Art
An Incredible Map Collection Gets Its First Physical Home
Since the 1990s, collector David Rumsey has digitized and made freely available his thousands of historical maps; his site has long been one of the best resources for cartography.
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.
Books
The Sculptor Who Made Masks for Soldiers Disfigured in World War I
Any enduring romanticism for war was obliterated by the industrialized brutality of World War I, from which legions of soldiers returned disfigured by facial injuries.
Books
The Mystery of the Three Hares Motif
An enigmatic trio of rabbits running in a circle appears on centuries of art, from medieval churches in England to Buddhist caves in China.
News
Construction of Dakota Access Pipeline May Have Bulldozed Indigenous History
Last Friday, Tim Mentz, Sr., former Standing Rock Sioux tribal historic preservation officer, filed a declaration with the US district court detailing archaeological sites, including graves, alongside the planned pathway of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Art
Time Travel Along Fifth Avenue, with Photos from the Early 1900s and Today
In 1911, photographer Burton Welles published Fifth Avenue, New York, from Start to Finish.
News
US Judge Approves Warrant for Acoma Shield Listed for Sale by Paris Auction House
An Acoma shield that was removed from a May auction in Paris that included human remains and indigenous sacred objects has yet to be returned.
Art
LED Street Art Lights Up a Dark, Dodgy Alley in Philadelphia
Percy Street in South Philadelphia is an abnormality in the city's orderly grid, curving between South 9th Street and Reed Street, its seclusion making it a haven for littering and more illicit activities.
Art
NY Public Library Exhibits Its Recent Social Justice Zine Acquisitions
Since the late 19th century, the New York Public Library (NYPL) has collected alternative publications, the institution's acquisitions mirroring publishing movements over the following decades.
Art
The Brutality of Little Bighorn, as Seen by Someone Who Was There
TULSA, Okla. — Decades after the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn, Stephen Standing Bear, who participated in the tumultuous engagement, recalled its chaos: "I could see Indians charging all around me. Then I could see the soldiers and Indians all mixed up and there were so many guns going off that
Opinion
Simon Says This Is the Best Music Video Filmed in a Museum
For his 1999 hit single "Simon Says," the Queens rapper Pharoahe Monch used one of the borough's most sci-fi structures as a post-apocalyptic battleground.
Art
The Hand-Painted Ghouls and Specters of Mid-20th-Century Carnival Ghost Trains
Almost all carnivals traveling the circuits in the United States and Great Britain in the 1940s and '50s towed their own haunted railroad.
Art
Harboring Art in Historic Spaces at the 2016 Governors Island Art Fair
The circular sandstone fort of Castle Williams has had numerous identities since it was completed on Governors Island in 1811, from New York City harbor defense to Civil War barracks to military prison.