“In Minor Keys” Is the Biennale’s Crown Jewel
Also, Aruna D’Souza interviews Australian Pavilion artist Khaled Sabsabi.
May 28, 2026
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A Look Into Frank Stella's Mesmerizing Collection of Diné Textiles
The late artist's trove of Navajo weavings is on public display for the first time at Arader Galleries in NYC ahead of a sale.
May 28, 2026
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Figurative Expressionist Painter Jay Milder Dies at 92
He carved out a space for himself in the downtown art scene as a bold artist and gallerist who championed contemporaries such as Claes Oldenburg and Jim Dine.
May 28, 2026
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David Humphrey Is Allergic to Style
The artist challenges the status quo of postmodernism, not by knocking it over but by slyly subverting it.
May 28, 2026
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Required Reading
This week: a record-breaking World Cup mural in Mexico City, the Gen Z of 19th-century France, van Gogh and AI, and more.
May 28, 2026
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Art Movements: Wolfgang Tillmans Wins Europe's Richest Art Prize
The first public exhibition of Jack White's artwork, Cheryl Finley gets the David C. Driskell Prize, and more news to know.
May 28, 2026
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The Looter Who Built Your Favorite Museum
A new book maps the network that allowed Douglas Latchford to violently rip Khmer statues from their homes and funnel them into Western institutions.
May 28, 2026
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To access your creativity, start playing
To live a fulfilling life, we need to have a grasp on our personal values, what lights us up as individuals, and how to connect to ourselves and our communities. Exploring my individual creative expre...
May 28, 2026
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Animal play may be about more than survival
We tend to think of animals as survival machines, their every action designed to help them avoid threats, fulfill needs, and find mates. But what are we to make of a crow that repeatedly places a disc...
May 28, 2026
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The hidden cost of taking yourself too seriously
I was in St Albans, England, walking through the sunny park leading up to the cathedral, when I saw a small boy rolling down the hill in the grass. I felt something unexpected: jealousy. I wish that w...
May 28, 2026
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What children learn when adults aren’t around
Children, like all mammals, are born completely dependent on adults for survival. The primary task of childhood is to grow increasingly independent of this care, and so they are also born with instinc...
May 28, 2026
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Why your brain loves games — and how to use that to your advantage
I remember sitting in class as a kid, struggling to pay attention while my teacher explained fractions. But at home, I could play Age of Empires for five hours straight — managing civilizations, balan...
May 28, 2026
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The 250-year-old company that survived by refusing to lay people off
What happens when you lose all of your customers at once? In 1978, that’s exactly what happened to Garbellotto S.p.A., one of Italy’s oldest and most celebrated barrel-makers. Founded in 1...
May 28, 2026
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One of Neptune's 16 moons is not like the others, James Webb telescope finds — and it could be key to fully understanding the solar system
Neptune has a complicated life story, and its moon Nereid might be the only one left standing from the planet’s multibillion-year history.
May 22, 2026
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Can AI really simulate human thinking? Research casts doubt on an influential study, suggesting an advanced model was just really good at memorizing patterns.
A study published in July 2025 claimed the Centaur AI model could simulate and predict human behavior with astonishing accuracy. A counter study raises doubts.
May 22, 2026
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Scientists claimed the world's oldest rock art is 67,800 years old. But is the science behind that estimate flawed?
A technique that has rewritten the timeline of prehistoric art may be overestimating the ages of cave paintings, some scientists say.
May 22, 2026
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Seal pups were dying from a 'corkscrew killer' on a Canadian island. It turned out to be cannibals.
Dead seal pups on a Canadian island have been found with mysterious spiral-shaped injuries for years. The wounds were thought to be the work of sharks or boat propellers, but new research confirms a d...
May 22, 2026
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Landmark finding that showed brains of kids with ADHD mature later was actually a mirage in the data, new research finds
A "foundational" study found that the brains of children with ADHD matured later, but that finding was likely a mirage tied to issues with how the children were followed over time.
May 22, 2026
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Ebola outbreak in Central Africa will be a nightmare to contain, experts warn
Experts say the Ebola outbreak raging in Central Africa could be challenging to contain due to ongoing conflict in the region and a lack of vaccines and international aid.
May 22, 2026
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The 'Doomsday Glacier' is poised to lose its ice shelf this year. An Antarctic researcher explains what that means for global sea levels
Researchers have warned that the Thwaites Glacier, one of the largest glaciers in the world, is about to lose its eastern ice shelf. We spoke to marine geophysicist Robert Larter about what this means...
May 28, 2026
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