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Thursday, July 23, 2026
Baldur’s Gate 3 is a 2023 role-playing game developed by Larian Studios and the third entry in the Baldur’s Gate series. The full Windows version launched on August 3, followed later that year by releases on PlayStation 5, macOS, and Xbox Series X/S
Developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts, Dragon Age: The Veilguard (2024) is the fourth major entry in the Dragon Age series and the direct sequel to Dragon Age: Inquisition
Geralt of Rivia, a mutated monster hunter, struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts
Baldur’s Gate 3 is a 2023 role-playing video game developed by Larian Studios and the third installment in the Baldur’s Gate series. It was fully released for Windows on August 3, with PlayStation 5, macOS, and Xbox Series X/S versions launching later that year
Dragon Age: The Veilguard (2024) is an action role-playing game developed by BioWare and published by Electronic Arts, marking the fourth main installment in the Dragon Age series and continuing the story after Dragon Age: Inquisition
Entertainment
The return of the monster boyfriend
Why romance returns to vampires, assassins, and stitched men—and what our desire for danger reveals
As rumors of UFO file releases, the mysterious aliens.gov domain, and cryptic White House responses spark speculation, questions about government disclosure are once again moving into the mainstream.
Culture
Government prepares for alien disclosure?
The aliens.gov mystery and a White House “Stay Tuned”
The implementation of segregation policies during the Jim Crow era limited Black businesses to their own communities, but it did not restrict their growth
Economy & Politics
Black entrepreneurs on the rise
History, barriers, and growth that shape their legacy
A vibrant European city centre with citizens going about their day, representing the meeting point of public policy, work, and social inclusion
Economy & Politics
Can the European social model survive?
How economic reforms, welfare systems and political choices are shaping Europe's future

On the Street

Two colleagues collaborate to brainstorm ideas, using sticky notes to capture each potential solution as they work through the problem-solving process
Wellness
Effective problem-solving: techniques to overcome challenges
Unlocking practical approaches to tackle complex problems and achieve success
"Herdade da Boavista-Alcácer do Sal", architectural model by Pedro Ressano
Architecture & Design
A different look over architecture
Talking with Pedro Ressano Garcia, from Portugal
Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel - Paris Fashion Week Haute Couture F/W 2012/13
Fashion
Becoming You
Vintage Handbags And Karl Lagerfeld Lessons
Anselm Kiefer, Walhalla, 2016, Almost redolent of the chaotic, despairing images of Bosch, Kiefer offers a rather terrifying and apocalyptic view of where one might live. For some of course, this vision is a reality on our world right now. Photo © White Cube/Courtesy the artists 2016
Art
Art, nature, and the post-human condition
The tension between traditional landscape art and the rise of artificial aesthetics
Mental illness
Science & Technology
Who is Mentally Ill and Who Isn’t?
A clinical psychologist explains
Atlas Mountain, a simulation of the Middle Atlas ecosystem in the Rabat Zoo
Travel
The Experience of the Wild Encounter
The zoological garden of Rabat

Architecture & Design

Rotterdam Centraal station is the main railway hub of Rotterdam, serving an average of 100,000 passengers each day. The current station building, located at Stationsplein, was officially inaugurated on 13 March 2014 by Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
Rotterdam: Europe’s city of the future
Architecture, industry, and innovation in the Netherlands’ most modern metropolis
The Grand Theatre of Rabat set within expansive green spaces, reflecting Morocco’s commitment to creativity and sustainability
The vision behind the Grand Theatre of Rabat
How the Grand Theatre of Rabat in Morocco celebrates creativity, national pride, and cultural openness

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 in a hoodie standing on a footbridge in Amsterdam, Netherlands
The distance between us
Observing the unspoken divisions and shared bonds in the Filipino diaspora of the Netherlands
A woman seated in dim candlelight with pen in hand, representing the psychological aftermath of the Spanish flu
Why the Spanish flu barely appears in literature
A look at how illness, death and trauma plagued modernist writers after the Spanish flu

Economy & Politics

Young professional facing anxiety and pressure during a formal job interview in a modern office setting
The post-covid generation and job anxiety
How Gen-Z is struggling with instability, self-doubt, and workplace pressure after the pandemic
A Turkish soldier, with Multinational Battle Group-East, watches as a UH-60 Black Hawk gets ready to land after receiving a 9-line call for a simulated casualty. U.S. and NATO forces have contributed to the United Nations-mandated peacekeeping mission in Kosovo since June 1999
Turkey’s foreign policy journey
From status quo to ambitious posturing

Entertainment

The Batsheva Dance Company (Hebrew: להקת בת שבע) is a renowned dance company based in Tel Aviv, Israel
The relationship between dance and politics
Bodies, boundaries, and belonging in the choreography of power
An insightful compilation to guide passionate film lovers through the best and worst movies of the last few months
Six films to check out
Fascinating stories to explore fluid gender roles, intense romantic secrets, and corporate greed across multiple cultures

Fashion

Woman repairing a pair of jeans using traditional visible mending techniques
The repair economy and fashion's next chapter
How care, craftsmanship, and new regulations are reshaping the future of consumption
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

Feature

Horseshoe crabs resting together against the evening tide, representing inseparable bonds shaped by love
Bounding love
A moving story about relationships, choices, and the hope that it is never too late to return home
A path splitting the forest, giving the traveler the opportunity or the weight of a decision
She is my daughter
Crossing: searching amidst the war

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

New hope for pancreatic cancer: researchers identify CAPG, a promising biomarker that could transform early detection and future treatment strategies
A potential new diagnostic tool in pancreatic cancer
A research group has confirmed that a protein used by pancreatic cancer cells can serve as a diagnostic marker and therapeutic target
An American astronaut working outside the International Space Station, highlighting the exterior structure and the presence of ISS astronauts in orbit
Samantha Harvey’s "Orbital and the Anthropocene sublime"
A study of cosmic distance, human hubris, and the ethical tensions at the heart of Anthropocene consciousness

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 sweeping view of Almora’s ridgelines, where layers of mountains fade softly into the Himalayan horizon
In the lap of the Kumaon Himalayas
A journey through Almora, sacred peaks, and timeless villages in search of yoga, stillness, and spiritual renewal
Statue of Saint Stephen standing in Budapest as a tribute to Hungary’s first king, overlooking the historic skyline and the Danube River, Budapest, Hungary
Between Buda and Pest
Along the Danube, a city divided by water reveals how history survives in silence and reconstruction

Wellness

The silhouette of a woman practicing yoga on a rocky beach at sunrise evokes a sense of peace, balance, and deep relaxation
Five principles for inner stability
The timeless wisdom of the Niyamas in a world driven by speed, comparison, and control
An older man resting one hand on his chest and the other on his abdomen as he breathes deeply, symbolizing awareness of the body's natural rhythm
Discover the hidden power of breath
How simple breathing patterns can influence stress, focus, and emotional balance
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Dorota Okrasińska
Dorota Okrasińska
Cecilia Durán Mena
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Naminapu Maymuru-White, Miljniyway, 2025. Courtesy of Sullivan+Strumpf
Miḻŋthun ŋayi yukurra ŋilimurruŋgala (...)
23 Jul — 22 Aug 2026 at Sullivan+Strumpf in Sydney, Australia
Grant Stevens, Forest view 7, 2026. Courtesy of Sullivan+Strumpf
In morning light
23 Jul — 15 Aug 2026 at Sullivan+Strumpf in Sydney, Australia
Sam Cranstoun, To live in clover (detail), 2026. Courtesy of the artist and Sullivan+Strumpf
Those cold and timid souls
23 Jul — 15 Aug 2026 at Sullivan+Strumpf in Sydney, Australia
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
Mike Saijo, Trees of Redondo beach 2 (detail), 2026. Courtesy of bG Gallery
The great escape
28 Jul — 10 Aug 2026 at the bG Gallery in Santa Monica, United States
Jivan Lee, Quartzite. Morning (detail), 2026. Courtesy of LewAllen Galleries
Multitudes
31 Jul — 12 Sep 2026 at the LewAllen Galleries in Santa Fe, 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
Lance Myers, Breathless and on again (detail). Courtesy of Wally Workman Gallery
As we unmagic the self
1 Aug — 6 Sep 2026 at the Wally Workman Gallery in Austin, United States
Ines Katamso, Hyphaeahpyh 5 (detail), 2026. Courtesy of the artist and Sullivan+Strumpf
The places we carry
6 — 30 Aug 2026 at Sullivan+Strumpf in Sydney, Australia
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
Sharon Booma, The oil of gladness (detail), 2026. Courtesy of LewAllen Galleries
The unsaid thought
7 Aug — 5 Sep 2026 at the LewAllen Galleries in Santa Fe, 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
To be seen
8 Aug — 1 Nov 2026 at the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Lara Merrett, Ripple (detail), 2025. Courtesy of the artist and Sullivan+Strumpf
Stilling
20 Aug — 12 Sep 2026 at Sullivan+Strumpf in Sydney, Australia
Gregory Hodge, Overgrowth (detail), 2026. Courtesy of the artist and Sullivan+Strumpf
Shimmer
27 Aug — 26 Sep 2026 at Sullivan+Strumpf in Sydney, Australia
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
Soul witness
5 Sep 2026 — 4 Jan 2027 at WIELS in Brussels, Belgium
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