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Wednesday, November 4, 2026
A traditional roast dinner arranged with careful attention to every element, reflecting the food customs that shape family life and cultural identity
Fragrant spices and dried citrus gathered together in rustic compartments, symbolising the vibrant ingredients that give traditional cooking its depth and character
A couple sharing a tender moment together while preparing food in a bright kitchen, representing love growing through shared experiences and everyday moments
A golden roast surrounded by potatoes, vegetables, herbs, and accompaniments, symbolising a treasured culinary tradition passed through generations
A collection of colourful spices and aromatic botanicals displayed side by side, reflecting the diverse flavours and traditions that meet in the kitchen
Feature
Two worlds, one kitchen
A love story seasoned by culture, chaos, and courage
A modern train passing through frost-covered trees and snow, representing the appeal of slow, comfortable, and immersive rail travel
Travel
The midnight express: the return of the night train
Sleeper trains are bringing comfort, sustainability, and the pleasure of slow travel back to journeys across Europe
Mercenaries IV (1980), Leon Golub exposes military violence through monumental figurative painting, © Image courtesy of the artist's estate/collection
Art
The gift that keeps on taking in the age of AI
Artificial intelligence promises efficiency, but at what cost to human creativity, culture, and our shared humanity?
A woman wearing a beaded crocheted headpiece
Fashion
Goddess activation: fashion as living ritual
Where adornment, memory, and myth converge on the body

On the Street

As America emerged from World War II, the film blended nostalgia for the “Old South” with the optimism of the new Sunbelt, revealing Disney’s conflicted vision of race, class, and national identity
Entertainment
Disney’s Song of the South: a class perspective
Unpacking Disney's controversial classic through a class-conscious lens
With the NBA logo visible, this image sets the stage for the predicted competitive spirit and thrilling moments that fans will be watching for in the 2025 NBA Playoffs
Sport
2025 NBA playoff predictions
Breaking down the top contenders
Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen, the crew of Artemis II, poised before the Moon as they prepare to resume humanity’s journey into deep space
Science & Technology
Back to the moon, or back to ourselves?
Artemis II and the return to a journey shaped as much by memory and myth as by technology
Dum ki biryani
Food & Beverage
Persian cuisine
The rich tastes of the Middle East
Meditation has shown a lot of benefits when it comes to relaxing the body and release all the stress
Wellness
Meditation used as medicine
According to science, there are four clear types of meditation
What has been the catalyst for white rage?
Economy & Politics
White rage
A consistent and persistent theme in American society

Architecture & Design

Beijing Daxing International Airport, designed with parametric architecture inspired by the work of Zaha Hadid, is one of the two international airports serving Beijing, the capital of China
The mathematics behind design
How geometry, grids, semiotics, and information theory shape visual communication
Paved roads replace nature and trap heat
Climate resilience in infrastructure design
How environmental planning prevents future disasters

Art

Orchid Paintings and Writings by Chusa Kim Jeong-hui, dating from the 19th century, from RM’s collection
Curator Kko-Kka Lee on Kim Whanki’s timeless modernism
From traditional motifs to abstraction in RMxSFMoMA
A man stands in a gallery, admiring a large abstract painting and engaging with its artistic expression
The impossible definition of art
Two thousand years of ideas about what makes something a work of art

Culture

From stillness, the world unfolds, seen not to be understood, but to be belonged to
A view from the Verandah
A meditation on identity, connection, and the future of humanity
"Kharkiv Vegetable Garden at Full Moon", watercolour, 16 x 12 centimetres, Mark Weighton, 2026
Human creativity amid the questionable notion of meaning
Existentialism, absurdism, and nihilism as contexts for subjective thought and experience

Economy & Politics

Spain built the Ceuta border fence along its frontier with Morocco to deter smuggling and irregular migration into the Spanish city on the North African coast
Europe’s divisions meet at Ceuta
Migration exposes tensions over shared borders and national priorities
Businessman using a digital tablet outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium
Brussels and the burden of regulation
Why Europe risks falling behind the United States

Entertainment

Hany Abdel Aziz Shaker was a renowned Egyptian singer, actor, and composer. He made his public debut singing with Abdel Halim Hafez’s choral group in "Sora" before going on to play the young Sayed Darwish in the film Sayed Darwish, an early role that helped launch his career
Hany Shaker and the end of an era
Remembering the voice that shaped generations of Arabic music lovers
Mulberry Street bustling with life in New York City's Little Italy, where immigrant families, market vendors, and local businesses shaped one of the most vibrant Italian-American communities in the United States
The Godfather and the illusion of the American dream
How Coppola’s masterpiece exposes power, justice, and the limits of social mobility in America

Fashion

A stunning AI-designed evening gown makes a bold statement at the Met Gala
AI is transforming fashion not replacing creativity
Why fashion's future belongs to designers who embrace AI and human creativity
1960s Mod fashion, short for "modernist," was a youth-driven style revolution that emerged from Swinging London. Rejecting the conservative and austere fashions of the 1950s, it embraced bold colour blocking, geometric patterns, sleek shift dresses, miniskirts, and iconic go-go boots, creating a fresh and distinctly modern aesthetic
The Mod revolution and the space age dream
How youth culture, technology, and futurism transformed fashion in the 1960s

Feature

Moonlight learning the language of water
To be cared for: a collection of poems
A collection that explores different styles of writing and themes, such as the kindness of strangers, handling chronic pain flare-ups, and confusing awakenings
A woman in a black dress holds a red rose, symbolizing grief, loss, and remembrance
When silence becomes forever
A heartbreaking exploration of mourning, denial, and the desperate need to hold on to love after death

Food & Beverage

A happy family prepares a meal together in a bright kitchen, sharing the joy of home cooking
The quiet luxury of home cooking
Simplicity, craftsmanship and familiar flavours redefine culinary excellence
A man holds a whole red chili pepper in his mouth while reacting to the intense heat against a bold blue background, capturing the fiery sensation of an extra-hot cayenne pepper
The neuroscience of spice
From TRPV1 receptors to endorphin rushes and the psychology of fiery food

Science & Technology

Female Scarlet Basker © Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne
Morning at Diyasaru Park in Colombo
Birds, reptiles, insects, and rare mammals share a remarkable wetland sanctuary beside Sri Lanka's capital
A visual representation of an earworm, where music lingers in the mind long after the sound has stopped, creating a vivid loop of memory and imagination
The science behind earworms
Why certain melodies become trapped in our minds and refuse to fade away

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

Manama is the capital and largest city of Bahrain, located in the Persian Gulf. It serves as the country’s political, economic, and cultural center
Modernity meets tradition in the kingdom of Bahrain
The legendary home of the Garden of Eden
A visitor savouring tea amid traditional Moroccan décor overlooking the coast, reflecting how cultural experiences contribute to a country’s tourism identity
Tourism as diplomacy
How travellers, local communities, and governments collectively shape the way countries are perceived around the world

Wellness

A man tending to his skin outdoors, symbolizing how effective skincare is about respecting the skin barrier rather than simply adding more products
Why your best skincare ingredients often stop at the door
Why understanding the skin barrier can change how you choose, layer, and use skincare products
Happy elderly man surfing on a longboard, embracing an active lifestyle and proving that age is no barrier to adventure
What my two dads taught me about aging well
Two ordinary men showed that strength, mobility, and independence are built through everyday habits, not extraordinary fitness routines
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Akona Matyila
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Marcella Martinelli & Trausti Thor Sverrisson
Marcella Martinelli & Trausti Thor Sverrisson
Lahari Chakraborty
Lahari Chakraborty
Sidrah Hakim
Sidrah Hakim
Virág Dvorácskó
Virág Dvorácskó
Martha R. Bireda
Martha R. Bireda
Barry John Raybould
Barry John Raybould
Linda Etuk
Linda Etuk
Scott Segura
Scott Segura
Patricia Audrey Hakim
Patricia Audrey Hakim
Belén R. Sialer
Belén R. Sialer

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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
Anne Griffiths, Dripping with enthusiasm (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery
The bliss of rain
5 Nov — 19 Dec 2026 at the Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery in Berlin, Germany
George Negroponte, La tempesta (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Anita Rogers Gallery
Everything I know
5 Nov — 19 Dec 2026 at the Anita Rogers Gallery in New York, United States
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
John Doherty, The delivery (detail), 2025-26. Courtesy of Taylor Galleries
John Doherty. Time passes
6 Nov — 5 Dec 2026 at the Taylor Galleries in Dublin, Ireland
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
Chuck Sperry, Titania (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Harman Projects
Archetypes
7 — 28 Nov 2026 at the Harman Projects in New York, United States
Thomas Schmidt, Tapered stack vase, 2025. Courtesy of Pentimenti
A field of small wonders
7 Nov 2026 — 9 Jan 2027 at Pentimenti in Philadelphia, United States
The meeting point where ideas, startups and opportunities converge
The world comes to Web Summit
9 — 12 Nov 2026 at the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal
Heimir Björgúlfsson, The troop (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Contemporary Art Matters
The way of things
10 Nov — 17 Dec 2026 at the Contemporary Art Matters in Columbus, United States
Nuvola Camera, Rodeo (detail), 2026. Courtesy of the artist and Francesca Minini
Radioso futuro
11 Nov — 19 Dec 2026 at the Francesca Minini in Milan, Italy
Wadeei Khaled, A song in the womb of time (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Artbooth Gallery
Nearness
12 Nov — 31 Dec 2026 at the Artbooth Gallery in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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