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Saturday, June 13, 2026

Kinnara, a mythological creature that is half bird and half man, at Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha), Bangkok, Thailand

Two Kinnaras relief, Level 2 balustrade, Borobudur, Java, Indonesia

Wat Chaiya Mangkalaram Temple in Penang, Malaysia

Kinnara, half-bird, half-man mythological figure, Wat Phra Kaew, Temple of the Emerald Buddha, Bangkok, Thailand

Relief depicting two Kinnaras on the second-level balustrade of Borobudur Temple, Java, Indonesia

The Kinnaras and Kimpuruṣas in ancient Indian cosmology

Hybrid beings of myth who bridge the human and divine through music, devotion, and transformation

A woman in a robe performs with theater masks against a black background, embodying the tension between identity and performance

The algorithm and the empty space

Resisting the digital loop by reclaiming boredom, stillness, and the messy humanity of uncurated thought

The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf offloads more than 25 tons of seized cocaine in San Diego on November 19, 2015. The narcotics were confiscated during 26 separate interdictions carried out by the U.S. Coast Guard in coordination with international partners in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, US

Economy & Politics

The war on drugs as hybrid warfare

Militarization, securitization, and the political economy of drug control in Latin America

Installation view of ID.exe / the human patch, featuring the artwork Habitat no. 6 (2025, Diasec print, 140 × 80 cm, Ed. 3+1, solo exhibition by Ecem Dilan Köse, Art On Istanbul, 2025. Photo © Kayhan Kaygusuz, courtesy of the artist and Art On Istanbul

Ecem Dilan Köse: architectures of emergence

Digital environments, artificial life, and the ethics of perception

On the Street

Pointing Back the Arrow

Polesden Lacey Facade

Architecture & Design

Polesden Lacey, a romantic retreat

A country cottage fit for a Maharajah

The pressure to keep up with online trends and appearances takes a visible toll on the woman's mental health

Disconnect to reconnect: social media's mental health toll

Understanding the impact and how to take a digital break

Panipuri—also known as golgappa, gappa, fuchka, phuchka, phuska, puska, batashe, padake, fulki, pakodi, or jalpooree—is a deep-fried, hollow, and crispy spherical shell, about 1 inch (25 mm) in diameter, traditionally filled with a mixture of potatoes, raw onions, chickpeas, and spices

Gol Gappa: the one-bite rollercoaster of flavor

A humble chaat with royal roots, now reinvented on the world’s finest dining tables while keeping its soulful crunch intact

An ancient fraternity of troubadours, minstrels and jongleurs, illustration by Lesya Bilenko

Reflections of a troubadour

Everywhere is your home

Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902) statue at O'Neil Park and Ramakrishna Monastery, California, United States

Spiritual bliss at Kasar Devi Hill

The Himalayan retreat of Swami Vivekananda and other great minds

Architecture & Design

Maggie’s Centre, Oxford, designed by WilkinsonEyre, UK

Maggie’s Centres and the architecture of care

How interior design, healing environments, and evidence-based research reshape cancer support spaces

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

Art

The Trustees in the Temporary Elgin Room, 1819, by Archibald Archer, depicts the Elgin Marbles at the British Museum surrounded by museum staff, a trustee, and visitors

Repatriation and the politics of cultural belonging

Colonial legacies, cultural justice, and the future of global heritage

An auctioneer leads bidding during Hessink’s landmark contemporary art sale in Tbilisi, an event that marked a major turning point in the international recognition of Georgian modern and contemporary art, Georgia

Tbilisi’s defining art market moment

Georgia’s first international contemporary art auction and the emergence of a new global cultural market

Culture

The structures are known simply as the Dadi-Poti tombs: the “Grandmother” and the “Granddaughter” tombs, because one structure is larger and the other smaller

The tombs of Dadi and Poti in New Delhi, India

An archaeological site where an empire is represented by the tomb of a grandmother (and her fictional granddaughter)

Monument to Amir Timur: Kashkadarya region, Shahrisabz, Uzbekistan

Shahrisabz: the green city of Timur’s legacy

A timeless journey through ancient empires, sacred heritage, and living traditions in Central Asia

Economy & Politics

Participants at Youth Vikalp Sangam (Alternatives Confluence), India @ Ashish Kothari

Youth revolts and the politics of possibility

From anger and resistance to imagining alternative futures

Religion and politics intersect in the contested landscape of Jerusalem, where sacred landmarks like the Dome of the Rock are central to competing claims

The forgotten warfare: Israel’s West Bank settlements

How decades of settlement expansion undermine Palestinian sovereignty and breach international law

Entertainment

In 1984 East Germany, a secret police agent surveils a writer and his lover, but gradually becomes increasingly drawn into their lives

The lives of others: when surveillance meets conscience

A philosophical reading of invisibility, Kantian ethics, and Wiesler’s moral awakening

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

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 surreal landscape reflecting themes of time, fragmentation, memory, and emotional transformation inspired by contemporary existential poetry

The night leaking with needle stars

Poems on beauty, silence, and existential unrest

There is a part of me that wants him to walk into my place of work and wonder why I don’t know him anymore

A short story of confronting love lost through film

Cinema for the broken-hearted: "Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind"

Food & Wine

A contemporary Italian lifestyle where everyday food choices support calm, balance, and mental well-being

The stress-eating paradox

Why Italians want food that calms rather than comforts

Sliced eggs served on savory cakes as part of a healthy meal

Clean eating for a healthier life

How choosing whole, natural foods over processed products can improve energy, digestion, and long-term well-being

Science & Technology

A late-night conversation with an AI therapist highlights the growing tension between digital convenience and the human realities of mental health care

The dangerous illusion of AI therapy

As chatbots scale mental health support, evidence reveals a gap between fluency and real care

A financial analyst studying real-time market intelligence, representing the growing role of AI-driven decision-making in fintech

Next-gen fintech operations and risk management

How resilience, compliance, and real-time risk control will determine who can scale in 2026

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

A nighttime view of Singapore’s tall buildings and urban landscape

Wandering Singapore alone

Food, culture, adventure, and affordability in the Garden City

A woman photographs a building in Paris, Île-de-France, France

Paris through a visitor’s eyes

How the city of light reveals its culture, artistry, and everyday elegance beyond the iconic landmarks

Wellness

Man expressing exhaustion to therapist

Compassion fatigue

Caring for the caregiver

Golden light spills through the open doorway as a girl welcomes the morning, caught between quiet solitude and the promise of a new day

Summer, slowing down, and the guilt in between

Living through a season that asks us to rest while the world keeps moving

Explore the Calendar

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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

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

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

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

World Art Dubai, 2025 edition view. Courtesy of World Art Dubai

World Art Dubai 2026 heads to Expo City Dubai

19 — 22 Nov 2026 at the World Art Dubai in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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