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The Masterpieces Not to Miss at TEFAF Maastricht
TEFAF Maastricht runs from through March 19, 2026. Loraine Bodewes LORAI Lo Few fairs offer the opportunity to see a Roman marble across the aisle from a Dutch Golden Age or Italian Old Master work, alongside contemporary design, jewelry, Chinese antiques and African and Oceanic artifacts—all steps apart. But every year in Maastricht, TEFAF stages…
Read MoreHuman Capital as a Competitive Moat in the Age of A.I. Agents
If A.I. agents standardize working practices across the majority of business functions, outperforming our own cognitive abilities, then what becomes of creativity, difference and ultimately, people? Unsplash+ The use of A.I. agents is becoming increasingly widespread. A recent Cloudera survey of IT leaders across 14 countries found that 56 percent had deployed such tools in…
Read MoreThese Charcoal-Eating Fungi Flourish After Fires. Uncovering Their Genetic Secrets Could Help Rebuild Burned Ecosystems
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Mycologists cultivated fungi they found in post-wildfire landscapes to understand the evolutionary traits behind their ability to thrive in the wake of flames Source link
Read MoreVenomous Snakes Represent a Serious Public Health Problem. Scientists Are Biting Back With a Groundbreaking Antidote
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Researchers around the world are attempting to create a safer and more effective treatment in hopes of saving hundreds of thousands of lives Source link
Read MoreGarth Greenan’s Long Game: How the Dealer Is Redefining Artist Representation for the Future
For its 15th anniversary, Garth Greenan Gallery announced its relocation and expansion to two new spaces at 10 Greene Street and 25 Greene Street this September. Courtesy Garth Greenan Gallery In 15 years, dealer Garth Greenan has established a reputation not through headline-grabbing speculation on ultra-contemporary market darlings or glamorous openings, but by quietly developing…
Read MoreBumblebee Queens Breathe Underwater to Survive Drowning, Revealing How They Can Live Submerged for a Week
After scientists accidentally discovered that the common eastern bumblebee can withstand flood conditions, they wanted to investigate what makes that super-ability possible Source link
Read MoreHow BUTTER’s Founders Are Rethinking the Economics of the Art Fair
Alan Bacon and Malina Simone Jeffers. Courtesy BUTTER Fine Art Fair In a pay-to-play art-fair ecosystem largely designed to keep galleries coming back and collectors entertained, new fairs looking to gain a foothold can’t stray far from the traditional model. But the founders of BUTTER Fine Art Fair didn’t want to play the game as…
Read MoreWould You Jump Into Your Local River? Swimmable Cities May Be Within Reach as Once-Polluted Waterways Are Restored
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Efforts to improve the “swimmability” of urban areas are gaining global traction, from Paris to Chicago Source link
Read MoreHanging by a Thread: Inside the Death-Defying World of Rappel Graffiti
RAMS at work on a piece 700 feet atop 161 Maiden Lane in Lower Manhattan. Photo courtesy RAMS A woman stared out her window across a narrow Giza street, watching a figure dressed in black suspended from a rope apply silver paint to a brick wall a half dozen stories up. It was 3:30 a.m.,…
Read MoreThe 2026 Whitney Biennial Delivers American Art for a Fractured Age
The 2026 Whitney Biennial 2026 runs through August. Darian DiCianno/BFA.com If the Whitney Biennial takes the temperature of American art—and of the society that produces it—the cacophony of fragments, relics and semi-fictional or dystopian allusions in this edition captures the fractured sense of reality and dissociation defining the present moment, as the great narratives that…
Read MoreHow Harry Styles Became the Most Watched Man in Fashion: His Style Evolution
Before he was the first man to appear solo on the cover of American Vogue, Harry Edward Styles was a teenager working the register at the W Mandeville Bakery in Holmes Chapel, Cheshire—a village so small that when fans started showing up by the thousands a decade later, the local council had to hire tour…
Read MoreCan Copyright Survive the Age of A.I.?
In classrooms and courtrooms alike, the future of copyright is being negotiated in real time. Unsplash+ Think about your favorite song, movie or musical. Then consider how you enjoy, watch, listen or engage with that content. The answer? Copyright. Copyright has not disappeared in the age of A.I., but it is being stress-tested in novel…
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