Afrobeats megastar Burna Boy is releasing his new album, “No Sign of Weakness,” on Friday. The Grammy-winning artist is ...

A 1699 letter from an enslaved boy portrayed in a 17th-century painting sheds light on Black identity and agency in early modern England.

In 1848 or thereabouts, a talented artist painted an almost life-size group portrait of the three children of one of the ...

Brian Wilson, one of the founding members of the Beach Boys, has died at the age of 82.

Robert Giard spent his career photographing hundreds of cultural luminaries and niche literary figures in the hopes of ...

June saw the loss of several influential figures in music, sports, and beyond. Brian Wilson was the creative force behind The ...

Beach Boys singer Brian Wilson has died at age 82. Tributes poured in for Beach Boys singer Brian Wilson on Wednesday following his death at age 82. The singer's family shared the news of his death on ...

Vidhat’s journey with the Rubik’s cube began when he was three. With regular practice and online training, he quickly mastered not only solving the cube but also creating portraits of faces using cube ...

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Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and other summertime ...

Long before he got the chance to pick it up for himself, the ZZ Top man found himself in a truly formative session with an ...

MAKENNA ALEXANDER SHARES HOW CARLISLE’S LAW ENFORCEMENT PUT TOGETHER A SPECIAL CONVOY TO CELEBRATE ONE OF THEIR OWN. A CONVOY FOR HONORARY OFFICER CONNOR TAVERNA. HE IS A LITTLE BOY THAT WE SWORE IN ...