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Ocean Vuong On Asking Questions Without Answers

In conversation with Observer, the MacArthur fellow and bestselling novelist reflects on class, the anxiety of reinvention ...
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One Fine Show: “Brassaï, The Secret Signs of Paris” at Moderna Museet

This is the first major Swedish presentation of the work of the photographer, filmmaker and sculptor less commonly known as ...
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The Hamptons Uniform: What a Man Actually Needs to Pack for a Weekend Out East

The trick out east is looking like you gave it no thought while packing like you gave it nothing else. Here is the weekend ...
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MOCA Rising: How New York’s Chinese American Museum Is Redefining the American Canon

The goal isn’t to make MOCA trendy but to give the museum a new platform to connect with people and help people understand ...
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In Sotheby’s Botero Show, Rare Works Meet a Resurgent Global Market

A trove of 1960s and ’70s works from the Botero family archive offers a fresh view of a formative era of the artist’s life.
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Walid Mehanna on Carrying the World’s Oldest Pharma Giant Into the A.I. Era

Merck KGaA’s chief data and A.I. officer Walid Mehanna explains how governance, employee trust and startup agility are shaping enterprise adoption.
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Ray Kurzweil: A.I. Is Not Hollywood’s Alien Invasion

Ray Kurzweil predicts A.I. will reach human-level intelligence by 2029. Courtesy Kurzweil Technologies. “Hollywood portrays A.I. as an alien invasion,” Kurzweil tells Observer. “I don’t see it that ...
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Jensen Huang Turns to Japan’s Robots for Nvidia’s Next Growth Engine

A government-backed A.I. factory, new robotics partnerships and Nvidia’s Cosmos models are placing Japan at the center of ...
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UNESCO’s A.I. Report Considers How Technology Can Serve Culture

The organization’s investigation into A.I. and culture frames artificially intelligent technologies as both an opportunity ...
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The Hamptons Wine Weekend, From Wölffer Rosé to North Fork Bubbles

Start with Wölffer at sunset, spend Saturday on the South Fork, then cross to the North Fork for chenin blanc, old vines and ...
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The Hamptons Billionaires Funding More Than Summer Parties

From Michael Bloomberg to John Paulson, the East End’s wealthiest residents are reshaping philanthropy far beyond their ...
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The Women Who Built the Hamptons Art Scene

Once Lee Krasner (and Pollock) settled there, Abstract Expressionism had two addresses—downtown Manhattan and out East.