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Observer’s 2026 A.I. Power Index: Who Controls the Capital Flow in A.I
Jaakko Kokko AlphaSense CEO Jack Kokko convinced investors this year that the company transforming how Wall Street and enterprise teams conduct research should be worth $7.5 billion, not $4 billion, and he proved it with revenue. Kokko closed a $350 million round on June 3, led by Vitruvian Partners, Accenture Ventures and J.P. Morgan Asset…
Read MoreThe 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 am passionate about it and use it every day in my practice. Not only to paint—today, artists like myself also use it to teach students from…
Read MoreFaig Ahmed Weaves Azerbaijan’s Past Into Its Future in Venice
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Read MoreFor 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 started looking into the feasibility of opening a contemporary art museum in Benin, she was met with a lot of resistance. “People told me that there…
Read MoreAn 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 District Line in loose clusters, runners already pacing the Embankment, rowers cutting through dark waters before the High Street has properly opened. That movement is most…
Read MoreAt 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 events, primarily connects corporate enterprises with artists. But founders Florence Marmiesse, a French art consultant who came up through Sotheby’s and Artcurial, and Camilla D’Alfonso, an…
Read MoreThe 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 Lenglen. When she died in 1938, at the age of 39, Reuters declared her “the greatest woman lawn tennis player of all time.” She was born…
Read MoreMeet the A.I. Ph.D. Who Took Human Error Out of the World’s Biggest Games
Hawk-Eye cameras at the side of a court during a Wimbledon game in 2025. Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Technology is shaping the outcome of sport more than ever. Just this week, during a World Cup clash between Brazil and Norway, a penalty was awarded after VAR (Video Assistant Referee) reviewed a foul by Kristoffer Ajer on…
Read MoreIn London’s Classics Week Sales, Old Masters Were Back, But Only the Best of the Best
Christie’s Classics Week Evening Sales achieved a combined total of £50.7 million and set seven records. CHRISTIE’S LTD 2026 Following London’s contemporary sales, the major auction houses turned to the timeless beauty of the classics, with Christie’s and Sotheby’s staging their Old Masters sales in close succession. The category has seen a significant rebound in…
Read MoreAs 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 its founding at a fragile historical moment, looking back at the symbolic objects and documents that helped define the national story can reveal—or at least remind…
Read MoreIn 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 choosing sides. © Agata Grzybowska Part period piece, part political premonition, Paweł Pawlikowski’s Fatherland rounds out the Polish director’s loose trilogy set in the detritus of…
Read MoreAmerica’s Small Businesses Need a Next Generation
As millions of business owners approach retirement, the future of America’s small business economy will depend on how successfully ownership passes to the next generation. Unsplash+ As America approaches its 250th anniversary, conversations about economic competitiveness often focus on emerging technologies, workforce development and global competition. Yet one of the most consequential economic challenges shaping…
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