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Built for Rugged Duty in Harsh Environments, the Land Cruiser Epitomizes Automotive Stealth Wealth
A Land Cruiser in Wadi Mukkatab, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. Photo By: MyLoupe/UIG Via Getty Images There’s not much you can’t do with a Toyota Land Cruiser. However, allowing a...
Fueled by Private Wealth, China’s Next Art Capital Thrives Off-Grid
Installation view: “Mei-yu Front,” organized by BY ART MATTERS. Photo by LIULIU JIANG © BY ART MATTERS, Hangzhou On a 104-degree afternoon in Hangzhou, I wandered into a quiet...
Fiction That Feels Like a Total Escape
Most of us have felt the need to escape from our lives—to disconnect, walk away and disappear. Everything from spending too long with the headlines to a fluctuating bank...
The Fight Over Tracking Elon Musk, Taylor Swift and Other Private Jets
Platforms have restricted live-location accounts, but publicly available aviation data keeps celebrity jet tracking alive. Joan Valls/Urbanandsport/NurPhoto via Getty Images A few years ago, social media accounts tracking celebrities’...
As A.I. Agents Gain Authority, Governance Becomes the Primary Constraint
Organizations that treat governance as core infrastructure will be best positioned to scale agentic A.I. Unsplash+ Every enterprise is running the same experiment right now: handing more decisions to...
NowHere Bets On the Japanese Artists New York’s Gallery System Has Overlooked
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Cultural Capital Is Luxury Hospitality’s New Competitive Advantage
As luxury hospitality becomes increasingly standardized, long-term cultural partnerships are emerging as the industry’s strongest competitive advantage. Courtesy Rosewood Hotel Group For decades, luxury hospitality was defined by a...
Can Brandon Sanderson Help Apple Break Hollywood’s Fantasy Spell?
By giving Brandon Sanderson unusual creative control, Apple is testing whether a creator-led model can solve Hollywood’s franchise pipeline problem. Future via Getty Images Recently, fantasy author Brandon Sanderson...
At The Idle Rocks, a Refreshed Cornwall Classic Finds Its Rhythm
The Idle Rocks. Courtesy @BeerSargent There’s no pretense when you enter The Idle Rocks, a seafront hotel in the charming Cornish village of St. Mawes. Instead, there’s a quick...
One Fine Show: “Peggy Guggenheim in London, The Making of a Collector”
Vasily Kandinsky, Dominant Curve (Courbe dominante), 1936. Oil on canvas, 129.2 x 194.3 cm. Courtesy Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York Galleries have been having a tough time, in...
Horrific video shows paratrooper plunging to his death during Russian Airborne Forces Day celebration
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT A Russian paratrooper has died after his parachute failed to open during an Airborne Troops Day celebration near Moscow. The 41-year-old military soldier leapt from the...
