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Constantin Nitsche Wrestles with the Limits of Painting

The artist Constantin Nitsche, who studied painting at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, works in a converted garage studio in Marseille’s 6th arrondissement. His latest exhibition, “Les mains” (“The...

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A.I. Needs Power, Land and Data Centers. Bruce Flatt’s $1 Trillion Brookfield...

“It took us 25 years to be in the right spot,” Bruce Flatt, chairman of Brookfield Asset Management, told investors at the firm’s New York investor day on Sept. 17. He was talking about artificial...

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How Industry Fairs Evolved into Places to Meet Horology’s Most Famous Makers

For decades, the most important watch fairs in the world weren’t really intended for the people who actually wore the watches. They were industry affairs where brands unveiled their newest creations...

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Inside the Room: The Founders, Investors and Operators at Observer’s A.I....

On Wednesday, Sept. 23, 145 founders, CEOs, investors and executives crowded around the horseshoe bar at Dante Elizabeth Street, days before its public opening, for Observer’s inaugural A.I. Power...

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In a Class Defined by Size, the Lexus LX 600 Distinguishes Itself Through Design

Car lovers and luxury auto shoppers have to give Lexus some credit. The brand was once dismissed as a maker of fancy Toyotas, but its designers and engineers have spent decades building it into a...

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Apple CEO John Ternus Wants a Faster, Bolder $5 Trillion Empire

A month into the job, John Ternus is already moving to remake Tim Cook’s Apple. The new CEO is cutting layers of middle management, has dismissed a number of engineering program managers in the...

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Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka Found a Blueprint for Survival in Ancestral Ways of Making

Early in his psychoanalytic inquiry, Freud pointed to the possibility that “the whole of humanity has become neurotic under the pressure of cultural urges.” A substantial body of literature addressed...

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Tinder CTO Vinay Kuruvila Is Making the World’s Biggest Dating App A.I.-Pilled

Modern dating is increasingly shaped by A.I. Top dating apps like Tinder, Hinge and Bumble are all experimenting with A.I.-driven features ranging from matching algorithms and A.I. assistants to...

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How the Most Enduring Paris Fashion Houses Outlived Their Founders

At Paris Fashion Week, living designers bow beneath the names of their late founders. The spring-summer 2027 womenswear calendar spans Sept. 28 through Oct. 6, and across those shows, editors and...

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A Cannes Bakery Is Making the Case for Sourdough on the French Riviera

Fournil Ephémère Cannes."> Last summer, my boyfriend made the kind of mistake that French locals avoid at all costs: he forgot to buy bread before the city shut down on Sunday afternoon. In the...

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Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Built The Row Into a $1 Billion Label by Keeping...

As Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen’s The Row takes on its first Paris Fashion Week as a member of the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode (FHCM), the label arrives with some of the most powerful...

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Contemporary Istanbul’s Uneven Roster Saw Foreign Galleries Making the...

Istanbul’s mythology continues to hold great sway beyond its borders. Starting in November, the city will be celebrated in London at the V&A South Kensington through a wide array of objects from...

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Raul De Lara’s Sculptures Ask What Separates Raw Material, Medium and Meaning

The earliest forms of human creation transformed natural elements into objects endowed with symbolic meaning. Today, some artists still use ancient modes of production like woodcarving to consider the...

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How the Beverage Aisle Became a Lifestyle Marketplace

I’m sure you’ve noticed it: beverages are everywhere. From Bloom popping up across social feeds to Poppi becoming a fixture in celebrity culture and Saint James building momentum through creators,...

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At 100, the High Is Considering What It Means to Be a 21st Century Museum

The High Museum of Art in Atlanta has a reputation for attracting diverse audiences and for its commitment to inclusivity and accessibility. Founded in 1926, the institution has been a constant...

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Everything You Should Know About Truffle Hunting in Italy

It’s a sunny spring day in Tuscany, and we’re loading up in a truck to go truffle hunting. Two truffle dogs, Mosca and Bianca, are resting in their crate, which hangs off the back of the car, parked...

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Prada Heir Lorenzo Bertelli Has a Versace Problem

Lorenzo Bertelli, the former rally driver expected to inherit the Prada empire, now faces a less glamorous assignment: making Versace profitable again. At 38, he oversees the Italian fashion house as...

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Observer’s 2026 October Art Fair Calendar (Updated)

October is National Arts & Humanities Month, which launched thirty-plus years ago as National Arts Week to honor the twentieth anniversary of the National Endowment for the Arts. Yet perhaps not...

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The Best Paris Hotels for Fashion Week, From Couture Grandeur to Marais Cool

Paris has spent more than a century accommodating people with fervid opinions about clothes, which helps explain why a hotel can have as much fashion credibility as the boutique next door. Designers...

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Tim Kent’s New Show Is About Rest But He Can’t Stop Working

Before he started painting full-time, Brooklyn-based artist Tim Kent spent six years playing bass for The Giraffes, one of New York’s most unhinged early-2000s rock bands, playing shows before the...

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