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Yesterday — 16 October 2025Main stream

Solution to CIA’s Kryptos Sculpture Is Found in Smithsonian Vault

16 October 2025 at 20:38
Jim Sanborn is auctioning off the solution to Kryptos, the puzzle he sculpted for the intelligence agency’s headquarters. Two fans of the work then discovered the key.

© Drew Angerer for The New York Times

The solution to the final passage of the Kryptos artwork had been unsolved since its unveiling in 1990.
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Artists Plan Nationwide Protests Against ‘Authoritarian Forces’

15 October 2025 at 06:00
The visual artist Dread Scott, the playwright Lynn Nottage and others have organized a series of actions to unite the arts community against the Trump administration.

© Nate Palmer for The New York Times

Participants in the protests will include (from left, first row), Laura Raicovich and Jenny Polak; (second row) Kris Grey, Dread Scott, Lynn Nottage and Ras Dia; (third row) Julia Jordan, Shanti Avirgan, Annie Dorsen, Tony Gerber, Miguel Luciano, Jed Rothstein and Cassils; (fourth row) Accra Shepp, Hari Kunzru, Larry Krone and Daniel Bejar.
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