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Sunday, March 22, 2026

Women dancing Zumba near the sea at sunrise highlight the benefits of physical activity for mental health

A happy woman experiencing quality sleep demonstrates the positive impact of good sleep on reducing anxiety and boosting mental health

A woman surrounded by butterflies experiences a boost in mental health, highlighting the transformative power of nature and mindfulness

At sunrise, sportive women dancing Zumba by the sea demonstrate how physical activity enhances mental health

A happy woman sleeping peacefully highlights the connection between improved sleep quality, reduced anxiety, and better mental health

Boost your mental health: power of regular physical activity

How exercise can alleviate anxiety, depression, and stress while enhancing cognitive function and emotional resilience

A portrait of a cheerful young brunette woman seated on the floor, smiling as she declutters and organizes her wardrobe in a bright, minimal space

Feng shui your wardrobe

Declutter your closet, refresh your energy, and create a style that truly reflects who you are

Politicians give speeches for several key reasons: all tied to influence, leadership, and public communication

Economy & Politics

How to resist right-wing populism and fascism?

Going beyond anti-imperialism

Soho House Barcelona Spain, outdoor terrace

Barcelona’s hidden retreat

The personal world of Soho House

On the Street

Mental illness

Science & Technology

Who is Mentally Ill and Who Isn’t?

A clinical psychologist explains

Hole, Courtesy of Massimo De Carlo London Milan, 2015

Kaari Upson’s new series

Embedded skull and bones details, Ossuary Chapel, Church of San Bernardino alle Ossa, Milan, Italy

Architecture & Design

Sacred bones: the macabre beauty of San Bernardino alle Ossa

Milan’s haunting chapel of bones and the deep reflection on mortality

Marcus Lamb as Des O'Malley in RTE's 'Charlie'

An interview with Marcus Lamb

Outlining a character

Illustrated folio from a dispersed Ramayana series, created in the late 18th century in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India. This delicate painting, now housed in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession number 1976.15), captures the serene moment when Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana visit the sage Bharadvaja’s forest hermitage. Rendered in the refined Pahari style, the scene reflects the grace, devotion, and lyrical naturalism characteristic of Kangra painting, with its lush landscape and gentle emotional expression

The Mlecchas in Hindu mythology

Outsiders, others, and the guardians of the margins

Coronavirus

An Ode Wrapped in COVID’s Time Warp

Held by jaws of the lockdown monster

Architecture & Design

A high-tech living room where digital interfaces regulate lighting, entertainment, and climate, conveying the future of residential design

The architecture of the smart home ecosystem

Designing homes that respond and adapt to modern life

Registan Square in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, glowing at sunset as its blue-tiled madrasas shimmer like a doorway into another age

The architectural soul of Uzbekistan

From the Timurid blue domes to the bold lines of modern Tashkent

Art

Simone Ferrero, The Whispering Abyss, 80.2 x 205.3 cm, 2024

Interview with Simone Ferrero

Crossing the visible: the mosaic as an inner threshold

Gottfried Eisenberger (pictured right), World Art Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Gottfried Eisenberger on World Art Dubai’s next phase

The fair’s curator reflects on scale, strategy, and the growing global reach of emerging artists

Culture

A spooky figure in a forest, representing the unknown forces humans have historically filled with cryptids and legends

Fantastic beasts and how to rationalize them

A contemporary take on cryptids across cultures, myths, and shared fears

A windswept moor becomes the stage for Heathcliff and Catherine’s tragic bond, where love, obsession, and loss blur the line between the living and the dead in Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights: the tragedy of Heathcliff

Obsession, social injustice, and the search for redemption in Emily Brontë’s dark masterpiece

Economy & Politics

Working from home does not mean working without a routine or discipline: it's the opposite

How to stay productive during the holidays

Even when working from home

A tense public protest in a European city captures the clash between free expression and growing calls for restriction, as demonstrators gather around a provocative act that has ignited widespread debate

Denmark’s free expression quandary

New restrictions spark concern over censorship, protest rights, and the resilience of democratic debate

Entertainment

Grund Színház in Budapest, Hungary is a leading improvisational theatre known for live performance rooted in presence, collaboration, and collective creativity

Grund Színház and the language of presence

Improvisation, community, and theatre without borders

Developed by NeoBards Entertainment and published by Konami Digital Entertainment, Silent Hill f is a 2025 survival horror game that functions as a standalone spinoff within the broader Silent Hill franchise

Silent Hill F and the search for identity

How a new entry transforms the franchise through psychology, symbolism, and a girl’s struggle for autonomy

Fashion

The Meeting of David and Abigail, c. 1630, by Sir Peter Paul Rubens

The philosophy of fashion

Clothing as a reflection of identity, culture, and consciousness

Trendy and confident: a stylish woman in sunglasses reflects themes of feminist art and queer identity

The rise of the female gaze on TikTok

How the female gaze is reshaping visibility, identity, and power online

Feature

Books and books and books, a collection that is not enough

Maybe it is not below you, but at the very least, you are above it

A heartbroken man, looking through the window on a rainy day, waiting for his lover to come back home

We don't always get what we want

Food & Wine

A fruit bowl with spirulina powder, a nutrient-rich supplement made from blue-green algae

Spirulina: superfood or overhyped supplement?

Unpacking the science behind the blue-green algae trend

Health and wellness supplements arranged on display shelves

From kitchen to pharmacy

How Italian consumers are blurring the lines between food and medicine

Science & Technology

The organs keep our body alive, balanced, and functioning as one system

Expanding organ health to population health

Understanding organ system interactions could improve treatment during disease outbreaks

Formal introduction: Childbirth Survival International (CSI) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing maternal and child health, particularly in low-resource settings

Can big data change the story of maternal mortality?

Exploring how innovation, equity, and accountability can help end preventable maternal deaths

Sport

Back view of a shirtless man posing to showcase his muscles and physical fitness

HIIT: the athlete’s secret weapon

From sprints to plyometrics, discover how HIIT transforms fitness and performance across sports

An Adidas soccer ball resting on the grass pitch, ready for the game

From Sialkot to stadiums: the hidden price of football

The impact of football production on workers in Sialkot, Pakistan

Travel

Kosi River valley near Almora, Uttarakhand, India

Walking Kumaon’s military trail

From regimental legends to border villages, tracing courage, culture, and continuity in the Himalayas

The magnificent Milan Cathedral (Duomo di Milano), a masterpiece of Gothic architecture and one of the most famous landmarks in Italy

Milan: an education in beautiful chaos

From a night of travel puzzles to a final lesson in 'dolce far niente', how Italy forced me to embrace the slow life

Wellness

Healthy living illustrated by a man performing yoga to relax and stay fit

The foundations of health and happiness

Simple practices for stronger bodies, calmer minds, and more resilient lives

Man standing alone on the beach, looking at his reflection

The cult of self-improvement

Inside the modern race for skills, validation, and perpetual productivity

Explore the Calendar

Worldwide Oshkosh Warsaw Zurich Lucca Berlin Singapore Sofia Washington Lausanne Curitiba Chicago Vienna Bloomington Hamburg Bern Luxembourg Copenhagen Edinburgh Rome Buenos Aires Madrid Graz

Tom Everhart, Super bad (detail). Courtesy of Off the Wall Gallery

Tom Everhart's exhibition

24 Mar — 24 Apr 2026 at the Off the Wall Gallery in Houston, United States

Nicolás de Correa, Les noces de cana (detail), 1696. Courtesy of Musée Jacquemart-André

Baroque splendors. From El Greco to Velázquez

26 Mar — 2 Aug 2026 at the Musée Jacquemart-André in Paris, France

GGT, Sempreverde (Evergreen). Courtesy of Galleria Vik Milano

Sempreverde (Evergreen)

26 Mar — 20 Apr 2026 at the Vik Milano Gallery in Milan, Italy

Ambreen Butt, Rupture (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Gallery Wendi Norris

26 Mar — 9 May 2026 at the Gallery Wendi Norris in San Francisco, United States

Joseph DiGiorgio, Untitled #84-7 (triptych) (detail), 1984. Courtesy of LewAllen Galleries

New American lyrical landscapes

27 Mar — 9 May 2026 at the LewAllen Galleries in Santa Fe, United States

Miho Ichise, Wavering flame (detail), 2024. Courtesy of GR gallery

27 Mar — 2 May 2026 at the GR Gallery in New York, United States

Rebel. Storyteller. Visionary. Courtesy of the Bowes Museum

Rebel. Storyteller. Visionary

28 Mar — 6 Sep 2026 at The Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle, United Kingdom

Hakbong Kwon, Layered gazes. Courtesy of Kathmandu Photo Gallery

28 Mar — 23 May 2026 at the Kathmandu Photo Gallery in Bangkok, Thailand

Minako Iwamura, Seed (detail), 2025. Courtesy of JDJ

31 Mar — 25 Apr 2026 at JDJ in New York, United States

Carlos Francisco Jackson, Huelga (detail), 2009, screenprint on paper, Gift of Drs. Harriett and Ricardo Romo, 2019.50.4. Courtesy of H’Art Museum

Radical histories (...)

1 Apr — 6 Sep 2026 at the H’Art Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Claude Monet, Grainstack snow effect (detail), 1891. Courtesy of National Galleries of Scotland

Joan Eardley: the nature of painting

2 Apr — 28 Jun 2026 at the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Gordon Parks, Untitled (37.127) (detail), 1956. Courtesy of Jackson Fine Art

The south in color

2 Apr — 13 Jun 2026 at the Jackson Fine Art in Atlanta, United States

Ursula Gullow, Broken eggs (detail), 2024. Courtesy of Tracey Morgan Gallery

Forbidden fruit

2 Apr — 9 May 2026 at the Tracey Morgan Gallery in Asheville, United States

Pablo Benzo, Silent blue (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Johansson Projects

3 Apr — 30 May 2026 at the Johansson Projects in Oakland, United States

Christopher Adams, Biomorphic moments. Courtesy of Garvey|Simon

Christopher Adams: biomorphic moments

9 Apr — 8 May 2026 at Garvey | Simon in Manhattan, United States

Frederic Edwin Church, Pichincha (detail), 1867. Courtesy of Philadelphia Museum of Art

A nation of artists

12 Apr 2026 — 5 Jul 2027 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, United States

Sameh Khalatbari, Veins of sorrow - The rupture no. 2 (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Modernism Inc.

Veins of sorrow

12 Apr — 2 May 2026 at the Modernism Inc. in San Francisco, United States

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