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Artist Edie Fake Imagines a Gender Affirming Future at Chicago’s MCA
Edie Fake, The Free Clinic for Gender Affirming Care, 2024-25. Courtesy of the artist and Western Exhibitions When you walk into the atrium entrance of Chicago’s MCA, the first...
Paul Taylor Dance Company’s ‘Tablet’ Is an Archaic Courtship, Staged Anew
Paul Taylor and Akiko Kanda in Tablet. Photo by Helga Gilbert “I feel like I’m losing a part of myself when he steps away from me,” Kristin Draucker told...
Drai’s Supper Club Arrives in New York With French Flair and Retro Glamour
Drai’s Supper Club is now open in the Meatpacking Distrcit. Joe Thomas Drai’s, the behemoth Vegas entertainment venue, has returned to its roots with a simpler concept: French fare...
Spotify’s Billionaire CEO Daniel Ek Is Betting Big on Europe’s Defense Sector
Daniel Ek is estimated to be worth $10 billion. Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Spotify Swedish entrepreneur Daniel Ek, best known as the co-founder and CEO of Spotify—and perhaps as...
David Zaslav Faces Pay Cut After Warner Bro. Discovery’s Split—But Remains a Top-Earning CEO
David Zaslav earned nearly $52 million last year as Warner Bro. Discovery’s CEO. FilmMagic Warner Bro. Discovery’s split into two companies next year will come at a personal cost...
Art Basel’s Soft Opening Belies Strong, Swift Sales Across Tiers
For the 2025 edition of Art Basel, Katharina Grosse took over Messeplatz with her large-scale painting installation, CHOIR. Jens Ziehe/Photographie There were sales aplenty during Art Basel’s First Choice...
Mike Cavallaro On Building a Union (and a Community) at NYC’s School of Visual Arts
SVA faculty members celebrating after the successful unionization vote. Courtesy of Mike Cavallaro Late last month, the faculty at New York’s School of Visual Arts formed a union to...
At De Kas, Chef Savannah Hagendijk Lets the Garden Take Center Stage
Savannah Hagendijk. Courtesy Rinze Vegelien Farm-to-table has become a buzzy term over the past decade, but Amsterdam’s De Kas has embraced the sensibility since it opened in 2001. Located...
José María Velasco’s Mexico Glows at London’s National Gallery
José María Velasco, The Goatherd of San Angel, 1861. Francisco Kochen, Museo Nacional de Arte INBAL Mexico City Reproduccion autorizada por el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura...
Offsite Projects Offer Art Lovers Playful Alternatives in Basel
Basel Social Club opened on June 15. Photo: Elisa Carollo for Observer Basel’s high-profile art week kicked off early on Sunday (June 15) with bratwursts at Maison CLEARING’s BBQ...
