Counterculture
Neal Cassady would have turned 100 on February 8. As muse to Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, pioneers of the Beat Generation, he embodied unrestrained thought and movement. His life of flux reshaped 20th-century American literature.
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Multidisciplinary artist Vicente Ruiz, a key figure in Chilean counterculture during the dictatorship and democratic transition, died in Santiago at age 67. His legacy includes provocative performances addressing taboo topics like discrimination and social exclusion. His 1992 work 'Por la Cruz y la Bandera' sparked major controversy.