Climate crisis: how museums could inspire radical action
When Victorian tea-merchant Frederick Horniman was looking to build a new home for his extensive collection of natural and cultural…
Studio Visit: Artist Sophia Narrett on How an Anonymous Renaissance Painting Cycle Inspired Her Latest Feminist Embroidery
In her vibrant embroidered works, Sophia Narrett paints with thread, deftly creating detailed figurative scenes tinged with fantasy, desire, and eroticism. Her tapestries…
South Africa: Incentivizing conservation | Global Ideas
If landowners set up a nature reserve, they are rewarded with a tax break. The NGO Wilderness Foundation Africa advises…
Why zero interest rates are here to stay
It’d be wrong to interpret last week’s Reserve Bank decision to cut its cash rate to 0.10% as an emergency…
Biden’s climate change plans can quickly raise the bar, but can they be transformative?
The day Joe Biden becomes president, he can start taking actions that can help slow climate change. The question is…
Two Baltimore Museum Trustees Resign and Donors Rescind $50 Million in Gifts as the Institution Prepares to Sell Off Blue-Chip Art
The controversy over planned sales of a trio of paintings by Brice Marden, Clyfford Still, and Andy Warhol is escalating at the Baltimore Museum of…
Why 40,000 People Die for Every 1% Increase in Unemployment – The Big Short
the big short was a fantastic movie, for finance nerds and regular viewers alike. One of the lines that stood…