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David Norr Says He Measures Artists’ Careers in Decades, Not Market Cycles
David Norr joined James Cohan Gallery from the Wexner Center in 2015 Photo: Axel Dupeux, courtesy of NORR COHAN Last month James Cohan Gallery announced that it would become...
Sandra Liu Huang on Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s Renewed A.I. Push in Schools
Sandra Liu Huang explains how Learning Commons is building open A.I. infrastructure to make classroom tools more reliable and useful. Courtesy Chan Zuckerberg Initiative In 2015, Mark Zuckerberg and...
Ahead of Jackson Hole, Central Banks Are Rebuilding Reserves Around Gold
As reserve managers turn toward gold, the financial infrastructure needed to lend, finance and transfer the metal has yet to catch up with its growing monetary role. Bettmann Archive...
Portland’s Homegrown Triennial Returns With Outside Curation and Hyper-Local Soul
An installation by Trisha Baga at Portland’s Converge 45 Triennial 2026. Photo: Mario Gallucci Portland’s Converge 45 Triennial is one of those art happenings conceived for its community: a...
Reid Walker On the Infrastructure Gap Holding Back Native American Art
Sarah Rowe, For My Fleabitten Diamond. In the collection of the Great Plains Art Museum. Courtesy the artist and Walker Youngbird Foundation The Santa Fe Indian Market is arguably...
Why Dolly Parton Never Became a Billionaire
Throughout her life, she dedicated herself to using her money in a way that could do the most good for the most people. Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images for...
Jackson Hole: How a Wyoming Retreat Became Central Bankers’ Power Center
(From left to right) President of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde, Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda and former Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell pictured at the Jackson...
An Insider’s Guide to Durango, Colorado’s Most Underrated Western Town
Durango, Colorado, is one of the most underrated slices of mountain country in the American West. I’ve grown up coming to the area every summer, and am lucky to...
Cause of death for influencer Emilie Kiser’s son Trigg revealed after three-year-old drowned in backyard pool
Mommy influencer Emilie Kiser’s 3-year-old son Trigg died from an anoxic brain injury due to drowning, a medical examiner’s office report confirmed more than a year after the boy’s...
Observer’s 2026 September Art Fair Calendar
Ceramic works by Helen Hoes at last year’s Aruba Art Fair. Photo: Christa Terry for Observer Industry elders will remember when summer truly was the slow season in the...
