May 2026

This Venice Biennale has been tainted by politics both before and during its opening, exposing the contradictions and complications embedded within its nationalist structure. While the national pavilions often reveal the socioeconomic, political and even psychological condition of a country—from the tensions surrounding Israel/Palestine and the Venezuelan Pavilion, left empty and awaiting rebirth, to the […]

Spring in New York City—and more specifically, the month of May—has a way of turning the apartment into a problem. Whether it’s the radiator that won’t quit, the neighbor’s bass line, or the simple fact that the sidewalk smells like garbage soup again, the answer is a train ticket and a trailhead by 10 a.m.

Earlier this month, StarkWare’s chief product officer Avihu Levy published a proposal that has been the focus of active debate within the Bitcoin community. His scheme, Quantum Safe Bitcoin (QSB), allows users to transact in a way that remains secure even against a large-scale quantum computer running Shor’s algorithm, and it does so without requiring

I arrived in Venice for the 61st Biennale Arte on Sunday, early enough for the opening reception at Palazzo Diedo on Monday evening. I’ve visited a number of other Venice Biennales, though it was my first time being there for the opening, and over Bellinis at Diedo I asked a European dealer whether I should