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Bill Gates’ Optimism Comes With ‘Footnotes’ After a Tough Year for the World
In a sobering annual message, Bill Gates warns that global aid cuts and unchecked A.I. could derail progress. Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images Bill Gates...
Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Reveals the Simple Secret of Her Successful Turnaround
Fran Horowitz, a former executive at Express Inc. and Ann Taylor Loft, joined Abercrombie & Fitch in 2014. Patrick MacLeod/WWD/Penske Media via Getty Images Abercrombie & Fitch is making...
The Luxurious Valentine’s Day Gifts for Her That Rise Above the Clichés
If you haven't started the search for a Valentine's Day gift just yet, it's time to get on that—ASAP. February 14 is just around the corner, and even if...
From Surrealism to Séances: The Art World’s Spiritual Turn
As museums and biennials revisit Surrealism, outsider practices and Indigenous cosmologies, a pattern emerges that suggests a renewed turn toward spirituality, mysticism and alternative knowledge systems as tools for...
Nuclear Fusion Energy’s Long Promised Future Starts to Look Commercially Real
Type One Energy plans to build a fusion power plan on the site of the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Bull Run coal-fired power plant in Oak Ridge, Tenn. Jim West/UCG/Universal...
In Jeffrey Gibson’s “An Indigenous Present,” Native Art Beyond Representationalism
George Longfish, I Will Never Be the Same When I Leave My Father’s Lodge, 1978-82. Courtesy The Fine Arts Collection, Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art,...
How a Small Uruguayan Town Became a Seasonal Hub for Latin American Art
Este Arte’s deliberately small scale has helped position the fair as an early bellwether for Latin America’s contemporary art market. Courtesy Este Arte In the middle of the southern...
How Nathan Cornwell Is Putting Chiswick on London’s Culinary Map
Nathan Cornwell. Rebecca Dickson Tourists don’t often venture to Chiswick, a west London neighborhood with a charming communal feel, because it seems too off the beaten path. The area...
The Best Fashion Moments From the 2026 Golden Globes Red Carpet
Amanda Seyfried. WireImage You might still be easing into 2026, but awards season is already out in full force. In a twist from the usual schedule, the calendar kicked...
At 93, Joan Semmel Continues to Assert the Female Gaze
Transitions (2012) by Joan Semmel at the Jewish Museum in New York. Photo: Fred Voon for Observer In 1973, when no gallery in New York would show her vivid...
How the World’s Top Companies Use Experimentation to Outlearn Uncertainty
From Airbnb and Booking.com to Amazon and Google, leading companies show how disciplined experimentation turns uncertainty into advantage. Unsplash+ Leaders at Airbnb wondered whether listings with professional photographs might...
