January 2025

While South Korea’s art scene has been stealing the spotlight in recent years, Japan is staging a quiet yet deliberate comeback. A recently published study by Dr. Clare McAndrew (the brains behind the annual Art Basel and UBS report) reveals that Japan’s art market has grown by an impressive 11 percent since 2019, leaving the

In 2015, Patrick Quarm left his native Ghana to pursue a Master’s in Painting and Drawing at Texas Tech University, immersing himself in a culture very different from that which he was used to. The experience would eventually inspire a set of mixed-media and mixed-material paintings now on view in his solo show, “Phantoms in

With last night’s Golden Globes, awards season has commenced in earnest. Glitz and glam graced the red carpet while an abundance of stars lit up the show, but the real highlight was, of course, the winners. As the first awards show of the year, the Globes are a bit of a prognosticator for how the

A museum two decades in the making finally reveals an ancient king’s complete treasure. An Arctic wilderness, previously requiring three flight connections, becomes reachable in a single hop from New York. A Mediterranean island of ruins and spice markets reinvents itself as a global food capital. The travel map is being redrawn in 2025—not by

The Caribbean has long been synonymous with escape; a place where travelers seek turquoise waters and the promise of slowing down. But beyond the familiar appeal, a new wave of luxury hotels and resorts emerged across the region over the past year. Several long-standing properties are reopening after extensive renovations, looking to meet shifting expectations