The bad omens came early at this year’s Burning Man — the infamously wild, weeklong celebration of art, music, and unrestrained self-expression held at the end of every summer in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert — portending a particularly extra-ordinary burn. During the first weekend of the 10-day event, when thousands …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. “My life has just been unbelievable,” Ozzy Osbourne told Rolling Stone in an interview back in 2018. “You couldn’t write my story; you couldn’t invent me.” Now a …
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If you’ve been anywhere near Donald Trump’s social media in the past decade, you know that he is very particular about his image. Depictions of Trump — as seen in his eternally cringe NFTs, Ben Garrison cartoons, memes, and AI-generated fan slop — rarely fail to show him as anything …
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Digital noise surrounds our every waking moment. It hums in the background like static, pulling our attention in every direction, even when we may not realize it. This constant technological chatter is overwhelming, and that’s exactly why more people are seeking moments that transport them back to simpler times. Nostalgia …
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“Lady Liberty stood me up!” the artist Isabelle Brourman announced, faux-pouting, on a recent Thursday evening at the Will Shott Gallery on New York’s Lower East Side. It was the opening of Exhibit 1: Paper Trail, a collection of work Brourman had created alongside courtroom sketch artists during Donald Trump’s …
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T ucked between a taqueria and a discount tobacco store on downtown San Francisco’s Market Street sits the International Art Museum of America (IAMA). The white-column-framed double doors open into a towering hall with a pond and a mossy wooden treehouse. Upstairs, past a pair of imperial guardian lions, the …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. It’s stressful enough figuring out your packing list when you’re about to travel to a new destination (will it be hot? Cold? Is 57 pairs of underwear enough?), …
Read More »Key Income Streams for Artists: Growing Your Art as a Business
While many artists focus on getting their music playlisted, streaming platforms like Spotify are just one piece of the puzzle when it comes to building a sustainable income as an artist or musician. The key to thriving financially in the music industry? It’s all about diversification and collaboration. Plan Your …
Read More »Brands Are Beginning to Turn Against AI
To hear it from Apple or Elon Musk, AI is our inevitable future, one that will radically reshape life as we know it whether we like it or not. In the calculus of Silicon Valley, what matters is getting there first and carving out the territory so that everyone will …
Read More »Who Thought a New York-Dublin Portal Was a Good Idea? This Guy
Last Sunday, Ava Louise and her boyfriend, Vinny Buffa, woke up in their home in Jersey City, took the train into Midtown Manhattan, and Louise flashed her boobs to the people of Dublin. The 25-year-old OnlyFans creator’s transcontinental self-exposure was made possible thanks to an art installation known as the …
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