Russia plotting sabotage across Europe, intelligence agencies warn. Assessments suggest Kremlin agents preparing covert bombings, arson and attacks on infrastructure. #PayWall ft.com/content/c88509… via @ft

The ultimate weapon and a powerful one-Russian finance flows slump after US targets Vladimir Putin’s war machine. Washington’s crackdown shows its leverage over global banking system ft.com/content/b4a556… via @ft

The GOP's deep generational split on immigration axios.com/2024/05/05/rep…

Skipping over real humans who can push back on clients will lead to a mind-numbing flood of second-rate marketing, all courtesy of #AI , says Parmy Olson bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… via Bloomberg Opinion

Beatrice Galilee’s guide to Fort Greene. The architecture curator on the brownstones and boutiques in and around her ‘lovely pocket’ of Brooklyn. By Inès Cross #FreeToRead ft.com/content/893554… via @ft

Vaginal Davis in conversation with Rick Owens. “For all these many centuries that I’ve lived on the planet,I really have done pretty much the same thing. I guess I’ve just taken my form of illness-and it definitely is an illness-&turned it into something.” artforum.com/features/vagin…

Anselm Kiefer, Palazzo Strozzi review by Jackie Wullschlager — rebellious angels and radiation-paintings mark a return to form. The artist’s tendency to grandiosity is well tempered in his Florence show. #PayWall ft.com/content/d19ad9… via @ft

Rachel Wetzler on the art of Ghislaine Leung. « Leung dispensed with the pretense that it was possible to occupy a fully detached, reflexive critical position toward an institution while working within » By ⁦Rachel Wetzler⁩ artforum.com/features/rache…

Golden years: Retired couples have time; they have money; they have leisure. They also have a problem: They are driving each other mad. nytimes.com/2024/05/05/mag…

Code thread – the new language of art. Meet the artists using traditional materials to weave a modern narrative. By Péjú Oshin #FreeToRead ft.com/content/d40709… via @ft

Meet Advisor Ralph DeLuca, the Self-Made Celebrity Whisperer Who’s Won Over the Art World. He doesn't have a college degree or an auction house pedigree, but the NJ native has risen through the art market's most insular&illustrious ranks. By Brian Boucher™️ culturedmag.com/article/2024/0…

At Frieze, Photographer of Gay Life Seeks ‘a Place in the Sunshine’. Stanley Stellar has documented gay New York, on the streets and in his studio, for decades. Now he steps onto his biggest stage. By Erik Piepenburg nytimes.com/2024/05/03/art…

The #FreeToRead version-An artist from Kosovo takes flight. artdaily.cc/news/168974/An…

Russia plotting sabotage across Europe, intelligence agencies warn. Assessments suggest Kremlin agents preparing covert bombings, arson and attacks on infrastructure. #PayWall ft.com/content/c88509… via @ft

One Photo That Captures the Loss in Gaza. By Nicholas Kristof nytimes.com/2024/05/04/opi…

‘They hear a bang at the door and it’s the Home Office’: threat of being ‘disappeared’ haunts asylum seekers amid Rwanda crackdown. The Home Office last week launched a nationwide operation to round up asylum seekers, leaving many fearful and confused. theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

🔥‘I’m in awe of our young people’: How Georgia’s Gen Z are taking on teargas, rubber bullets and the threat of arrest. The Georgian government’s bid to pass Russia-style law has met spirited opposition, mostly from young people keen to lean towards Europe theguardian.com/world/article/…

Frank Stella, Towering Artist and Master of Reinvention, Dies at 87. He moved American art away from Abstract Expressionism toward cool minimalism. His explorations of color and form were endlessly discussed and constantly on exhibit. By William Grimes nytimes.com/2024/05/04/art…