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In 2025, Teatro Nuovo’s Undersung Scores Get the Vocal Firepower They Deserve
The Witches of the Teatro Nuovo Chorus. Photo by Steven Pisano Under the artistic direction of Will Crutchfield and musical direction of Jakob Lehmann and Elisa Citterio, Teatro Nuovo...
Observer’s Top Five: What Not to Miss at the Aspen Art Fair
Unexpected corners of the Hotel Jerome serve as temporary galleries during this regional fair. Photo: Dan Duray for Observer There are no Ubers in Aspen, which means that everyone...
Aug. 1 Tariff Deadline Puts Stock Market Rally and Inflation Fears to the Test
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said there will be no more extensions to tariff pauses. Getty Images President Donald Trump’s so-called “Liberation Day” tariffs are scheduled to take effect...
At Dia Beacon, Kishio Suga’s Material Intelligence
The second approach is repetition of a single material, which invites a heightened, almost meditative focus on materiality itself, challenging how we perceive the interplay between a substance and...
RoseLee Goldberg On 20 Years of Performa and Why Performance Art Still Matters
Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction #32. Photo © Paula Court. Courtesy of Performa. Many of the new works commissioned by Performa this year resonate with Simone de Beauvoir’s...
Spotify Will Double Down on Podcast and Audiobooks as Music Streaming Plateaus
Spotify is going all in on a bevy of new audiobook offerings. Noam Galai/Getty Images for Spotify A staggering 3 percent of the world’s population now subscribes to Spotify....
From Shortcut to Systemic: Why Stablecoins Need Real Infrastructure
The rise of digital dollars exposes a critical gap: infrastructure built for speed, not stability. Unsplash+ By mid-2025, more than $260 billion in stablecoins—cryptocurrencies designed to maintain a stable...
Becoming a Museum Volunteer in 2025: What’s Changed and What Hasn’t
A guide at the Mennello Museum of American Art discusses a Bo Bartlett Painting. Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images If the approximately 1,000 active volunteers...
Norton Owen, Alvin Ailey and A.I. in the Berkshires
“Dancing the Algorithm” explores the evolving relationship between dance and technology through immersive, interactive works by contemporary artists. Jamie Kraus Photography I recently drove up to one of my...
An Insider’s Guide to Where to Stay, Eat and Explore in Athens, Greece
Athens no longer plays the layover. What was once a perfunctory pause en route to the Greek islands now rewards those who linger—and wrong-foots those who think they already...
