Art
Animating the Battles and Mythology of Greek Vases
Greek vases have some of the most lively of ancient art, and a duo called Panoply has been turning these vases into animations.
Allison Meier
Art
A Banner for Baron Samedi in Sequins
The omnivorous nature of Haitian Vodou with its consumption of African, European, and American influences into one luscious spirituality has been vividly expressed in one of the culture's unique art forms: the Vodou flag.
Art
Should the Buddhas of Bamiyan Rise Again in Afghanistan?
After a reconstruction effort covertly built what appeared to be the beginnings of giant feet, the rally is growing to resurrect the Buddhas of Bamiyan — demolished in 2001 by the Taliban.
Books
The Romance of Science in Victorian Natural History Bookbindings
The Victorian fascination with natural history combined with affordable book publishing led to some comely titles in elegant binding.
Books
Weaving a Bridge Back to Fiber Sculpture's Unraveling History
Despite being a craft dating back over 30,000 years, fiber work only started to get sculpturally experimental in a serious way in the 1960s and 70s.
Art
Mundane Horror in Abandoned Stasi Spaces
As we creep up on the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall (November 9, 1989), some of the remains of the oppressive Ministry for State Security, aka the Stasi, remain as if in their own time capsule.
Art
Of All Stripes: Designing the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics
Designer Deborah Sussman — with her husband, architect Paul Prejza — colored the city with environmental graphics that buoyantly exuded the hues of the diverse cultures in LA.
Books
Photographing a 21st-Century Landscape When the Land Itself Is Disappearing
There's never been much of a unified scene when it comes to capturing landscapes in art, but maybe more even than before artists are very experimental with how to show a stretch of space.
Art
The Last Victorian Microscope Artist
The art of diatom designs didn't really make it into the 21st century.
News
Getty Adds Thousands of Art Historical Images to Growing Digital Library
Getting museum and library archives digitized is one thing; uniting them on a platform that's uniform and accessible is another.
Art
Hidden Art in a Chinatown Massage Parlor Subtly Confronts China's Imbalances
Something is amiss and slightly menacing in one of Manhattan's numerous Chinatown massage parlors.
News
Getty Foundation Announces New Grants to Conserve Modern Architecture
This week, the first awardees in the new Keeping It Modern grant initiative from the Getty Foundation were announced for 20th-century modernist architecture that requires long-term conservation planning.