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Wifredo Lam No Longer Waits by the Coatroom

Wifredo Lam No Longer Waits by the Coatroom

An overdue MoMA show reminds us that Lam pursued his own dialogue with African and Afro-diasporic visual cultures, even as the Parisian avant-garde exoticized his heritage.

Dec 09, 2025 5 min read
New York: Best of 2025

New York: Best of 2025

Our favorite shows in the city all year, and the events we’ll be attending this week.

Dec 09, 2025 5 min read
Beer With a Painter: Melissa Joseph

Beer With a Painter: Melissa Joseph

Our series on painters and their practices is back, this time for an interview with the New York-based artist who creates “paintings in felt” to explore her Irish and Indian family history.

Dec 09, 2025 5 min read
The 10 Best London Art Shows of 2025

The 10 Best London Art Shows of 2025

It was a year of surprising pairings and standout exhibitions by artists including Kerry James Marshall, Jenny Saville, and Leigh Bowery

Dec 09, 2025 5 min read
The 14 rules for navigating complex systems

The 14 rules for navigating complex systems

What do trees and businesses have in common? For one, they’re systems. A tree dies when you starve it of water and sunlight, just as a business collapses when its resources are drained. In fact, all l...

Dec 04, 2025 5 min read
Ask Ethan: Can we ever observe a proton decaying?

Ask Ethan: Can we ever observe a proton decaying?

The Universe is filled with “stuff,” no matter where or when we dare to look. Even though the majority of the Universe is dark in the sense that we haven’t figured out how to directl...

Dec 05, 2025 5 min read
10 scientific truths that somehow became unpopular in 2025

10 scientific truths that somehow became unpopular in 2025

No matter what it is that humans do — what we think, feel, accomplish, believe, or vote for — our shared scientific reality is the one thing that unites us all. The same laws and rules govern everythi...

Dec 09, 2025 5 min read
Our phosphorescent world

Our phosphorescent world

This life-giving element, stored in rock and organic material, moves around Earth in an ancient cycle we have just broken- by Jack LohmannRead on Aeon

Nov 20, 2025 5 min read
Nothing alive is alien to me

Nothing alive is alien to me

Who belongs to our moral community? The Greek philosopher Empedocles had an answer: all life, from humans to the laurel bush- by Tristan MoyleRead on Aeon

Nov 24, 2025 5 min read
Papers

Papers

In this mesmerising short from 1991, thousands of Japanese newspaper clippings form a prescient vision of our digital world- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

Nov 24, 2025 5 min read
A wondrous brew

A wondrous brew

From Peruvian healers battling sorcerers to Chinese executives seeking financial success, ayahuasca’s power shifts across worlds- by Alex K GearinRead on Aeon

Nov 25, 2025 5 min read
Ni N’akul nid’as (Free people)

Ni N’akul nid’as (Free people)

An ode to life on the road. Irish Travellers at a gathering in County Galway share memories, songs and crafts by the fire- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

Nov 26, 2025 5 min read