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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
Food & Wine
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
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
A manuscript illustration (18th c.) of the Kurukshetra War, fought between the Kauravas and the Pandavas, recorded in the Indian epic Mahābhārāta
Culture
Chiranjeevatva in Indian mythology
Cosmic duty, immortality, and the continuity of dharma
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
Art
Ellsworth Kelly: monumental space
Shaping perception and movement through color, form, and scale

On the Street

Students on graduation day, celebrating victory!
Wellness
Own it or disown it?
Responsibility: it is yours and yours alone!
Jewellery by Gismondi 1754
Fashion
Objects of Desire
The world of Gismondi 1754
Bauhaus School building in Dessau
Architecture & Design
Bauhaus and the International Style
A successful marriage between utilitarian and beautiful
Kitty stuck in an umbrella outside
Feature
The kitty and I
The story of us and our time together
Bihu Festival in Assam
Travel
Tea Tourism in the Land of Lahe! Lahe!
A silent revolution
The human hand extends below the brain
Science & Technology
The brain's role in love, pain, and desire
Navigating the complexities of the human brain and its influence on philosophy and society

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
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man
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
Discover our authors
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Roberto Cimmino
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Fidel Gutierrez Vivanco
Samuel Ike
Samuel Ike
Ladislau Dowbor
Ladislau Dowbor
Tarık Özcan
Tarık Özcan
Tejasv Kumar
Tejasv Kumar
Ana Kieu
Ana Kieu
Madison Leeson
Madison Leeson
Héctor Vega
Héctor Vega
Mariam Ali Ibrahim
Mariam Ali Ibrahim
Ari Cohen
Ari Cohen
Refilwe Queen M
Refilwe Queen M

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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
Sea change
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
Cross currents
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
Spatial poems
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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