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What’s Next for South Africa After Voters Rebuked Its Reigning Party?
A look at the leaders who could shape the country’s future after the African National Congress’s poor showing in elections.
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46 Children Were Taken From Ukraine. Many Are Up for Adoption in Russia.
The New York Times traced how a web of officials and politicians aligned with President Vladimir V. Putin’s party carried out a campaign to permanently transfer Ukrainian children from Kherson.
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Mexicans Await Results in Historic Election Expected to Lead to First Female President
The vote is very likely to put a woman in the presidency for the first time, showcasing the immense strides that female leaders have made in Mexico’s political scene.
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Elon Musk’s Starlink Connects and Divides Brazil’s Marubo People
Elon Musk’s Starlink has connected an isolated tribe to the outside world — and divided it from within.
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Philadelphia’s University of the Arts Announces Sudden Closing
The institution’s financial woes were widely known, but the announcement surprised students and faculty members.
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Anatomy of a Success Story: How One Artist Broke Through
Hugo McCloud has gone from designing fountains and furniture to his fifth show with an established New York gallery.
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Delays and Allegations Complicate the Dakar Biennale
But the cultural faithful are undeterred, pressing on with side exhibitions after the postponement of the official biennale in Dakar, Senegal.
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What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in June
This week in Newly Reviewed, Max Lakin covers Alan Saret’s delicately chaotic sculptures, Jamie Nares’s two-venue retrospective and Robert Irwin’s panels of teal and smoky brown acrylic.
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After Cyberattack, Christie’s Gives Details of Hacked Client Data
Its disclosure came after RansomHub claimed responsibility for the cyberattack and threatened to release client data on the dark web.
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The Unknown Ray Johnson Takes the Spotlight
The artist you meet in a small, revelatory show is quite different from the one known for mail art and his later gritty samplings of popular culture.