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Why Bill Ackman Is Making a $2B Bet on Mark Zuckerberg’s A.I. Vision
Bill Ackman’s $2 billion Meta investment signals confidence in Zuckerberg’s long-term A.I. strategy. Photo by Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images Meta’s reputation as one of Silicon Valley’s biggest...
Osaka’s Long-Overdue Luxury Hotel Moment Has Arrived
Osaka is not Tokyo. It has never tried to be. Whereas the country’s capital exudes a buttoned-up beauty and a cosmopolitan charisma found in only a handful of global...
One Fine Show: “Michael Rakowitz, Proxies for Poets and Palaces” at the Stavanger Art Museum
Michael Rakowitz, The Ballad Special Ops Cody, 2017. Photo: Erik Sæter Jørgensen, Courtesy the Stavanger Art Museum Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at...
London School Icons from the Lewis Collection Will Headline Sotheby’s March Sales
Francis Bacon, Self-Portrait, 1972.
Estimate: £8-12 million. Courtesy Sotheby's As the London auctions approach in March, we are beginning to learn more about the major consignments the top houses...
A First Safari in the Serengeti, Where Every Drive Is a Game Drive
Welcome to the Serengeti. Courtesy Four Seasons One of the first things I learned on safari is that every drive is a game drive. I landed at Seronera Airstrip...
Elon Musk Loses Half of xAI’s Founding Team—Where They’ve Gone Next
Elon Musk’s xAI has lost half of its 12-person founding team. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Just days after Elon Musk merged his A.I. startup, xAI, with SpaceX in...
In Chicago, Yoonshin Park Explores the Boundaries of the Book
Park’s work explores the boundaries of the book as both object and language, inviting viewers to “read” through form, texture and absence. Courtesy Hyde Park Art Center “Sometimes stories...
Starting in the Dominican Republic, Elsa Maldonado and Nicole Bainov Are Forging Global Pathways for Caribbean Art
Installation view: “The Fragility of Ancestral Time” at Casa Velazquez in Santo Domingo. Courtesy Heliconia Projects While contemporary Caribbean artists—particularly those working within the diaspora—are beginning to receive greater...
Mistral CEO Arthur Mensch’s $1.4B Data Center Push Powers Europe’s A.I. Autonomy
Arthur Mensch commits $1.4 billion to Nordic data centers, positioning Mistral AI at the center of Europe’s push for sovereign A.I. independence. Photo by Aurelien Morissard/POOL/AFP via Getty Images...
Charlotte Edey Creates Mesmerizing Portals Linking Body, Psyche and Environment
Installation view: Charlotte Edey’s “Corner/Fold.” © Charlotte Edey 2026. Image courtesy of the artist and James Cohan, New York. Photo by Dan Bradica Studio What is striking about Charlotte...
