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M y recent trip to Montgomery, Alabama, wasn’t my first visit. I had previously explored the city and the sites associated with Bryan Stevenson’s Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) in 2019, in what turned out to be a pivotal moment — after Donald Trump’s ascent to power, but before the Covid-19 …

As a young aspiring artist of minimal talent, Adolf Hitler had difficulty drawing human figures, according to the professors who rejected his application to Vienna’s fine arts academy. Google‘s AI model Gemini has its own issues with generating images of people, and, curiously, some of those angriest about its shortcomings …

U pstate New York has been the birthplace of many Great Awakenings. In the 1820s, religious fervor so swept the region it became known as “the burned-over district.” In the 1960s, Timothy Leary’s commune in Millbrook became ground control for the East Coast psychedelic movement. “By the time we got …

On Thursday, federal authorities in Scranton, Pennsylvania, released charges against nine people they say were involved in a series of dramatic museum heists. The alleged thieves cased their targeted institutions ahead of time, then returned with walkie-talkies — and occasionally in disguise — to make off with artifacts from championship …

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. March 1 marked 50 years since Pink Floyd‘s seminal album, Dark Side of the Moonwas released, and there are a numbers of ways that the band is marking …

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. It’s been 25 years since we got one of rock and roll’s best album covers on Oasis’ Be Here Now. To celebrate the album’s quarter-century birthday, Sonic Editions …

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Hundreds of the country’s best street artists and muralists are hitting the road this summer for the first-ever “Support Your Local Artist” tour. The “Verzuz”-style battle pits two …

Spanish artist Gala Knörr was eager to announce the news. Her Young Cowboy paintings would be on display at Guggenheim Museum Bilbao from July 8 until September 13. “Guys, been playing it cool, but this is a big deal for me, specially [sic] with this project,” Knörr wrote in an …

Before Inigo Philbrick became known as the art world’s “mini-Madoff,” he cultivated a reputation as a wunderkind gallerist. A bon vivant with boyish good looks and even better connections, Philbrick opened two of his own art galleries by his early 30s. Philbrick had enjoyed the backing of a top gallerist …

“Welcome to my partyyyyyy,” a vaguely Eastern European-accented voice drones, as a crowd of reporters, influencers, and hangers-on whip out their phones to capture the magic. “Shut up! I’m a masterpiece. I’m a masterpiece. I am Annaaaaaaa. Am I gorgeous or what? And don’t you worry. The wire money is …