Art
Victorian Scrapbooks of Flowers from the Holy Land
In the 19th century, tourists who traveled through the Holy Land may have picked up scrapbooks of pressed flowers as souvenirs.
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
Reviving a Rusted Relic of the World’s Fair in Queens
The New York State Pavilion in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park is currently vacant, a lock on its gate allowing only a glimpse of the decayed interior of Philip Johnson's futuristic "Tent of Tomorrow," designed for the 1964 World's Fair.
News
A Victorian Theater Frozen in Time Crowdfunds Its Reopening
A 19th-century theater that's been disused for over 80 years is preparing to reopen in London.
Art
Build the Most Disruptive Startup Ever in a Dystopian Business Simulator
In "The Founder," a "dystopian startup simulator," you must disrupt markets, innovate nonstop, maybe even go beyond the Earth in wildly expensive rockets.
Art
Original Winnie-the-Pooh Dolls, All Stuffed with Fluff, Go Back on View
Before Winnie-the-Pooh was a Disney superstar, before author A. A. Milne even considered the forest adventures of a beloved bumbling bear, he was a gift to a young boy on his first birthday.
News
University Plans to Remove Two WPA Murals for Colonial Depictions
Two WPA murals at the University of Wisconsin–Stout are planned to be removed from public view due to their colonial views of Native Americans.
Art
The Wind-Powered Kinetic Sculpture Pulsing Behind the Olympic Cauldron
The kinetic sculpture behind the Rio 2016 Olympic cauldron is so hypnotic you might not have noticed the flame itself is rather tiny compared to past games.
Art
The 2016 Rio Olympics Medals Embrace Sustainable Design
Athletes at the Rio 2016 Olympics will be taking home bits of recycled mirrors, car parts, and X-ray plates in their medals as part of design aimed at sustainability.
Art
Digitizing the World's Largest Braille Music Collection
Digitizing braille music isn't as easy as just scanning the page. The tactile notations require multiple steps for accurate transcription, and their history of touch means the dots are sometimes smashed or otherwise unreadable.
Interview
Retracing a Lifetime of Urban Activism Through Jane Jacob's Last Interview
"The kind of planning for a city that would really work would be a sort of informed, intelligent improvisation, which is what most of our planning in life is in any case," said Jane Jacobs in a 1962 interview with Mademoiselle, conducted just after the 1961 publication of her influential The Death a
Art
Human Anatomy as Portrayed in Woodblocks of 19th-Century Kabuki Actors
The opening of Japan in the 19th century after its isolationist Edo period caused an influx of foreign influence, including Western approaches to medicine.
Art
How Anamorphic Paintings Represented the Miracles of the Saints
Which saint you see in this 17th-century painting depends on where you stand.