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Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Using cell phones while wearing traditional Chinese clothes, the women proudly merge China's cultural heritage with modern times

Mao Zedong was deeply influenced by Lenin, seeing him as a key theorist who adapted Marx for practical revolution, a model Mao followed

Night view of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, where a large portrait of Mao Zedong hangs above its central arch

China became the center of the global economy and has fast transformed into one of the most powerful economies in the world

When the Cultural Revolution ended in 1976, the useless propaganda was taken down and stored in dusty rooms

Ramparts Magazine’s take on China

Ramparts’ depiction of China originally evoked promise for Leftist movements around the globe

Developed by NeoBards Entertainment and published by Konami Digital Entertainment, Silent Hill f is a 2025 survival horror game that functions as a standalone spinoff within the broader Silent Hill franchise

Silent Hill F and the search for identity

How a new entry transforms the franchise through psychology, symbolism, and a girl’s struggle for autonomy

A fragile world stands between destruction and hope—war and peace divided by the guiding light of knowledge, philosophy, and human responsibility

Economy & Politics

Between war and wisdom

How philosophy, public health, and civic responsibility can help humanity confront its greatest existential threats

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

On the Street

Man who has maximised his gym gains

The road to maximum gym gains

Habits that help increase your gains

The Great Light

The Great Light

The Angels and the Souls around us

Ha Chong-Hyun at Tina Kim Gallery. Installation Individuals

Ha Chong-Hyun at Tina Kim Gallery, Chelsea, Manhattan

The Italian style in New York City

Los Angeles’ Watts Towers

Architecture & Design

Do Something Big

Los Angeles’ Watts Towers

Ibn Battuta (1304-1368) Born in Tangiers, Morocco, Ibn Battuta spent almost three decades (1525-54), covering 75,000 miles in his travels

Ibn Battuta: tales of a global traveler

The legendary traveler who bridged continents and cultures in his quest for knowledge

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

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

Gottfried Eisenberger (pictured right), World Art Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Gottfried Eisenberger on World Art Dubai’s next phase

The fair’s curator reflects on scale, strategy, and the growing global reach of emerging artists

Culture

A statue of a young woman absorbed in her smartphone with headphones on, representing the quiet isolation created by constant digital immersion

The lost art of conversation

Why endless messaging and social media may be weakening the deeper bonds built through conversation

Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy watching military manoeuvres in 1938

The legal construction of racism in fascist Italy

Antisemitism, racial doctrine, and the marginalization of Italian Jews

Economy & Politics

A person peering through a hole with a look of fear and uncertainty

The sky-blue fear: walking the streets without fear

Facing racism with mindfulness

The famous Straw Hat Jolly Roger emblem, signifying the new global vocabulary of protest shaped by pop culture

When a pirate flag becomes a protest symbol

How the One Piece Jolly Roger moved from anime into global anti-corruption movements led by disillusioned youth

Entertainment

Epok Magazine Special Issue #44: Immortel ad vitam, a film by Enki Bilal (March 1, 2004)

The visual metamorphosis of Enki Bilal’s dystopian worlds

An analysis of medium transition and posthuman imagery in Immortel (ad vitam)

The festival's slogan can be read in the background: "El renacer del esplendor", "The rebirth of splendor"

A look into the 40th Mar del Plata Movie Festival

Watching Milei’s cultural battle unfold on the shores of Argentina

Fashion

The Meeting of David and Abigail, c. 1630, by Sir Peter Paul Rubens

The philosophy of fashion

Clothing as a reflection of identity, culture, and consciousness

Trendy and confident: a stylish woman in sunglasses reflects themes of feminist art and queer identity

The rise of the female gaze on TikTok

How the female gaze is reshaping visibility, identity, and power online

Feature

A heartbroken man, looking through the window on a rainy day, waiting for his lover to come back home

We don't always get what we want

A storm-swept gothic landscape where love, memory, and haunting obsession intertwine—two figures locked in a destructive bond while ghostly echoes of the past linger across the windswept moors

A monstrous young God

A haunted meditation on love, ruin, and the storms of the moors

Food & Wine

Health and wellness supplements arranged on display shelves

From kitchen to pharmacy

How Italian consumers are blurring the lines between food and medicine

Glasses set on a banquet table alongside carefully curated pairings

The art of winter soup & wine harmony

Discover rich seasonal soups and the perfect wines to bring out their deepest flavors

Science & Technology

A large-scale desalination plant efficiently processes seawater, converting it into fresh water for various uses, with the returned brine visibly re-entering the ocean

Desalination and the future of water

Across islands, deserts, and cities, desalination is rewriting humanity’s relationship with water—one drop at a time

After the spectacle fades, what remains is not intelligence—but expectation confronting its limit

The great AI reality check

How GPT-5 ended a decade of exponential faith and forced a reckoning with reality

Sport

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

An Adidas soccer ball resting on the grass pitch, ready for the game

From Sialkot to stadiums: the hidden price of football

The impact of football production on workers in Sialkot, Pakistan

Travel

Stunning sunset over the Malacca Straits Mosque in Malaysia

Wandering through Malaysia’s many worlds

A journey through Kuala Lumpur, Penang, and Melaka blending modern life with timeless charm

Prambanan in Central Java, Indonesia, was not a visible standing temple complex and its reconstruction required decades of archaeological excavation and the sorting out of millions of fallen blocks

Prambanan Temple: a monument to earthly power

How the sacred shaped political power in ancient Java

Wellness

Healthy living illustrated by a man performing yoga to relax and stay fit

The foundations of health and happiness

Simple practices for stronger bodies, calmer minds, and more resilient lives

Man standing alone on the beach, looking at his reflection

The cult of self-improvement

Inside the modern race for skills, validation, and perpetual productivity

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Rose Morrison

Linda Etuk

Setareh Tavakkoli

Setareh Tavakkoli

Khashayar Hamedi

Khashayar Hamedi

Adkhamjon Janobiddinov

Adkhamjon Janobiddinov

I Wu

Boaventura De Sousa Santos

Boaventura De Sousa Santos

Neil Powell

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George Widener, Untitled (Red Xs) (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Hirschl & Adler

The heart of war: George Widener’s Ukraine

19 Mar — 24 Apr 2026 at the Hirschl & Adler Galleries in New York, United States

Monika Michalko, Notes from Lagunilla. Courtesy of Marc Straus Gallery

Notes from Lagunilla

19 Mar — 26 Apr 2026 at the Marc Straus Gallery in New York, United States

Intro. Courtesy of Marc Straus Gallery

19 Mar — 26 Apr 2026 at the Marc Straus Gallery in New York, United States

Yue Min Jun, Everywhere (detail), 2002. Courtesy of Opera Gallery

The quiet continuum

19 Mar — 11 Apr 2026 at the Opera Gallery in New York, United States

Donald Sultan, White mimosa with three anomalies March 10 2025 (detail), 2025. Courtesy of McClain Gallery

Donald Sultan: new mimosa paintings

19 Mar — 25 Apr 2026 at the McClain Gallery in Houston, United States

Eugenia Apostolou, Τransience (10A) (detail), 2024-2026. Courtesy of Kalfayan Galleries

19 Mar — 25 Apr 2026 at the Kalfayan Gallery in Athens, Greece

Miguel Mesa Posada, Potosí. Courtesy of Casas Riegner Gallery. Photo by Carlos Tobón

19 Mar — 21 May 2026 at the Casas Riegner Gallery in Bogotá, Colombia

Paul Klee, Around the fish (Umden fisch) (detail), 1926. Courtesy of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund, 271. 1939. © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Paul Klee: other possible worlds

20 Mar — 26 Jul 2026 at The Jewish Museum in New York, United States

Andy Denzler, Inner space 5 (detail), 2026. Courtesy of Opera Gallery

20 Mar — 15 Apr 2026 at the Opera Gallery in Paris, France

Jay Khan, Foggy Victoria Harbour (detail). Courtesy of Sin Sin Fine Art

Pouring shadow. Contrast and balance

20 Mar — 20 May 2026 at the Sin Sin Fine Art in Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Kurt Schwitters, Picture Lyonel / Like a landscape by Feininger (detail), 1933. Courtesy of Zentrum Paul Klee

Schwitters: on the fringes of the avant-garde

20 Mar — 21 Jun 2026 at the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern, Switzerland

Robert Zandvliet, Cinema (detail), 2012. Courtesy of Museum Franz Gertsch

The painting is a door

21 Mar — 30 Aug 2026 at the Museum Franz Gertsch in Burgdorf, Switzerland

Franz Gertsch, Liebespaar (nach courbet) I (detail), 1967. Courtesy of Museum Franz Gertsch

Iron bed and trumpet, family and couples

21 Mar — 30 Aug 2026 at the Museum Franz Gertsch in Burgdorf, Switzerland

Leanne Picthall, You’ve become my joy, you understand? (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Museum Franz Gertsch

Meaning so well

21 Mar — 7 Jun 2026 at the Museum Franz Gertsch in Burgdorf, Switzerland

Tom Everhart, Super bad (detail). Courtesy of Off the Wall Gallery

Tom Everhart's exhibition

24 Mar — 24 Apr 2026 at the Off the Wall Gallery in Houston, United States

Nicolás de Correa, Les noces de cana (detail), 1696. Courtesy of Musée Jacquemart-André

Baroque splendors. From El Greco to Velázquez

26 Mar — 2 Aug 2026 at the Musée Jacquemart-André in Paris, France

Joseph DiGiorgio, Untitled #84-7 (triptych) (detail), 1984. Courtesy of LewAllen Galleries

New American lyrical landscapes

27 Mar — 9 May 2026 at the LewAllen Galleries in Santa Fe, United States

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