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Hong Kong Art Week 2025: Supper Club, Current Plans and the Art Beyond Basel

Despite Hong Kong still grappling with political and economic uncertainties, the city was bustling with energy during this year’s art week, driven by a nonstop schedule of events hosted by both local...

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Is Tesla Truly Immune to Trump’s Auto Tariffs? Yes and No.

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The Ultimate Guide to Tokyo’s Best Luxury Hotels

Tokyo is bracing for an influx of 40 million visitors in 2025—a surge that eclipses even its own lofty past benchmarks. In a metropolis where centuries-old shrines abut A.I.-charged vending machines,...

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Can Controversy and Censorship Ever Be Good for Artists and Their Art?

“There is no such thing as bad publicity,” circus owner Phineas T. Barnum supposedly said, and perhaps that is true. “When Piss Christ became a national issue 36 years ago, I was an unknown artist,”...

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5 Space Missions to Watch in April 2025: Polar Orbits, Space Weather and...

From lunar landings to mid-air explosions and the long-awaited return of two NASA astronauts, March was a busy month for the space industry. On March 2, Texas-based Firefly Aerospace become the first...

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A Consideration of Time: Celia Paul’s Monograph and Memory

In our frantic, screen-obsessed culture, it is refreshing to gaze at paintings that are still. We have Morandi and Vermeer, masters of quiet stillness, but the art made today tends towards a flotilla...

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The Best Spots for Crudo and Carpaccio in Los Angeles

Los Angeles is a coastal city that knows its way around seafood, from sushi and sashimi to lobster rolls and freshly shucked oysters. Though seafood has a reputation for being light and fresh, frying...

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‘The Penguin Lessons’ Is a Waddling Delight

Here’s an unexpected charmer, a true story based on a popular autobiographical memoir about a man and a penguin, with a lightness of tone that doesn’t overdo the whimsy. The excellent Steve Coogan...

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How Load Gallery Founder Alex Simorré Is Thinking Beyond the Binary

When Alex Simorré founded Load gallery in Barcelona, he was looking to correct what he saw as a structural oversight: digital art, despite its ubiquity, was still being shown in spaces that weren’t...

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Signal Sees a Surge in App Downloads after Signalgate

Last week’s revelations about a group chat among top Trump officials accidentally leaking sensitive U.S. attack details in Yemen to a journalist did more than expose security lapses. They also...

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Jet Set: Spring Travel Wish List

Welcome to Jet Set, a recurring feature in which we highlight our favorite accessories and travel must-haves that are perfect for any kind of trip. Whether you’re already packing for your next...

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In Sydney, Julie Mehretu Challenges Our Engagement With Conflict and Devastation

In her 2021 documentary Julie Mehretu: Palimpsest, the abstract painter explains that news images have long fueled her art. “I’ve been working with news media images since the mid-90s when I was in...

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These 17 Spring Fragrances Will Transform Your Signature Scent Game

The shift from winter to spring isn’t just about swapping heavy coats for lighter jackets—it’s also time to refresh your fragrance rotation. As temperatures rise and nature reawakens, those rich,...

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MoMA Names Christophe Cherix as Glenn D. Lowry’s Successor

The Museum of Modern Art in New York recently announced Christophe Cherix as its next director. The Swiss-born curator was unanimously confirmed by the museum’s board after a focused six-month...

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Hong Kong’s Marquee Auctions Reflect Continuing Regional Recalibration

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BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Is Challenging a 73-Year-Old Investing Principle

For over 70 years, professional investors have relied on an investment strategy known as Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT). Developed in the 1950s by Nobel Prize-winning economists Harry Markowitz and...

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Laurent Martin “Lo” and the Art of Bending Nature Without Breaking It

Laurent Martin “Lo” is a visionary French artist renowned for his masterful bamboo sculptures that appear to float or balance with ethereal elegance. Trained as a visual artist in Paris, Lo spent many...

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Trump Tariffs Push for ‘American-Made’ Cars—But They Don’t Exist

The Trump administration claims that its incoming 25 percent tariffs on foreign cars and auto parts will boost business for vehicles made entirely in the U.S. But such all-American cars don’t...

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Review: Does Kieran Culkin Close the Deal in ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’?

You’ve seen the articles where researchers find a correlation between swearing and IQ: the more you curse, the smarter you are. Hell shitting ass damn right, say I. No doubt David Mamet, bard of...

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Ian Wardropper Takes a Bow: Inside the Frick Collection’s Reopening Gala

The Frick Collection came back with a bang on Monday (March 31) with $3.7 million in new funds to show for it. Ahead of the institution’s much-awaited April 17 reopening, the Fifth Avenue mansion...

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