Dutch: Vredespaleis) in The Hague, Netherlands, is one of the world's most important centres for international law. It houses the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, as well as the Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague Academy of International Law, and the renowned Peace Palace Library
The Hague between power and the sea
Politics, art, international justice, and coastal life in the Netherlands’ most elegant city

Wellness

Ho-jin kneeling beside Mu-hee during one of her lowest moments, representing the true meaning of showing up when love is tested
10 relationship lessons from 'Can this love be translated?'
Why patience, honesty, and emotional understanding matter more than words alone
A woman arranging images and ideas on a vision board, representing the process of designing a self-care routine around personal needs and desires
Design a self-care routine that works for you
Why small, consistent changes can make self-care easier to maintain alongside everyday responsibilities
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Garrick Hennessy
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Melisanthi Greco
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Amelyn Lanada Laro
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Salvador Dalí, Illumined pleasures (detail), 1929. Courtesy of Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
The freudian universe of Dalí
20 Oct 2026 — 24 Jan 2027 at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid, Spain
Curran Hatleberg, Untitled (Riverfront) (detail), 2012. Courtesy of Higher Pictures
River’s dream
21 Oct — 12 Dec 2026 at Higher Pictures in Brooklyn, United States
Ibrahim Mahama, Parliament of ghosts (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Fondation Cartier
The harvest season
22 Oct 2026 — 28 Feb 2027 at the Fondation Cartier in Paris, France
Sam Taylor-Johnson, And she was I (triptych) (detail), 1987. Courtesy of Jackson Fine Art
She was I
22 Oct 2026 — 23 Jan 2027 at the Jackson Fine Art in Atlanta, United States
Leonor Fini, Stryges Amaouri (detail), 1947. Courtesy of SCHIRN
Magically surreal
23 Oct 2026 — 21 Feb 2027 at the SCHIRN in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Jeon Gi-ok, Landscape in formation, 2026. Courtesy of Atelier 9
To hold, to be held
24 Oct — 20 Dec 2026 at Atelier 9 in Bangkok, Thailand
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Anatomy (detail), 1982. Courtesy of Krakow Witkin Gallery
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jenny Holzer and Barbara Kruger
24 Oct — 12 Dec 2026 at the Krakow Witkin Gallery in Boston, United States
Eadweard Muybridge, Human and animal locomotion, Plate 710. Dog; galloping; white racing hound Maggie (detail), 1887. Courtesy of Krakow Witkin Gallery
Eadweard Muybridge and Hiroshi Sugimoto's exhibition
24 Oct — 12 Dec 2026 at the Krakow Witkin Gallery in Boston, United States
Bronlyn Jones, Ellsworth Kelly: lined notebook pages – study for a painting in five panels circa 1955 (detail), 2013. Courtesy of Krakow Witkin Gallery
Drafts of an empty page
24 Oct — 12 Dec 2026 at the Krakow Witkin Gallery in Boston, United States
Alex Levac, Gan HaShlosha, Beth Shean valley (detail), 2000. Courtesy of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Alex Levac: black box
27 Oct 2026 — 1 May 2027 at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art in Tel Aviv, Israel
Sonia Navarro, Talabartera, 2025. Courtesy of Galeria Nave © Jesús Madriñan
Pão e fio (Bread and thread)
29 Oct — 28 Nov 2026 at the Galeria Nave in Lisbon, Portugal
Stephen Hannock, Northern city renaissance. The river Tyne with the launch of the Eppleton hall (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Berggruen Gallery
Recent nocturnes in the gloaming
29 Oct 2026 — 7 Jan 2027 at the Berggruen Gallery in San Francisco, United States
Lari Pittman, The remedy of analog space and time #1 (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Lehmann Maupin
The remedy of analog space and time
29 Oct — 19 Dec 2026 at the Lehmann Maupin in New York, United States
Michaela Yearwood-Dan, I rise with the sun (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Marianne Boesky Gallery
A woman of will
29 Oct — 12 Dec 2026 at the Marianne Boesky Gallery in New York, United States
Kalman Dery, The painter’s studio (detail), 1883. Courtesy of Leighton House
Magic and mess: the artist's studio revealed
31 Oct 2026 — 21 Mar 2027 at the Leighton House Museum in London, United Kingdom
Joe Rudko, Fake flowers (detail), 2026. Courtesy of PDX Contemporary Art
Photorealism
4 — 28 Nov 2026 at the PDX Contemporary Art in Portland, United States
Restoration of the Colosseum in Rome, Italy. © Photo: New Order: Rinofelino/Dreamstime.com
Temporary. Structures of necessity
5 Nov 2026 — 5 Apr 2027 at the Architekturzentrum Wien in Vienna, Austria
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