Telosa: The $400 Billion Desert City of the Future
Billionaire Marc Lore is building the utopian mega-city of Telosa from scratch in the American desert. Here’s why he’s doing it, what the city will look like, and how he plans to get it done.
Can’t Help Myself: Art That Will Break Your Heart
Can’t Help Myself, a famous art installation by Chinese artists Sun Yuan and Peng Yu, has divided viewers on its interpretation since its 2016 debut in the Guggenheim Museum. The robotic exploration of futility may never be fully understood, but the story of its creation and reception offer insights into its meaning.
The Nightmare Paintings of Zdzisław Beksiński
The life and works of Zdzisław Beksiński are each engrossing in their own ways. His journey from war-torn Poland in the 1940s to a fantastical style of painting in the 70s and beyond gave the contemporary art world a visual jolt of deformed bodies and vivid hellscapes that were horrific and mesmerizing to behold.
