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Job and His Friends by Ilya Repin (1869)
The timeless lessons of Adam, Eve, and Job
Faith amid temptation and trials
African American women played an important and influential role in the Black Power Movement. They held leadership roles in various black nationalist organizations, including the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense
My hair is not the problem
How Black masculinity, respectability politics, and the white gaze have policed my curls—and why I wear them as freedom
The Headless Horseman pursues Ichabod Crane in an illustration by Edward Hull (1823-1906)
Sleepy Hollow, a Dutch Halloween legend
Beyond the Headless Horseman: a deep dive into Sleepy Hollow's origins
Color photo of 3I/ATLAS by the Gemini South Observatory on 27 August 2025, showing its fuzzy coma and tail
3I/ATLAS: Humanity’s third interstellar visitor
The third known interstellar visitor blurs the line between natural phenomenon and possible technology
Two titans of philosophy—Hegel and Schopenhauer—captured side by side, embodying the tension between reason’s promise and the raw force of the will
Hegel vs. Schopenhauer: power and philosophy
One the prophet of progress, the other the philosopher of reality, revealing the politics behind ideas and the will beneath reason
Everyone’s chasing conspiracies, except the detectives
Who killed Hispanic detectives?
From noir to narco: how detectives vanished from Hispanic fiction
A terrified young woman clings to a pillar amid the ruins of a Gothic castle, while a shadowy figure drags another woman into the darkness, evoking themes of fear, captivity, and female vulnerability
Are Northanger ‘horrid novels’ actually horrid?
How fear and disgust are portrayed in gothic novels
Guernica, by Pablo Picasso: a canvas that carried the cry of Spain across the world
From New York to Madrid: a generation against tyranny
Scholars, artists, and idealists in the fight against Spanish fascism
A grandfather reading a story to his grandkid, signifying how important it is to pass down traditions and stories through generations
The role of storytelling in preserving identity
How stories help mould perspective, protect heritage, and shape identity across generations
A man sits in quiet reflection, watching a public figure on screen—capturing the contrast between introspective thought and the spectacle of modern genius
Pop genius Musk, Nolan, Kojima: a recipe for fame
How we mistake loudness for brilliance and reverence for relevance
The Yakovalı Hasan Paşa Mosque (Hungarian: Jakováli Hasszán dzsámija, Turkish: Yakovalı Hasan Paşa Camii) is an early 17th-century mosque in Pécs, southern Hungary. It was constructed when the region was part of the Turkish Ottoman Empire, together with the main mosque of Pécs
Turkish cultural influence in Hungary
From Ottoman baths to borrowed words and shared cuisine, a look at how centuries of Turkish presence shaped Hungary’s identity
SMS Goeben was the last surviving battlecruiser built by the Imperial German Navy and the only one to receive a NATO hull number
Goeben/Yavuz: the warship that changed history
From a German escape to decades in Turkish service, one battlecruiser reshaped empires and survived two world wars
Night view of the Tilya Kori Madrasah in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, famed for its golden interiors and role as both a mosque and madrasa
Samarkand to host UNESCO’s 43rd General Conference
Samarkand becomes the stage for historic global decisions on cultural diplomacy, technology, and gender equality
A young women interacting with her TikTok app for entertainment and information
What will it take to be creative now?
Rethinking creativity in a world driven by capital, digital content and code
When artificial intelligence is developed without balance, human systems lose cohesion and stability
Artificial intelligence and the future of humanity
An analysis of the proportionality between energy and matter in human-artificial evolution using the Princonser Universal Scientific Method
An elderly yakuza member smoking outside, his expression calm and contemplative
The cultural legacy of Japan’s Yakuza
A reflection on crime, culture, and the enduring symbolism of Japan’s Yakuza
Digital artwork representing a collective mind or shared intelligence
Retrieval-augmented generation and the future of knowledge
From storage to interaction
A silent embrace: proof that affection transcends language and politics
A hug, Tiananmen Square, and the human connection
Unpacking the meaning of communication in a connected world
A solitary figure gazes into the unknow, a visual echo of longing, interior transformation, and the quiet resistance to a world obsessed with certainty
The right to become
Toward a post-technocratic ethics of becoming, difference, and civilizational intelligence
Le Château d'eau and plaza, Exposition Universal, 1900, Paris, France
An interview with Silvia Maira and Serena Lo Pilato
The golden years of the Florio dynasty
"The Hall of Torments," the Inquisition in Narni, 16th and 17th centuries. Photo by Mauro Montini ©Narni Sotterranea
Narni underground: a journey into the dungeons of the soul
Giuseppe Andrea Lombardini and Roberto Nini: beyond the thresholds of time, between the darkness of imprisonment and the light of discovery
Pierre-George Jeanniot Le salon de Madame Madeleine Lemaitre (1891)
The allure of powerful women: the salon hostess
The salon as cultural indicator of change
Two friends, one unforgettable bond, and a shared love for coffee and conversation © Illustration by Paola Bilancieri
A century of courage, friendship, and laughter
A friendship, a life, and a toasted matzo
Woman sitting on bed with flying books
Top 5 books to start reading classics
Easy-entry classics that show it’s time to dust off the shelves
Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden by Wenzel Peter, Vatican Museum
How God turns struggles into spiritual victories
Faith and spiritual armor in the battle against the Devil's schemes
Map of coastal South Carolina showing the Stono River, Charleston, and Boone’s Island—the landscape from which the 1739 rebellion for freedom began
The Stono Rebellion: untold and untaught history
Cato’s fight for liberty and the hidden history of 1739
The evolving landscape of human connection: a mosaic of fleeting bonds and shifting groups in the contemporary world
The transitory nature of coexistence
Grouping and dispersion in the contemporary world
During Tihar, a Nepali couple honors a cow with offerings and rituals
Tihar: the festival of lights, culture, and harmony in Nepal
Five days of worship, music, food, and the celebration of animals, deities, and family bonds
Walter Deutsch, Austrian musicologist and cultural icon: was his influence purely artistic, or part of a larger Cold War intelligence operation?
The wind of change in Austrian Music
Was Walter Deutsch a CIA asset?
A symbolic artwork of the human struggle with chains of desire and fear, reaching toward transcendence and the fragile possibility of freedom
The burden of freedom and the struggle to transcend
Exploring helplessness, desire, and the inner path to liberation
A haunting 18th-century-style painting of a grieving woman beside a midnight bell, symbolizing the tragic consequences of suspicion and false judgment
Francis Lathom’s gothic warning
The dangers of suspicion and false judgment in The Midnight Bell
A man focused on editing content while working on his computer
What Sri Lankan media reveals about us
A personal take on how traditional media and social media trends reflect the collective mindset of a nation
A weathered photo album filled with faded memories
The chemistry of belonging
Tracing the elements of home
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Events in Culture

Miki Muster, on the 100th anniversary of his birth. Courtesy of City Museum of Ljubljana
Miki Muster, on the 100th anniversary of his birth
22 Oct 2025 — 22 Feb 2026 at the City Museum of Ljubljana in Ljubljana, Slovenia
You have an inheritance! Exhibition view. Courtesy of Estonian History Museum
You have an inheritance!
3 Oct 2025 — 30 Aug 2026 at the Estonian History Museum in Tallinn, Estonia
Various artists, Anatomy of fragility – Body images in art and science, exhibition view. Courtesy of Frankfurter Kunstverein
Anatomy of fragility – Body images in art and science
2 Oct 2025 — 1 Mar 2026 at the Frankfurter Kunstverein in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Inexplicable absence. Tracing Igor Zabel’s curatorial practice, exhibition view. Courtesy of MG+MSUM
Inexplicable absence (...)
24 Sep — 15 Dec 2025 at the MG+MSUM in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Frank Gaudlitz, Natascha J., 36, with her children Aurica, 13, Timur, 10, Beata 7, Mark, 4, and her sister-in-law Marina K., 24, with their son Bogdan, 5, from Winnyzja, Ukraine. Housing for refugees, Dondușeni, Moldova, 10/2022. Courtesy of Museum Europäischer Kulturen
Flight
19 Sep 2025 — 1 Mar 2026 at the Museum Europäischer Kulturen in Berlin, Germany
A longing for peace, exhibition view. Courtesy of Nordico City Museum
A longing for peace
19 Sep 2025 — 8 Mar 2026 at the Nordico City Museum in Linz, Austria
Oliver Jeffers, Life at sea, exhibition view. Courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum
Life at sea
19 Sep 2025 — 26 Apr 2026 at the Brooklyn Museum in New York, United States
Gabriel Ivanovič de Rumine Pompei, Via dell’abbondanza (detail), 1859. Courtesy of Museo Archeologico Nazionale
1859 – A russian photopgrapher in Pompeii
17 Sep 2025 — 28 Feb 2026 at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale in Naples, Italy
Of time and stone. In Roman Emona and Baroque Ljubljana/Laibach, exhibition view. Courtesy of City Museum of Ljubljana
Of time and stone (...)
16 Sep 2025 — 29 Mar 2026 at the City Museum of Ljubljana in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Black photojournalism, exhibition view. Courtesy of Carnegie Museum of Art
Black photojournalism
13 Sep 2025 — 19 Jan 2026 at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, United States
Attavante degli Attavanti, Pope Leo X vesting; Leo X praying, praeparatio ad missam of Leo X, Italy, Rome, 1520. Courtesy of the Morgan Library & Museum
Sing a new song: the psalms in medieval art and life
12 Sep 2025 — 4 Jan 2026 at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York, United States
Chant Avedissian, Go east, young man, exhibition view. Courtesy of Sabrina Amrani Gallery
Go east, young man
11 Sep — 8 Nov 2025 at the Galería Sabrina Amrani in Madrid, Spain
View of the Berlin Lustgarten and the Royal Museum (now the Old Museum); Carl Daniel Freydanck, The Old Museum in Berlin, 1836, SPSG. Courtesy of Altes Museum
Founded on antiquity. Berlin's first museum
10 Jul 2025 — 3 May 2026 at the Altes Museum in Berlin, Germany
Page from a Qurʾan manuscript in Kufi script, Iraq, Abbasid dynasty, 8th–9th century. Courtesy of Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
Inspiring SWANA
4 Jul 2025 — 4 Jul 2026 at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg in Hamburg, Germany
Into the unknown. Graz 1945-1965, exhibition view. Courtesy of GrazMuseum
Into the unknown. Graz 1945-1965
26 Jun 2025 — 12 Mar 2026 at the GrazMuseum in Graz, Austria
Trisha Brown Dance Company, Glacial decoy, 1979. Courtesy Walker Art Center. Photo by Boyd Hagen
Trisha Brown and Robert Rauschenberg: glacial decoy
26 Jun 2025 — 24 May 2026 at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, United States
Italian heritage, hungarian pride. Courtesy of the Hungarian Museum of Trade and Tourism
Italian heritage, hungarian pride
19 Jun — 2 Nov 2025 at the Hungarian Museum of Trade and Tourism in Budapest, Hungary
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