International Art: Apollo Magazine – September 2024

Apollo Magazine (September 2, 2024): The new September 2024 issue features

• Bringing Pompeii back to life

• The surreal films of Jan Švankmajer

• The cat ladies of contemporary art

• Carlo Scarpa’s cult designs

Plus: 

Apollo celebrates 40 artists, patrons, thinkers and business-people blurring the line between art and craft; the Italian museum memorialising an unsolved plane crashreviews of Paula Modersohn-Becker in New YorkElisabeth Frink’s menagerieand Eileen Agar’s memoir of an unconventional life – and Jonathan Lethem remembers meeting a feather-brained friend in Maine

Preview: The New Yorker Magazine – Sept 9, 2024

While babysitting small kids at a park a woman shows another nanny who is wearing a yellow shirt and holding a pink...

The New Yorker (August 26, 2024): The latest issue features R. Kikuo Johnson’s “A Mother’s Work” – A glimpse into the lives of New York’s caretakers.


Do Celebrity Presidential Endorsements Matter?

It’s hard to empirically determine whether they drive voters to the polls. But they might have less measurable effects.

The Magazine for Mercenaries Enters Polite Society

Susan Katz Keating, the editor and publisher of Soldier of Fortune, discusses how she’s changing the publication and assesses the threat of political violence.

How Machines Learned to Discover Drugs

The A.I. revolution is coming to a pharmacy near you.

By Dhruv Khullar

The New York Times — Monday, September 2, 2024

Discovery of 6 Dead Hostages in Gaza Spurs Protest and Division in Israel

The Israeli military said Sunday that Hamas had killed the hostages before they were discovered by Israeli troops on Saturday.

In Race Against Polio, Gaza Begins Vaccination Drive

Israel and Hamas agreed to pause the war to permit the vaccination of 640,000 children in Gaza, a daunting effort for health workers.

How a Leading Chain of Psychiatric Hospitals Traps Patients

Acadia Healthcare is holding people against their will to maximize insurance payouts, a Times investigation found.

JD Vance’s Combative Style Confounds Democrats but Pleases Trump

Over dozens of events and more than 70 interviews, Mr. Vance’s performances as Donald Trump’s attack dog have endeared him to his boss, even if America broadly is less enthusiastic.