Khalil Rabah has taken his travelling 20-year exhibition to Europe to share the plight of Palestinians. Fondazione Merz is hosting the project, titled Through the Palestinian Museum of Natural History and Humankind, as it makes its debut in Turin, Italy. The exhibition was planned long before the tragic events in Gaza began, but Rabah refused
Founded in 508 BCE, Athens is one of the oldest cities in the world and it’s regularly touted as one of the Mediterranean’s best capital cities to visit. From the iconic Parthenon and the unique street art rivaling that of Berlin to the city’s glittering coastline, there’s so much to see and do in this ancient
Slashdot reader sciencehabit writes: The Scottish wildcat–a fierce, solitary feline with striking stripes and a legendary reputation in Scotland–may be extinct, due to breeding with domestic cats. Domestic cats and European wildcats (a species to which the Scottish wildcat belongs) shared Europe for more than 2000 years without interbreeding, according to a new study. But
Parisian photography, a new JR art installation, and the return of disco dance queen Dua Lipa. ADVERTISEMENT It’s been another eventful week, with a Picasso painting selling for a record-setting €130 million at auction, the European Film Academy revealing its nominees for the 36th European Film Awards (EFAs) and a crime involving a golden toilet. But
Earlier this year, in a series of emails, I had the privilege of discussing the state of conservative aesthetics with Jane Clark Scharl, a poet, playwright, and former editor here at The European Conservative. At the time, I was a research fellow in the James Madison Program at Princeton University, where I was part of
The office space company WeWork filed for bankruptcy this week. But it isn’t the first time the company has been in difficult financial straits. FT Edit asked Elaine Moore, who has followed the co-working company for years, to give us her inside take. WeWork’s spectacular life cycle spans a $47bn valuation, collapse, revival and now
In recent years, as Hindu nationalists have risen to power in Indian politics, the idea that the country itself is destined to be the vishwaguru, teacher to the world, has gathered currency. Ideologues seek to convince us that the contributions of ancient Hindus in astronomy, yoga, philosophy and mathematics (we invented the zero, don’t forget)
Given that he is a French ex-professional skier, son of a celebrated climber and co-founder of the hottest brand in the mountains, you might expect an interview with Camille Jaccoux to take place in a snow-covered chalet in one of the deep-powder meccas where his products are so lionised — probably Chamonix, perhaps Engelberg, Alta
“We set out on a mission to redefine the concepts of elegance and understated sophistication,” Megha avers—which reflects in all design choices, from the materials to the integration of vegetation and natural light. Spaces are sculpted keeping in mind both form and function, for a lavish home sprawling across 13,500-square-feet that offers different experiences and
If you ever took an art history survey in college, you may recall the blur of Fauvism. In the parade of projected images, it was the shocking flash of pure color that sped past as the course made its way to the more demanding rigors and longer shelf lives of Picasso’s “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” and