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Deciphering Ancient Indus Valley Script Could Earn You $1 Million
A prize offered by an Indian state leader is intended to shed light on a Bronze Age civilization — and settle a cultural battle.
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She Was Chosen to Help Rebuild Notre-Dame. Then Fire Hit Her Adopted City, Too.
Claire Tabouret, an artist in Los Angeles, was chosen to create new stained glass windows for the Paris cathedral. She never expected fires to shatter her sense of safety in California.
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Restored Anti-Fascism Mural by Philip Guston Unveiled in Mexico
In 1934, two young artists drove from Los Angeles in a beat-up car to Mexico, to create a powerful artwork about repression. It was concealed — and then forgotten.
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What Kind of Los Angeles Will Rise From the Fires?
The city faces a choice: remake itself into something largely familiar or take a bolder path and emerge as a new metropolis.
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In the Footsteps of the Enslaved
In “Stony the Road,” the photographer Dawoud Bey offers a captive’s-eye view of the Richmond Slave Trail.
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Judith Bernstein at 82 Comes Back Swinging
Unrelenting, unrepenting, the artist who made a name for herself with huge drawings of hairy phallic screws presents a world of work with exuberant energy over 60 years.
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The Curious Power of Tarot Cards to Explain and Reveal
A new exhibition in London traces the evolution of tarot from Renaissance Italy to the present day, with the card designs shifting to reflect the times.
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Sundance 2025: Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears), DJ Ahmet, André Is an Idiot
Unlike the rest of the dispatches I’ve written out of Sundance, the selections here are not defined by their competitive category. This one is a little bit more of a hodgepodge. “Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears)” and “DJ Ahmet,” for instance, are from the World Dramatic section, while “André Is an Idiot” premiered as part of…
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Sundance 2025: It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley; Heightened Scrutiny; Third Act
The non-fiction portion of the Sundance Film Festival is one of the most acclaimed programs in the world. This year’s produced highly buzzed projects like “The Perfect Neighbor” and “Zodiac Killer Project,” but nothing’s perfect. There are always a few docs at Sundance that could be called well-intentioned but formally unengaging. That’s the polite way…
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Earthquakes May Explain Summerville Light’s Eerie Glow
A seismologist thinks natural phenomena could explain the Summerville Light and other mysteries around a South Carolina locale.