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Thursday, November 5, 2026
Travel is widely considered transformational, yet physical movement alone does not automatically guarantee personal growth or internal change
Distance allows individuals to view their own culture objectively, realizing that lives are constructed rather than permanent
Meaningful transformation occurs only when we actively engage with new environments as opportunities to question our assumptions and consciously re-create ourselves
By disrupting daily routines, travel creates space for travelers to question inherited habits and unexamined life choices
Ultimately, travel serves as a personal laboratory, offering perspective to consciously re-create oneself through deliberate decisions
Travel
Travel won’t change you (necessarily)
While travel temporarily disrupts daily routines and exposes us to new perspectives
Neytiri poised with her weapon amid Pandora’s lush wilderness in Avatar: The Way of Water, showing Cameron’s ability to make every corner of his digital world feel tangible
Entertainment
How James Cameron makes cinema feel real
Cameron’s films show a lifelong fascination with building environments so convincing that leaving them can feel like waking from a dream
Zwinger Wallpavillon: The Zwinger is a block of buildings in the Baroque style with garden. The building is next to the Frauenkirche the most famous monument of Dresden
Art
An art lover's journey through Germany
From Dürer to Bauhaus, one traveler’s journey through the masterpieces, movements, and magic of German art
A white laboratory mouse sits beneath two syringes in a conceptual image of animal testing
Economy & Politics
The price animals pay for human comfort
Animal suffering in laboratories, intensive farming, and the meat trade

On the Street

Six Columns, watercolour, 16 x 12cm, Mark Weighton, 2023
Wellness
Why wait?
Scorpio full moon
Cheese is also seasonal product
Food & Beverage
Four cheesons
Exploring seasonal cheeses
A sleek fountain pen glides across the black lined paper, leaving behind elegant strokes of ink
Culture
The women of literature
Do they exist only between the pages?
Doctor's hands holding vaccine
Science & Technology
Cancer vaccines
A revolutionary frontier in the battle against malignancies
Influencers exercising their power by displaying the latest trendy fashion
Fashion
The impact of social media on the fashion industry
The role influencers have on trends
The southern dome of the inner narthex of the Chora Church in Istanbul, Turkey, features stunning Byzantine mosaics depicting Christ, Istanbul, Turkey
Architecture & Design
Erdal İnci and the Kariye: preserving a Byzantine legacy
A contemporary artist's perspective on the historical layers of the Chora

Architecture & Design

Beijing Daxing International Airport, designed with parametric architecture inspired by the work of Zaha Hadid, is one of the two international airports serving Beijing, the capital of China
The mathematics behind design
How geometry, grids, semiotics, and information theory shape visual communication
Paved roads replace nature and trap heat
Climate resilience in infrastructure design
How environmental planning prevents future disasters

Art

Mercenaries IV (1980), Leon Golub exposes military violence through monumental figurative painting, © Image courtesy of the artist's estate/collection
The gift that keeps on taking in the age of AI
Artificial intelligence promises efficiency, but at what cost to human creativity, culture, and our shared humanity?
Orchid Paintings and Writings by Chusa Kim Jeong-hui, dating from the 19th century, from RM’s collection
Curator Kko-Kka Lee on Kim Whanki’s timeless modernism
From traditional motifs to abstraction in RMxSFMoMA

Culture

From stillness, the world unfolds, seen not to be understood, but to be belonged to
A view from the Verandah
A meditation on identity, connection, and the future of humanity
"Kharkiv Vegetable Garden at Full Moon", watercolour, 16 x 12 centimetres, Mark Weighton, 2026
Human creativity amid the questionable notion of meaning
Existentialism, absurdism, and nihilism as contexts for subjective thought and experience

Economy & Politics

Investigative journalist Ángel Monagas uncovered dark, deeply embedded corruption and human rights abuses within the Venezuelan regime long before official bodies confirmed them
The Rodríguez siblings will be kicked out of Venezuela
Investigative evidence reveals how the ruling family manipulated state power and human rights abuses
Ekō delivered a booklet to the two co-rapporteurs responsible for the file, containing our open letter along with messages from Ekō members supporting the inclusion of generative AI systems in the functional section of the upcoming AI Act
EU AI act: the world’s first law on artificial intelligence
Europe’s bold move to lead global tech regulation and shape the future of AI

Entertainment

Hany Abdel Aziz Shaker was a renowned Egyptian singer, actor, and composer. He made his public debut singing with Abdel Halim Hafez’s choral group in "Sora" before going on to play the young Sayed Darwish in the film Sayed Darwish, an early role that helped launch his career
Hany Shaker and the end of an era
Remembering the voice that shaped generations of Arabic music lovers
Mulberry Street bustling with life in New York City's Little Italy, where immigrant families, market vendors, and local businesses shaped one of the most vibrant Italian-American communities in the United States
The Godfather and the illusion of the American dream
How Coppola’s masterpiece exposes power, justice, and the limits of social mobility in America

Fashion

A woman wearing a beaded crocheted headpiece
Goddess activation: fashion as living ritual
Where adornment, memory, and myth converge on the body
A stunning AI-designed evening gown makes a bold statement at the Met Gala
AI is transforming fashion not replacing creativity
Why fashion's future belongs to designers who embrace AI and human creativity

Feature

A couple sharing a tender moment together while preparing food in a bright kitchen, representing love growing through shared experiences and everyday moments
Two worlds, one kitchen
A love story seasoned by culture, chaos, and courage
Moonlight learning the language of water
To be cared for: a collection of poems
A collection that explores different styles of writing and themes, such as the kindness of strangers, handling chronic pain flare-ups, and confusing awakenings

Food & Beverage

A happy family prepares a meal together in a bright kitchen, sharing the joy of home cooking
The quiet luxury of home cooking
Simplicity, craftsmanship and familiar flavours redefine culinary excellence
A man holds a whole red chili pepper in his mouth while reacting to the intense heat against a bold blue background, capturing the fiery sensation of an extra-hot cayenne pepper
The neuroscience of spice
From TRPV1 receptors to endorphin rushes and the psychology of fiery food

Science & Technology

Female Scarlet Basker © Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne
Morning at Diyasaru Park in Colombo
Birds, reptiles, insects, and rare mammals share a remarkable wetland sanctuary beside Sri Lanka's capital
A visual representation of an earworm, where music lingers in the mind long after the sound has stopped, creating a vivid loop of memory and imagination
The science behind earworms
Why certain melodies become trapped in our minds and refuse to fade away

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

Atabeyra cruising along the island’s tranquil shoreline, highlighting the history and exploration found around Provo, taken by Jane Simon Ammeson
The other side of Turks & Caicos
While celebrities come and go, the real pleasures of Turks & Caicos are found in its conch shacks, quiet beaches, and surrounding islands
A modern train passing through frost-covered trees and snow, representing the appeal of slow, comfortable, and immersive rail travel
The midnight express: the return of the night train
Sleeper trains are bringing comfort, sustainability, and the pleasure of slow travel back to journeys across Europe

Wellness

A man tending to his skin outdoors, symbolizing how effective skincare is about respecting the skin barrier rather than simply adding more products
Why your best skincare ingredients often stop at the door
Why understanding the skin barrier can change how you choose, layer, and use skincare products
Happy elderly man surfing on a longboard, embracing an active lifestyle and proving that age is no barrier to adventure
What my two dads taught me about aging well
Two ordinary men showed that strength, mobility, and independence are built through everyday habits, not extraordinary fitness routines
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Martha R. Bireda
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Mark Weighton
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Muhammad Umar Shabbir
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Maria Leonard Olsen
Maria Leonard Olsen
Maurizio Galia
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Abhishek Rao
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Chloe Goff
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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
Natalie White, Time dilations (detail), 2022. Courtesy of Phillips
Strange magick
5 Nov — 17 Dec 2026 at Phillips in West Hollywood, United States
Arturo Comas, Untitled (hanger), 2026. Courtesy of Galeria Nave © Arturo Comas
Sete feiras
5 Nov — 18 Dec 2026 at the Galeria Nave in Lisbon, Portugal
Anne Griffiths, Dripping with enthusiasm (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery
The bliss of rain
5 Nov — 19 Dec 2026 at the Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery in Berlin, Germany
George Negroponte, La tempesta (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Anita Rogers Gallery
Everything I know
5 Nov — 19 Dec 2026 at the Anita Rogers Gallery in New York, United States
Antonio Mesones, El sendimento de la línea. Courtesy of Juan Silió Gallery
El sendimento de la línea
5 Nov 2026 — 6 Feb 2027 at the Juan Silió Gallery in Madrid, Spain
Ángela Rodríguez, Todos aquellos, los que corrían (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Galería silvestre
Querer ser hoja
5 Nov 2026 — 6 Feb 2027 at the Galería silvestre in Madrid, Spain
Marietta Patricia Leis, Reveal 11, 2026. Courtesy of Turner Carroll Gallery
With out, with in
6 Nov — 15 Dec 2026 at Turner Carroll in Santa Fe, United States
John Doherty, The delivery (detail), 2025-26. Courtesy of Taylor Galleries
John Doherty. Time passes
6 Nov — 5 Dec 2026 at the Taylor Galleries in Dublin, Ireland
Will Klemm, Island sunset (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Wally Workman Gallery
Light works: a solo exhibition by Will Klemm
7 — 29 Nov 2026 at the Wally Workman Gallery in Austin, United States
Kelli Vance, Guilty on the other side (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Cris Worley Fine Arts
With my eyes closed
7 Nov — 19 Dec 2026 at the Cris Worley Fine Arts in Dallas, United States
Dan Jian, Landscape 1 (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Cris Worley Fine Arts
Distance of seeing
7 Nov — 19 Dec 2026 at the Cris Worley Fine Arts in Dallas, United States
Chuck Sperry, Titania (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Harman Projects
Archetypes
7 — 28 Nov 2026 at the Harman Projects in New York, United States
Thomas Schmidt, Tapered stack vase, 2025. Courtesy of Pentimenti
A field of small wonders
7 Nov 2026 — 9 Jan 2027 at Pentimenti in Philadelphia, United States
Lacey Stoffer, Night carries color, exhibition view. Courtesy of Good Mother Gallery
Night carries color
7 Nov — 4 Dec 2026 at the Good Mother Gallery in Los Angeles, United States
The meeting point where ideas, startups and opportunities converge
The world comes to Web Summit
9 — 12 Nov 2026 at the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal
Heimir Björgúlfsson, The troop (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Contemporary Art Matters
The way of things
10 Nov — 17 Dec 2026 at the Contemporary Art Matters in Columbus, United States
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