Travel
April 14, 2026

500,000 Pink Flowers Are in Bloom Beneath Mount Fuji Right Now for Japan’s Fuji Shibazakura Festival

Japan is one of the most spectacular places to be during spring. People travel from all over the world to catch the sakura (cherry blossom) trees in full bloom, but there’s another seasonal event that’s just as breathtaking. The Fuji Shibazakura Festival, held at the Fuji Motosuko Resort, transforms the landscape into a vibrant sea of pink at the foot of Mount Fuji.

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Art History
April 13, 2026

A $1 Million Pablo Picasso Painting Is Being Raffled Off for Only $116

At the end of 2025, we reported on the third edition of the 1 Picasso for 100 Euros charity raffle, which gives anyone the chance to win a Pablo Picasso painting worth €1 million (about $1.17 million). Now, there’s only one day left to enter before the highly anticipated drawing takes place live on April 14. The painting up for auction, Tête de Femme (Head of a Woman)

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Photography
April 13, 2026

New Exhibition Offers Portals Into the Past, Present, and Future of Blackness

For Todd Gray, a portal isn’t so much about its destination or even its origin point. Rather, it’s about connecting two distinct modes of being, however disparate they may be. That idea is at the core of Gray’s photographic practice, which often visualizes the fraught relationship between Blackness and colonialism. His solo exhibition at Perrotin Los Angeles expands upon this line of inquiry, contending that Black identity is far from static.

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My Modern Met

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