Works made during lockdown explore our connection to breath in a new exhibition at PEM, on view through June 20.
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An Exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum Explores How Revolution Inspired a Generation of Modern Indian Artists
Over 100 paintings, sculptures, photographs, and archival sources trace the rise of a vibrant modern art movement from India’s colonial period through its independence.
Rare Native Hawaiian Temple Image Given a Place of Prominence in PEM’s New Wing
Kūkāʻilimoku assumed his new position in the skybridge of the Peabody Essex Museum’s new wing, with the help of a delegation of cultural practitioners from Hawai’i.
Virginia Heffernan Writes About the Seductive Wonders of the Analog Arcade
Heffernan’s essay is part of PlayTime at the Peabody Essex Museum, the first major thematic exhibition to explore the role of play in contemporary art and culture.
As Part of Peabody Essex Museum’s PlayTime Initiative, Writer Naomi Russo Looks at Monopoly as an Ideological Tool
Is it possible for the world’s playful introduction to capitalism to transmit a new set of values?