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March 31, 2026

LA’s Longest-Running Contemporary Art Gallery Celebrates 60 Years of Excellent Printmaking [Interview]

Six decades ago, Sidney Felsen and Stanley Grinstein entered a new phase in their lifelong friendship. The pair, who had been fraternity brothers at USC, discovered a small print shop run by Kenneth Tyler, a master printer who specialized in fine art printmaking. It didn’t take long for Felsen and Grinstein to partner with Tyler, establishing Gemini G.E.L. in 1966.

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Archeology
March 30, 2026

Archaeologists Discover 15,000-Year-Old Clay Jewelry With Children’s Fingerprints on Them

Long before pottery, agriculture, or permanent cities, humans were already shaping clay into meaningful objects. A new study published in Science Advances reveals that some of the earliest known clay ornaments, dating back 15,000 years, still carry the fingerprints of their makers. Discovered at several prehistoric sites in present-day Israel, the collection includes 142 small clay beads and pendants created by the Natufians, people who lived in the Levant region from 13,000 and 9,700 BCE.

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Renaissance Art
March 30, 2026

U.S.’s First Comprehensive Exhibition on Renaissance Master Raphael Coming to NYC

Despite living a relatively brief life, Italian Renaissance master Raphael left behind one of the world’s most indispensable legacies when he died in 1520 at only 37 years old. The Old Master, alongside luminaries like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, revolutionized Renaissance art, playing with narrative, emotion, perspective, and composition at an unprecedented scale. Even so, Raphael hasn’t been the subject of a comprehensive exhibition in the United States—that is, until now.

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Music
March 29, 2026

Music Creator Rewrites Toto’s “Africa” Song to List Every African Country Instead

Toto’s 1982 hit “Africa” is a well-loved classic. Written by band members David Paich and Jeff Porcaro, the nostalgic tune imagines the continent through lyrics that evoke escapism and a longing for peace, even though they had never actually visited Africa at the time. But what if the song were less romanticized and a little more educational?

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