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Startup Founders Embrace Bootstrapping as Venture Capital Loses Its Shine
Kikoff founder Cynthia Chen (L) and Stacker founder Noah Greenberg (R). Courtesy Kikoff and Stacker As venture capital slows outside of A.I. and a handful of oversized deals that...
Leftover 69: An Excerpt from Jon Hart’s ‘Unfortunately, I was available’
‘Unfortunately, I was available’ is Hart’s ode to the surreal, thankless and oddly endearing world of gig work. Courtesy Jon Hart I submit to play an upstate New York...
A.I. Is Eroding the ‘Bottom Rungs’ of Career Ladders, Harvard Researchers Warn
The rise of generative A.I. is disrupting entry-level opportunities across industries. Getty Images/Unsplash The mainstream rise of generative A.I. in recent years has fueled concerns that the technology could...
The Best Art Galleries (and One Museum) in Lisbon, Portugal
Work by Miriam Cahn at MAAT. Artwork: Miriam Cahn / © Pedro Pina Lisbon has a reputation for being one of the most artistic cities in Europe, yet that...
How Museums Like OMA Are Opening Their Doors to Visitors With Vision Impairment
The Orlando Museum of Art’s low-vision event series underscored the importance of expanding accessibility programs so that no one is excluded from the full experience of art. Courtesy Orlando...
Jerome Powell Signals Fed Policy Shift to Balance Inflation and Jobs Strains
Fed chair Jerome Powell delivered what will likely be his last speech at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium today (Aug. 22). Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Jerome Powell, chair of the...
Solitude, Sauna and Sublime Design: The Smart Luxury Guide to Sweden
Sweden doesn't do grand gestures. Instead, it focuses on something harder to deliver: the perfect pause. While its neighbors peddle their greatest hits—Norway's fjords, Denmark's hygge, Finland's thousand lakes—Sweden...
Trump Mocks Goldman Sachs CEO’s DJ Past After Bank’s Tariff Criticism
David Solomon at the Invest America Roundtable hosted by President Donald Trump at the White House on June 09, 2025. Win McNamee/Getty Images David Solomon is best known as...
Barry Avrich Knows Everybody Loves a Fake
Barry Avrich’s new book about an art-world scandal inadvertently speaks truths about our obsession with art as an asset. Photo by R.J. Johnston/Toronto Star via Getty Images “This is...
Courtauld Gallery’s ‘Abstract Erotic’ Revisits Structural Sexuality in Sculpture
Louise Bourgeois, Untitled, 1971. Photo: Christopher Burke, © The Easton Foundation, VAGA at ARS, NY and DACS, London 2025 What passes for eroticism these days? In an online world...
