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Going for Broke • How a glitzy stretch of highway became the destination for America’s most sublime—and most sordid—aspirations

Upping the Ante • AN INCOMPLETE COLLECTION OF SOME OF THE STRAIGHT-UP WEIRDEST GAMBLES IN HISTORY

FOUNDING MOTHER • In the history paintings of this great Neoclassical artist, women took center stage

The Butterfly Whisperer • Akito Kawahara has spent his life devoted to lepidoptera. Now he’s correcting the record on where they first evolved

Flights of Fancy • REPRESENTING THE SOULS OF THE DEAD, AND SOMETIMES ART ITSELF, THESE WINGED MUSES HAVE INSPIRED POETS FOR MILLENNIA

Out of the Shadows • A chic lamp reveals how women designers remade the Tiffany brand—and went largely uncredited for nearly a century

Artistic Intelligence • A NEW SHOW AT THE WHITNEY SHOWCASES THE VISIONARY WHO DEVISED THE ART WORLD’S FIRST A.I.

UP FROM THE DEPTHS • EIGHTY YEARS AFTER AVENGER 17018 WAS SHOT DOWN OVER THE PACIFIC, WILL ITS PLOT FINALLY COME HOME?

THE GOSPEL OF TRUTH • Feminist. Preacher. Abolitionist. Civil rights pioneer. Now the full story of Sojourner Truth’s life and faith is finally coming to light

Making an Impression • Keeping tabs on dugong populations is surprisingly hard. A new effort tracks the marks they leave behind

THE WILDERNESS CURE • CAN DESTROYING OLD ROADS POINT THE WAY TO SUSTAIN ABLE FUTURE ?

THE ART OF THE SCAM • A decades-long forgery scheme ensnared Canada’s most famous Indigenous artist, a rock musician turned sleuth and several top museums. How investigators unraveled the biggest art fraud in history

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