Artists to Watch
The World Is Looking Back
Tracey Chaykin and the Intimacy of Environmental Attention
Artists to Watch
The Art of the Second Look
John Nieman and the split second between recognition and surprise.
Artists to Watch
Vũ Tú Left Physics for Stone—and Found a New Language
The Vietnamese valedictorian chose direct stone carving and found a language between science, devotion and risk.
Artists to Watch
The Desert That Turns Silver After Dark
At White Sands, moonlight transforms the world’s largest gypsum dune field and teaches the eye to slow down.
Fashion
At The Met, Fashion Finally Takes the Main Gallery
With Costume Art, clothing moves beside the Great Hall—and the dressed body enters the museum’s main argument.
Wonders
Kīlauea Threw Fire 500 Feet Into the Sky
Episode 54 made geologic time visible for nine incandescent hours at Hawaiʻi’s most closely watched volcano.
Icons
Josephine Baker Never Stopped Moving—and Paris Is Still Catching Up
At 120, the performer, resistance agent and civil-rights voice refuses to become a frozen symbol.