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Public Gallery Built Its Reputation by Letting Artists Take the Lead

Founded in 2020 in a Brutalist estate on the edge of London, the space run by Alex Harrison, Harry Dougall and Nicole Estilo Kaiser has become a...

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Elisa Carollo

German Property Magnate Ulrich Marseille’s Billion-Dollar Bet on Modular Hospitals

Ulrich Marseille made his fortune in real estate and elder care. Now he's combining VAMED's international hospital engineering business with WWH's...

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Arick Wierson

Patek Philippe’s Milan Exhibition Is a Love Letter to Rare Handcrafts

"Watch Art" is a rare opportunity to see some of the world's most elaborate timepieces. Yet amid the hundreds of extraordinary watches and clocks, the...

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Roberta Naas

From Sam Altman to Elizabeth Holmes, Hollywood’s Big Tech Obsession Goes Viral

Mark Zuckerberg is back on the big screen. Sam Altman is getting the Luca Guadagnino treatment. Elizabeth Holmes and Elon

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Saleah Blancaflor

At Storm King’s 2026 Gala, Sculpture Met Sky

The open-air museum’s 2026 gala honored Alicja Kwade and Cathy and Peter Halstead, whose Montana art center owes much to the Hudson Valley...

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Jasmine Lobe

Ed Bastian’s Premium Strategy at Delta Faces a $6 Billion Fuel Shock

Delta's premium cabins and American Express partnership are bringing in billions, but even those revenue streams can't fully absorb a $6 billion fuel...

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Abigail Bassett

The Biggest Threat to Roger Goodell’s NFL Empire May Be Itself

Roger Goodell has grown the NFL into a business generating more than $23 billion annually. But its push for higher media rights fees, more streaming...

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Brandon Katz

How Kiawah Island Became the South’s Most Exclusive Sandbar

How a buggy, half-built golf development became one of the priciest addresses in the South is a story of foreign money, a hurricane, a bankruptcy and...

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Jennifer Ashley Wright

The Must-See London Exhibitions Beyond Frieze

Major surveys of Cecilia Vicuña and Salman Toor share the spotlight with Issy Wood’s self-portraits at the National Portrait Gallery and Sam...

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Elisa Carollo

The London Restaurants With the Most Impressive Art Collections

From Sketch and Toklas to Mount St. Restaurant and The Cocochine, these London dining rooms pair serious cooking with works by Warhol, Picasso, Hirst,...

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Emily Zemler

Kwame Onwuachi’s New Cookbook Is a Love Letter to Comfort Food

The chef’s new cookbook is an ode to both the dishes of his childhood and what he cooks now when he has a (rare) night in.

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Juliet Izon

Truffle Hunting in Tuscany, Where the Pigs Have Been Replaced

Forget what Nicolas Cage taught you in ‘Pig.’ In the oak woods outside San Gimignano, truffles are found by dogs raised on parmesan, and a few...

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Jennifer Ashley Wright

Experience the Best of Maine in Fall, From Oyster Boats to Pumpkin Regattas

New restaurants, private oyster cruises, L.L.Bean’s $50 million refit and the harvest rituals that make it worth driving from Portland to Katahdin.

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Paul Jebara

Two Collections, Two Canons: What Andrew and Paul Mellon Built, One Generation Apart

Andrew Mellon assembled one of America's premier Old Master collections before founding the National Gallery of Art. His son Paul inherited the...

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Megan Fox Kelly

Gökhun Baltacı Paints the Psychic Weight of Memory

In “A Moonless Plateau” at kaufmann repetto, the artist's materially dense, psychologically charged paintings slow perception down, and images...

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Elisa Carollo

For Jonathan David Katz, the Story of American Art Is a Queer One

The scholar and curator argues that a list of the nation's greatest artists would largely mirror a list of its greatest queer ones. Through...

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Noah Berlatsky

Screening at New York Film Festival: Tony Gilroy’s ‘Behemoth!’

Gilroy seldom finds meaningful visual or thematic throughlines, resulting in a work of heightened moments and performances that work wonders...

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Siddhant Adlakha

The Insider’s Guide to Providence, Rhode Island’s Underrated Dining Scene

The Ocean State capital is home to an underrated culinary scene, with world-class chefs, freshly caught seafood and cozy Italian restaurants serving...

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Katherine Parker-Magyar

Inside the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève, Watchmaking’s Most Prestigious Prize

There isn’t a Nobel Prize for watches, but the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève, better known as the GPHG, is routinely described as the...

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Caleb Anderson

After Losing Two Fairs, Vienna’s Galleries Built One Together

Astoria Artshow is “a very important” and “very innovative” addition to Vienna’s art scene, according to Bärbel Vischer, curator of...

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Gameli Hamelo

Starbucks’ CSO Shake-Up Raises Questions About Corporate Climate Commitments

As Starbucks reorganizes its sustainability function, Kaleidoscope’s Sandhya Sabapathy examines why corporate climate strategies often lack...

09.10.2026 3

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Sandhya Sabapathy

David Ellison Has Hollywood Scale. Now He Needs Precision.

David Ellison now controls Paramount, Warner Bros., HBO, CBS, CNN and a sprawling collection of Hollywood brands. The challenge is deciding which ones...

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Brandon Katz

Munch, Black Metal and the Nobel Peace Center: A Guide to the Art of Oslo

This city is an entryway into Scandinavia, into Norway and into a society and aesthetic that feels familiar yet is uniquely its own. Its unhurried...

09.10.2026 4

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Nick Hilden

The 72-Hour Escape: Where to Spend a Three-Day Fall Weekend Out West

Whether you're looking for a culinary-focused trip or prefer an off-the-grid adventure, here is your guide to spending an unforgettable three-day...

09.10.2026 5

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Allie Lebos

As Google, OpenAI and Meta Push A.I. Agents, Enterprises Need Models That Think Less

The next breakthrough in enterprise A.I. may not come from models that reason more deeply, but from systems that know when to rely on established...

09.10.2026 5

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John Glasgow

Miami’s 7 Most Exciting Restaurant Openings This October

October brings fresh pasta, Filipino cooking, vintage-spirit cocktails and a José Andrés comeback to neighborhoods across Miami.

09.10.2026 5

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Leila Najafi

A.I.’s Power Problem: How Data Centers Hold the Key to a Greener Future

atNorth's Eyjólfur Magnús Kristinsson explores the rising tension between A.I. growth and ESG commitments, and why resolving that tension starts...

09.10.2026 4

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Eyjólfur Magnús Kristinsson

One Fine Show: “Mary Cassatt, After Impressionism” at the Art Institute of Chicago

The museum's survey reframes the artist as a radical printmaker and an uncompromising figure who preferred the title independent, rejected official...

09.10.2026 4

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Dan Duray

Eight Books That Illuminate the Brilliance and Biases of the Nobel Prize

Works by Ishiguro, Wiesel and Feynman show the range of achievement the honor has recognized, while other selections confront the prize's politics and...

09.10.2026 7

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Nathan Smith

Ragnar Kjartansson Makes the Familiar Strange at Buffalo AKG Art Museum

"Politics of the Obvious," part of the AKG Art Museum's initiative devoted to art from the Nordic region, centers on works that stretch familiar...

09.10.2026 3

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Elisa Carollo

Alex Karp, Palmer Luckey and the Pentagon’s New Defense-Tech Order

Alex Karp’s Palantir and Palmer Luckey’s Anduril hold Army agreements worth up to $30 billion combined. New October contracts are expanding...

08.10.2026 5

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Mónica Marie Zorrilla

Why Artist Residencies May Be Culture’s Best Defense Against Automation

Great works of art have always emerged from introspection, idiosyncrasy and time, none of which can be optimized or sped up. MacDowell executive...

08.10.2026 6

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Chiwoniso Kaitano

With Ostillo Art Foundation, Collector René Campos Wants to Challenge How Texas Sees Art

His new nonprofit art space, led by Sacha Zerbib, debuted with works by Glenn Ligon, Marlene Dumas, Kader Attia and Thomas Struth in an inaugural...

08.10.2026 8

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Elisa Carollo

The Art Basel and UBS Collecting Survey Shows Gen Z Setting the Pace, and the Megafair Is Remaking Itself to Keep Up

Gen Z collectors are spending at the highest levels across art, digital media and luxury categories, as women gain market influence and traditional...

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Elisa Carollo

Demna’s Power at Gucci Goes Beyond the Runway

Demna’s influence at Gucci now reaches from the sample room to the sales floor. As the house’s decline begins to ease, his broader overhaul faces...

08.10.2026 6

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Daniella Nicola

The Essentials With Frama’s Niels Strøyer Christophersen: Copenhagen Tables, Tokyo Guesthouses and Design Books

The Frama co-founder shares his go-to Copenhagen restaurant, favorite Tokyo guesthouse, all-black uniform, design books and the objects he never stops...

08.10.2026 6

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Paul Jebara

Screening at New York Film Festival: Tom McCarthy’s ‘A Statement’

Adapted from Nathaniel Rich's 'Losing Earth,' this surprisingly exciting and entertaining film unfolds almost entirely in a single conference room...

08.10.2026 6

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Siddhant Adlakha

At Copenhagen’s Koan, Kristian Baumann Turns a Dual Identity Into a Culinary Strength

Baumann’s 18-course menu moves between Korea and Denmark, using fermentation, seafood and memory to turn the space between two cultures into...

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Emily Zemler

Kristof Santy Would Rather Trust Objective Reality than Reach for Eve’s Apple

The self-taught Belgian painter's new exhibition at Sorry We're Closed in Brussels turns flea-market finds, folk imagery and everyday objects into...

07.10.2026 6

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Christa Terry

The Nordic Blueprint for Building A.I. Infrastructure at Scale

atNorth's Anders Fryxell examines how the Nordic region has emerged as a global leader in A.I.-ready digital infrastructure, at a moment when...

07.10.2026 5

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Anders Fryxell

Dindga McCannon Has Been Stitching Black History into the American Art Canon for 60 Years

Fridman Gallery's survey of the Harlem-born artist brings together quilts, paintings and prints from the 1970s to today, grouped by affinity rather...

07.10.2026 7

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Elisa Carollo

Bill Gates Is Spending $1 Billion to Keep A.I. From Widening the Global Divide

Bill Gates wants to keep A.I. from becoming another technology that reaches wealthy countries first. His foundation is committing at least $1 billion...

07.10.2026 10

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Beth Duckett

Newly Appointed Madre Director Eugenio Viola Sees the Museum as a Living Archive

The curator of Italy's 2022 Venice Biennale pavilion has returned to the museum where his career took shape after years working in Australia and Latin...

07.10.2026 6

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Dan Duray

Patek Philippe Has Two Heirs and One Presidency

Thierry Stern has spent 17 years leading Patek Philippe. Now, with sons Adrien and Tristan entering the family business, he has roughly a decade to...

07.10.2026 7

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Daniella Nicola

Nordic by Nature: Ski Touring Through Norway’s Fjord Country

With no chairlifts in sight, the only way to earn your turns in the backcountry paradise of the Sunnmøre and Romsdal Alps is to hike your way up.

07.10.2026 10

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Katherine Parker-Magyar

Chris Bianco, Kwame Onwuachi and L.A.’s Culinary Stars Savor the Moment

The L.A. Chef Conference offered a snapshot of a restaurant world in flux, with Chris Bianco, Kwame Onwuachi and others looking firmly ahead.

06.10.2026 5

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Andy Wang

At David Zwirner New York, Scott Kahn’s Landscapes Open Windows Onto Other Worlds

An Instagram endorsement from Matthew Wong set off a market ascent that took the painter's prices from $5,000 to more than $1 million. His latest show...

06.10.2026 6

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Elisa Carollo

Dario Amodei’s Anthropic IPO Faces a Test Beyond the A.I. Market

Anthropic is betting that A.I. adoption will accelerate fast enough to justify its enormous infrastructure commitments. But many businesses, argues...

06.10.2026 7

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Jeff McMillan

How Oslo’s Museums Are Confronting the Contradictions in Their Collections

Across the city's major art museums, directors including Astrup Fearnley's Solveig Øvstebø describe reworking permanent collections and curatorial...

06.10.2026 9

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Naima Morelli

The Toronto Biennial Sets Ancient Wisdom Against Modern Collapse

This edition proposes that, against the uncertainties produced by the relentless Promethean anxiety of a technology-led future, artists can reorient...

06.10.2026 10

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Elisa Carollo