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One Fine Show: “Mary Cassatt, After Impressionism” at the Art Institute of Chicago

The museum’s survey reframes the artist as a radical printmaker and an uncompromising figure who preferred the title ...
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A.I.’s Power Problem: How Data Centers Hold the Key to a Greener Future

North’s Eyjólfur Magnús Kristinsson explores the rising tension between A.I. growth and ESG commitments, and why resolving ...
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Eight Books That Illuminate the Brilliance and Biases of the Nobel Prize

Works by Ishiguro, Wiesel and Feynman show the range of achievement the honor has recognized, while other selections confront ...
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Ragnar Kjartansson Makes the Familiar Strange at Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Politics of the Obvious,” part of the AKG Art Museum’s initiative devoted to art from the Nordic region, centers on works ...
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Austin’s Ostillo Art Foundation Wants to Challenge How Texas Sees Art

Collector René Campos and founding director Sacha Zerbib are opening Campos’s private collection to the public while carving ...
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Alex Karp, Palmer Luckey and the Pentagon’s New Defense-Tech Order

Alex Karp’s Palantir and Palmer Luckey’s Anduril hold Army agreements worth up to $30 billion combined. New October contracts ...
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At Copenhagen’s Koan, Kristian Baumann Turns a Dual Identity Into a Culinary Strength

Baumann’s 18-course menu moves between Korea and Denmark, using fermentation, seafood and memory to turn the space between ...
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Demna’s Power at Gucci Goes Beyond the Runway

Demna’s influence at Gucci now reaches from the sample room to the sales floor. As the house’s decline begins to ease, his ...
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The Art Basel and UBS Collecting Survey Shows Gen Z Setting the Pace, and the Megafair Is Remaking Itself to Keep Up

Gen Z collectors are spending at the highest levels across art, digital media and luxury categories, as women gain market ...
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Why Artist Residencies May Be Culture’s Best Defense Against Automation

Great works of art have always emerged from introspection, idiosyncrasy and time, none of which can be optimized or sped up.
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The Essentials With Frama’s Niels Strøyer Christophersen: Copenhagen Tables, Tokyo Guesthouses and Design Books

The Frama co-founder shares his go-to Copenhagen restaurant, favorite Tokyo guesthouse, all-black uniform, design books and ...
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Screening at New York Film Festival: Tom McCarthy’s ‘A Statement’

Adapted from Nathaniel Rich’s ‘Losing Earth,’ this surprisingly exciting and entertaining film unfolds almost entirely in a single conference room where scientists, lobbyists and ...