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Tom Steyer makes awkward blunder in ‘closing argument’ to voters
Billionaire Democrat Tom Steyer is making his final pitch to California voters ahead of the June 2 governor primary — but an unlisted version of his latest campaign ad...
Bryson DeChambeau doubts moon-landing footage
For years, athletes embracing conspiracy theories has been almost its own genre of sports entertainment. Flat Earth debates, UFO discussions and moon-landing skepticism have all found their way into...
Global Art Biennials: Renovation, Revelation—or Repetition?
A new atmosphere seems to be emerging across today’s global biennials that is grounded in immersion, affect and a carefully calibrated sense of experience. Photo: Alessandro Brasile, courtesy Diriyah...
Don’t Miss: Giles Duley’s “Distortion / Memory / Resilience” at Sutton Tower
Giles Duley, Deborah Kintsugi Process, 2025. Mixed media, 104 x 74 cm. Courtesy Giles Duley As a photographer and storyteller, Giles Duley documents life during war, rather than war...
Dispatches From the Departures Gate: No Passport, No Cry
Losing another passport is scarier than eye contact with a lion, as you can see on the writer’s safari in Kenya. Katherine Parker-Magyar “We’ll let you into Jamaica,” said...
Dario Amodei Hires OpenAI Co-Founder Andrej Karpathy in Major Talent Win
Andrej Karpathy will help lead pretraining efforts at Anthropic. Photo by Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images The latest barb in the intensifying rivalry between OpenAI and...
Sotheby’s $304M Modern Evening Auction Confirms the Market Has Found Its Footing
Sotheby’s closed the sale with a 98 percent sell-through rate and strong results for fresh-to-market works from the Barbier-Müller, Donati and Wingate collections. Photo: Julian Cassady Anchored by top...
Lululemon’s Boardroom Fight With Founder Chip Wilson Gets Public—and Personal
With U.S. sales under pressure and shares sharply down, Chip Wilson is recasting Lululemon’s slowdown as a failure of culture and leadership. Jim Bennett/Getty Images Canadian athleisure giant Lululemon...
Phillips’ $115.2 Million Evening Sale Was a Testament to the Power of Pre-Planning and Priority Bidding
Phillips Evening Sale on May 20 closes white-gloves with a $115.2 million total, 122 percent up from May 2025. Courtesy Phillips Phillips may not have made as much noise...
Frantic good Samaritans tried to save grandma who screamed ‘I’m dying’ before falling eerily quiet in NYC manhole
Frantic good Samaritans desperately tried to rescue the screaming grandmother who fell down an open Manhattan manhole — with one even lowering himself down to see if she could...
