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One Fine Show: “Monuments” at MOCA’s Geffen Contemporary and The Brick
Kara Walker, Unmanned Drone, 2023. ©Ruben Diaz 2025 Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a recently opened exhibition at a museum not in New York City, a...
FOG Design + Art Delivers Strong Sales and Institutional Momentum in San Francisco
FOG Design + Art opened its 2026 edition with a highly attended preview gala benefiting SFMOMA. Photo: Natalie Schrik for Drew Altizer Photography Auction houses may have only recently...
Dario Amodei Challenges Jensen Huang’s Vision of Global A.I. Integration
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at last year’s World Economic Forum in Davos on Jan. 23, 2025. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images The national security risks of selling A.I. chips...
Henri Rousseau, the Performative Naïf Who Outsmarted Modernity
“Henri Rousseau: A Painter’s Secrets” is on view at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia through February 22. Courtesy of the Barnes Foundation Henri Rousseau is primarily known for his...
What Doctors Really Think of ChatGPT Health and A.I. Medical Advice
The rush to deploy A.I. in health care raises hard questions about accuracy and trust. Unsplash Each week, more than 230 million people globally ask ChatGPT questions about health...
2026: The Year Retail Stops Searching and Starts Thinking
A.I.-native commerce is collapsing the traditional funnel and forcing brands to rethink visibility, trust and control. Unsplash+ For the past decade, it seems that while technology has become increasingly...
KYC’s Insider Problem and the Case for Confidential A.I.
As breaches mount and identity data proves irreversible, confidential A.I. challenges the assumption that verification requires visibility. Unsplash+ Modern Know Your Customer (KYC) systems were sold as a trust...
Sam Altman’s Latest Startup Takes On Elon Musk’s Neuralink
Sam Altman is adding a brain-computer interface startup to his growing portfolio of startups outside of OpenAI. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images One might think running OpenAI would be enough to...
A New Collector-Founded Fair, ENZO, Will Launch During L.A. Art Week
More than 10 galleries from New York’s downtown scene will mount booths in the inaugural edition of ENZO. Courtesy of ENZO Roles in the art industry are becoming increasingly...
The Most Compelling Rose Perfumes, From Classic to Contemporary
Rose is undoubtedly a classic fragrance, but over the years, the floral scent gained a reputation as a touch old-fashioned and perhaps even, dare we say, outdated. It's true...
Martinis at The Cosmo: The Corner Store Reveals Vegas Location
Aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1610952" style="width: 970px" class="wp-caption aligncenter">The Corner Store is opening in Las Vegas. Nick Johnson Eugene Remm, Tilman Fertitta and Catch Hospitality Group will open their second location of The...
