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Wednesday, January 7, 2026

The Anglo-Boer War began in 1899 when British forces clashed with the Boer republics in South Africa

The Napoleonic Wars were a series of major conflicts from 1803 to 1815, led by Napoleon Bonaparte against various European coalitions

A Black woman walks solemnly past a "Whites Only" sign in apartheid-era South Africa, a stark reminder of the daily realities of racial segregation and systemic oppression

A May 1862 photo taken by James Gibson of a group of Union officers’ servants contains several peculiar details: one man drinks from a bottle, another seems to be reading a small book, a third clutches the handle of a kettle for unknown reasons, and in the background, one man has climbed onto a tree branch to pose for the camera

Napoleon’s campaigns during the Napoleonic Wars transformed Europe and left a lasting impact on military history

The historical origins of Apartheid

In the beginning, man feared everything except for each other; now we fear nothing apart from each other

An abandoned church in ruins, representing the collapse of community life amid rising religious tensions

Tradition, Christianity, and Africa’s rising religious wars

Faith at crossroad: Africa’s search for peace between creed and culture

Man holding a banner reading “Every Day Is Future” during a protest

Economy & Politics

When words are not just words

Why the crisis depends on the definition

A woman using a wheelchair working in a brewery alongside her colleagues, reflecting disability inclusion in the workplace

Economy & Politics

Law, inclusion, and the architecture of accessibility

Accessibility as behavior, design, and governance intelligence

On the Street

A shared happiness is possible

Seeking inner dominion

A shared happiness is possible

View from Power Road: Ash Street and company houses. 1984. Credit: © David T. Hanson, from Colstrip, Montana (Taverner Press, 2010)

The Cloud of Unknowing

The destruction of the contemporary American landscape

The Horse of Boadicea statue in front of the Big Ben

Weekend in the English capital

West End shows, museums, galleries and dining

A group of people walking on the pavement, each absorbed in their phones, illustrating the addictive nature of social media

Social media's impact on mental health

The link between social media, depression, and loneliness—and how to foster healthier habits

One of Mediterranean food pillars is olive oil

Story of Iberian ambrosia

Liverpool, Arsenal, and Manchester City supporters rally behind their clubs, capturing the fierce rivalry and anticipation ahead of the 2025/26 Premier League title race

The big three and the battle ahead

Liverpool, Arsenal, and Manchester City set the stage for a fierce Premier League title race in 2025/26

Architecture & Design

A male architecture student sitting at a table in the library, focused on his studies

Pheno-pragmatic learning in architecture

A flexible framework for bridging experiential learning and cognitive understanding

The Port of Antwerp is the port of the city of Antwerp, Belgium

The art and impact of architectural photography

Capturing space, light, and story

Art

On December 5, 2025, the Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte presents the exhibition
Bertozzi & Casoni. Metamorphosis, curated by Eike Schmidt and Diego Galizzi, Italy

Bertozzi & Casoni’s Metamorphosis

Ceramic excess, historical contamination, and the unstable life of matter at Capodimonte

The Venus of Monruz (also Venus of Neuchâtel, Venus of Neuchâtel-Monruz) is a Venus figurine of the late Upper Paleolithic, or the beginning Epipaleolithic, dating to the end of the Magdalenian, some 11,000 years ago

The artist behind the Venus

Two Venuses figurines from prehistoric Europe may reveal the birth of artistic identity and recognition

Culture

A reimagined horizontal composition of Norman Rockwell’s Freedom of Speech — the first of his Four Freedoms series, inspired by Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1941 State of the Union address. The painting honors the dignity of the individual voice in democracy, portraying an ordinary citizen standing courageously to speak among his peers — a timeless embodiment of civic freedom and moral conviction

Ayn Rand and the ‘moral nation’

What can we learn from her philosophy?

A limestone head of Assyrian King Sargon II, illegally smuggled from Iraq to the United States, recovered in 2015

The OSINT-based NABU project

Investigating the online trade in Iraqi antiquities using computational methods

Economy & Politics

A symbolic artwork of resistance: a bruised woman pulls tape from her mouth as faceless crowds protest behind her, while a soldier looms in the shadows, reflecting oppression and the struggle to speak out

The weaponization of fear and media

How propaganda, disinformation, and cultural conditioning normalize violence and dehumanization in modern society

Friedrich Merz campaign poster vandalized in Rot an der Rot, Germany — 2025

Reinvigorating a neglected foreign policy

Friedrich Merz' election, the prospect of a renewed support for Ukraine

Entertainment

Ganta Igarashi, the protagonist of Deadman Wonderland, has a "Branch of Sin" called the Ganta Gun that enables him to use his own blood as a weapon

Body horror renaissance: the rise of dark Shōnen Manga

How horror reshaped anime and manga for a grown-up audience in the 2020s

Vince Gilligan returns with a series of quiet detonations, where moral gravity, visual precision, and character choice reshape the scope of modern television

Top 5 new shows of 2025: the start of a new golden age?

Sharp, confident, and unified in diverse ambitions—the debuts that are pushing the medium forward

Fashion

Isabel Marant clothing shop at Pacific Place shopping mall, Admiralty, Hong Kong, November 2022

Isabel Marant FW25/26: Parisian cool reimagined

Kim Bekker sharpens the house’s legacy with structured tailoring, tactile storytelling, and a global vision of modern femininity

Snow goggles, dating from circa 800–1200, carved from walrus ivory and measuring 1 1/8 × 5 inches (2.9 × 12.7 cm), are part of the American Wing collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA

The evolution of sunglasses

From ancient eye shields to fashion icons

Feature

A close-up of a newly married couple’s clasped hands, representing the fragile beginning of a lifelong partnership

Love in a fortress

What hornbills can teach us about devotion, sacrifice, and showing up

A silhouette suspended between memory and momentum: Aldonza in the space where two worlds meet

Ahmed's painting

The art of waiting for the giant

Food & Wine

A refreshing smoothie served in a mason jar with a straw

Mini science in the kitchen

Fun cooking experiments that teach kids science, creativity, and nutrition

A man holding a freshly caught red-spotted trout in his hands

The Black Sea trout in a posthuman age

On the decline of Salmo rizeensis in Rize’s rivers and the ethical questions of human intervention

Science & Technology

Between the moment fate becomes inevitable and the moment it becomes visible lies the temporal corridor: from PQI to POQ

Between intention and fact: the quantum cat paradox

The temporal geometry of a process: where reality stops being possible and becomes objective

A man reflects on his digital presence, surrounded by invisible data—capturing the quiet tension between connectivity, identity, and dignity in the digital age

Digital dignity in the age of algorithms

Safeguarding autonomy, equity, and human rights in the digital era

Sport

Every journey reshapes the mind: how movement, novelty, and awe rewire the brain

The traveler's brain

How modern neuroscience validates what ancient wanderers always knew: travel rewires your mind for greater wisdom, creativity, and connection

A large mural depicting a man wearing a helmet on the side of a building at Largo Maradona; Murales Maradona in Naples, Italy

"Fever Pitch": a life measured in matches

On football, fandom and life through the lenses of the beautiful game

Travel

Asian Elephant in Kumana National Park (c) Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne

Birdwatching on the East Coast of Sri Lanka

Lahugala and Kumana National Parks

Golden sands and warm waters along Sri Lanka’s Indian Ocean coast, where surf culture meets tropical calm

Sri Lanka: the teardrop of India

Beaches, ancient sites, and rich culture in a developing nation

Wellness

A woman sitting on her bed with a cloud in place of her head, representing the mental fog created by constant overthinking

The psychology of overthinking

Why we do it and how to break the cycle

A woman sitting on the floor with balloons, celebrating her 30th birthday

Hitting reset at 30

Why starting over can be the most courageous choice you make

Explore the Calendar

Worldwide Stockholm Curitiba Sydney Sofia Pittsburgh Oshkosh Sao Paulo Copenhagen Seoul San Francisco Málaga Graz Krakow New York Bloomington Amsterdam Ljubljana Barcelona Mexico City Philadelphia Lisbon Montreal

LA Art Show, past edition, event view. Courtesy of LA Art Show

LA Art Show kicks off art season on January

7 — 11 Jan 2026 at LA Art Show in Los Angeles, United States

Daniel Ketelhut, Master of dreams, 2025. Courtesy of bG Gallery

A tale of two cities

7 Jan — 7 Feb 2026 at the bG Gallery in Santa Monica, United States

Lucknow from the Gomti (detail), 1821 and 1826. Courtesy of Yale Center for British Art

Painters, ports, and profits (...)

8 Jan — 21 Jun 2026 at the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven, United States

Kim In Ok, The road to Hanggeum-ri (detail), 2023. Courtesy of Kate Oh Gallery

Kim In Ok's exhibition

8 — 18 Jan 2026 at the Kate Oh Gallery in New York, United States

Alok Bal, The egg, 2020. Courtesy of Sakshi Gallery

The fourth wall

8 Jan — 18 Feb 2026 at the Sakshi Gallery in Mumbai, India

Eleanor Rahim, Breathe (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Andra Norris Art Gallery

8 Jan — 13 Feb 2026 at the Andra Norris Gallery in Burlingame, United States

William Perehudoff, AC-84-067 (detail), 1984. Courtesy of Berry Campbell Gallery

William Perehudoff: boundless color

8 Jan — 7 Feb 2026 at the Berry Campbell in New York, United States

Gloria Klein, Crisis management (detail), 1990. Courtesy of Anat Ebgi

Crisis management

9 Jan — 28 Feb 2026 at Anat Ebgi in New York, United States

Tyler Macko, Maya, 2025. Courtesy of Andrew Edlin Gallery

Tyler Macko: beneath bear mountain

9 Jan — 28 Feb 2026 at the Andrew Edlin Gallery in New York, United States

Frank Walter, Untitled (Birds in formation with clouds) (detail), n.d. Courtesy of Andrew Edlin Gallery

Frank Walter: works from the Cowles-Hoard collection

9 Jan — 28 Feb 2026 at the Andrew Edlin Gallery in New York, United States

David Kroll, Seascape egret and vase (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Lisa Sette Gallery

NI: Natural intelligence

10 Jan — 28 Feb 2026 at Lisa Sette Gallery in Phoenix, United States

Junna Maruyama, Shape of soul (detail). Courtesy of Corey Helford Gallery

10 Jan — 14 Feb 2026 at the Corey Helford Gallery in Los Angeles, United States

Malcolm Bucknall, We were just playing make believe (detail), 2023. Courtesy of Wally Workman Gallery

My make believe

10 Jan — 14 Feb 2026 at the Wally Workman Gallery in Austin, United States

Dave Walsh, In the trees (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Bookstein Projects

Dave Walsh: viewshed

15 Jan — 27 Feb 2026 at the Bookstein Projects in New York, United States

Ron Milewicz, Broken (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Bookstein Projects

Ron Milewicz: beside still waters

15 Jan — 27 Feb 2026 at the Bookstein Projects in New York, United States

Dora Somosi, Mending madder (detail). Courtesy of Gilman Contemporary

Alchemy of memory

16 Jan — 25 Feb 2026 at the Gilman Contemporary in Sun Valley, United States

Daniel Raedeke, World outside (detail), 2025. Courtesy of Bruno David Gallery

16 Jan — 21 Feb 2026 at the Bruno David Gallery in St Louis, United States

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