News
Google Earth Helps Archaeologists Discover Massive Monument in Petra
A massive monument has been discovered buried under sands at the Petra World Heritage site in southern Jordan.
Carey Dunne
Opinion
In Defense of the World's Ugliest Color, "Opaque Couché"
And the title of "World's Ugliest Color" goes to: Pantone 448C!
News
Ancient Oracle to Apollo Discovered Near the Acropolis
"Come to me, O Paean, and bring with you the true oracle," reads the inscriptions in an oracle well used to communicate with the Olympian god Apollo that was recently discovered in Athens.
In Brief
Locals Deem Main Street Sculpture of Nude Yogi “a Sickening Thing"
"There's nothing sacred anymore," said Peg Lowry, a resident of Ames, Iowa, in response to a new public sculpture on Main Street.
Art
Call This Psychedelic Video's Hotline to Hear "A Special Message from the Astral Gem"
For a good time, call 1-844-ASTRAL LOANS: Staticky smooth jams and a silky-voiced robot will welcome you to “The Caged Pillows Feeling Network.”
News
Danish National Gallery Removes the Word “Negro” from 13 Artworks’ Titles
The National Gallery of Denmark (or Statens Museum for Kunst, SMK) is removing dated, potentially offensive colonial terminology from the titles of artworks in its collection.
Books
See the Smithsonian Archive's Collection of Artists' Handwritten Letters
Whatever skeptics may say about the pseudoscience of graphology (handwriting analysis), it’s hard to deny that handwriting expresses feeling and style — especially, in many cases, when it’s the handwriting of an artist. Georgia O’Keeffe’s bold, squiggly lines and lack of punctuation ignored conventi
Art
Norman Foster’s High-Concept Drone Airport Will Bring Aid to Rwanda
By 2030, every rural town in Africa could be equipped with an undulating red brick droneport, designed by starchitect Norman Foster, to serve as a hub for deliveries of crucial medical supplies.
Art
A Claymation Moonscape Covered in Ruins
Animated by Meghan Tryon, psych-rock band Wand's new "Passage of the Dream" video fuses claymation with line drawings and paper cutouts in a densely detailed fantasy narrative.
News
The Bushwick Art Community Gathers for a Group Portrait
Calling puppet-makers at Castle Braid, Myrtle Avenue storage unit-dwellers, cosmic puke sculptors, and Matthew Silver: The Bushwick Documentation Project wants you to gather for a group portrait this weekend.
In Brief
Astronomers Attempt to Date Sappho's "Midnight Poem" Using the Stars
For centuries, scholars have mined the verse of Greek lyric poet Sappho, Plato's "tenth Muse," for clues about her life.
In Brief
New Google Project Aims to Put the AI in "Artist"
Can artificial intelligence create art?