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Sam Altman’s Eyeball-Scanning Project Expands to 6 US Cities
Sam Altman co-founded the startup behind World in 2019. Chris Jung/NurPhoto via Getty Images The “Orb,” a silver, basketball-sized device that scans human irises to generate and store unique...
It’s Official: Ari Emanuel Buys Frieze in a $200 Million Deal
Ari Emanuel’s acquisition of Frieze marks a major shift in the global art fair landscape at a time of financial recalibration across the industry. Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images...
Paloma Picasso Presents Unseen Works in a New Picasso Show at Gagosian
Paloma Picasso’s contributions from her private collection mark a rare public showing of works long held out of institutional circulation. Artwork © 2025 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists...
Trump’s First 100 Days: The Remaking of America’s Cultural, Artistic and Academic Landscape
President Donald Trump stands in the presidential box during a tour of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., on March 17, 2025. Photo...
6 Space Missions to Watch in May: Starlink, Axiom, China and Rocket Lab
People take photos of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a payload of 22 Starlink satellites after launching from Vandenberg Space Force Base on March 18, 2024. Mario Tama/Getty...
At the Wallace Collection, Grayson Perry Topples the Affluent Class from Within
Perry plays with the ascribed femininity of 18th-century French Rococo and the ascribed masculinity of arms and armor. Cassandra Parsons The Wallace Collection in London is brimming with fine...
Design, Comfort and Context: Mexico City’s Most Noteworthy Luxury Hotels
To understand Mexico City’s current hotel renaissance, you have to think in layers. This is a capital built not on erasure, but accumulation—Aztec causeways beneath colonial cathedrals beneath mid-century...
Mark Zuckerberg Touts A.I. Business Messaging as Future Revenue Focus
Mark Zuckerberg at The 11th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony held at Barker Hanger on April 05, 2025 in Santa Monica, California. Variety via Getty Images Meta beat analyst expectations in...
Does ‘Thunderbolts’ Finally Solve the MCU’s Woman Problem?
Florence Pugh as Yelena Belovain Thunderbolts*. Courtesy of Marvel Studios For years, critics and fans have been denouncing the “woman problem” in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. From early on,...
At Maison Passerelle, Gregory Gourdet Rethinks French Dining by Confronting Its Colonial Past
Welcome to Maison Passerelle. Gieves Anderson for Printemps New York Printemps, the decadent Parisian retailer doling out luxury garments and goods since 1865, has branded itself with the tagline,...
