March 2025

Problematic but a classic, The Threepenny Opera was trouble from the time of its premiere at Theater am Schiffbauerdamm back in 1928. “It’s one of the most famous disasters of all time,” director Barrie Kosky tells Observer. “Half of the set fell down about half an hour before the show. The audience didn’t understand it;

Sandy Weill, the former CEO of Citigroup, was lauded for his dealmaking abilities throughout his 50-year career on Wall Street. While the 92-year-old financier has since funneled his efforts into philanthropy since retiring in the mid-2000s, his eye for mergers remains—as evidenced by a new $50 million donation that will bring four institutions together to

Cecily Brown composed of vivid swirling colors—primarily red, yellow, and black—with distorted, semi-figurative human and animal forms, inside a contemporary art gallery with wooden floors and white walls.” width=”970″ height=”647″ data-caption=’“Cecily Brown: Themes and Variations” brings together more than 30 paintings and drawings from across the artist’s career. <span class=”lazyload media-credit”>Image © Barnes Foundation</span>’> Welcome

Wikipedia, the world’s largest encyclopedia, is painstakingly human. Contributions to its pages are labored over and debated by hundreds of thousands of active volunteer editors—some so dedicated they compete to update celebrity deaths first. But in recent years the site has also emerged as a backbone of A.I., with its data increasingly relied upon by