What Are Vibration Plates, and Do They Really Work?

What Are Vibration Plates, and Do They Really Work?

All over TikTok and other social-media platforms, influencers are hopping on vibration plates. One sits on hers daily to “drain my thyroid.” Another says her “vibe plate” means she no longer needs to work out.  It’s a fitness fad that’s easy to roll your eyes at. Whole-body vibration plates don’t look all that different from…

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Art as Catalyst: Vincenzo De Cotiis’s Material Transformation

Art as Catalyst: Vincenzo De Cotiis’s Material Transformation

“Je Marchais Pieds Nus Dans L’Étang” (translation: “I Walked Barefoot in the Pond”) features selected works from De Cotiis’s new series of 50 unique pieces. Credit Matt Harrington, courtesy of Carpenters Workshop Gallery In Carpenters Workshop Gallery’s New York City space, cast white bronze and hand-painted sculpted Murano glass come together in an installation that…

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At the Guggenheim, Gabriele Münter Takes her Place

At the Guggenheim, Gabriele Münter Takes her Place

Gabriele Münter, Self-Portrait in Front of an Easel, 1908-09. Oil on canvas, 30 11/16 × 23 13/16 inches. Princeton University Art Museum, Gift of Frank E. Taplin Jr., Class of 1937, and Mrs. Taplin By now, we all know the too-common story of women artists overshadowed by their male partners: Leonora Carrington and Dorothea Tanning…

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Where to Go Next: 11 Destinations Having Their Moment in 2026

Where to Go Next: 11 Destinations Having Their Moment in 2026

Antarctica Two ways in: by air, or by sea through the Drake Passage Travel to Antarctica is at an all-time high, but the crowded Antarctic Peninsula—reachable from Argentina in two days—is no longer the only option. East Antarctica, accessed from Australia or New Zealand, offers something closer to what the heroic-age explorers found: fewer ships,…

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At Sean Kelly, Hilda Palafox Invites Us to Listen to Earth’s Primordial Whispers

At Sean Kelly, Hilda Palafox Invites Us to Listen to Earth’s Primordial Whispers

Installation view: Hilda Palafox’s “De Tierra y Susurros” at Sean Kelly. Photography: Jason Wyche, Courtesy: Sean Kelly, New York There is a primordial energy, both telluric and feminine, that animates Hilda Palafox’s latest body of work. It’s a generative feminine force, at once of the physical earth and of Mother Earth. The protagonist of this…

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Christina Forrer’s Whimsical Wonderlands of Myth and Memory

Christina Forrer’s Whimsical Wonderlands of Myth and Memory

In her tapestries, Forrer explores themes of folk tradition, memory and intuition. © Christina Forrer; Courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago, and Parker Gallery, Los Angeles. Photographed by Scott Rodd There are some fairytales so ubiquitous and beloved that they exist in an almost psychic capacity. We know them…

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Is Eating Too Fast Hurting Your Health?

Is Eating Too Fast Hurting Your Health?

People eat quickly for all kinds of reasons. Some have developed the habit because of modern-day time constraints. Others grew up in big families where you needed to eat quickly if you wanted seconds. Many people are just so distracted by their screens and scrolling they nosh at a faster pace. But eating quickly isn’t…

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