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How Third-Party Guarantees Are Quietly (But Significantly) Rewriting the Rules of the Art Auction
New York Spring Marquee auctions in May generated a combined total of $1.27 billion, representing an 8 percent decline compared to last year’s results ($1.38 billion in May 2024)....
Salesforce Pauses Hiring Engineers and Lawyers Due to A.I., Says CEO Marc Benioff
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says A.I. is improving his company internally. Photo by Brontë Wittpen/San Francisco Chronicle via Gett For a glimpse into how A.I. is transforming company workforces,...
David Ellison’s $8B Paramount Takeover Inches Forward as Drama Surrounds Deal
David Ellison has laid out a vision centered on A.I.-assisted production and a renewed focus on tentpole films. CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images A second 90-day extension on Paramount...
A Hedge Against Instability: Private Markets Are Replacing Traditional Safe Havens
As traditional safe havens falter, private equity and crypto offer investors structural resilience and long-term growth potential. Unsplash+ In times of high volatility, investors find that even traditionally stable...
From Dung to Dust, Unconventional Mediums Pose Challenges for Conservators and Collectors
Thomas Unger has made the unconventional choice to paint with coffee and motor oil. Courtesy Thomas Unger Like a lot of people, Thomas Unger is pretty particular about his...
Strugglecore, Inc.: The Optimization Trap
Anxiety, optimized: In the age of aestheticized self-help, healing is content and struggle is branding. Unsplash+ When a book sells itself as “Marie Kondo, but for your brain,” you...
Must-Read Retellings of the Classics to Add to Your Summer Reading List
There’s something intoxicating about timeless tales recast in modern contexts. Great writers from the past like William Shakespeare, Geoffrey Chaucer and Emily Brontë built brilliant narrative scaffoldings that the...
A.I. Drives Job Cuts Across Silicon Valley Giants: By the Numbers
A.I. is creeping into Silicon Valley’s layoffs. Getty Images for Unsplash+ Tech layoffs are nothing new in Silicon Valley, a region long shaped by boom-and-bust hiring cycles, speculative investment...
The Best of Carmel-by-the-Sea’s Standout Culinary Scene
Located along California’s serene Central Coast, Carmel-by-the-Sea offers an idyllic escape with old world European-style cottages, countless art galleries, sprawling cypress trees and scenic Point Lobos state park. Despite...
The Scented Candles That Capture the Essence of Summer
If you ask a group of people to describe the scent of summer, you're going to get different replies. Some might say salty air or the ocean breeze, while...
