Posts by Sophie Clearwater
Erwin Wurm Transforms the Fortuny Museum into a Theater of the Absurd
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Read MoreThe TSA-Friendly Products We’re Packing for Summer Travel Beauty Emergencies
Summer vacation is the perfect time to experiment with your beauty products. Don’t let the strict rules and restrictions from TSA bring you down. While you could bring your usual routine in mini form or fill them in empty security-approved containers, where’s the fun in that? Unless you have sensitive skin, there’s no reason not to…
Read MoreNorth West Unveils Piercings on Wrist and Knuckles in New TikTok
“I think like the one misconception that people might have is like, ‘Oh, she’s trying to be her bestie and lets her get away with a lot,’” she shared on sister Khloe Kardashian’s Khloe in Wonderland podcast in January. “Like, no. North actually has a lot of rules. The one area is I do let…
Read MoreWallace Chan’s Dual-Site Exhibition Bridges Not Only Geography But Also Matter, Energy, Past and Future
Installation view: Wallace Chan’s “Vessels of Other Worlds” at the chapel of Santa Maria della Pietà in Venice. @ Federico Sutera Cultures and religions across latitudes have developed their own cosmologies, but most share some notion of worlds within worlds, mazes and labyrinths that articulate the vital entanglement between microcosm and macrocosm, between the celestial…
Read More21 New York City Restaurants for Summertime Guys’ Dinners
A guys’ dinner is the meal that doesn’t need a reason but always has one—a brother flying in, a deal closing, a 38th birthday, a bachelor party with a flight from Atlanta and a hotel in Tribeca. New York is built for the genre, with a chophouse tradition running back to the 1880s, a Greek…
Read MoreMeet Luna, an A.I. Agent Managing a Brick-and-Mortar Store, and the Humans Behind Her
Founders Axel Backlund (left) and Lukas Petersson are using retail not for profit but as a stress test for autonomous A.I. managers. Courtesy Andon Labs At first glance, Andon Market could pass for any typical neighborhood shop in San Francisco’s trendy Cow Hollow district. Inside are artisan snacks, handmade candles and a selection of curated…
Read MoreNicolas Cage Explains Decision to Legally Change His Name
And as for how he landed on the moniker, Nicolas shared that he drew inspiration from Marvel superhero Luke Cage and America composer John Cage. “‘Cage’ is a name that I liked coming across in the comics—I just thought he had a cool name—and I grew up in a very avant-garde, artsy family,” he explained,…
Read MoreWhat’s a Dot Cake? All About the Viral Dessert
The latest viral dessert has arrived right on the dot. And it is aptly named the “dot cake.” If you hop on TikTok, you’ll find countless videos of influencers scraping their spoons across the sprinkled-covered surface before diving into the fluffy cake in a cup. “I cannot go on my phone without seeing a video…
Read MoreWant To Smell Like Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson? His Brand PAPATUI Just Launched Luxury Cologne
If you smell what The Rock is cooking… it’s new cologne from PAPATUI. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson‘s men’s grooming brand PAPATUI just released the first expansion into fine fragrance with three signature colognes, just in time for Father’s Day gifting. And we’re definitely grabbing a bottle (or two, or three)! PAPATUI’s first fragrance collection is…
Read MoreClimate Risk Is Rewriting the Logic of Global Insurance
As insurers retreat from climate-exposed markets, governments and investors are quietly abandoning the assumption that systems can return to their old equilibrium. Photo by Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images In 2018, California’s insurer of last resort carried roughly 127,000 policyholders. By the end of 2025, it carried more than 668,000, with residential…
Read MoreHouse Democrats to Introduce Bill to Block Trump’s Triumphal Arch Amid Backlash Over ‘Vanity’ Projects
The location of the new build, which would stand between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery, has also prompted criticism. “It is unthinkable that we would desecrate this hallowed space to build a monument to Donald Trump’s ego,” said Beyer, who has military family members buried at the cemetery. In a statement to TIME,…
Read MoreObsessed With Off Campus? Get the Viral American Eagle Official Show Merch Before It Sells Out
Don’t know about you, but we can’t stop thinking about Off Campus. Lucky for us all, American Eagle knows that all too well, and they’ve given us an official collab with the series. The collection includes tank tops, t-shirts, and sweatshirts that feature some of our favorite things from the show—whether it’s the fictional university hockey team or the…
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