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Manifesta makes a case for site-specific biennials as it arrives to Ruhr for its 16th edition
As major recurrent exhibitions have begun to rethink their models, the nomadic European biennial has long championed the value of the travelling art showcase.
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Is AI-created art worthy of display? A new Los Angeles museum thinks so
Co-founded by Refik Anadol and Efsun Erkılıç, Dataland opens with an immersive work that connects technology to the natural world.
The UK’s under-16 social-media ban won’t make Big Tech safer
The UK has unveiled one of the world’s harshest social-media bans for young people. Will it actually work? Or will it simply hand more private data to tech giants?
AI won’t replace jobs humans are good at. Now people just need to prove their worth
Journalists worrying about their profession becoming obsolete is nothing new. AI won’t end their careers – but a failure to make a case for their jobs certainly will.
The 2026 Women’s Prize winners talk rejection, process and finding stories worth telling
Veteran journalist Lyse Doucet turned an experience in Afghanistan into a chronicle of history. Meanwhile, after years of setbacks, Virginia Evans turned a writing exercise into award-winning fiction.
Few artists made a bigger splash than David Hockney, who has died at 88
Across a seven-decade career, the Yorkshireman was always vibrant, always innovative and absolutely never boring.
Tacky? Yes. Patriotic? Often. But the World Cup needs its anthems
Beyond the Fifa World Cup’s well-documented hospitality woes, there’s more that feels out of tune. For starters, where is all the music?
Seven Amsterdam bookshops worth writing home about
The Dutch were early adopters of the printing press and Amsterdam is still a haven of the written word. These bookshops keep the pages turning.
London’s Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration opens in a bid to draw new audiences to the art form
The world’s biggest space dedicated to illustration has opened in London. Can it help to protect the art amid rising threats from AI?
From the Pope to Bad Bunny, ‘Madrileños’ have plenty to put their faith in this weekend
The Spanish capital is gearing up for a weekend to remember as an apostolic visit from the Pope coincides with Bad Bunny’s 10-concert residency.
Is Lisbon’s art market on the up? Arco Lisboa, the city’s growing contemporary art fair, has put on a promising display
Monocle reflects on the Portuguese capital’s biggest art fair, Arco Lisboa, and whether the peripheral market is starting to make a bigger splash.
