President Donald Trump’s first term saw a record-high rate of turnover among his Cabinet members and chief advisers. Trump’s second term has, to date, seen far fewer Cabinet departures. But some political commentators have observed that the president this time around has primarily appointed loyal advisers who will not challenge him. As Thomas Friedman pointed...
In India, the Slam Out Loud program connects teachers and artists in classrooms for storytelling, theater, and visual arts that bolster children’s socio-emotional learning. In the United States, Carnegie Hall partners with more than 115 orchestras across the country to teach children to sing and play instruments, culminating in an orchestral performance. Nonprofits like these...
The Comfortable Trap Imagine wandering through a mall—or worse, a supermarket—and seeing row upon row of people strolling about as though they’d just rolled out of bed. So snug, so stretchy, and oh so revealing (of the decidedly unglamorous parental choice to skip pants today). Once the province of gym bunnies, leggings have, in a...
Ahead of a major solo show at Palais de Tokyo in Paris, the artist welcomes Art Basel to her unusual studio on the shores of Lake Atitlán Vivian Suter paints in the dark, and only outdoors. Nearly every day, she exits her home on a lush parcel of land in Panajachel, Guatemala, in the late afternoon....
With unique perspectives and innovative practices, this eclectic selection highlights the richness and variety of the country’s contemporary art scene You may know about Jean Tinguely, Alberto Giacometti, or Meret Oppenheim – monumental figures of art history who were either born or spent their lives in Switzerland. But what about the many artists that contribute...
As a professional ballerina, I experience dance differently than most. I look at lines, weight shifts, the stories bodies tell even before the music begins. So when I sat in the audience at the Broward Center to see Miami City Ballet’s latest production of Carmen, choreographed by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, I didn’t expect to be...
On Friday, April 25, Miami City Ballet unveiled its daring new take on Carmen, choreographed by the visionary Annabelle Lopez Ochoa. Known for her modern, sharp-edged storytelling, Ochoa brings a distinctly fresh energy to the legendary tale, one that celebrates female autonomy with fierce elegance—and, fittingly, style was at the heart of it all. From...
As the Ringier Collection takes over Germany’s Langen Foundation, the publisher ponders decades of curiosity, collaboration – and mixing business with pleasure ‘I gave up on asking myself why I have this drive to collect so many pieces of art,’ says Michael Ringier. Despite initially claiming ‘there is no real answer,’ when pressed, the chairman...
This April, Carmen returns to South Florida—not with the sultry flourish of a familiar femme fatale, but as a fierce freedom fighter in the heart of the Spanish Civil War. In a bold new interpretation by French-born director Maria Todaro, Florida Grand Opera’s production reframes Bizet’s iconic opera as a searing reflection on resilience, rebellion,...
Last month, OpenAI launched a new AI image generator, powered by its GPT-4o model, by showing off its ability to turn any image into one inspired by iconic Japanese animation studio Studio Ghibli. The new functionality quickly kicked off a viral trend that had everyone from the White House to Israel Defense Forces Ghibli-fying images. It also kicked off a major public backlash,...
