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Architecture

Telling storeys

Themed ‘The Laboratory of the Future’, the International Architecture Exhibition returns to Venice this year. We meet the professionals breaking new ground

  • Issue #164
  • 20 min read
Telling storeys
Culture

Let’s dance

In the depths of rural Italy, Orsolina28 is rethinking dance education. It’s a smart move.

  • Issue #160
  • 4 min read
Let’s dance
Film

Culture

The State Department's American Film Showcase counters superhero stereotypes by screening documentaries that reveal genuine struggles and triumphs, training global film-makers in democratic values.

  • Issue #159
  • 5 min read
Modern event space with colorful curtain backdrop, curved neon lighting, and rows of black chairs arranged theater-style
Fashion

Kenzo Takada

The Japanese fashion designer, best known for his eponymous label Kenzo, puts his success down to happenstance – but he’s being modest.

  • Issue #128
  • 5 min read
Kenzo Takada
Affairs

Band of brothers

Georgia’s inaugural Tsinandali Festival is not merely a celebration of classical music. It’s also an attempt to bring together musicians in one orchestra from countries with fractious relations.

  • Issue #128
  • 11 min read
Band of brothers
Design

My house is your house

On an area of parkland in central Warsaw stands a small settlement of wooden Finnish homes. A legacy of postwar hardship, these days they stand as a striking symbol of peace and friendship.

  • Issue #118
  • 3 min read
My house is your house
Society

Thinking ahead

We check in and meet the think-tank considering issues of global importance from within an 18th-century palace hotel.

  • Issue #116
  • 5 min read
Team of Salzburg Global Seminar staff posed in an ornate 18th-century palace room with chinoiserie wallpaper and crystal chandelier.

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