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Monday, June 8, 2026
A habit-tracking app interface displayed on a smartphone
An anxious person scrolling through their phone late at night, unable to disconnect
A portrait of inner noise: the visible weight of thoughts that refuse to quiet
A person looking at a fitness tracker app on their phone
A person sitting alone with a smartphone, absorbed in the screen and separated from their surroundings
Wellness
The emotional cost of being measured all the time
Why keeping score of everything can quietly cost us more than we realize
Hands meeting before international flags, reflecting the urgent need for cooperation among rival powers
Economy & Politics
When nuclear diplomacy fails
With the threat of nuclear war growing, violence is not a suitable alternative for deterrence
Diego Rivera's Man at the Crossroads (1933) depicted a worker directing the forces of industry between competing visions of society, contrasting capitalism and socialism through a monumental mural commissioned for Rockefeller Center in New York City
Economy & Politics
The right is disappearing
The choice is between the left and the far right
A French special forces operator from Task Force Takuba in the Sahel, with a Milkor Multiple Grenade Launcher visible in the foreground (2 June 2022)
Economy & Politics
Sahel’s new chessboard
AES and the struggle for sovereignty in the Sahel

On the Street

Carlos Pastor's work area
Architecture & Design
Carlos Pastor
The evolution of a jewelry designer
A heated standoff unfolds between riot police and protesters, the air thick with the anticipation of conflict and the weight of personal struggles behind every helmet
Entertainment
"Public Disorder”: are all cops brutal?
The riot police drama series that takes a deep dive behind the badge and beneath the helmets
All that exists emerges from the communication of a vast hierarchy of conscious entities
Science & Technology
One and the consciousness units
The fundamental differences between human and computer intelligence
Installation view, courtesy Skarstedt, London
Art
Push / Pull
Group exhibition at Skarstedt, London
Kovalam
Travel
Ayurveda in Azure Kovalam
Travel and wellness in Kerala
Indigenous Art
Culture
Post-Nationalism
Immigrant perspectives, Gendered worldviews, Indigenous art

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

Early agriculture and irrigation in Southwest Asia, where climate conditions and human innovation together shaped the foundations of civilization
Climate change and the rise of early civilizations
Environmental opportunity, human agency, and the origins of agriculture in Southwest Asia
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

Economy & Politics

Students navigate a new educational landscape where artificial intelligence is becoming as central to learning as textbooks once were
It’s time to abandon traditional exams
The rise of AI is rendering memorisation-based testing obsolete
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

Entertainment

The White House, a knife, and bloodstains: a visual representation of The Residence, a series that blends political drama with a gripping "whodunit" narrative, exploring the hidden lives and conflicts within the iconic building
The Residence: a ripe plot rich in subtext
A deep dive into this recently released mystery
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

Fashion

Peter Copping unveiled Lanvin’s Spring/Summer 2026 collection at Paris Fashion Week, where nuanced shades of blue anchored a refined wardrobe of bold shoulders, sculptural scarves, and fluid skirts
Peter Copping: the beat beneath the silhouette
Rhythm as narrative structure in the designer's Spring/Summer 2026 collection
Traditional loom weaving by a skilled artisan
India’s timeless sarees
A personal journey through India’s most timeless heritage weaves

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

A child holding a skeleton model at stomach level
Resetting your gut for 2026
How to rebuild your microbiome without diets, detoxes, or punishment
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

Science & Technology

A human and a robotic hand barely touching, alluding to the Renaissance painting "The Creation of Adam", by Michelangelo Buonarroti
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?
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

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

The pool at Constance Lemuria in Praslin, Seychelles, offers a serene space surrounded by lush tropical greenery
Praslin: where the island moves at its own pace
A quiet exploration of forest, sea, and understated luxury in the Seychelles
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

Wellness

Meditating before the rising sun with hands joined overhead, representing awakening, consciousness, and inner light
The deeper meaning behind the International Day of Yoga logo
How the logo's imagery reflects the ancient wisdom of yoga and offers guidance for modern life
A woman walking alone through the city on a rainy day, sheltered beneath an umbrella
The invisible price of approval
Seeking validation from others can cost you self-respect, integrity, and a life that truly feels like your own
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I Wu
I Wu
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Théo Ahluwalia
Mahrukh Sanai
Mahrukh Sanai
William Becker
William Becker
Shruti Kunke
Shruti Kunke
Chivumnovu Ogbonda
Chivumnovu Ogbonda
Maheeka Ranawaka
Maheeka Ranawaka
Madison Leeson
Madison Leeson
Thiago Freire
Thiago Freire
Young Voices
Young Voices

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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
Franz Gertsch, Patti Smith I (detail), 1978. Courtesy of Museum Franz Gertsch
Franz Gertsch. Blow-up (Part II)
19 Sep 2026 — 28 Feb 2027 at the Museum Franz Gertsch in Burgdorf, Switzerland
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