Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen says Unilever prevented the ice cream brand from launching a flavour showing solidarity with Palestine. Cohen now plans to release the flavour independently as part of his personal activism series.
British Columbia is urging Ottawa to take stronger action to protect its struggling softwood lumber industry, including launching anti-tariff ads targeting U.S. residents and lawmakers.
Abu Dhabi Art returns from November 19–23 with its largest edition yet, featuring 140 galleries from 37 countries. Under Dyala Nusseibeh’s direction, the fair expands its global reach with new sections like “Collectors Salon” and “Emerge,” while preparing for a major transformation in 2026 as Frieze Abu Dhabi.
Andrea Gyorody has resigned as director of Pepperdine University’s Weisman Museum of Art after the university removed artworks it deemed “political,” including pieces by Elana Mann and the AMBOS collective. The move has drawn widespread criticism, protests, and faculty pushback over censorship and artistic freedom.
Sotheby’s Paris set a new record during Art Basel week, achieving €89.7 million ($104 million) across its Surrealist and Modern art sales—the highest-ever totals in France. Modigliani’s Elvire en buste led with €27 million, while Magritte’s La Magie Noire sold for €10.7 million, underscoring Paris’s rising influence in the global art market.
Fifty-seven museum directors and curators worldwide—including leaders from MoMA, LACMA, and the British Museum—have signed an open letter supporting Louvre director Laurence des Cars after the high-profile theft of the museum’s crown jewels. The letter, published in Le Monde, urges solidarity and highlights the delicate balance museums must maintain between security and public accessibility.
IBM says it has managed to execute a major quantum-computing error-correction algorithm in real time on commonly available AMD chips, marking a significant step toward more practical, scalable quantum systems.
Ferrari is venturing deeper into the crypto world with plans to launch a digital token for its elite Hyperclub members, allowing them to trade and bid on the Ferrari 499P endurance car that dominated Le Mans.
All three major U.S. stock indexes closed at record highs on Friday after cooler-than-expected inflation data and strong corporate earnings lifted investor sentiment ahead of next week’s Federal Reserve meeting and major tech earnings reports.
European rating agency Scope downgraded the United States’ credit rating to AA- from AA, warning of worsening fiscal conditions and governance issues, even as it revised the outlook from negative to stable.
