May 2026

On Tuesday (May 19), as Sundar Pichai unveiled a slew of A.I. updates at Google’s annual I/O developer conference in Mountain View, Calif., the company’s president and chief investment officer, Ruth Porat, took the stage in a scorching New York City to explain the massive financial stakes behind the tech giant’s ambitious A.I. push. Google’s […]

On the night of December 4, 1783, nine days after the British finally cleared out of New York, George Washington walked up a staircase on Pearl Street into a low-ceilinged room above a tavern, and told the men who had won him a country goodbye. He embraced each officer, walked out to the Battery and

Recent controversies surrounding major biennials suggest that these exhibitions are anything but neutral cultural platforms. The 2022 edition of documenta, curated by the Indonesian collective ruangrupa, triggered a national crisis in Germany following accusations of antisemitism. The recent 61st Venice Biennale also faced geopolitical tensions triggered by a “Statement of Intention” issued by its international