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Elon Musk Announces Starlink’s Expansion to Saudi Arabia During Trump’s Mideast Tour
Elon Musk attends a “coffee ceremony” while visiting U.S. President Donald Trump at the Saudi Royal Court on May 13, 2025, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Win McNamee/Getty Images Starlink,...
A Major Survey Spotlights Marisol’s Sculptural Explorations of Self and Society
An installation view of “Marisol: A Retrospective.” Photo: Brad Flowers | Courtesy Dallas Museum Of Art “My work is sculpture, figurative, life size, and socially conscious”—that’s how Venezuelan-born American...
Warren Buffett’s Best and Worst Investments Over His 55-Year Career
Warren Buffett speaks onstage during Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit – Day 2 at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel on October 13, 2015 in Washington, DC. Paul Morigi/Getty Images for...
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Warns on Volatility Despite US-China Tariff Truce
Asset manager Larry Fink said issues like U.S. deficits must be tackled to overcome uncertainty. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Markets surged yesterday (May 12) on news of a temporary tariff...
Despite Quiet Bidding, Christie’s Evening Sales Brought in $489M
Adrien Meyer sells the top lot of the 20th Century Evening Sale, Monet’s Peupliers au bord de l’Epte, crépuscule, for $43 million. Courtesy Christie's The marquee auctions may not...
Cultural Cachet and Institutional Clout Converge at Dia Beacon’s Spring Benefit
Arabelle Reille-Mahdavi, François Louis Pinault and James Murdoch. Brendon Cook/BFA.com Dia Art Foundation must hire an absolute army of photographers to document its Spring Benefit, which this year brought...
Hidden Liabilities: How Rare Manuscripts Threaten Institutional Reputations
High-profile thefts and illicit acquisitions have upended the credibility of major cultural institutions, exposing how easily oversight can fail. Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images When most people envision cultural institutions such...
These Are the Spring Season’s Must-See Museum Shows
El Museo Del Barrio Through August 3, 2025 Puerto Rican-American artist Candida Alvarez is having her moment with a major mid-career survey at El Museo del Barrio that traces...
How Painter Feng Xiao-Min Bridges Cultures With His Brush of Light
Feng Xiao-Min, Composition n°6.4.23, 2023; acrylic on canvas, 195 x 130 cm | 76.8 x 51.2 in. Courtesy of the artist, Opera Gallery, and © On White Wall Born...
Federal Science Funding Cuts Put A.I.’s Foundation at Risk, Experts Warn
Academia is worried about its fate in light of widespread funding cuts. Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the Nobel Prize-winning AlphaFold and advances in autonomous...
