FYI #129
Luke Edward Hall, Garden God III, 2026, watercolor on paper, 59.5 x 42 cm.
Presentation of Pope Leo’s Encyclical Letter “Magnifica humanitas”, on May 25
Sydney Film Festival runs from June 3 - 14. Some interesting sounds documentaries in the program including Silenced
Maybe the World Will Muddle Through Somehow, M. Sriram reviews The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for Superintelligence, by Sebastian Mallaby, via LARB
New season of Keep The Meter Running with Kareem Rahma
Meet Patrick Rosal, the resident poet at Guggenheim New York who wants to bring the community together, via Wallpaper
Art and Architecture Janet Holmes à Court AC, on Big Design Adventure
Looking forward to a new book by Sara Baume, Opening Night
Rights require money, by Attiya Waris, via Aeon… The next generation of policymakers faces a choice. They can continue to reach for the complex, incidental, micro-level interventions that fit neatly into a donor report and produce measurable outputs in a three-year programme cycle. Or they can do the large, structural, unglamorous work: a sovereign debt workout mechanism that is fast, rights-based and predictable; global tax rules that reflect where value is genuinely created; transparency as a legal requirement rather than a diplomatic courtesy.
origo, by Delcy Morelos, via the Barbican. Interviewed on the latest episode of Konfekt Korner.
How My Garden Grows: Behind the scenes at Great Dixter, one of Britain’s best-loved gardens, via the Modern House