The device, which is thought to predict planets’ movement, was found in the sea in 1901, salvaged from a wrecked merchant ship.
Author Archives: Sarah Rose Sharp
Sarah Rose Sharp is a Detroit-based writer, activist, and multimedia artist. She has shown work in New York, Seattle, Columbus and Toledo, OH, and Detroit — including at the Detroit Institute of Arts. She writes about art and culture, online and in print, for Hyperallergic, Art in America, Art in
Print, Flash Art, Sculpture Magazine, ArtSlant, and others. She was named a 2015 Kresge Literary Arts Fellow for Art Criticism and participated in the 2015 Art Writing Workshop. She is a regular guest lecturer/visiting critic at University of Michigan, Eastern Michigan University, College for Creative Studies, Wayne State University, and Oakland University, and was a guest speaker, visiting critic, and juror for the undergraduate show at Penn State University in 2018. She served as a mentor in the NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentorship Program in 2018. She is primarily concerned with artist and viewer experiences of making and engaging with art, and conducts ongoing research in the state of contemporary art in redeveloping cities, with special focus and regard for Detroit. sarahrosesharp.com
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Mural of Knife-Wielding Spider God Found on 3,200-year-old Temple in Peru
The spider is thought to be associated with rain and fertility rituals that might have taken place in the shrine and its attendant complex of buildings.
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Man Loses World’s Largest Digital Art Collection After He Can’t Remember His Password
The $200 million collection include a lesser Beeple and a series of early-net fractals.
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Christie’s Launches Streaming Service That Allows You to Watch Money Being Laundered in Real-Time
White-collar criminals everywhere are toasting the legacy auction house.
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Brooklyn Museum’s KAWS Exhibition Named #1 Site for Bad Tinder Dates in NYC
The go-to spot for finance bros to take their online paramours edged out fierce competition.
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“Naked Bits” Jigsaw Puzzles Celebrate Bodies Through Dynamic Photographs
There’s nothing sexier than building anticipation, and nothing is a slower reveal than a jigsaw puzzle.
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Mushroom “Leather” Is the Latest Innovation to Hit Fashion Runways
The material, called Mylo, is made of mycelium — the root network of mushrooms.
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The Pandemic as Inadvertent Artist Residency, a Silver Lining in a Year of Isolation
There are many benefits of artist residencies, but for me, the best conditions for making art involve being paid to work where I already have the infrastructure.
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Listen to the Sounds of an 18,000-year-old Conch
The noises of a massive conch shell from the Upper Paleolithic Marsoulas cave society were reproduced and published online.
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Researchers Use X-Ray Technology to Read “Letterlocked” Historical Correspondences
Researchers who specialize in the ancient practice of “letterlocking,” a means of folding paper correspondence so that they serve as their own envelopes, have been able to examine letters that were previously impenetrable.
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United States Artists CEO Deana Haggag Steps Down, Will Join Mellon Foundation
Under Deana Haggag’s guidance, USA founded the annual Berresford Prize, an unrestricted $25,000 artist award.
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Archaeologists Find Ornate Chariot Preserved in Ash From Mount Vesuvius
The unique chariot includes elaborate scenes on rear medallions that refer to Eros, leading researchers to theorize that it could have been a chariot used for marriage rituals or processionals.