When Australia launched its ban on social media for children under the age of 16 in December, the world looked on with mix of admiration and -- among some -- a staunch belief that many children would find a way to circumvent it. Months later, noted The Guardian recently, it became clear that Australia's efforts were the start of a global reckoning: In March, Indonesia began blocking children under the age of 16 from accessing most social media and Malaysia followed suit. In June, Britain announced its own ban, which it plans to have in place by early 2027. The moves point to a growing conversation about the technology's impact on children.

  Continuing: Midsummer at McBride/Dillman Taking its title from the spirit of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, this show brings together artists whose work moves between reality and imagination, intimacy and myth, instability and transformation: thestrange, fertile energy of the season itself: a brief period when the world feels suspended between what is and what might be. Across painting and sculpture, the artists engage states of flux, ambiguity, and...