CLAM GEMS | Sharing Tales From Around the World
Giving a Soul to a Space
<div><div><img src="https://www.larryslist.com/artmarket/wp-content/uploads/Raffi-Nagita-copy.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Raffi Ahmad and Nagita Slavina, known collectively as RANS, stand out as one of Indonesia's most influential couples in the realm of social media. Raffi, a multifaceted entertainment personality with ...</div></div></div>
We’re finally learning why countries excel at saving lives
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/468c9d41-75de-46f5-bcc0-4bc548813c8c/exemplars_2020_wide-feature_1200x580_01.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Bill Gates writes about Exemplars in Global Health, a new program that is spreading the word about the most successful approaches to health.</div></div></div>
On the road in Nigeria and Niger
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/4fdf8c24-0e9a-41dd-83eb-d1249a9931f1/nigeria-recap_2023_social-share_1200x630_01.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>It was a busy but inspiring week in Lagos, Abuja, and Niamey. These were some of Bill’s favorite moments from his recent trip to West Africa.</div></div></div>
Being a Collector Means Owning an Artwork Until It Gets Moldy
<div><div><img src="https://www.larryslist.com/artmarket/wp-content/uploads/3W6A0109-copy.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Based in Guangzhou, Coobe and Sophia have built an artsy and eclectic home space with their contemporary art collection that include various mediums from sculpture to painting, from video to installat...</div></div></div>
Greasy—and good for the planet
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/479d726e-3e9b-46f4-9c4a-168ce8e53a7e/20240130-PalmOil-TGN_Assets-001-social_share_1200x630.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Bill Gates writes about two companies that are creating alternatives to animal fats and palm oil, which contribute massively to climate change.</div></div></div>
7 Ages of Starlight
This is the epic story of the stars, and how discovering their tale has transformed our own understanding of the universe.
Once we thought the sun and stars were gods and giants. Now we know, in a way, our instincts were right. The stars do all have their own characters, histories and role in the cosmos. Not least, they played a vital part in creating us.
There are old, bloated red giants, capable of gobbling up planets in their orbit; explosive deaths - supernovae - that forge the building bl
Unconfuse Me Ep. 1: Seth Rogen & Lauren Miller Rogen | Bill Gates
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/08826ee1-16eb-4fa5-a0ee-3062a1455f48/unconfuse-me_2023_social-share_1200x630_01.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>In the first episode of my new podcast, I asked Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller Rogen to help me understand how Alzheimer’s can be funny.</div></div></div>
The Charm of Leaving Some Things to Be Surprises
<div><div><img src="https://www.larryslist.com/artmarket/wp-content/uploads/IMG_5453-copy.jpeg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Born in Madrid, Rosa de la Cruz is daughter of Cuban art collectors Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz, founders of contemporary art museum, the de la Cruz collection in Miami. She started her career as an at...</div></div></div>
This book changed how I see Africa’s past
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/65be3fd8-33d6-43ef-b18c-55fb4e513aac/summer-list_2023_born-in-blackness_social-share_1200x630_01.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Bill Gates reviews and recommends the book Born in Blackness by Howard French, which challenges the standard Western account of Africa’s role in history.</div></div></div>
The Collector Couple Who Met Each Other at Venice Biennale
<div><div><img src="https://www.larryslist.com/artmarket/wp-content/uploads/5M3A7402-copy1.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Marco and Valeria Curina met each other at Biennale di Venezia — Marco declared that it was his happiest moment related to art as he has found someone to share his passion with. Valeria used to be an ...</div></div></div>
For Eva Nangalo, saving mothers and babies is a calling
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/446efeff-f2d7-49af-98ea-e0c9fd47829f/HITF_eva_nangalo_20230404_wide%20feature_1200x580.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Bill Gates tells the story of Eva Nangalo, a Ugandan midwife, mentor, and advocate working to lower the country’s maternal mortality rate.</div></div></div>
Unmissable Artworks from Nara, Kusama and Rokkaku at Poly Auction This Spring
<div><div><img src="https://www.larryslist.com/artmarket/wp-content/uploads/Feature2.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>From 1 to 6 April, immediately after the Hong Kong Art Month this March, Poly Auction Hong Kong is going to present the Spring Auctions at Grand Hyatt Hong Kong. Led by Yoshitomo Nara’s “Acid M. J.” a...</div></div></div>
He should be remembered for more than Moore’s Law
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/37862776-38fb-4edd-8731-bf97e8f409db/moore-tribute_2023_module_1200x580_01.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Bill Gates recalls working with Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel and creator of Moore’s Law. Gates knew him as an innovator, businessman, and philanthropist.</div></div></div>
I found inspiration in India
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/1f2a44c9-265b-4997-b9b9-7cc4c8543036/20240303-IndiaPostTrip-TGN_Assets-001-social_share_1200x630.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>A few pictures from my latest trip to India. I was excited to get an update on Indian innovations that are saving lives and helping fight poverty.</div></div></div>
This political drama from Denmark stands out
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/2dcb0e33-466d-4515-b891-6b376328eb4c/summer-list_2023_borgen_social-share_1200x630_01.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Bill Gates shares his recommendation for Borgen, a TV show from Denmark that has a lot to say about coalitions, politics, family, media, and work-life balance.</div></div></div>
Languages are weird. John McWhorter helped me understand why
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/908ed82a-741f-4264-b256-eff1190d6231/unconfuse-me_2023_mcwhorter_social-share_1200x630_01.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>In the fourth episode of my podcast, I asked linguist, professor, and author John McWhorter to help me better understand the quirks of language.</div></div></div>
My conversation with Sam Altman
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/ea33ef06-ce1b-40e9-a4bc-f52a6fd4657a/UnconfuseMe_2023_Ep6_Social-Share_1200x630.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>In the sixth episode of my podcast, I sat down with Sam Altman to talk about where AI is headed next and what humanity will do once it gets there.</div></div></div>
Why I’m going to Northern Arizona University
<div><div><img src="https://assets.gatesnotes.com/8a5ac0b3-6095-00af-c50a-89056fbe4642/9e5b4922-9bdf-44f5-9df5-68bb316b8132/_nau_2023_module_1200x580_01.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Bill Gates is this year’s commencement speaker at Northern Arizona University, a school that is redefining and increasing the value of a college degree.</div></div></div>
Japanese Woman Art Collector Miwa Taguchi and Her “Delivery Exhibitions”
<div><div><img src="https://www.larryslist.com/artmarket/wp-content/uploads/portrait_1_Sean-Landers.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>Ten years ago, Miwa Taguchi started managing the art collection of her father Hiroshi Taguchi’s art collection built since 2002, taking charge of acquisitions and mounting exhibitions all over Japan. ...</div></div></div>
Berlin: a collector import city
<div><div><img src="https://www.larryslist.com/artmarket/wp-content/uploads/feature-14.jpg" style="width: 100%;"><div>(...) but the most important thing for me was to make the collection accessible for as many international people as possible – Berlin seemed to be the right place to fulfill those efforts.
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