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Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Nikola Tesla: Master of Lightning, depicted in an AI-generated image

Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American engineer, futurist, and inventor, best known for his contributions to the development of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity system. Born and raised in the Austrian Empire, he studied engineering and physics in the 1870s, although he did not complete a formal degree

Four great minds from different civilizations walk the same sacred path, symbolizing the timeless dialogue between philosophy, science, culture, and human understanding

Nikola Tesla: The Master of Lightning, portrayed in an AI-generated image

Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, engineer, and visionary thinker, widely recognised for shaping the modern alternating current (AC) electricity system. Born in the Austrian Empire, he pursued studies in engineering and physics during the 1870s but left before earning a degree

A voice for Nikola Tesla

The case for global recognition and the enduring relevance of his vision

Victorian-era Christmas in Germany, depicting an act of charity as presents are given to peasant children inside a castle, vintage illustration, 1880s, 19th century

Economy & Politics

The end of the ruling development paradigm

From growth and aid orthodoxy to equity-driven sustainable development

A group of activists marches through the streets carrying banners and signs demanding climate justice during a public demonstration in Maastricht, LI, Netherlands

Economy & Politics

Youth in an age of crisis and change

The emerging generation’s struggle for sustainability, justice, innovation, and global transformation

The team from the film La Virgen de la Tosquera in the main hall of the Gaumont cinema, before its premiere at the BAFICI festival, 26th edition

What happened to independent cinema in Buenos Aires?

A look at BAFICI’s political history, cultural influence, and the growing contradictions within its programming

On the Street

Sperm Whale © Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne

Science & Technology

Great Whale Gatherings

Part 3: The Sperm Whale, the only Great Whale of the Toothed Whales

Barcelona, Spain, the interior of Casa Batlló featuring a decorative ceiling and large windows, showcasing Antoni Gaudí’s distinctive design style

Architecture & Design

Rediscovering the elegance of Art Nouveau

How turn-of-the-century designers transformed everyday furniture into living expressions of beauty and craftsmanship

Sir Andrew Barron Murray and Serena Jameka Williams, Wimbledon 2019

How can we reduce the gender pay gap in sports?

Addressing gender pay inequity in sports

A client relaxes on a cosmetology table in a salon, wearing a white facial mask while enjoying the rejuvenating effects of red light therapy

Red light therapy: boosting cellular health and healing

The proven benefits of red and near-infrared light for anti-aging, pain relief, and skin health

Hindu Priest from Varanasi

The Spiritual Capital of India

Wild foods

The Importance of Wild Foods Now

One of the many ways by which people across the country are confronting the current economic downturn

Architecture & Design

A modern home designed around light, openness and greenery, representing the balance between comfort and nature

The fifth room: designing indoor-outdoor flow

How thresholds, courtyards and outdoor rooms help homes feel larger, calmer and more connected to nature

Maggie’s Centre, Oxford, designed by WilkinsonEyre, UK

Maggie’s Centres and the architecture of care

How interior design, healing environments, and evidence-based research reshape cancer support spaces

Art

Installation view of ID.exe / the human patch, featuring the artwork Habitat no. 6 (2025, Diasec print, 140 × 80 cm, Ed. 3+1, solo exhibition by Ecem Dilan Köse, Art On Istanbul, 2025. Photo © Kayhan Kaygusuz, courtesy of the artist and Art On Istanbul

Ecem Dilan Köse: architectures of emergence

Digital environments, artificial life, and the ethics of perception

The Trustees in the Temporary Elgin Room, 1819, by Archibald Archer, depicts the Elgin Marbles at the British Museum surrounded by museum staff, a trustee, and visitors

Repatriation and the politics of cultural belonging

Colonial legacies, cultural justice, and the future of global heritage

Culture

Gary Krupp in the uniform of his papal order addresses H.H. Pope John Paul II and the private Jewish Audience January 18, 2005

Gary Krupp and the path to interfaith understanding

Historic encounters, papal honours, and efforts to build trust between Jews and Catholics

Wat Chaiya Mangkalaram Temple in Penang, Malaysia

The Kinnaras and Kimpuruṣas in ancient Indian cosmology

Hybrid beings of myth who bridge the human and divine through music, devotion, and transformation

Economy & Politics

Restricted harbour access near a tanker ship, reflecting the increasing fragmentation of global trade systems

How tariffs, sanctions and tech controls reshape power

Inside the shifting balance between economic cooperation, competition, and national security

The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf offloads more than 25 tons of seized cocaine in San Diego on November 19, 2015. The narcotics were confiscated during 26 separate interdictions carried out by the U.S. Coast Guard in coordination with international partners in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, US

The war on drugs as hybrid warfare

Militarization, securitization, and the political economy of drug control in Latin America

Entertainment

A Poké Ball resting among scattered vintage trading cards, representing the transformation of childhood hobbies into valuable collectibles

Pokémon cards: from trading cards to treasured investments

A look into the nostalgia, scarcity, and market forces driving Pokémon cards into modern investment culture

In 1984 East Germany, a secret police agent surveils a writer and his lover, but gradually becomes increasingly drawn into their lives

The lives of others: when surveillance meets conscience

A philosophical reading of invisibility, Kantian ethics, and Wiesler’s moral awakening

Fashion

Peter Copping unveiled Lanvin’s Spring/Summer 2026 collection at Paris Fashion Week, where nuanced shades of blue anchored a refined wardrobe of bold shoulders, sculptural scarves, and fluid skirts

Peter Copping: the beat beneath the silhouette

Rhythm as narrative structure in the designer's Spring/Summer 2026 collection

Traditional loom weaving by a skilled artisan

India’s timeless sarees

A personal journey through India’s most timeless heritage weaves

Feature

A surreal landscape reflecting themes of time, fragmentation, memory, and emotional transformation inspired by contemporary existential poetry

The night leaking with needle stars

Poems on beauty, silence, and existential unrest

There is a part of me that wants him to walk into my place of work and wonder why I don’t know him anymore

A short story of confronting love lost through film

Cinema for the broken-hearted: "Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind"

Food & Wine

A contemporary Italian lifestyle where everyday food choices support calm, balance, and mental well-being

The stress-eating paradox

Why Italians want food that calms rather than comforts

Sliced eggs served on savory cakes as part of a healthy meal

Clean eating for a healthier life

How choosing whole, natural foods over processed products can improve energy, digestion, and long-term well-being

Science & Technology

A late-night conversation with an AI therapist highlights the growing tension between digital convenience and the human realities of mental health care

The dangerous illusion of AI therapy

As chatbots scale mental health support, evidence reveals a gap between fluency and real care

A financial analyst studying real-time market intelligence, representing the growing role of AI-driven decision-making in fintech

Next-gen fintech operations and risk management

How resilience, compliance, and real-time risk control will determine who can scale in 2026

Sport

A child processing a painful loss in the back seat, representing the moments when parental support matters most

The car ride home after the game

Why the next ten minutes can shape your child's relationship with sport and with you for years to come

“A faceless teenage football player standing on the field

The forgotten wonderkids of Football

The bittersweet stories of football’s lost prodigies

Travel

A nighttime view of Singapore’s tall buildings and urban landscape

Wandering Singapore alone

Food, culture, adventure, and affordability in the Garden City

A woman photographs a building in Paris, Île-de-France, France

Paris through a visitor’s eyes

How the city of light reveals its culture, artistry, and everyday elegance beyond the iconic landmarks

Wellness

Isolation as a shared condition of modern life, across generations

The quiet epidemic of loneliness

Modern life, isolation, and the hidden cost of staying alone

Man expressing exhaustion to therapist

Compassion fatigue

Caring for the caregiver

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Keith Macgregor, Nathan rd at night (detail), Hong Kong 1999. Courtesy of Blue Lotus Gallery

18 Jun — 30 Sep 2026 at the Blue Lotus Gallery in Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Viraj Khanna and Brian Robertson, Made to appear, exhibition view. Courtesy of GR gallery

18 Jun — 1 Aug 2026 at the GR Gallery in New York, United States

Jacob Gils, Paris #5 (detail). Courtesy of In The Gallery

Jacob Gils' exhibition

18 Jun — 8 Aug 2026 at the In The Gallery in Copenhagen, Denmark

From the exhibition Inferno & paradiso. Courtesy of Photo Elysée ©Hannah Reyes Morales

Inferno & paradiso

26 Jun — 1 Nov 2026 at the Photo Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland

Hannah Darabi, How to marry a millionaire, "Mahvashs book of pleasure" (detail), 2024. Courtesy of Photo Elysée © Hannah Darabi

Why don’t you dance?

26 Jun — 1 Nov 2026 at the Photo Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland

John Little, Untitled (detail), 1959. Courtesy of LewAllen Galleries

Color says it all

26 Jun — 25 Jul 2026 at the LewAllen Galleries in Santa Fe, United States

Rekha Rodwittiya, Home is wherever you are (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Sakshi Gallery

Unfolding narratives (...)

30 Jun — 8 Jul 2026 at the Mall Galleries in London, United Kingdom

Joan Miró, Gaudí XIII, (detail) 1979. Courtesy of Casa Batlló
Contemporary. Fundació Joan
Miró, Barcelona © Successió Miró, 2026

Gaudí-Miró-Gomis: deconstructed

8 Jul 2026 — 10 Jan 2027 at the Casa Batlló Contemporary in Barcelona, Spain

Keerthana Kunnath, Not what you saw. Courtesy of Foam

Not what you saw

18 Sep — 27 Nov 2026 at the Foam in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Franz Gertsch, Patti Smith I (detail), 1978. Courtesy of Museum Franz Gertsch

Franz Gertsch. Blow-up (Part II)

19 Sep 2026 — 28 Feb 2027 at the Museum Franz Gertsch in Burgdorf, Switzerland

World Art Dubai, 2025 edition view. Courtesy of World Art Dubai

World Art Dubai 2026 heads to Expo City Dubai

19 — 22 Nov 2026 at the World Art Dubai in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Aesthetics of Change. Courtesy of MAK

Aesthetics of Change

15 Dec 2107 — 15 Apr 2018 at the MAK in Vienna, Austria

Swan Scalabre, Ambition n°24 (detail). Courtesy of JoAnne Artman Gallery

Here comes the sun

15 Jun — 31 Aug 2026 at the JoAnne Artman Gallery in Laguna Beach, United States

Alan Govenar, Kamala Lakshmi Narayanan (detail). Courtesy of Cris Worley Fine Arts

The eyes and ears of the people

13 Jun — 25 Jul 2026 at the Cris Worley Fine Arts in Dallas, United States

Richard Parker, Pastel sticks #178, 2018. Courtesy of Billis/Williams Gallery

Featuring: Richard Parker

13 Jun — 11 Jul 2026 at the Billis Williams Gallery in Los Angeles, United States

Raymond Logan, Golden Gopher at night (detail), 2024. Courtesy of Billis/Williams Gallery

13 Jun — 11 Jul 2026 at the Billis Williams Gallery in Los Angeles, United States

Lisa Golightly, Pastime (detail), 2023. Courtesy of Billis/Williams Gallery

Becoming the sea

13 Jun — 11 Jul 2026 at the Billis Williams Gallery in Los Angeles, United States

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