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Saturday, March 28, 2026
A CCTV camera mounted against a clear blue sky, symbolizing facial recognition technology
Sorting waste into designated bins, representing smart waste management
Digital illustration showing the flow of algorithmic bias widening the digital gap
CCTV camera against the blue sky, representing facial recognition technology
Waste being sorted into boxes as part of smart waste management
Economy & Politics
AI at the juncture of India’s smart cities
Balancing efficiency, equity, and democracy in the age of algorithmic governance
Senator McCarthy (center) confers with Roy Cohn (left) and David Schine (right) in 1953
Economy & Politics
Toward a new McCarthyism in Latin America?
The United States is pressuring governments in the region to curb China's technological and commercial expansion
A devastated urban landscape engulfed in fire and smoke evokes the human and geopolitical consequences of war in Tehran, Iran
Economy & Politics
Why Tehran was attacked?
The latest war on Iran has raised unsettling questions about nuclear fears, global power, and hidden political motives
A girl holding a sapling gently in her hands, representing the quiet beginning of meaningful change
Wellness
 The power of small wins
Why little steps create big changes

On the Street

Kylemore Abbey in Ireland
Culture
Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth
Eighteenth-century Ireland, an enlightened union?
In today’s world, the relationship between science and spirituality ranges from hostility to peaceful coexistence
Science & Technology
The union of science and spirituality
The fundamental differences between human and computer intelligence
Rioja is one of the leading brands on the market with more than 15.000 vineyards and the largest stock of barrels in the world
Food & Wine
Red Rioja
The weapon of wine war
A dilapidated hotel room where the author finds themselves in his quest for destiny
Feature
Finding myself lost one day
An uneventful day morphs into a full-blown identity crisis
Marco Veronese, New Era
Art
Rise and Shine
Living in a world of chaos
Barangaroo development: this marks the transformation of Sydney’s harbour docklands into a sprawling public, residential and commercial precinct. Image by Renzo Piano
Architecture & Design
Architecture and urbanisation: Barangaroo
One of the most ambitious and controversial urban renewal projects in Australian history

Architecture & Design

A high-tech living room where digital interfaces regulate lighting, entertainment, and climate, conveying the future of residential design
The architecture of the smart home ecosystem
Designing homes that respond and adapt to modern life
Registan Square in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, glowing at sunset as its blue-tiled madrasas shimmer like a doorway into another age
The architectural soul of Uzbekistan
From the Timurid blue domes to the bold lines of modern Tashkent

Art

The Shigir Idol on display at the Sverdlovsk Regional Museum, Russia — Standing over five meters tall in its original form, this ancient sculpture continues to awe with its mysterious carvings
The Shigir idol: humanity’s oldest wooden sculpture
A 12,000-year-old monument revealing our earliest spiritual expressions and the timeless urge to seek meaning beyond the visibl
Simone Ferrero, The Whispering Abyss, 80.2 x 205.3 cm, 2024
Interview with Simone Ferrero
Crossing the visible: the mosaic as an inner threshold

Culture

Mustafa Kemal became known as “Atatürk”, which means “Father of the Turks,” and he remains a highly influential and respected figure in Turkey today © Illustration by Paola Bilancieri
The memorable trajectory of Mustafa Kemal
A hero in war, a generous leader in peace
A crown of thorns and empty church pews illuminated by light streaming through a window
Searching for God in a shared sky
A quiet Lenten meditation on faith, freedom of conscience, and the common values that unite religions

Economy & Politics

A panoramic view of Riyadh’s evolving skyline, where modern architecture, sustainable infrastructure, and tradition converge—reflecting Saudi Arabia’s ongoing transformation under Vision 2030
Saudi Vision 2030: transforming a nation beyond oil
How Vision 2030 is reshaping growth, governance, and global ties
A classical bust, its human head replaced by a cold surveillance camera, stands in a rain-slicked city. The image serves as a stark metaphor for "civic death" and the replacement of democratic diplomacy with technological control
Decapitation and the end of politics
How targeted elimination has become a normalized instrument of contemporary power and violence

Entertainment

In Project Hail Mary, science teacher Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) awakens aboard a spaceship light-years from home with no memory of who he is or how he got there
Project Hail Mary: where science meets emotion
A gripping journey through space, survival, and the unexpected beauty of human and extraterrestrial connection
A person looking closely at a vinyl record
Giulio Tedeschi and the making of Italian independent music
A cultural history of Toast Records and alternative production from the 1970s to the present

Fashion

Demna Gvasalia, known mononymously as Demna is a Soviet-born Georgian fashion designer
Demna Gvasalia’s radical new chapter at Gucci
When heritage meets disruption
Howl and Sophie, a scene from the movie that was then used on a bag design by Loewe © Studio Ghibli, 2004
How Studio Ghibli enchanted the world of style
From luxury collaborations to quiet nostalgia, exploring how Ghibli’s universe shaped the language of contemporary fashion

Feature

A woman walking through a dimly lit street at night
Map of your head
Episode 2: on purity, pressure, and surviving a culture that refuses boundaries
Books and books and books, a collection that is not enough
Above it
Maybe it is not below you, but at the very least, you are above it

Food & Wine

A woman carefully filters sun-dried crops under the warm Terai sun in Nepal, showcasing the region’s rich agricultural traditions and daily rhythm of rural life
Tharu cuisine: the indigenous taste of Nepal’s terai
The cultural roots, sustainable traditions, and timeless flavors of Nepal’s Tharu community through their ancestral food heritage
A fruit bowl with spirulina powder, a nutrient-rich supplement made from blue-green algae
Spirulina: superfood or overhyped supplement?
Unpacking the science behind the blue-green algae trend

Science & Technology

A photo of a sculpted head bust artwork labeled with different parts of the brain
The brain mapping revolution
From fruit flies to human consciousness
Digital art illustrating an AI technology background
What comes after generative AI?
From perception and creation to the age of meaning

Sport

Vinícius José Paixão de Oliveira Júnior, commonly known as Vinícius Júnior or Vini Jr., is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Real Madrid in La Liga and for the Brazil national team
Why Vinicius Jr.‘s fight is our war
Racism, denial, and the unbearable burden placed on Black athletes in modern football
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

Travel

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, seen from above with its distinctive city buildings
The best time to visit Barcelona
A guide to enjoying the city without the crowds
The Philae Temple, an ancient riverside monument in Aswan, Egypt
Aswan at the edge of time
A journey through temples, river life, and Nubian traditions at the crossroads of ancient and modern Egypt

Wellness

A woman in a blue dress and hat gently picks leaves from a tree, enjoying the calm of the moment
Marie's journey of growth and faith
Finding purpose, peace, and gratitude through faith and independence
A woman on a bike reaching out to take the hand of a man riding behind her, both enjoying a moment of connection
On love, change, and choosing each other
Notes for my children and theirs
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Maurizio Galia
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Subhasish Chakraborty
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Rebel. Storyteller. Visionary. Courtesy of the Bowes Museum
Rebel. Storyteller. Visionary
28 Mar — 6 Sep 2026 at The Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle, United Kingdom
Hakbong Kwon, Layered gazes. Courtesy of Kathmandu Photo Gallery
Layered gazes
28 Mar — 23 May 2026 at the Kathmandu Photo Gallery in Bangkok, Thailand
Minako Iwamura, Seed (detail), 2025. Courtesy of JDJ
Archetypes
31 Mar — 25 Apr 2026 at JDJ in New York, United States
Carlos Francisco Jackson, Huelga (detail), 2009, screenprint on paper, Gift of Drs. Harriett and Ricardo Romo, 2019.50.4. Courtesy of H’Art Museum
Radical histories (...)
1 Apr — 6 Sep 2026 at the H’Art Museum in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Claude Monet, Grainstack snow effect (detail), 1891. Courtesy of National Galleries of Scotland
Joan Eardley: the nature of painting
2 Apr — 28 Jun 2026 at the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Gordon Parks, Untitled (37.127) (detail), 1956. Courtesy of Jackson Fine Art
The south in color
2 Apr — 13 Jun 2026 at the Jackson Fine Art in Atlanta, United States
Ursula Gullow, Broken eggs (detail), 2024. Courtesy of Tracey Morgan Gallery
Forbidden fruit
2 Apr — 9 May 2026 at the Tracey Morgan Gallery in Asheville, United States
Pablo Benzo, Silent blue (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Johansson Projects
Forgotten eyes
3 Apr — 30 May 2026 at the Johansson Projects in Oakland, United States
Christopher Adams, Biomorphic moments. Courtesy of Garvey|Simon
Christopher Adams: biomorphic moments
9 Apr — 8 May 2026 at Garvey | Simon in Manhattan, United States
Frederic Edwin Church, Pichincha (detail), 1867. Courtesy of Philadelphia Museum of Art
A nation of artists
12 Apr 2026 — 5 Jul 2027 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, United States
Sameh Khalatbari, Veins of sorrow - The rupture no. 2 (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Modernism Inc.
Veins of sorrow
12 Apr — 2 May 2026 at the Modernism Inc. in San Francisco, United States
Anonyme, Le marché aux fleurs, quai de la Mégisserie (detail), vers 1680. Courtesy of Musée Carnavalet
Madame de Sévigné. Parisian letters
15 Apr — 23 Aug 2026 at the Musée Carnavalet in Paris, France
Anna Kincaide, Its a jungle (detail). Courtesy of JoAnne Artman Gallery
Couture in color
15 Apr — 30 Jun 2026 at the JoAnne Artman Gallery in Laguna Beach, United States
Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga, Eala (detail), 2025. Courtesy of October Gallery
Inheriting the future
16 Apr — 16 May 2026 at the October Gallery in London, United Kingdom
Pierre Gaignard, Bestiaire paramétrique (Lézard, random seed 1024), 2025. Courtesy of Galerie Eric Mouchet
Printemps paramétrique
18 Apr — 13 Jun 2026 at the Galerie Eric Mouchet in Paris, France
Alex Webb, Philadelphia, Rock ministries boxing club, 2016. Courtesy of Philadelphia Museum of Art
Rising up: Rocky and the making of monuments
25 Apr — 2 Aug 2026 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, United States
Francisco de Zurbarán, Christ and the virgin in the house at Nazareth (detail), about 1640. Courtesy of the National Gallery © The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
Zurbarán
2 May — 23 Aug 2026 at The National Gallery in London, United Kingdom
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