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Friday, July 17, 2026

A person monitoring fitness metrics during an outdoor workout, reflecting the expanding role of wearable technology in everyday life

A doctor carefully holding a modern hearing aid between their fingers, representing the integration of connected medical devices with the human body

A doctor studying an interactive three-dimensional human anatomy display, reflecting the transformation of medicine through data-driven innovation

A fitness enthusiast reviewing health data on her wearable device, representing the rise of connected technologies that track daily activities and wellbeing

A close-up of a doctor showcasing a hearing aid, reflecting the intersection of medicine, technology, and human augmentation

Science & Technology

The Internet of Bodies is already here

How biotechnology could reshape human communication and monitoring

Azerbaijani refugees from Karabakh during the war, 1992

Economy & Politics

Agent of death: targeting civilians

From Baghdad and Gaza to Ukraine and Iran, how governments and military powers normalize civilian deaths as a strategy of war

A group of people stands near a blackboard, each focused on their phones instead of the board

Social media didn’t change us, it revealed us

A reflection on the digital age that exposed human nature in its truest form

A giant puppet, street mural, and road blockade outside the Brazilian Consulate in San Francisco, California, call on President Jair Bolsonaro to protect the Amazon and respect Indigenous rights

Economy & Politics

Epistemologies of the South, the Left, and communism

A vision of alternative paths through democratic decline, ecological crisis, and global uncertainty

On the Street

Artists Stephanie Borg (l) and Sharon Naudi in front of a typical Maltese door

Architecture & Design

A closer look at the doors and doorknobs of Malta

A girl wearing sunglasses and a cap, talking on the phone in front of neon lights

Gen Z fashion: more than just style

A generation’s bold aesthetics reflect identity, rebellion, and a world in crisis

Kristian Zara, Visual Meditation, ink on paper, 2022

The opening thought

On the transformative journey of thought in the creative process

Day 01 - Sacha Bernardson

If music be the food of love, play on!

Sigur Rós, the iconic Icelandic band and Norður og Niður

A sun-kissed salvia plant stands proudly, its leaves reflecting the morning light, a solitary figure in a garden filled with forgotten stories

Seeking salvia: a psychedelic quest across Argentina

From chance encounters to unexpected connections and spiritual insights

Teenager feeling frustrated by low engagement on social media

The Instagram effect: expectations and mental health

Unveiling the pressures, false perfection, and impact of Instagram on our lives and well-being

Architecture & Design

An open office precinct where lighting and visibility reinforce security, presenting the relationship between design and crime prevention

Designing safer cities with CPTED

How Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) helps architects create safer, more inclusive and connected communities

Like a lighthouse, an enduring light reaches across dark waters; the principles of liberty, opportunity, and unity continue to illuminate the American journey

Lighthouses to guide the way

The making of lighthouses and their Fourth of July significance

Art

Installation view from the “Art of Manga” exhibition at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, featuring works from Hirohiko Araki’s JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure series. The exhibition showcases hundreds of original drawings and large-scale installations by major Japanese manga artists from the 1970s to the present, including Eiichiro Oda (One Piece), Junji Ito, and Tite Kubo (Bleach). Araki’s featured artwork includes life-sized characters and their Stands, designed to align with viewers’ eye levels for an immersive experience, highlighting manga as a recognized art form in a museum setting. Photo: © İdil Burkutoğlu

Hirohiko Araki and color without rules

Rethinking identity, composition, and expression in "JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure"

Entangled roots and floating forms, solo exhibition, 2026. Courtesy of the artist

Yilin Rebecca Sun on Vessel

The artist and curator reflects on clay, collaboration, and the connections that shape our shared future

Culture

A woman sits in an academic library in Asia, surrounded by shelves filled with books

Read beyond the lines

Curiosity, language, and reflection in the pursuit of independent thought

A man smiling as he reads a handwritten letter, representing the joy found in personal correspondence

Bringing back the lost art of letters

How letters become keepsakes that preserve emotions, traditions, and moments that digital messages often lose

Economy & Politics

Greece, A symbol of unity and peace, where ancient wisdom inspires the global pursuit of harmony and understanding

World Philosophical Forum’s call for global peace

A philosophical approach to ending war and restoring global harmony

A student standing silently in a dimly lit school hallway, reflecting the importance of mental health and early intervention

Guns, not games: when fear shapes policy instead of facts

Why tackling mental health, family support, and public safety matters more than targeting video games

Entertainment

The interior of Film Museum Pablo Ducrós Hicken in Buenos Aires, Argentina by Roberto Fiadone, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Who is protecting Argentina's film history?

Not the State, not the universities, and not a national archive—just a handful of individuals fighting against oblivion

Meg 2: The Trench delivers high-stakes underwater action as monstrous threats emerge from the ocean’s darkest depths

When poetic license becomes a crutch

The importance of narrative coherence in independent cinema

Fashion

Glenn Martens is a Belgian fashion designer who began his career as a junior designer at Jean Paul Gaultier, working on the women’s pre-collection and the menswear line G2

Diesel and the aesthetics of ruin

How shredded denim, industrial decay, and Glenn Martens redefine success, identity, and beauty in a post industrial fashion landscape

An Allegory of the Tudor Succession: The Family of Henry VIII

Power, spectacle, and the Tudor silhouette

How the theatrical fashion of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I continues to shape modern ideas of authority, excess, and visual dominance

Feature

A solitary figure stands silhouetted by a window in an abandoned house, surrounded by fading light and quiet decay

Broken into a better shape

Poems of suffering, resilience, and the long journey toward becoming

A father and son sit across from each other in silence, their tension shaped by control, performance, and the unseen weight of being watched

Puppets without strings

In a world without scripts, the truth becomes the most dangerous act

Food & Wine

Whey and plant-based protein sources displayed together, highlighting differences in composition, texture, and nutritional origin in a natural, realistic setting

Whey protein versus plant-based protein

A scientific comparison of protein quality, digestibility, and muscle outcomes

An elderly man wearing denim overalls and a hat, examining fresh vegetables

How Italians redefine sustainable food

From organic farming to packaging innovation and waste reduction

Science & Technology

An adult gently supports a sore knee, illustrating the everyday reality of joint strain and the growing interest in glucosamine for long-term joint support

The knees know: glucosamine explained

A practical and lightly humorous look at how this widely used supplement supports cartilage, mobility, and long-term knee comfort

White-breasted Waterhens preparing to fight (c) Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne

Morning voices at Diyasaru

An immersive journey through the layered calls and hidden lives of a tropical wetland

Sport

A clear view of AT&T Stadium, representing the benchmark for fan experience among 2026 FIFA World Cup venues

Top 10 World Cup venues for fan experience

Review-based rankings reveal which stadiums delight supporters and which face criticism

A young footballer silhouetted against the evening sky with a ball at their feet, representing dreams that reach far beyond the horizon

A 12-year-old's road to the World Cup

Your roadmap from wherever you are right now to the Saudi Arabia 2034 Football World Cup

Travel

A wheelchair user explores the Vatican Museums, highlighting the importance of accessibility at one of the world's most visited cultural landmarks

Andrea Stoler’s guide to an accessible Vatican

Practical advice for wheelchair users visiting the Vatican Museums and Saint Peter’s Basilica

The Mutrah skyline in Muscat, Oman, glows beautifully against the night sky

Oman: where silence, sea, and sand realign the soul

A solo journey through Muscat’s waters, hidden wadis, and desert stillness that transformed quiet moments into lasting memories

Wellness

A couple hugs beside an orange train, sharing an emotional moment in a long-distance relationship

The dynamics of long-distance relationships

A study of communication, trust, and emotional resilience in modern partnerships

A young entrepreneur reflects on innovation, strategy, and business growth while surrounded by a visual map of ideas and opportunities

The future belongs to the curious

How curiosity fuels learning, innovation, resilience, and human progress in the age of artificial intelligence

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Maria Ismail

Jeffrey Levett

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Indrani Ghose

Tom Avander

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Printer: Brüder Kohn, designer: Martha Alber, New year greeting (detail), c. 1910–11. Courtesy of the Jewish Museum

Modernity and opulence: women of the Wiener Werkstätte

17 Jul — 15 Nov 2026 at The Jewish Museum in New York, United States

Raymundo Munoz, Intersections (detail). Courtesy of Bitfactory Galler

Flipping scripts 2: an exhibition of Colorado curators

17 Jul — 8 Aug 2026 at the Bitfactory Gallery in Denver, United States

Lambda members and allies perform a skit based on
the popular TV quiz show, Hollywood Squares, at the
2002 Lambda Network at Kodak's Annual Education
Event with Management (detail). Courtesy of George Eastman Museum

Picturing equality: the Lambda Network at Kodak

27 Jul — 8 Nov 2026 at the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, United States

Farah Billah, The table, with friends (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Ogden Museum of Southern Art

Louisiana contemporary

1 Aug 2026 — 14 Feb 2027 at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, United States

Gwen John, Girl with a blue scarf (detail), c.1923. Courtesy of National Galleries Scotland

Gwen John: strange beauties

1 Aug 2026 — 4 Jan 2027 at the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

W. Max Thomason, Do you ever feel everything you have could disappear in an instant (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Pulse Visual Arts

Falling away from prime

7 Aug — 27 Sep 2026 at Pulse Visual Art in Denver, United States

Catherine Opie, Flipper, Tanya, Chloe & Harriet, San Francisco, 1995 © Catherine Opie. Courtesy of the artist, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, London, and Seoul, and Thomas Dane Ga

8 Aug — 1 Nov 2026 at the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Billy Schenck, Gratuitous violence (detail). Courtesy of JoAnne Artman Gallery

Technicolor west

1 Sep — 31 Oct 2026 at the JoAnne Artman Gallery in Laguna Beach, United States

Ali Cherri, still from The sentinel (detail), 2026. Courtesy the artist and
Almine Rech Gallery

5 Sep 2026 — 4 Jan 2027 at WIELS in Brussels, Belgium

Ellen Bradshaw, Spring fever, 10th Ave and 25th Sta (detail). Courtesy of Pleiades Gallery

Every street has a story

8 Sep — 3 Oct 2026 at the Pleiades Gallery in New York, United States

Various artists, Celebrating the icons of art, exhibition view. Courtesy of Voorlinden Museum

Celebrating the icons of art

12 Sep 2026 — 7 Mar 2027 at the Voorlinden Museum in Wassenaar, Netherlands

Life in color and form. Courtesy of Millesgården Museum

Life in color and form

12 Sep 2026 — 29 Mar 2027 at the Millesgården Museum in Lidingö, Sweden

Trompe-l’oeil knowledge, Korea (18th-20th century), exhibition view. Courtesy of Musée Guimet

Trompe-l’oeil knowledge, Korea (18th-20th century)

16 Sep 2026 — 4 Jan 2027 at the Musée Guimet in Paris, France

Keerthana Kunnath, Not what you saw. Courtesy of Foam

Not what you saw

18 Sep — 27 Nov 2026 at the Foam in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Relic of the so-called staff of Moses, mediterranean region. Courtesy of the Jewish Museum

Sacred splendor

18 Sep 2026 — 7 Feb 2027 at The Jewish Museum in New York, United States

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

Sun, moon and five peaks. Courtesy of British Museum

1 Oct 2026 — 31 Jan 2027 at the British Museum in London, United Kingdom

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