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Saturday, October 10, 2026

Located in Budapest, Museum of Ethnography is one of Hungary’s leading museums focused on cultural history and ethnographic collections

Situated in Budapest, Museum of Ethnography preserves and exhibits extensive collections that examine folk traditions, cultural identity, and everyday life

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

Museum of Ethnography stands as one of Hungary’s most important museums, presenting ethnographic artifacts and cultural histories from diverse societies

As one of Hungary’s principal museums, Museum of Ethnography is dedicated to the study and presentation of ethnographic culture and heritage

Architecture & Design

The Museum of Ethnography: building beneath the park

A new vision of museum architecture where landscape and structure become inseparable

A congregation bathed in artificial light gathers in reverence before a towering digital entity, capturing the unsettling fusion of technology, belief, and collective devotion in the age of AI

Science & Technology

Tech-empire: a modern cult of worship

Is Silicon Valley imposing on us a new religion?

The American flag flies outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., the seat of the United States Congress

Economy & Politics

Rebuilding Republican priorities beyond Trump’s agenda

Policy disputes and voter frustration fuel calls for a Republican reset ahead of the midterms

Local vendors welcoming visitors at Borough Market in London, presenting the city's commitment to preserving its culinary traditions

Food & Beverage

Food tourism is shaping the future of travel

How local cuisine helps travelers experience culture, history, and community in meaningful ways

On the Street

Victoria Memorial

West Bengal Tourism

A Land of Legends and Culture

Yayoi Kusama, Infinity Mirror Room, The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away (2013)

Come and have a go if you think you’re art enough

From Beuys to Cattelan, this essay explores why the question “Is it art?” says less about the artwork than about our need for certainty

Anna Garner, Antique silver bracelet from Yemen, 2002

Silver Treasures from the Land of Sheba

Regional Yemeni Jewelry

Human resources

Infinite human resources

Fulfilled lives, shattered lives

Valentini Zucchetti in Ballet Evolved

Between ballet and choreography

Interview with Valentino Zucchetti

Poi Kalon mosque, Bukhara, Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan: a critical country in the ancient silk road

Uzbekistan was a vital hub on the ancient Silk Road, which was one of the world's most significant trade networks

Architecture & Design

Night view of a busy street in Shinjuku, Tokyo, illuminated by vibrant neon signs and crowds of pedestrians, Japan

The semiotics of visual culture

Signs, symbols, branding, and digital media in the construction of modern meaning

Normann Copenhagen design furniture displayed in an exhibition

Tom Dixon and the art of creative salvage

Punk attitude, recycled materials, and improvisation shaping British design in the 1980s

Art

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

Phyllida Barlow, untitled: stackedchairs (detail), 2014, timber, plywood, cement, paint, sand, PVA, varnish, 150 x 640 x 455 cm / 59 x 252 x 179 1/8 inches, © Phyllida Barlow Estate. Courtesy of the Phyllida Barlow Estate and Hauser & Wirth. Photo: Alex Delfanne

Phyllida Barlow and Daisy Parris at Wolterton Hall

Two contrasting contemporary exhibitions explore materiality, emotion, and artistic intervention within a historic Palladian setting

Culture

Khan Younis Vegetable Garden at Full Moon, watercolour, 16 × 12 centimetres, Mark Weighton, 2026

Art, science, and the creative ape

The human imperative to pattern chaos and communicate meaning

Indian moulders at work under the supervision of a colonial official near Qutb Minar, 1856. Courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK

The colonial invention of the Indo-Greek civilisation

James Prinsep, archaeology, and the politics of knowledge in British India

Economy & Politics

A vast cargo ship passing through the Panama Canal, representing the strategic importance of maritime trade and regional waterways

The leviathan advances from the north

A look at Washington's expanding military, economic, and political presence and the regional response to it

Young students learning beside a weathered chalkboard, symbolising both the resilience of learners and the urgent need for better educational infrastructure

Education and the future of the Global South

How education can help close development gaps and reshape the economic and social future of the Global South

Entertainment

Moving reels allow visitors—including parents and children together—to step inside the story and build a lasting narrative archive of authentic family memories

How personalized picture shows become a souvenir

Moving reels transform traditional souvenirs into personalized picture shows

A performer posing with rap-culture attitude, illustrating how cultural borders fade in the current world

What Rema, Nasty C, and amapiano show about cultural mixing

Why global culture makes it harder to tell who’s copying whom

Fashion

Ali Haider is an Emirati designer whose Dubai-based streetwear label, TRAPWRLD, explores the relationship between cultural heritage and contemporary identity

TRAPWRLD and the shape of Emirati identity

Dubai streetwear brings heritage into a global visual language

Ami Paris Spring/Summer 2026 collection presented by Alexandre Mattiussi at Paris Fashion Week

AMI Paris and the power of quiet luxury

How Alexandre Mattiussi built a global fashion brand through authenticity, wearability, and human connection

Feature

A trail by Still Creek at Renfrew Ravine Park, representing the resilience of nature within an urban landscape

Still Creek when it rains

Renfrew Ravine, bastion of urban solace

A herd of horses moving together across an open landscape, representing the long journeys through which cultures, people, and traditions take root

What an argument about horses taught me

A piece about perspective, cultural memory, and why we often argue from different truths

Food & Beverage

Street vendor preparing and serving masala chai in Jaipur, India

India and the art of the tea break

Why chai matters far beyond the cup itself

A Pakistani family gathers around the table to enjoy dinner together

The distance between two kitchens

Food, memory, and belonging between Pakistan and Türkiye

Science & Technology

A solitary moment of reflection above the city, where stillness and self awareness rise above the noise of a fast moving world

Emotional clarity in the age of automation

Why understanding ourselves may become the most valuable human skill in a machine driven world

The James Webb Space Telescope, designed to explore the universe through infrared astronomy

Can we ever find life elsewhere?

Exploring the scientific search for life beyond Earth and habitable worlds

Sport

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

Driven by this unique talent, he maintained decades of world-class performance while remaining an extraordinarily humble legend. Illustration by Paola Bilancieri

Lionel Messi and the dog who played football

Overcoming a childhood growth deficiency and isolation in Barcelona, Messi rose through sheer resilience and an innate, childlike focus on the ball

Travel

Traditional Chinese fishing nets against the evening sky in Kochi, Kerala, representing the city’s centuries-old connection to maritime trade and fishing

How Kerala changed my understanding of India

A personal journey through Kerala's traditions, spirituality, hospitality, nature, and remarkable cultural diversity

A bird's eye view of the Milos Island in the Aegean sea, symbolizing the transformation of Milos into an increasingly sophisticated island escape

Why Milos may be Greece’s next luxury island

The volcanic island is drawing a new generation of travelers while preserving the character that made it special

Wellness

A husband and wife lie back-to-back in bed, each absorbed in scrolling through their phone

The invisible exhaustion of modern life

Why are people always tired and unable to truly rest?

A man and woman facing away, the broken heart highlighting how fear of judgment complicates modern relationships

Have we become averse to romance?

How love seems fake in a world of detachment

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Solange Pessoa, Metaflor-Metaflora (detail), 2005-2012. Courtesy of Centro Botín

Solange Pessoa: of day or night

10 Oct 2026 — 28 Mar 2027 at the Centro Botín in Santander, Spain

Marcel Duchamp, The chess game (detail), 1910. Courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Marcel Duchamp's exhibition

10 Oct 2026 — 31 Jan 2027 at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, United States

Harley-Davidson, The spirit of freedom. Courtesy of Erarta Museum

Harley-Davidson. The spirit of freedom

10 Oct 2026 — 24 Jan 2027 at the Erarta Museum in St Petersburg, Russia

Sarah Ferguson, Emerald fog (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Wally Workman Gallery

10 Oct — 1 Nov 2026 at the Wally Workman Gallery in Austin, United States

Rammy Narula, For my grandmother. Courtesy of Kathmandu Photo Gallery

For my grandmother

10 Oct — 28 Nov 2026 at the Kathmandu Photo Gallery in Bangkok, Thailand

Joseph Inguimberty, The hammock, c. 1938. Courtesy of de Sarthe Gallery

Echoes of Tonkin: Vietnamese modern art

10 Oct — 21 Nov 2026 at de Sarthe Gallery in Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Mitchell F. Chan, Daddy's home. Courtesy of de Sarthe Gallery

Worker’s playtime

10 Oct — 21 Nov 2026 at de Sarthe Gallery in Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Cara Barer, Chromatic notes (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Catherine Couturier Gallery

Cara Barer: camera work

10 Oct — 28 Nov 2026 at the Catherine Couturier Gallery in Houston, United States

Ben Ashton, Portrait of a lady (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Dorothy Circus Gallery

May we live in impossible times

10 Oct — 21 Nov 2026 at the Dorothy Circus Gallery in London, United Kingdom

Marta Mattioli, Seven of cups, exhibition view. Courtesy of the artist and Nicodim

10 Oct — 19 Dec 2026 at the Nicodim Gallery in Bucharest, Romania

Christian Boltanski, Menschlich (detail), 1994. Courtesy of Bundeskunsthalle

11 Oct 2026 — 2 May 2027 at the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn, Germany

Rosalind Nashashibi, Not yet titled (detail), 2026. Courtesy of GRIMM

13 Oct — 21 Nov 2026 at GRIMM in London, United Kingdom

Onihira Keiji, Box with design in Maki-e “Travel to the moon", 2023. Courtesy of Onishi Gallery

15 Oct — 22 Dec 2026 at the Onishi Gallery in New York, United States

Nick Doyle, Quick fix, 2026. Courtesy of Pace Prints Gallery

Lonely but free I’ll be found

15 Oct — 14 Nov 2026 at the Pace Prints Gallery in New York, United States

Teresa Murta, Side sitting the ego at the adults table (detail), 2026. Courtesy of the artist and Nicodim

Teresa Murta: a taste of doubt

15 Oct — 25 Nov 2026 at the Nicodim Gallery in New York, United States

Marcin Dudek, exhibition view of Nest at Harlan Levey Projects, Brussels, 2026. Courtesy of the artist and Harlan Levey Projects. Photo by Shivadas de Schrijver

16 Oct — 18 Dec 2026 at the Edel Assanti in London, United Kingdom

Sin Sin Man, Interplay I. Courtesy of Sin Sin Fine Art

Sin Sin Man. Solar return

16 Oct 2026 — 16 Jan 2027 at the Sin Sin Fine Art in Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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