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The Flood of A.I.-Generated Images Will Make Human-Made Art More Precious, Not Less
Alai Ganuza, Pink bathroom. Copyright and courtesy Alai Ganuza As a full-time painter and educator, I can say with certainty that technology has completely changed the art world. I...
Faig Ahmed Weaves Azerbaijan’s Past Into Its Future in Venice
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For Collector Marie-Cécile Zinsou, Building a Museum in Benin Was Just the Beginning
The traveling exhibition “Nago Hunters from the Kingdom of Bante” by Jean-Dominique Burton in 2013.  ©Jean-Dominique Burton When art collector and 2025 Yale Directors Forum fellow Marie-Cécile Zinsou first...
An Insider’s Guide to Putney’s Riverfront London Life
Putney is a bend in the Thames where London starts behaving like a system rather than a sprawl—nothing quite settles; instead, everything circulates. Commuters rush off trains and the...
Bloomberg CTO Shawn Edwards Is Rebuilding the Terminal Into an A.I. That Can’t Bluff
Bloomberg CTO Shawn Edwards. Lori Hoffman/Bloomberg Bloomberg’s chief technology officer has, by his own admission, a job that is half about building the future and half about stopping the...
At Ebbio, the Parisian Art Consultancy IDA Offers Artists the Luxury of Unstructured Time
The restored 13th-century farm where IDA hosts its biannual residency. Courtesy IDA IDA, a four-year-old Parisian consulting agency specialized in the development of art acquisitions, exhibitions, custom commissions and...
The Original ‘It Girl’ of Tennis Played Drunk, Undressed and Undefeated
Suzanne Lenglen and René Lacoste in 1925. ullstein bild via Getty Images Before Naomi Osaka, before Serena Williams, before Billie Jean King, there was the French tennis star Suzanne...
Media and Corporate Moguls Touch Down in Sun Valley for ‘Billionaire Summer Camp’
The Sun Valley Lodge prepares for the upcoming Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 06, 2026 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images After a blistering Fourth...
When Art Forgeries Are Exposed, the Fakes Don’t Simply Disappear
A forgery by Edgar Mrugalla of the painting The Poor Poet by Franz Carl Spitzweg, displayed in the exhibition “Echt falsch – Das Phaenomen der Kunstfaelschung” (“Really Fake –...
Strawberries, Tea and Champagne: The London Hotels With the Best Wimbledon Experiences
Summer in England means two things: the potential for actual sunshine and the arrival of Wimbledon. The annual tennis championship (the oldest in the world), held at the All...
As the Semiquincentennial Approaches, Collectors Are Rethinking What American History Is Worth
Frederic Remington’s Coming to the Call achieved a record-setting $13.3 million at Christie’s in January 2026. CHRISTIE'S IMAGES LTD. 2026 As the United States approaches the 250th anniversary of...
In Paweł Pawlikowski’s ‘Fatherland,’ Thomas Mann’s Divided Germany Is a Study of Artistic Compromise and Family Rupture
Set in 1949 and starring Sandra Hüller as Thomas Mann’s daughter, the Best Director winner at Cannes reckons with the cost of holding onto one’s convictions in a world...