Art
A Fallen Brooklyn Elm Shaped into Objects That Reflect on Immigration
The Witness Tree Project asked RISD students to design objects reflecting on immigration, made from a fallen 150-year-old elm in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.
Allison Meier
Allison C. Meier is a former staff writer for Hyperallergic. Originally from Oklahoma, she has been covering visual culture and overlooked history for print and online media since 2006. She moonlights as a cemetery tour guide.
Art
A Climate Change Bakery Serving Coal Treats Is Coming to Gowanus
Artist Spencer Merolla's "Coal Comforts" is a pop-up bakery serving treats made from coal ash to encourage dialogue on climate change and pollution.
Art
Tend to Your Goats as the Apocalypse Approaches in This Meditative Game
Where The Goats Are starts as an idyllic farming game, but the horrors of the post-apocalyptic setting can't be ignored.
News
Folk Artist and Abolitionist Sheldon Peck to Be Honored with Historic Marker
A roadside marker in Jordan, New York, will commemorate the former home of 19th-century folk artist and abolitionist Sheldon Peck.
In Brief
18th-Century Nautical Charts Show Radical Coral Reef Loss in Florida
Researchers compared 18th-century nautical charts to contemporary ocean data, revealing a dramatic loss of Florida's coral reefs.
Art
In London's Reopened Garden Museum, Horticulture History Is Told Among Tombs
The Garden Museum in London has reopened, showcase a recreation of a 17th-century curiosity cabinet, horticultural art, and the tombs of the deconsecrated church in which it's located.
Art
Discover Over 1,700 Photos and Ephemera from the Early Years of Hip-Hop Online
The Sugar Hill Gang, Public Enemy, Queen Latifah, LL Cool J, and other hip-hop pioneers feature in the newly digitized material from Cornell University.
Art
A Photographer’s Donation to a Museum Honors Its Security Guards
Abelardo Morell's photographic map of Henry David Thoreau's journals was gifted to the Morgan Library & Museum in honor of its security guards.
Art
11 Great Art and Culture Podcast Episodes of 2017
The compelling cultural storytelling of 2017 podcasts includes the value of hoarding, the gentrification of art districts, and one mysterious skeleton.
Art
Get a Call from a New York City Statue
The Talking Statues project gives 35 public monuments in New York City a voice, from Balto the dog to George Washington in Union Square.
Art
The First Sculptures of Dinosaurs
In 1854, the first sculptures of dinosaurs debuted in London's Crystal Palace Park, where they remain on view today and recall an age of Victorian science.
History
Library of Congress Puts Alexander Hamilton's Papers Online for the First Time
Letters, speech drafts, and other documents from the ten-dollar founding father Alexander Hamilton, online for the first time from the Library of Congress.