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Sunday, October 25, 2026
Delicate Sound of Thunder is a live album by the English band Pink Floyd. It was recorded over five nights at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, in August 1988, during their A Momentary Lapse of Reason Tour, and mixed at Abbey Road Studios in September 1988
Brooklyn Museum, New York, US: Keith Haring: 1978–1982, held between March 16 and July 8, 2012, this landmark exhibition offered an in-depth look at Keith Haring’s formative years. Installed in the Morris A. and Meyer Schapiro Wing of the Brooklyn Museum, it highlighted the artist’s transition from subway drawings to gallery spaces
Graffiti inside a tunnel in London, England
Original 12×12 promotional album flat/poster for Yes – Keys to Ascension, released in 1996 with artwork by Roger Dean
Brooklyn Museum, New York, US: Keith Haring: 1978–1982, presented from March 16 to July 8, 2012, Keith Haring: 1978–1982 was the first major exhibition to examine the early work of the artist. Shown in the Morris A. and Meyer Schapiro Wing of the Brooklyn Museum, the exhibition traced the foundations of Haring’s visual language and social engagement
Art
From the wall to the screen
Graffiti, contemporary art, architecture, and digital image-making in modern visual culture
Young officer reviewing operational data on a tablet during a military strategy meeting
Economy & Politics
The miscalculation of Iran's resilience
Why leadership decapitation did not produce the collapse many expected
Paved roads replace nature and trap heat
Architecture & Design
Climate resilience in infrastructure design
How environmental planning prevents future disasters
A clinical skin examination focused on identifying abnormalities, representing the importance of early detection in melanoma care
Science & Technology
A vaccine for melanoma
Researchers are using genetic information from individual tumors to create vaccines that direct the immune system toward cancer cell

On the Street

A painting of a girl with green and red flowers emerging from her head, symbolizing the concept of love as a force for personal growth and mental health
Wellness
What I do when I start to feel off
A personal guide to feeling like myself again
Dapper Dan, the visionary Harlem designer, revolutionized fashion by blending high-end luxury with street style, empowering marginalized communities and leaving an indelible mark on hip-hop culture
Fashion
Dapper Dan: revolutionizing high fashion and empowerment
How Harlem's iconic fashion pioneer redefined style, challenged corporate hegemony, and gave voice to marginalized communities
A spoonful of blueberries in yogurt provides a delicious dose of fibre and probiotics, essential for supporting a balanced gut microbiome
Food & Beverage
Gut health: understanding and improving your microbiome
Practical tips, diets, and supplements for optimal digestive well-being
Mario Praz was an Italian art and literary critic, as well as a scholar of English literature. His best-known work, The Romantic Agony, offers a comprehensive study of the decadent, erotic, and morbid themes that characterized European literature in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
Culture
Why no one writes like Mario Praz anymore
Marginality, erudition, and the disappearance of a literary voice that defied its time
Bristol, England, United Kingdom – a bridge spanning the river against a town and mountain landscape
Travel
Bristol: a city of contrasts
From Medieval streets to street art, exploring the soul of England’s west country capital
Death Stranding (2019) is an action-adventure game developed by Kojima Productions and originally published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It marks Hideo Kojima and his studio’s first project after parting ways with Konami in 2015
Entertainment
The era of playable cinema
From “interactive movies” to narrative worlds you actually live in, not just watch

Architecture & Design

A living room combining wood, organic textures, soft furnishings and expansive glazing, showing the human-centred character of warm modern architecture
How warm modern architecture is redefining home design
Natural materials, softer textures and a stronger connection to place are making contemporary homes feel more human
Museum of Ethnography is one of Hungary’s most significant cultural institutions, located in Budapest and dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of ethnographic collections from Hungary and around the world
The Museum of Ethnography: building beneath the park
A new vision of museum architecture where landscape and structure become inseparable

Art

Anselm Kiefer is a German painter and sculptor whose work is known for its monumental scale and rich materiality. After studying under Peter Dreher and Horst Antes in the late 1960s, he developed a distinctive artistic language incorporating materials such as straw, ash, clay, lead, and shellac, The Doris and Donald Fisher Collection at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, US
Anselm Kiefer and the art of decay
At SFMOMA, materials weather, corrode and transform, challenging conventional ideas of permanence and preservation
The Death of Leonardo da Vinci, by Ingres, 1818
A visual artist’s counterpoint to a clinical reading
Childhood memory, creativity, and the intersection of art and the unconscious

Culture

Eurocentric beauty standards have historically scrutinized Black women's natural hair, forcing them to navigate corporate and societal systems where hair straightening became a racialized requirement for professional survival, social acceptance, and economic mobility
The rise of relaxers
The historical and cultural politics of Black hair
This shift from isolated cases to collective distributions enables a rigorous, Bayesian evaluation of competing explanations to determine if genuinely unusual phenomena exist
Galton Board mathematics application for UFO - UAP
Applying statistical probability models allows researchers to analyze population-level patterns and mathematically measure anomalies

Economy & Politics

A financial market display reflects the growing intersection of global commerce, economic security, and national industrial strategy in an increasingly fragmented world economy
The return of economic nationalism
Governments reshaping trade, industry, and supply chains in a more fragmented world
A wide overhead view of a busy international conference session taking place inside Conference Room 4 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, 10 February 2025. Photo by Abbas Firthous
The barbarism of our time conspires against UPEACE
The struggle to uphold dialogue and cooperation in an increasingly divided world

Entertainment

Abandoned movie theater standing silent beneath a stormy sky, evoking nostalgia, decay, and the fading echoes of a once-vibrant past
The age of the endless reboot
The cultural and emotional forces driving the revival of familiar stories and beloved franchises
The welcoming entrance of Cineteca Nacional Chapultepec, Mexico City, Mexico, representing a modern landmark dedicated to celebrating the art of film
Exploring Chapultepec National Film Archive, Mexico City
A unique cinematic experience surrounded by the beauty of nature

Fashion

A designer carefully arranging fabric pieces across a worktable, representing the zero waste philosophy of finding purpose for every part of a textile
Zero-waste fashion: the art of creating without excess 
How designers are transforming limitations into innovation and reshaping the future of luxury, sustainability, and creative expression 
Students in school uniforms seen from behind, looking outside
The hidden weight of school uniforms
Equality, discipline, identity, and the quiet power of what we ask children to wear

Feature

In a dim bunker, a daughter confronts the father she was told was gone
Embarrassment
Some stories don’t move forward: they tear open
A bird and a cat stare intently at each other
A dangerous game in parallel worlds
Blue jays and pygmy bats tempt fate in encounters with watchful cats

Food & Beverage

Close-up of an elderly Italian woman’s hands making fresh pasta by hand
Migration and the making of modern cuisine
Centuries of human movement have transformed ingredients, recipes, and food traditions across cultures
A humanoid futuristic robot cooking in the kitchen, performing everyday human tasks
When AI enters the kitchen
How Europe’s food industry is blending data, flavor, and sustainability to create the recipes of the future

Science & Technology

Engaging in light-to-moderate physical activity naturally empowers the body’s immune cells to combat serious threats like breast cancer
Working out keeps your immune cells strong
Moderate exercise stimulates cancer-preventing immune cells in healthy women
A humanoid robot, symbolizing collaboration between people and artificial intelligence
When Artificial Intelligence learns to dream
New AI architectures are embracing reflection and self-correction, raising questions about the future of human thought and machine intelligence

Sport

Uzbekistan’s national football team poses with the country’s president after the match against Qatar on June 10, 2025
Uzbekistan’s long road to the World Cup
Decades of loss and near misses give way to a nation’s first World Cup qualification
The FIFA World Cup is an international football tournament contested by the senior men’s national teams of the member associations of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport’s global governing body
Sport is war minus the killing
Sportswashing: the ongoing relationship between sport and power

Travel

A cyclist explores the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal, experiencing adventure among the majestic Himalayan peaks
Nepal’s mountain bike vision
Reimagining tourism through trails, sustainability, and community connection
The landscapes of Six Senses Crans-Montana, situated in the Valais canton of Switzerland, showcase the snowy peaks of the Swiss Alps
Crans-Montana: the art of doing both
The Swiss branch of Six Senses hotels combines luxury and nature, indulgence and activity

Wellness

Two women share a supportive moment, highlighting the power of friendship, empathy, and emotional connection
The peer effect in women's health
Why more women are relying on shared experiences to navigate healthcare systems that often fail them
A couple relaxing in a convertible as the sun sets on the horizon, capturing a sense of freedom and togetherness
The courage to love without sameness
Acceptance, disagreement, and the difficult art of remaining open to another world
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Walden Bello
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Van Pho
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Asa Sutton
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Claudio Schuftan
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Bonnie A. Rudolph
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Alex Levac, Gan HaShlosha, Beth Shean valley (detail), 2000. Courtesy of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Alex Levac: black box
27 Oct 2026 — 1 May 2027 at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art in Tel Aviv, Israel
Ai Weiwei, The last supper in turquoise (detail), 2022. Courtesy of Vito Schnabel Gallery
Ai Weiwei: illumination
28 Oct 2026 — 23 Jan 2027 at Vito Schnabel in New York, United States
Sonia Navarro, Talabartera, 2025. Courtesy of Galeria Nave © Jesús Madriñan
Pão e fio (Bread and thread)
29 Oct — 28 Nov 2026 at the Galeria Nave in Lisbon, Portugal
Stephen Hannock, Northern city renaissance. The river Tyne with the launch of the Eppleton hall (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Berggruen Gallery
Recent nocturnes in the gloaming
29 Oct 2026 — 7 Jan 2027 at the Berggruen Gallery in San Francisco, United States
Lari Pittman, The remedy of analog space and time #1 (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Lehmann Maupin
The remedy of analog space and time
29 Oct — 19 Dec 2026 at the Lehmann Maupin in New York, United States
Michaela Yearwood-Dan, I rise with the sun (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Marianne Boesky Gallery
A woman of will
29 Oct — 12 Dec 2026 at the Marianne Boesky Gallery in New York, United States
Elodie Blanchard, Yellow crevasse (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Jane Lombard Gallery
In fragments
30 Oct — 17 Dec 2026 at the Jane Lombard Gallery in New York, United States
Kalman Dery, The painter’s studio (detail), 1883. Courtesy of Leighton House
Magic and mess: the artist's studio revealed
31 Oct 2026 — 21 Mar 2027 at the Leighton House Museum in London, United Kingdom
Joe Rudko, Fake flowers (detail), 2026. Courtesy of PDX Contemporary Art
Photorealism
4 — 28 Nov 2026 at the PDX Contemporary Art in Portland, United States
Restoration of the Colosseum in Rome, Italy. © Photo: New Order: Rinofelino/Dreamstime.com
Temporary. Structures of necessity
5 Nov 2026 — 5 Apr 2027 at the Architekturzentrum Wien in Vienna, Austria
Natalie White, Time dilations (detail), 2022. Courtesy of Phillips
Strange magick
5 Nov — 17 Dec 2026 at Phillips in West Hollywood, United States
Arturo Comas, Untitled (hanger), 2026. Courtesy of Galeria Nave © Arturo Comas
Sete feiras
5 Nov — 18 Dec 2026 at the Galeria Nave in Lisbon, Portugal
Marietta Patricia Leis, Reveal 11, 2026. Courtesy of Turner Carroll Gallery
With out, with in
6 Nov — 15 Dec 2026 at Turner Carroll in Santa Fe, United States
Will Klemm, Island sunset (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Wally Workman Gallery
Light works: a solo exhibition by Will Klemm
7 — 29 Nov 2026 at the Wally Workman Gallery in Austin, United States
Kelli Vance, Guilty on the other side (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Cris Worley Fine Arts
With my eyes closed
7 Nov — 19 Dec 2026 at the Cris Worley Fine Arts in Dallas, United States
Dan Jian, Landscape 1 (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Cris Worley Fine Arts
Distance of seeing
7 Nov — 19 Dec 2026 at the Cris Worley Fine Arts in Dallas, United States
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9 — 12 Nov 2026 at the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal
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