Atmospheric Scenes and Layered Interpretations Top the 2026 Hasselblad Masters Contest — This year, photographers in 160 countries submitted more than 108,000 images to the prestigious Hasselblad Masters competition.
Juneteenth Joy — The Obama Center opens, and a guide to what to do on the holiday in NYC.
Scrambled Eggs with Shiso — Scrambled Eggs with Shiso (also known as perilla leaves) is my new favorite egg stir-fry—aromatic, tasty, and done in under 15 minutes!
National Gallery Implements Protections Ahead of IndyCar Grand Prix — I.M. Pei skylights and an outdoor Alexander Calder sculpture are among the structures that have been boarded up ahead of this month’s race.
A New Book Celebrates More Than 250 Trailblazing Women Photographers Across 200 Years — Phaidon's "Great Women Photographers" spans a multitude of photographic works from 68 countries and covers nearly 200 years of history.
Trump Installs Thomas Jefferson Statue in the Rose Garden — The artist behind the piece is also responsible for a MAGA-friendly Trump statue.
Dark Emotions Evoke Growth in Alejandro Aguliar Canela's Graphite Drawings — Alejandro Aguilar Canela finds profound value in what may be seen as some of our bleakest emotions.
Björn Persson's New Book Highlights the World's Incredible and Endangered Wildlife — 'The Earth We Share,' forthcoming from Rizzoli next month, celebrates conservation efforts and the diverse animal realm.
Swasthi's Recipes - Authentic Indian Recipes by Swasthi — The ultimate guide to Authentic & Restaurant quality Indian Recipes. Browse through many Time-tested Vegetarian & Meat Recipes
Pleating With Iris van Herpen — Iris van Herpen is making a collective garment at the Brooklyn Museum, Trump’s Smithsonian warpath, and Rice University goes tuition-free for many.
Don’t Ask Lari Pittman What His Work Is “About” — The Colombian-American painter discusses his new body of work, the complexity of queerness, and the reprieve of the analog.
This 2-Ingredient Cocktail Was Just Named "the Drink of Summer" — <img src="https://cdn.apartmenttherapy.info/image/upload//tk/edit/recipes/2026/2026-07/vodka-cranberry/vodka-cran-cocktail-3"> My go-to drink in college. <br /> <br /> <a…
You Barely Need More Than a Can of Soda to Make The Best Pulled Pork of Your Life — Set it and forget it.
Crispy Tofu With Peanut Sauce — Inspired by satay, sans the skewers, this saucy tofu comes together in one skillet in just 30 minutes.
“Serena Williams has announced her sensational return to professional tennis at 44 years old next week at the — “Serena Williams has announced her sensational return to professional tennis at 44 years old next week at the Queen’s Club in London.” Yessss.
Could This New Legislation Protect Historic Sites From Trump's Wrath? — As a heavily Trump-appointed council tries to loosen preservation safeguards, Democrats are spearheading the PRESERVE Act to protect publicly commissioned art.
Duck Dynasty at the Frick — The duckling family found waddling at the Manhattan museum, Art Basel impressions, and Kim Dacres’s rubber art.
Edward Hopper’s Distinctly American Solitude — American bombast is, more than anything, a mask, which Hopper understood well.
AI Is the New Book Burning — Humanity at stake in Anthropic’s mass book destruction, remembering gallerist Francisco Correa Cordero, pickleball murals in Pittsburgh, and more.
Knicks, Tribeca, Pride! — We started our series of interviews with queer and trans elders, and the Guggenheim kicks off its World Cup screenings.
Can A.I. “Go Rogue”? — In the wake of turmoil at OpenAI and Anthropic, it’s become common to describe A.I. as a kind of person, hatching plans and pursuing desires. The truth is a little trickier.
Reflections Dazzle in Hyperrealistic Chrome Faces in Kip Omolade's Vivid Portraits — Set against uninterrupted backgrounds, metallic oil portraits by Kip Omolade float almost deity-like amid vibrant color.
Collection — Masterpieces in stunning resolution.
Around North America, Community Members Are Stitching Nearly 11,000 Birds — Chicago-based artist and educator Holly Greenberg facilitates dozens of workshops to sew fabric birds and raise awareness of bird collisions.

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The World Cup cicada: India’s rare insect on a four-year clock — A rare cicada emerges from the forests of Meghalaya, every four years, in time with the World Cup.
The In-Between Worlds of Larissa Borteh — In the artist's paintings, are we looking at plants in a state of beautiful decay, ghosts, deities, fairylands, or something from a dream?
In Two Chicago Exhibitions, Liberation Takes the Floor — Shows at MCA Chicago and Wrightwood 659 chart a path from colonial dispossession to the possibilities of dance, music, and community.
Lesbian Art Novels You Should Read — Sarah Schulman's fiction about lesbian artists, Vaginal Davis's new catalog, and more.
Why Did Rembrandt Die Poor? — Rembrandt pioneered the saleable self, but unlike his rival, Gerard Van Honthorst, failed to reconcile his personal vision with the market.
Theo Bosboom Takes a Bug's-Eye View in His Perspective-Shifting 'Flowerscapes' — Bosboom explores local forests, dunes, public parks, roadside verges, and virtually any place that flowers grow.
In Los Angeles, 70 Artists Transform a Vacant Hospital — Dubbed the 'Hospital of Emotions,' the pop-up exhibition converts 80 rooms into temporary installations based on eight themes.
US repeals pollution limits for fossil fuel power plants — The US Environmental Protection Agency ends a rule that limits greenhouse gas emissions from coal and gas power plants.
France survive Paraguay's 'disgraceful' and 'embarrassing' dark arts — After dismantling all before them at this World Cup, France had to find a new way to win against a Paraguay side whose use of the dark arts angered many of those watching.
Watermelon Som Tam — Lime juice, fish sauce, peanuts, and plenty of herbs.
A Leonora Carrington Biopic Traces the Surrealist Icon's Life and Work — Directed by Thor Klein and Lena Vurma and produced by Modern Films, Leonora in the Morning Light opens in 1930s Paris.
Damien Aubin Documents a Former Soviet Mining Settlement Suspended in Time — French photographer visits the Arctic region of Pyramiden to document the snow-covered remnants of a former mining town.
The Absurdly Optimized Pancake: Leavening Chemistry, Acid-Base Stoichiometry, and an Interactive Calculator | Absurdly Optimized — The science of perfect pancakes: leavening chemistry, acid-base stoichiometry, whey protein structure, and an interactive calculator that computes op
The Best Little Treats to Try Across the US — Peanut butter shoyu pie, sausage-stuffed olives, and more desserts, snacks, and drinks our restaurant scouters love.
Chicken in Coconut Milk — <img src="https://cdn.apartmenttherapy.info/image/upload//tk/photo/2026/05-2026/2026-05-coconut-and-ginger-braised-chicken/coconut-and-ginger-braised-chicken-491"> “I will definitely be making on repeat.” <a…
‘A historic day’: Spain moves closer to citizenship for Western Saharans — Spain’s parliament backs citizenship for Sahrawis amid tense relations with Morocco after the Ceuta crossing.
The Clever Hawaiian Roll Sandwich Hack I Wish I Knew Way Sooner — <img src="https://cdn.apartmenttherapy.info/image/upload//stock/shutterstock_2393622915"> It’s so clever! <a…
Art Problems: How Do I Get the Guggenheim Fellowship? — Tired of getting rejected year after year? Don't despair. Paddy Johnson is here to help.
PSA Is Said to Consider Selling Stake in Mumbai Port Operations — PSA International is considering selling a minority stake in its container terminal operations in Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Mumbai, according to people familiar with the matter.
Radical Reclamation at the First-Ever ArtPhilly Festival — Hyperallergic joined the artists and organizers for the opening week of the new city-wide event, featuring over 30 original commissions.
Dill Pickle Puffs, Gochujang Almonds, and More New Snacks to Try This August — This month’s Snack Drop features two types of puffs, a gochujang nut mix, and flavor-packed protein chips.
The Top Photos in the CWAS David Malin Awards Highlight Astronomical Wonders — The Central West Astronomical Society (CWAS) of New South Wales marks its annual AstroFest with an amateur photography competition.
I’ll Never Shuck Corn Again After Learning an Ingenious Trick That Takes Seconds — <img src="https://cdn.apartmenttherapy.info/image/upload//stock/GettyImages-973555096-cropped_e61ad0-corn"> Shucking ears of corn for a summertime dinner was always a task designated to me and my…
SF Camerawork, Photo Champion for Five Decades, Abruptly Announces Closure — The nonprofit's co-founder, photographer Hal Fischer, told Hyperallergic that neither he nor anyone he knew “got advance warning that this was in the wind.”
The ICA at VCU Brings Immersive Installation "Deo Vindice" to Richmond — The gallery-sized installation at the Institute for Contemporary Art combines Greek mythology with Civil War history to examine white supremacy and hegemonic power.
Why movie tie-in games are rarely sold anymore — Movie-tie in games were huge in the 2000s, but have mostly dried up in the last decade. We still get games tied to existing IP, but in a different manner.
‘We have not peaked yet’, says Tuchel before England-Argentina semifinal — England face Argentina in Wednesday's semifinal, hoping to reach the World Cup final for the first time since 1966.
What a $181 Million Pollock Doesn’t Say — Plus, Brooklyn’s joyful and whimsical new subway mosaic.
Meta Sued Over Training Data for Its AI and Face-Recognition Systems — The proposed class action alleges Meta illegally harvested people’s Facebook and Instagram photos to train its AI image-generation models and to build its unreleased “NameTag” face recognition feature.
Three sites made 215,128 "best software" pages for AI. Perplexity cites them — Across 380 software categories, 59.8% of the sources behind grounded AI recommendations sit outside the 100,000 most-visited websites, and several of the most-cited are sites built to be read by…
11 Hidden Gems I Discovered at the Williams Sonoma Summer Clearance Sale (Including a Retiring Le Creuset Color!) — <img src="https://cdn.apartmenttherapy.info/image/upload//at/house%20tours/2026/june/marcelline-b/tours-newyork-marcelline-b-8M1A9132"> Plus, 10 more deals worth…
“Worst,” by Dorothea Lasky — “I am the worst kind of person.”
Required Reading — This week: a Renaissance altarpiece returns home, Yoko Ono at the Broad, the anti-AI writing movement, an uncertain future for butterfly collectors, the harp is hot again, and more.
Planned Charlie Kirk Statue Gets Trolled — Also: Trump shrinks two national monuments in Utah by 90%.
Trump-Ousted Kennedy Center Chairman Buys Removed Shapiro Sculpture — Billionaire philanthropist David Rubenstein reportedly plans to install "Blue" (2019) in the sculpture garden at the National Gallery of Art.