As the Semiquincentennial Approaches, Collectors Are Rethinking What American History Is Worth

As the Semiquincentennial Approaches, Collectors Are Rethinking What American History Is Worth

Frederic Remington’s Coming to the Call achieved a record-setting $13.3 million at Christie’s in January 2026. CHRISTIE’S IMAGES LTD. 2026 As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of its founding at a fragile historical moment, looking back at the symbolic objects and documents that helped define the national story can reveal—or at least remind…

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Trump Says It’s ‘Ridiculous’ for U.S. to Maintain Current NATO Support as Rift Widens Ahead of Summit

Trump Says It’s ‘Ridiculous’ for U.S. to Maintain Current NATO Support as Rift Widens Ahead of Summit

The President had earlier complained that the U.S. “spends more money on NATO than any other country, by far, to protect them, without getting any benefit.” Seemingly citing figures from NATO’s defence expenditure data in 2025, he compared the “$999 billion” spent by the U.S. to the “$44.3 billion” put forward by Poland. [NATO’s 2025…

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In Paweł Pawlikowski’s ‘Fatherland,’ Thomas Mann’s Divided Germany Is a Study of Artistic Compromise and Family Rupture

In Paweł Pawlikowski’s ‘Fatherland,’ Thomas Mann’s Divided Germany Is a Study of Artistic Compromise and Family Rupture

Set in 1949 and starring Sandra Hüller as Thomas Mann’s daughter, the Best Director winner at Cannes reckons with the cost of holding onto one’s convictions in a world choosing sides. © Agata Grzybowska Part period piece, part political premonition, Paweł Pawlikowski’s Fatherland rounds out the Polish director’s loose trilogy set in the detritus of…

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