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How Uman Channeled a Turbulent Year Into Calm Abstraction
The artist spoke candidly about navigating commercial success while resisting institutional expectations until the timing felt right. Photo by Katharina Poblotzki. Image courtesy of Nicola Vassell and Hauser &...
Elia Arce’s ‘No Time to Mourn (An Excerpt)’ Is a Monument to Grief
In No Time to Mourn (An Excerpt), the audience is invited to set intentions into red carnations that are later placed at the feet of a figure in blue....
Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In Finds Women Are Leaning Out in the Workplace
Sandberg argues that standardized processes are essential to closing the widening ambition gap. John Lamparski/Getty Images Twelve years after Sheryl Sandberg’s best-seller Lean In sparked a workplace movement urging...
Artsy Reads Guaranteed to Jump-Start Your Creativity
‘My Work’ by Olga Ravn Since reading it two years ago, there’s no book I recommend more frequently than Ravn’s deeply introspective “novel” My Work. I use the quotes...
The Met’s Crowd-Pleasing ‘Andrea Chénier’ Is Marred By Miscast Doomed Lovers
Igor Golovatenko as Carlo Gérard. Photo: Karen Almond/Met Opera During the 1950s and 1960s, Giordano’s Andrea Chénier was frequently performed at the Metropolitan Opera featuring some of the era’s...
What Zero 10 Can Tell Us About the Art World’s Next Chapter
Zero 10, Art Basel’s new digital art section, debuted in Miami, building on the fair’s growing engagement with techno culture. Martina Hoyos In a year when discussions about A.I....
Inside the New Après-Ski Era of Design-Forward Alpine Escapes
Most ski hotels still lean on the same props: antler chandeliers, muddy tartan, a bar that smells like hot cider syrup and end-of-day chaos. A moose head wearing somebody's...
Google’s Gemini Rapidly Closes In on ChatGPT as Antitrust Scrutiny Mounts
Gemini’s user base is expanding at multiples of ChatGPT’s, signaling a new phase in the chatbot race. Unsplash Google’s Gemini is in a hyper-growth phase and rapidly closing the...
From Rejection to Revolution: Santa Barbara Museum of Art Charts the Rise of the Impressionists
Camille Pissarro, Apple Harvest, 1888. Oil on canvas, overall: 24 x 29 1/8 in. (60.96 x 73.98 cm.), dimensions: 33 1/2 x 38 3/4 x 4 in. (85.09 x...
Walmart Moves to Nasdaq—Outgoing CEO Doug McMillon on What Lies Ahead
Walmart CEO Doug McMillon speaks before the opening bell at the Nasdaq Marketsite on Dec. 9, 2025 in New York City. Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images If Doug...
