Art
Praising the Scientific Contributions of Clergy Naturalists
Among the 18 million specimens in the oldest natural history museum in the United States are contributions from missionaries and ministers who practiced science alongside their faith.
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.
News
The Most Endangered Heritage Sites of 2016, from Cuban Art Schools to the Oldest Underwater City
The World Monuments Fund has announced 50 sites around the globe that are in danger of disappearing due to development, war, neglect, natural disaster, or deliberate destruction.
Art
A Tribute to the Rust Belt, Carefully Crafted from Domestic Decay
For 10 weeks in a disused church basement somewhere in the Midwest, Julie Schenkelberg built a turbulent installation of broken furniture, found objects, and housing rubble anointed with blue and gold paint.
Art
Worship Below the Waves: A Drowned Church Surfaces
A 400-year-old church drowned in 1966 has reemerged in Mexico.
Art
Remembering Forgotten Female Printmakers from the 16th to 19th Centuries
In the 19th century, Henrietta Louisa Koenen, wife the Rijksmuseum Print Room's first director, took a prescient interest in acquiring prints by women artists.
Art
The Honeybee as Artistic Messenger
In 2013, artist Kelly Heaton had a vision of a magnificent bee appearing in the darkness, illuminated by an iridescent aura.
Art
Sum of the Arts
Years Edgar Degas's "L'Absinthe" (1876) was hidden from view after a terrible critical reception = 16
Books
The Fantastic 17th-Century Book of Birds, Made from Feathers
In the 17th century, a gardener created a strange book of birds in which the illustrations were completely made of feathers.
Art
The 16th-Century Fossil Book that First Depicted the Pencil
The first book to illustrate a pencil was published in the 16th century, and its author was more interested in the properties of the lead than the implement itself.
Art
A Digital Excavation for the Tomb Guardians of Central Africa
Kota: Digital Excavations in African Art is the first exhibition to focus on Kota reliquaries in-depth, and involves a digital experience where visitors discover forgotten patterns and connections in the faded art.
Art
Art in Odd Places Revisits a Decade of Fleeting Experiences
People who encountered a vending machine dispensing free compliments in the Meatpacking District or a group of women knitting and unraveling white aprons in Union Square over the weekend might have considered them part of New York City's continually anomalous street life, or felt an odd pang of déjà
Art
The First Artwork Made in Outer Space
LONDON — The first human to spacewalk wanted to be an artist before he learned to fly.