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Why Most Art Galleries Don’t Offer Discounts
Dealers must walk a fine line between sustaining an artist’s market and closing the sale. © Vasco Stocker Vilhena (for Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art) Everywhere we look, we’re bombarded...
Ray Dalio Joins Billionaires Funding ‘Trump Accounts’ for Children
Ray Dalio’s $75 million pledge adds momentum to Trump’s child savings plan, even as some tech leaders remain skeptical. Photo by Amal Alhasan/Getty Images for Fortune Media The U.S. government’s...
Why Ford’s Electric F-150 Never Took Off
After years of bold EV promises, Ford is retreating from the F-150 Lightning and rewriting its electric future. Josh Lefkowitz/Getty Images This week, Ford announced it will end production...
The Most Over-the-Top Experience Gifts That Go Beyond the Expected
A week in Africa with Four Seasons Safari and Islands If you have a family member, partner or close pal who has been dropping not-so-subtle hints about how much...
Christie’s and Sotheby’s Close 2025 With a Market Rebound Fueled by Luxury and New Buyers
Dynamo Phyllis Kao led Sotheby’s The Now and Contemporary Evening Auction, which scored a $178.5 million result with strong participation from Asia. Julian Cassady Photography / Ali After a...
A Tribute to Luigi Bonotto, the Visionary Fluxus Patron Who Merged Art, Life and Industry
Luigi Bonotto playing chess with Yoko Ono. Courtesy Fondazione Bonotto In the hills of Molvena, a rural corner of the Veneto, one of the region’s most notable manufacturing stories...
A.I. Is Overhyped Yet Underappreciated, Says DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis
Hassabis argues the A.I. boom mirrors past tech bubbles, even as competition to reach AGI intensifies. Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images for SXSW London For Demis Hassabis, CEO of...
Remembering the Founder of The New York Observer
Arthur L. Carter poses for a portrait in The New York Observer’s Upper East Side townhouse in New York City on May 16, 1994. Penske Media via Getty Images...
At the Bass in Miami, Lawrence Lek’s Odyssey for an Era Shaped by A.I.
Lawrence Lek, NOX (video still). Courtesy of the artist and Sadie Coles HQ What happens when machines develop their own form of autonomous consciousness? This question has long been...
The Global Branding Trap CEOs Keep Falling Into
The era of A.I.-driven branding still belongs to leaders who pair data with cultural fluency, local autonomy and real presence in the markets they serve. Unsplash+ A.I. has upended...
