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Why Bill Ackman Is Making a $2B Bet on Mark Zuckerberg’s A.I. Vision
Bill Ackman’s $2 billion Meta investment signals confidence in Zuckerberg’s long-term A.I. strategy. Photo by Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images Meta’s reputation as one of Silicon Valley’s biggest...
Osaka’s Long-Overdue Luxury Hotel Moment Has Arrived
Osaka is not Tokyo. It has never tried to be. Whereas the country’s capital exudes a buttoned-up beauty and a cosmopolitan charisma found in only a handful of global...
One Fine Show: “Michael Rakowitz, Proxies for Poets and Palaces” at the Stavanger Art Museum
Michael Rakowitz, The Ballad Special Ops Cody, 2017. Photo: Erik Sæter Jørgensen, Courtesy the Stavanger Art Museum Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at...
Dana Walden Faces Disney’s Franchise and Streaming Reckoning
With Disney’s leadership reshuffle underway, Dana Walden emerges as the executive who will decide which stories actually matter next. Leonardo MUNOZ / AFP via Getty Images “What now?” It’s...
With “Happy Zoo,” Anita Lam Makes a Case for Artistic Environmentalism
Anita Lam. Courtesy Anita Lam Artist Anita Lam didn’t set out to reinvent the zoo, but after reading John Berger’s Why Look at Animals?, she found herself rethinking the...
Sam Altman and Dario Amodei Clash Over Ads and the Future of A.I.
Sam Altman says OpenAI has a “differently-shaped problem” than Anthropic. Chris Jung/NurPhoto via Getty Images As the A.I. industry’s two most influential voices, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic’s...
In L.A., Julia Stoschek’s Art Collection Activates a Cinema Landmark
Marina Abramović, The Hero 25FPS, 2001. Courtesy the Julia Stoschek Foundation In a long-dormant Venetian-style landmark originally opened in 1924—which once hosted vaudeville and live theater—the nonprofit Julia Stoschek...
Painter Helene Schjerfbeck’s Life in Layers at the Met
Helene Schjerfbeck, Self-Portrait,1912. Oil on canvas, 17 1/8 × 16 1/2 in. Ateneum Art Museum, Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, Photo: Finnish National Gallery / Yehia Eweis To see an...
Oscar Murillo Reflects On Building a Body of Work That Resists Linear Time
Oscar Murillo. Photo by Tim Bowditch, courtesy the artist. Copyright © Oscar Murillo Those art aficionados who aren’t in Doha this week are likely in Mexico City for ZONAMACO....
Remembering Harry Haun, Who Chronicled Broadway with Wit and Wonder
Harry Haun spent more than five decades chronicling the theater world with wit, warmth and encyclopedic precision. Photo by Walter McBride/Getty Images When Broadway’s tireless chronicler Harry Haun joined...
