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How Kay Matschullat’s MAX Is Rewriting the Language of Performance in the Age of Techno Art

In her transdisciplinary Media Art Xploration series, science provides the data that art transforms into sensory and emotional experiences.

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Elisa Carollo

Zoë Buckman’s Intimate Embroideries Claim Space for Memory, Grief and Jewish Identity

Her works are made on repurposed textiles: bed sheets and tablecloths, often passed down through generations. "They all already hold stories, carry...

yesterday 1

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Elisa Carollo

The Best Base Layers for Guys Who Hate Being Cold

These are the first-on pieces that actually keep you warm, dry and ready to take on the coldest of winter days.

yesterday 20

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Paul Jebara

One Fine Show: “Henri Rousseau, A Painter’s Secrets” at the Barnes Foundation

One Fine Show: “Henri Rousseau, A Painter’s Secrets” at the Barnes Foundation

Henri Rousseau, The Sleeping Gypsy, 1897. Oil on canvas, the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Mrs. Simon Guggenheim, 1939. © The Museum of...

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Dan Duray

The Most Ambitious Hotels to Open Around the World in 2025

The Most Ambitious Hotels to Open Around the World in 2025

The travel industry has a problem with words. Walk through any luxury hotel conference, and you'll hear the same ones lobbed around like currency:...

previous day 4

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Paul Jebara

The Year in Museums: A Relatively Bleak 12 Months With a Few Bright Spots

The Year in Museums: A Relatively Bleak 12 Months With a Few Bright Spots

The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., ceased operations and canceled all programs during this year’s lengthy government shutdown. Photo...

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Daniel Grant

The Payments You Don’t See: How Invisible Fintech Is Powering Your Favorite Apps

Alpesh Patel, strategic partnership director at Cartex and a veteran of the global payments industry, unpacks how invisible fintech is reshaping...

previous day 4

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Alpesh Patel

The Best Documentaries of 2025

The Best Documentaries of 2025

The documentary often gets a bad rap. Maybe you watched a few boring (or prescriptive) ones in school, in which talking heads drone on about what...

tuesday 30

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Siddhant Adlakha

10 New York Museum Shows Worth Slowing Down for Over the Holidays

10 New York Museum Shows Worth Slowing Down for Over the Holidays

Late December marks one of the rare periods in which the commercial art world actually slows down. Most galleries close for at least a week...

tuesday 2

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Elisa Carollo

As Women Lean Out of Corporate, Many Are Finding Success as Entrepreneurs

As Women Lean Out of Corporate, Many Are Finding Success as Entrepreneurs

New data shows women lagging in corporate promotions but surging as entrepreneurs. Unsplash Despite recent research showing women falling behind...

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Rachel Curry

Inside Alexandra Champalimaud’s Haute Holiday Wishlist

Inside Alexandra Champalimaud’s Haute Holiday Wishlist

 If you’ve ever sipped a cocktail in a gilded hotel bar or wandered through the luminous halls of a grand dame property, chances are you’ve...

tuesday 2

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Merin Curotto

8 Startups Sam Altman Invested in Outside OpenAI in 2025

8 Startups Sam Altman Invested in Outside OpenAI in 2025

In 2025, Sam Altman doubled down on ambitious startups tackling power, health and automation. Sean Gallup/Getty Images Aside from becoming a...

tuesday 5

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Eve Montie

Art as Infrastructure: How Cultural Programming Is Redefining Luxury Hospitality


Art as Infrastructure: How Cultural Programming Is Redefining Luxury Hospitality


From artist residencies to institutional partnerships, Oram Hotels is testing a new model where culture drives place-making. Michal Rzepecki This...

tuesday 4

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Sonia Rubeck

Don’t Miss: Tatiana Trouvé’s Maps of Memory and Collapse at Palazzo Grassi

Don’t Miss: Tatiana Trouvé’s Maps of Memory and Collapse at Palazzo Grassi

Tatiana Trouvé​, Hors-sol, 2025. Part of “Tatiana Trouvé. The Strange Life of Things” in Venice. © Tatiana Trouvé, by SIAE 2025 Ph. Marco...

22.12.2025 2

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Elisa Carollo

The 10 Most Remarkable U.S. Hotel Openings of 2025

The 10 Most Remarkable U.S. Hotel Openings of 2025

Every few years, the American hotel industry remembers how to take a risk. This was one of those years. The most interesting new openings weren’t...

22.12.2025 1

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Paul Jebara

Observer’s Guide to the Best Dance Coming to New York City This Winter

Observer’s Guide to the Best Dance Coming to New York City This Winter

In late winter, you can see the French-Algerian choreographer Hervé Koubi’s uplifting Sol Invictus. STERNALSKI Winter in New York City can be cold...

22.12.2025 2

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Caedra Scott-Flaherty

Nostalgia Is Not a Strategy: Rethinking Competitiveness in 2026

Nostalgia Is Not a Strategy: Rethinking Competitiveness in 2026

In a world of geopolitical rivalry, supply-chain vulnerability and rising costs, competitiveness has become a strategic balancing act. Unsplash...

22.12.2025 5

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Stéphane Garelli

Meet the Power Couple Behind Kim Kardashian’s $5B Skims

Meet the Power Couple Behind Kim Kardashian’s $5B Skims

Jens Grede (L) and Emma Grede attend the NikeSKIMS Launch Event at Nike House of Innovation on Sept. 24, 2025 in New York City. Dimitrios...

22.12.2025 2

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Rachel Curry

When Philanthropy Loses Trust, Design Becomes Civic Infrastructure

When Philanthropy Loses Trust, Design Becomes Civic Infrastructure

Design, long used to protect institutions, may be philanthropy’s most effective tool for rebuilding trust. Unsplash Philanthropy, once broadly...

22.12.2025 1

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Jessie Mcguire

5 Days of Art in Hong Kong: Ancient History, Contemporary Culture and Endless Contrasts

5 Days of Art in Hong Kong: Ancient History, Contemporary Culture and Endless Contrasts

This is a city where the old and the new coexist. Photo: Christa Terry for Observer I’ve never been to Asia before, and in the weeks leading up to...

22.12.2025 0

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Christa Terry

Oslo Museums Face the Contradictions in their Collections

Oslo Museums Face the Contradictions in their Collections

Chaza Charafeddine, Divine Comedy Series: Untitled V, 2010. © Chaza Charafeddine One cold Oslo morning in mid-November, the kind where each hour of...

22.12.2025 2

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Naima Morelli

A Collector’s Edit of Covetable Luxury Gifts

A Collector’s Edit of Covetable Luxury Gifts

Whether she is the giver or the recipient, this gift guide is for a specific type of woman. She is refined yet effusive, a connoisseur and...

21.12.2025 2

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Merin Curotto