Art
The First Known Depiction of the Cosmos Adorns a 3,600-Year-Old Disk
Discovered in 1999 in Germany, the 3,600-year-old Nebra Sky Disk is recognized as the oldest known depiction of cosmic phenomena.
Allison Meier
Books
The Psychedelic Pollution Floating in the Gowanus Canal
Steven Hirsch's photographs capture unexpected beauty in one of America's most polluted waterways.
In Brief
Homeland Security Will Issue Call for US–Mexico Border Wall Prototypes
The Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection announced a call "for the design and build of several prototype wall structures in the vicinity of the United States border with Mexico."
Art
Researchers Bury Their Noses in Books to Sniff Out the Morgan Library's Original Smell
Researchers at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York are capturing the smell of its old books to reconstruct the building's 1906 aroma.
Books
From Triangle to Tiger, a Handbook for Understanding Symbols
Mark Fox and Angie Wang's Symbols: A Handbook for Seeing is a guide to the evolution of symbolism using 400 examples from art history.
Art
A Game Challenges You to Find the Folks Hidden in Hand-Drawn Environments
Hidden Folks is a hand-drawn game of discovery by Adriaan de Jongh and Sylvain Tegroeg where you find hidden people and objects in an illustrated world.
Art
Walk Inside a Gothic Prayer Bead in a VR Experience at the Cloisters
The VR experience accompanying Small Wonders at the Cloisters in New York is an immersive tour through the angels and demons of a tiny 16th-century prayer bead.
Books
Photographing Palm Springs Modernism by Moonlight
Tom Blachford's photographs in Midnight Modern were taken between midnight and 5am in Palm Springs, illuminated only by the moon.
Art
A Luminous Look at Turner's Port Paintings
An exhibition at the Frick Collection unites for the first time three of J.M.W. Turner's 1820s port paintings, created in an age of newly open borders in Europe.
Art
A Haunting Game of Survival Set During the 2014 Israel–Gaza Conflict
Liyla and the Shadows of War is a game set during the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict, in which you attempt to protect a young girl through the raging battle.
News
Digitizing Route Books from the Golden Age of the American Circus
Over 300 route books made by American circuses are being digitized for the first time by Illinois State University, Circus World, and the Ringling Museum of Art.
News
A 12,000-Pound Panorama of a Civil War Battle Is Lifted into Its New Home
The colossal 19th-century painting of the Battle of Atlanta has been hailed as a tribute to both the North and South, and its complicated history will be a focus in its new home at the Atlanta History Center.