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Friday, June 5, 2026
The setting in Midsommar is disorienting. Almost the entire movie takes place in bright daylight, which goes against the usual horror language of darkness and shadows
The family thinks they’re making choices, but they’re actually being manipulated by a larger design
Ari Aster at the premiere of his film "Beau Is Afraid" in 2023. Photo by © Frazer Harrison
The scenario and colors of Midsommar are stunning. Photo by © Csaba Aknay
Annie builds incredibly detailed miniatures of her life, including traumatic moments
Entertainment
Ari Aster's career retrospective
Looking for meaning behind the madness
A child processing a painful loss in the back seat, representing the moments when parental support matters most
Sport
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
The Moon is deeply tied to how life on Earth developed and how human civilization functions
Science & Technology
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
A woman gazing into a room lined with iconic bags, symbolising her first glimpse into the life she secretly desired
Feature
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

On the Street

'Cieli Genesis' artwork by De Rrusie
Art
An open conversation with De Rrusie
A spirit of no nation
A powerful leader addresses a tightly packed crowd as towering screens amplify his image—an unsettling portrait of modern authority fueled by spectacle and collective surrender
Economy & Politics
The comfort of tyranny
Why modern strongmen rise not through force alone, but through our exhaustion with freedom, complexity, and doubt
Janet De Nardis, announcer of Rai/Sky
Fashion
There is no beauty without dreams and emotions
The challenge of Simone Racioppo
Vibrant and colorful abstract digital world map
Wellness
Healing with light: ancient wisdom to modern chromotherapy
Unlocking the healing power of light: a comprehensive guide to color therapy
Poshina offers a rugged charm
Travel
Poshina, where time stands still
A remote village in the state of Gujarat, India
Eros and Psyche
Culture
Eros and Psyche Myth
Part 1: An individuation tale for the Conscious Feminine

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

Never have billions of nervous systems been so simultaneously exposed to planetary trauma, celebrity intimacy, political threat, ecological grief, and technological acceleration
Global connectivity without communication
The Garden, Caligula, Trump, you and me: end of one cycle and the beginning of another
A man writing among blurred crowds, symbolising passion that survives regardless of public attention
The novelty of being unseen
Would I still think my passion a noble quest if it amounts to nothing?

Economy & Politics

An aid worker surveys the devastation in Gaza, where humanitarian assistance remains a vital lifeline for communities struggling amid widespread destruction and displacement
The legal and humanitarian debate over Gaza
How war crime allegations, civilian suffering, and detention practices shape international discussion
Busy city intersection in the USA highlighting social inequality, as pedestrians move through an urban street while a homeless woman sits unnoticed on the sidewalk
The American poverty trap
How a rigged economy turns work into a life sentence and wealth into hereditary power

Entertainment

A relaxed viewer chatting on the phone with a sitcom playing in the background, reflecting television’s role as emotional background presence
Why we rewatch the same shows again and again
How “ambient TV” helps people regulate stress, focus, and emotional overwhelm
Black Sabbath’s farewell concert, featuring frontman Ozzy Osbourne shortly before he died
Ozzy Osbourne: the final bow
Remembering the Prince of Darkness and the end of an era

Fashion

Traditional loom weaving by a skilled artisan
India’s timeless sarees
A personal journey through India’s most timeless heritage weaves
A realistic Y2K-inspired fashion portrait, blending metallic textures, urban attitude, and early-2000s nostalgia into a bold contemporary look
The Y2K aesthetic and the return of the minimal body
How the aesthetics of the 2000s rehabilitate a dangerous body ideal

Feature

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
An overflow of water submerges land that is usually dry
What is happening?
Maybe visions are dancing in front of my eyes

Food & Wine

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
Clouds over the vineyard-covered hills of Oltrepò Pavese, Italy
Barbacarlo: a cru, a conflict, a victory
How one vineyard reshaped the meaning of origin in Italian wine

Science & Technology

A writer immersed in the creative process collaborates with generative AI in a quiet home workspace, reflecting the evolving relationship between human thought and machine-assisted authorship
Writing with generative AI
Co-creation, craft, and the mediation of meaning
A society under constant surveillance, where digital systems quietly shape behavior, visibility, and power
The AI fear no one is talking about
Will AI split humanity apart?

Sport

“A faceless teenage football player standing on the field
The forgotten wonderkids of Football
The bittersweet stories of football’s lost prodigies
Pensive, a young chess player competes against a chess software
Precision without pulse: playing chess against AIs
Chess has always been about one thing, and it is the human mind

Travel

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
A woman wearing a hat walks toward a rustic wooden cottage surrounded by breathtaking mountain scenery and peaceful nature
The art of going missing
The growing desire to unplug, slow down, and reconnect with real life

Wellness

A man lies down in a relaxed posture, symbolizing emotional healing and quiet self-reflection
Healing without romanticizing pain
The quiet work of becoming whole without drama
Nostalgium, watercolour 16 x 12 cm, Mark Weighton, 2026
The intelligence of the living world
Sagittarius Full Moon
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Evelyn Duong
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Indrani Ghose
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Abhishek Rao
Abhishek Rao
Mariana Carrera Díaz de Ita
Mariana Carrera Díaz de Ita
Joy Iweha
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Amine Elfaqir
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Prachi Makwana
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Steven Watson
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Sean Cham, 301 Chinese boy on duty (detail). Courtesy of Foam
Foam Talent 2026
5 Jun — 28 Aug 2026 at the Foam in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Gianfranco Gentile, Si salveranno solo le meduse (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Fabbrica del Vapore
The measure of one
5 Jun — 13 Sep 2026 at the Fabbrica del Vapore in Milan, Italy
Winshluss, The followers (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Galerie Vallois
Le goût de la matière noire
5 Jun — 17 Jul 2026 at the Galerie Vallois in Paris, France
Alain Bublex, Plan Voisin de Paris – V2 circulaire secteur A23 (detail), 2013. Courtesy of Galerie Vallois
Vous faites des cartes postales ? (Alain Bublex de A à B)
5 Jun — 18 Jul 2026 at the Galerie Vallois in Paris, France
Simon Mark, Paris couple (detail). Courtesy of Kathmandu Photo Gallery
Human materials
6 Jun — 25 Jul 2026 at the Kathmandu Photo Gallery in Bangkok, Thailand
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
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