Jun 29, 2021 • View in browser

Good morning. ☀️

Today, scholars are deciphering 3,200-year-old limestone carvings that depict the cosmos, you can watch the films of this year’s Made in LA biennial online, and thoughts on Marvel’s first gay superhero.

Also, this afternoon I will be emceeing an event for the National Endowment for the Arts to coincide with the launch of a major report — the first of its kind — on creative tech ecosystems. I hope you will be able to join us.

— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

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The “Free The Press” march in London (photo courtesy Gareth Morris and Extinction Rebellion)

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Scholars decipher 3,200-year-old limestone carvings at the Yazilikaya Rock Temple in present-day Turkey, depicting a symbolic representations of the cosmos.

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