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Saturday, June 6, 2026
A young woman quietly enjoying her own company, representing the strength of developing an identity beyond social validation
A woman quietly retreating into herself in a dimly lit setting, reflecting the emotional isolation that comparison can create
A silver medallist watching the gold winner with envy, representing the feeling of falling short despite success
A woman closing her eyes and embracing herself gently, symbolising the need for emotional care in an overstimulated world
A woman holding herself in darkness, representing the emotional weight of constant self-comparison
Wellness
The psychology of comparison
A closer look at why humans naturally compare themselves and how it shapes self-worth, anxiety, and identity
Students navigate a new educational landscape where artificial intelligence is becoming as central to learning as textbooks once were
Economy & Politics
It’s time to abandon traditional exams
The rise of AI is rendering memorisation-based testing obsolete
Early agriculture and irrigation in Southwest Asia, where climate conditions and human innovation together shaped the foundations of civilization
Culture
Climate change and the rise of early civilizations
Environmental opportunity, human agency, and the origins of agriculture in Southwest Asia
A human and a robotic hand barely touching, alluding to the Renaissance painting "The Creation of Adam", by Michelangelo Buonarroti
Science & Technology
The Renaissance human ideal in an age of AI
Freed from survival imperatives, could we finally pursue work in the deeper sense of human excellence?

On the Street

Key Clef and Rheremita Cera's project of LiveAlive
Entertainment
A dialogue between Key Clef and Rheremita Cera
On sound as ritual, queer futures, and the politics of listening
The exterior of the Celine store features a minimalist design that reflects the brand’s refined and modern aesthetic
Fashion
Minimal excess: Celine’s SS26 vision
A minimalist vision linking Celine’s boutique design with the refined elegance of its spring/summer 2026 collection
Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) statue at O'Neil Park and Ramakrishna Monastery, California, United States
Travel
Spiritual bliss at Kasar Devi Hill
The Himalayan retreat of Swami Vivekananda and other great minds
In this day and age, gluten is no longer undercover
Food & Wine
Is Gluten the public enemy?
Trusting people with our food products
Valencia. The City of Arts and Sciences
Architecture & Design
The City of Arts and Sciences
Avant-garde architecture in the city of Valencia
Chloe Rosser. Forms
Art
Chloe Rosser. Forms
The minimalistic photographer at The Vaults Gallery

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

Delegations of women's club members attend the US National Suffrage Parade in 1913
The hidden conditions of women’s oppression
Femininity, compliance, and the social order
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

Economy & Politics

Madrid, Spain Venezuelan flag waving during a protest at Puerta del Sol
Venezuela: the language of power
Coloniality, intervention, and the struggle for political voice
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

Entertainment

The Drama is a dark romantic comedy-thriller directed by Kristoffer Borgli that follows a young couple, Emma (Zendaya) and Charlie (Robert Pattinson), whose seemingly stable relationship descends into emotional turmoil one week before their wedding after a shocking confession about their pasts
The illusion of stability in 'The Drama'
Nietzsche, emotional pain, and the fragility of modern relationship
Ari Aster at the premiere of his film "Beau Is Afraid" in 2023. Photo by © Frazer Harrison
Ari Aster's career retrospective
Looking for meaning behind the madness

Fashion

Traditional loom weaving by a skilled artisan
India’s timeless sarees
A personal journey through India’s most timeless heritage weaves
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

Feature

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
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

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

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

Sport

A child processing a painful loss in the back seat, representing the moments when parental support matters most
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 faceless teenage football player standing on the field
The forgotten wonderkids of Football
The bittersweet stories of football’s lost prodigies

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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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
Icons eclectic
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
City of lights
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
Made to appear
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
From the exhibition Inferno & paradiso. Courtesy of Photo Elysée ©Hannah Reyes Morales
Inferno & paradiso
26 Jun — 1 Nov 2026 at the Photo Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland
Hannah Darabi, How to marry a millionaire, "Mahvashs book of pleasure" (detail), 2024. Courtesy of Photo Elysée © Hannah Darabi
Why don’t you dance?
26 Jun — 1 Nov 2026 at the Photo Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland
John Little, Untitled (detail), 1959. Courtesy of LewAllen Galleries
Color says it all
26 Jun — 25 Jul 2026 at the LewAllen Galleries in Santa Fe, United States
Rekha Rodwittiya, Home is wherever you are (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Sakshi Gallery
Unfolding narratives (...)
30 Jun — 8 Jul 2026 at the Mall Galleries in London, United Kingdom
Joan Miró, Gaudí XIII, (detail) 1979. Courtesy of Casa Batlló Contemporary. Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona © Successió Miró, 2026
Gaudí-Miró-Gomis: deconstructed
8 Jul 2026 — 10 Jan 2027 at the Casa Batlló Contemporary in Barcelona, Spain
Keerthana Kunnath, Not what you saw. Courtesy of Foam
Not what you saw
18 Sep — 27 Nov 2026 at the Foam in Amsterdam, Netherlands
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