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Wednesday, January 7, 2026
A vibrant crowd standing before the stage at Glastonbury Festival in England, capturing the spirit of music and togetherness
Walkabout artists engaging festivalgoers at the Glastonbury Festival in England
The Glastonbury Festival 2011 captured at night, glowing with lights, music, and the energy of thousands of festivalgoers
A large crowd gathered in front of the main stage at the Glastonbury Festival in England, celebrating music and community
Street performers bringing color and energy to the crowds at Glastonbury Festival, England
Entertainment
Glastonbury and the art of saying yes
Why the mud, chaos, and music reveal more about life than the stage itself
A Black woman walks solemnly past a "Whites Only" sign in apartheid-era South Africa, a stark reminder of the daily realities of racial segregation and systemic oppression
Culture
The historical origins of Apartheid
In the beginning, man feared everything except for each other; now we fear nothing apart from each other
An abandoned church in ruins, representing the collapse of community life amid rising religious tensions
Culture
Tradition, Christianity, and Africa’s rising religious wars
Faith at crossroad: Africa’s search for peace between creed and culture
Man holding a banner reading “Every Day Is Future” during a protest
Economy & Politics
When words are not just words
Why the crisis depends on the definition

On the Street

Is it true love?
Science & Technology
Dating App Reviews
The desperately lonely aren’t the only...
ENTRY, watercolour 16 x 12cm, Mark Weighton, 2023
Wellness
We have touchdown!
Pisces blue supermoon
Artwork from 'Vintage Flash Tattoo: 100 Years of Traditional Tattoos from the Collection of Jonathan Shaw', published by powerHouse Books
Art
Artwork from Vintage Flash Tattoo
100 Years of Traditional Tattoos from the Collection of Jonathan Shaw
In this day and age, gluten is no longer undercover
Food & Wine
Is Gluten the public enemy?
Trusting people with our food products
Coppersmith Barbet on boat ride with Backwaters Lodge © Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne
Travel
In the Backwaters of Wilpattu
Photographing wildlife
Wall House II in Groningen, Netherlands, stands as a powerful example of postmodern architecture blending art and habitation
Architecture & Design
John Hejduk’s Wall House 2
A spatial narrative between past, present, and future

Architecture & Design

A male architecture student sitting at a table in the library, focused on his studies
Pheno-pragmatic learning in architecture
A flexible framework for bridging experiential learning and cognitive understanding
The Port of Antwerp is the port of the city of Antwerp, Belgium
The art and impact of architectural photography
Capturing space, light, and story

Art

On December 5, 2025, the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte presents the exhibition Bertozzi & Casoni. Metamorphosis, curated by Eike Schmidt and Diego Galizzi, Italy
Bertozzi & Casoni’s Metamorphosis
Ceramic excess, historical contamination, and the unstable life of matter at Capodimonte
The Venus of Monruz (also Venus of Neuchâtel, Venus of Neuchâtel-Monruz) is a Venus figurine of the late Upper Paleolithic, or the beginning Epipaleolithic, dating to the end of the Magdalenian, some 11,000 years ago
The artist behind the Venus
Two Venuses figurines from prehistoric Europe may reveal the birth of artistic identity and recognition

Culture

A reimagined horizontal composition of Norman Rockwell’s Freedom of Speech — the first of his Four Freedoms series, inspired by Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1941 State of the Union address. The painting honors the dignity of the individual voice in democracy, portraying an ordinary citizen standing courageously to speak among his peers — a timeless embodiment of civic freedom and moral conviction
Ayn Rand and the ‘moral nation’
What can we learn from her philosophy?
A limestone head of Assyrian King Sargon II, illegally smuggled from Iraq to the United States, recovered in 2015
The OSINT-based NABU project
Investigating the online trade in Iraqi antiquities using computational methods

Economy & Politics

A woman using a wheelchair working in a brewery alongside her colleagues, reflecting disability inclusion in the workplace
Law, inclusion, and the architecture of accessibility
Accessibility as behavior, design, and governance intelligence
A symbolic artwork of resistance: a bruised woman pulls tape from her mouth as faceless crowds protest behind her, while a soldier looms in the shadows, reflecting oppression and the struggle to speak out
The weaponization of fear and media
How propaganda, disinformation, and cultural conditioning normalize violence and dehumanization in modern society

Entertainment

Ganta Igarashi, the protagonist of Deadman Wonderland, has a "Branch of Sin" called the Ganta Gun that enables him to use his own blood as a weapon
Body horror renaissance: the rise of dark Shōnen Manga
How horror reshaped anime and manga for a grown-up audience in the 2020s 
Vince Gilligan returns with a series of quiet detonations, where moral gravity, visual precision, and character choice reshape the scope of modern television
Top 5 new shows of 2025: the start of a new golden age?
Sharp, confident, and unified in diverse ambitions—the debuts that are pushing the medium forward

Fashion

Isabel Marant clothing shop at Pacific Place shopping mall, Admiralty, Hong Kong, November 2022
Isabel Marant FW25/26: Parisian cool reimagined
Kim Bekker sharpens the house’s legacy with structured tailoring, tactile storytelling, and a global vision of modern femininity
Snow goggles, dating from circa 800–1200, carved from walrus ivory and measuring 1 1/8 × 5 inches (2.9 × 12.7 cm), are part of the American Wing collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA
The evolution of sunglasses
From ancient eye shields to fashion icons

Feature

A close-up of a newly married couple’s clasped hands, representing the fragile beginning of a lifelong partnership
Love in a fortress
What hornbills can teach us about devotion, sacrifice, and showing up
A silhouette suspended between memory and momentum: Aldonza in the space where two worlds meet
Ahmed's painting
The art of waiting for the giant

Food & Wine

A refreshing smoothie served in a mason jar with a straw
Mini science in the kitchen
Fun cooking experiments that teach kids science, creativity, and nutrition
A man holding a freshly caught red-spotted trout in his hands
The Black Sea trout in a posthuman age
On the decline of Salmo rizeensis in Rize’s rivers and the ethical questions of human intervention

Science & Technology

Between the moment fate becomes inevitable and the moment it becomes visible lies the temporal corridor: from PQI to POQ
Between intention and fact: the quantum cat paradox
The temporal geometry of a process: where reality stops being possible and becomes objective
A man reflects on his digital presence, surrounded by invisible data—capturing the quiet tension between connectivity, identity, and dignity in the digital age
Digital dignity in the age of algorithms
Safeguarding autonomy, equity, and human rights in the digital era

Sport

Every journey reshapes the mind: how movement, novelty, and awe rewire the brain
The traveler's brain
How modern neuroscience validates what ancient wanderers always knew: travel rewires your mind for greater wisdom, creativity, and connection
A large mural depicting a man wearing a helmet on the side of a building at Largo Maradona; Murales Maradona in Naples, Italy
"Fever Pitch": a life measured in matches
On football, fandom and life through the lenses of the beautiful game

Travel

Asian Elephant in Kumana National Park (c) Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne
Birdwatching on the East Coast of Sri Lanka
Lahugala and Kumana National Parks
Golden sands and warm waters along Sri Lanka’s Indian Ocean coast, where surf culture meets tropical calm
Sri Lanka: the teardrop of India
Beaches, ancient sites, and rich culture in a developing nation

Wellness

A woman sitting on her bed with a cloud in place of her head, representing the mental fog created by constant overthinking
The psychology of overthinking
Why we do it and how to break the cycle
A woman sitting on the floor with balloons, celebrating her 30th birthday
Hitting reset at 30
Why starting over can be the most courageous choice you make
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LA Art Show, past edition, event view. Courtesy of LA Art Show
LA Art Show kicks off art season on January
7 — 11 Jan 2026 at LA Art Show in Los Angeles, United States
Daniel Ketelhut, Master of dreams, 2025. Courtesy of bG Gallery
A tale of two cities
7 Jan — 7 Feb 2026 at the bG Gallery in Santa Monica, United States
Lucknow from the Gomti (detail), 1821 and 1826. Courtesy of Yale Center for British Art
Painters, ports, and profits (...)
8 Jan — 21 Jun 2026 at the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven, United States
Kim In Ok, The road to Hanggeum-ri (detail), 2023. Courtesy of Kate Oh Gallery
Kim In Ok's exhibition
8 — 18 Jan 2026 at the Kate Oh Gallery in New York, United States
Alok Bal, The egg, 2020. Courtesy of Sakshi Gallery
The fourth wall
8 Jan — 18 Feb 2026 at the Sakshi Gallery in Mumbai, India
Eleanor Rahim, Breathe (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Andra Norris Art Gallery
Anew
8 Jan — 13 Feb 2026 at the Andra Norris Gallery in Burlingame, United States
William Perehudoff, AC-84-067 (detail), 1984. Courtesy of Berry Campbell Gallery
William Perehudoff: boundless color
8 Jan — 7 Feb 2026 at the Berry Campbell in New York, United States
Gloria Klein, Crisis management (detail), 1990. Courtesy of Anat Ebgi
Crisis management
9 Jan — 28 Feb 2026 at Anat Ebgi in New York, United States
Tyler Macko, Maya, 2025. Courtesy of Andrew Edlin Gallery
Tyler Macko: beneath bear mountain
9 Jan — 28 Feb 2026 at the Andrew Edlin Gallery in New York, United States
Frank Walter, Untitled (Birds in formation with clouds) (detail), n.d. Courtesy of Andrew Edlin Gallery
Frank Walter: works from the Cowles-Hoard collection
9 Jan — 28 Feb 2026 at the Andrew Edlin Gallery in New York, United States
David Kroll, Seascape egret and vase (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Lisa Sette Gallery
NI: Natural intelligence
10 Jan — 28 Feb 2026 at Lisa Sette Gallery in Phoenix, United States
Junna Maruyama, Shape of soul (detail). Courtesy of Corey Helford Gallery
Who am I?
10 Jan — 14 Feb 2026 at the Corey Helford Gallery in Los Angeles, United States
Malcolm Bucknall, We were just playing make believe (detail), 2023. Courtesy of Wally Workman Gallery
My make believe
10 Jan — 14 Feb 2026 at the Wally Workman Gallery in Austin, United States
Dave Walsh, In the trees (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Bookstein Projects
Dave Walsh: viewshed
15 Jan — 27 Feb 2026 at the Bookstein Projects in New York, United States
Ron Milewicz, Broken (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Bookstein Projects
Ron Milewicz: beside still waters
15 Jan — 27 Feb 2026 at the Bookstein Projects in New York, United States
Dora Somosi, Mending madder (detail). Courtesy of Gilman Contemporary
Alchemy of memory
16 Jan — 25 Feb 2026 at the Gilman Contemporary in Sun Valley, United States
Daniel Raedeke, World outside (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Bruno David Gallery
Outside
16 Jan — 21 Feb 2026 at the Bruno David Gallery in St Louis, United States
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