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Ryan McInerney Finally Gets Visa a Path Into China’s Domestic Card Market

Visa has preliminary approval to build a domestic clearing business in China. CEO Ryan McInerney enters the push after a ...
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Anthony Noto Puts $25 Billion of SoFi Card Volume on Stablecoin Rails

SoFi is migrating more than $25 billion in annualized debit and credit card volume to settlement using SoFiUSD. Record earnings give CEO Anthony Noto room to test whether the infrastructure can ...
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ICOM’s New Ethics Code Reconsiders What Museums Owe the Public

Adopted this year, the revised guidelines ask institutions to serve as inclusive, reparative spaces while confronting A.I., ...
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For Hassanein Hiridjee, Collecting Art Is a Commitment to Africa’s Future

The AXIAN Group CEO founded Fondation H, the country’s first private foundation of its kind, and has assembled a fast-growing ...
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The Hotel Breakfasts That Turn the First Meal Into the Main Event

From gold-leaf dining rooms in Paris and Champagne buffets in Ibiza to canoe deliveries in Bora Bora and giraffes at the ...
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Observer’s 2026 November Art Fair Calendar

Traditionally, November is one of the quieter stretches on the global art fair calendar, largely because its lineup is so ...
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How Masa Takayama Created a Culinary Empire on His Own Terms

At Tobi Masa, Takayama reflects on the risks, reinventions and uncompromising approach that shaped a restaurant career ...
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A Collector’s Guide to Bangkok’s Best Art Galleries

The Thai capital rewards travelers willing to look beyond the temples with riverside art complexes, galleries in restored schoolhouses, private museums and experimental project spaces. These ...
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With FUZE, John Cox Is Carving Pathways Between the Caribbean’s Scenes and the Broader Art World

Now in its fourth edition, FUZE Caribbean Art Fair is helping position the Bahamas as a meeting point for the region’s ...
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Inside Dario Duran’s Initiative Connecting Iranian Artists to the Global Art World

Artist Relief for Iran” has evolved into a platform that gives international collectors, curators and institutions access to ...
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Artists Are Turning to Folklore to Make Sense of Technology

Myth and ritual have always helped humans navigate change, and contemporary sculptors are increasingly drawing on both to ...
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The Enduring Allure of the Masquerade Ball

The masquerade has survived centuries of bans, scandals and reinvention, sustained by the same promise of mystery, escape and ...