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Thursday, March 5, 2026

Kit Harrington plays Henry Muck

The show is about the ethical cost of chasing success and wealth, and how the environment can erode personal values

Myha'la Herrold as Harper Stern in Season 3 © Simon Ridgway/HBO

David Jonsson plays Gus Sackey

"Industry" is set within the financial sector, but its theme is broader

The evolution of "Industry"

How a TV show finds its footing

A person surrounded by floating algorithms symbolizes the overwhelming presence of AI in modern life

Science & Technology

Margaret's statement resonate under a a new dilemma

The convenience brought by A.I. is seductive, but shouldn’t we be questioning it?

Jeffrey Edward Epstein (January 20, 1953 – August 10, 2019) was an American financier and child sex offender

Economy & Politics

Geopolitics of the Epstein files

Strategic narratives, intelligence claims, and the India–Israel dimension

The heart of the M74 galaxy, which contained the supernova SN 2013ej. Image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope

Science & Technology

Stellar Nucleosynthesis in SN 2013ej

The role of stars and supernovae in creating the elements that build our universe

On the Street

The famous actress and model Milla Jovovich, dressed like a man

Androgyny in the fashion world

Links and influences

Young girl smiles with joy looking at her mother

Exploring your past

How childhood impacts future life outcomes

Yoshihiro Kanamaru, photo by Alma Reyes

Architecture & Design

Living Together, Growing Together

Dream Renovation of a Public Housing

In a city of "hello and bye" friends, truest conversations happen at sunset between the swing set and the whispering willows © Photo by John Macanas

Sunset in Vancouver’s Falaise Park

A short story of a solitary meditative park stroll

Kris Kuksi. Consensual Seductions, detail, 2017. Mixed media assemblage, 28 x 42 x 11 inches, 71.1 x 106.7 x 27.9 cm. Inv# JL2925

Hallucinatory Enhancements

Kris Kuksi at Joshua Liner Gallery, Chelsea, Manhattan

The evolving landscape of human connection: a mosaic of fleeting bonds and shifting groups in the contemporary world

The transitory nature of coexistence

Grouping and dispersion in the contemporary world

Architecture & Design

Construction began in 1720 under Prince-Bishop Damian Hugo von Schönborn

The splendor of Bruchsal Palace

A Neo-Baroque masterpiece in Southwest Germany

View of Santorini, Greece, with iconic white houses and blue-domed churches

How travel shapes empathy and innovation in design

Global encounters inspire designers to move beyond visuals and create work rooted in culture, connection, and respect

Art

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

Antony Gormley Another Place, 1997, Antony Gormley’s Another Place features 100 cast-iron figures facing the sea along Crosby Beach, exploring humanity’s relationship with nature, time, solitude, and existence. Each life-sized figure, modelled on Gormley’s own body, stands motionless against shifting tides and weather, symbolizing reflection, resilience, and the universal human search for meaning and connection

Fishing with dynamite: the new monumentality

Some thoughts on the inequality of means for contemporary artists

Culture

Sunlight shining through a leaf, representing love through one's capacity to feel love everywhere if they know how to identify it

The Sun rises every day

Today it dawned again, as always

Silena Santoni ultimately presents My Creature as a story of survival, where writing becomes an act of self-preservation

Silena Santoni and the birth of a monster

Reimagining Mary Shelley’s “year without a summer” in My Creature

Economy & Politics

A devastated cityscape consumed by fire and destruction evokes the human cost and far-reaching consequences of modern war, where conflicts risk spiraling into prolonged devastation far beyond the battlefield

The war against Iran: a gate to hell

Why the U.S. and Israel risk repeating the catastrophic mistakes of Iraq

Monsieur Cana’s graffiti at the Qalandia checkpoint in Palestine

Palestine and the architecture of oppression

Occupation, apartheid, and the global failure to uphold justice

Entertainment

A Hungarian Horntail Dragon at Universal Studios, symbolizing how beloved stories continue to live beyond their original screen

The nostalgia loop: why we keep rewatching

Examining why audiences crave revivals, why studios rely on them, and where fatigue is emerging

The award-winning American family sitcom Modern Family

The history of comedy in modern TV and cinema

The rise, fall, and reinvention of comedy in film and television

Fashion

A model showcasing Dior’s iconic New Look from 1947, symbolizing post-war elegance and the rebirth of feminine style

Fashion and post-war recovery

How style helped conceal injuries and restore dignity

Behind all the glamour, the quiet truth: the atelier is where a small army of skilled hands safeguards irreplaceable techniques

Haute couture: where craft, fantasy, and luxury collide

An entertaining deep dive into the history, importance, critiques, and evolution of fashion’s most exclusive universe

Feature

A boy sitting silently before a big window, capturing the stillness of existing in an in-between space

The unseen boy: invisible, forgotten, waiting

A heart breaking exploration of grief, time, and a child lost between worlds

Silhouette of a person standing by neon lights at night

Map of your head

Food & Wine

Hyperlipidemia is a significant factor that contributes to cardiovascular diseases globally. Thankfully, it is one factor that is easy to modify through medications and lifestyle changes

Feeding your microbiome to lower your cholesterol

Focusing on a pro-gut microbiome diet can improve cholesterol and other lipid levels

A man with a beer glass in his hand, sitting in a bar, enjoying pint of his beer

The world of beer: exploring styles and flavors

From crisp lagers to complex stouts, a journey through beer’s diverse landscape

Science & Technology

The NSS is a foundational, high-level framework that guides, but does not legally bind, the executive branch in its foreign and defense policy decision

The technological turn in the United States' 2025 NSS

Analyzing state purpose, security, and power in the National Security Strategy

In a brightly lit, advanced manufacturing facility, a worker wearing a safety helmet closely monitors a state-of-the-art robotic arm in operation, ensuring precision and safety on the production line

AI and industry 4.0 in Germany

A systematic analysis of implementation patterns, success rates, and ROI data from industry 4.0 initiatives

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

Ayyana Kere, the second-largest lake in Karnataka, stretches between small mountains and offers breathtaking views, India

Manchenahalli Lake: a hidden haven

Your perfect weekend escape from Bengaluru

Sambar in Horton Plains, Sri Lanka (c) Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne

Birdwatching in the highlands of Sri Lanka

Tea country and Horton Plains National Park

Wellness

Scarcity or abundance: the choice is ours, and we must make it repeatedly throughout our days

Proving that abundance thinking beats scarcity

How one woman in South Sudan discovered the mindset that changes everything

Silhouette of a woman in traditional attire by the window

The long way back to myself

Survival, motherhood, emotional healing, and the birth of purpose

Explore the Calendar

Worldwide Stockholm Nuremberg Vienna Lisbon Philadelphia Hamburg Málaga Leipzig Basel Frankfurt am Main Salzburg Boston Graz Honolulu Pittsburgh Cambridge Amsterdam Antwerp Lausanne Santiago Washington Hong Kong

Andy Dixon, Red composition with butter (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Opera Gallery

Dreaming in colour

5 Mar — 6 Apr 2026 at the Opera Gallery in London, United Kingdom

Emma Richardson, Double infinity (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Liminal Gallery

Between waking and wanting

5 Mar — 6 Apr 2026 at the Saatchi Gallery in London, United Kingdom

Gregory Crewdson, The ice machine (detail), 2021-2022. Courtesy of Templon Gallery

5 Mar — 18 Apr 2026 at the Templon Gallery in Brussels, Belgium

Laurry Ramirez Gallardo. Courtesy of Azur Gallery

Optical affairs

5 Mar — 20 Apr 2026 at the Galeria Azur in Miami, United States

Hugo Winder-Lind, The landscape of my belly (detail). Courtesy of Isabel Sullivan Gallery

Clouds of limitless and expanding joy

5 Mar — 11 Apr 2026 at the Isabel Sullivan Gallery in New York, United States

Gabriel Barcia-Colombo, Afterparty (detail), 2026. Courtesy of C24 Gallery

Business as usual

5 Mar — 18 Apr 2026 at the C24 Gallery in New York, United States

Jivan Lee, Strong upward lift. Courtesy of William Havu Gallery

Infinite landscape

6 Mar — 9 May 2026 at the William Havu Gallery in Denver, United States

Cho Sung Hee, White globe (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Opera Gallery

6 — 29 Mar 2026 at the Opera Gallery in Miami, United States

Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm, A black hole calling us (detail), 2025. Courtesy of ARoS

A black hole calling us

6 Mar — 26 Apr 2026 at ARoS in Aarhus, Denmark

Julia Kochetova, A young recruit of the 92nd brigade during the training course at the shooting range, 2025. Courtesy of Foam

War is personal

6 Mar — 25 May 2026 at the Foam in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Verena Blok, Nikki & Sallie (detail), December 2023, The Hague. Courtesy of Foam

6 Mar — 25 May 2026 at the Foam in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Désert du Tsaïdam, 3000 m. Fin mai, mont Kitin Kara, dans la chaîne des Kuen Lun, 1935, Qinghai, République de Chine © Succession Ella Maillart et Photo Elysée, Lausanne

Photographic encounters

6 Mar — 1 Nov 2026 at the Photo Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland

Luc Delahaye, A rally of the opposition candidate Alexander Milinkevich, 2006 © Courtesy of Luc Delahaye et de la galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris / Bruxelles

The echo of the world

6 Mar — 31 May 2026 at the Photo Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland

Salvatore Vitale, Automated refusal, 2025, de la série Death by GPS, 2022–2025. Courtesy of Photo Elysée © Salvatore Vitale

6 Mar — 31 May 2026 at the Photo Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland

Sandra Gamarra, El que no tiene de inga tiene de mandinga I [Quem não tem inga tem mandinga I] [Those who don't have inga have mandinga I] (detail), 2007. Courtesy of MASP

Sandra Gamarra Heshiki: replica

6 Mar — 7 Jun 2026 at the MASP in Sao Paulo, Brazil

La Chola Poblete, Sem título [Untitled], Da série Hasta la tristeza es distinta con el sol [Até a tristeza é diferente com o sol] [From the series Even sadness is different with the sun] (detail), 2025. Courtesy of MASP

La Chola Poblete: pop andino

6 Mar — 2 Aug 2026 at the MASP in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Claudia Alarcón & Silät, Oyhil ta iwo lhipa — Nuestros tejidos unidos [Nossos tecidos unidos] [Our united fabrics] (detail), 2025. Courtesy of MASP

Claudia Alarcón & Silät: living, weaving

6 Mar — 2 Aug 2026 at the MASP in Sao Paulo, Brazil

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