The noises of a massive conch shell from the Upper Paleolithic Marsoulas cave society were reproduced and published online.
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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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.
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Banksy Scaled the Prison That Once Jailed Oscar Wilde to Paint His Latest Mural
Banksy confirmed the artwork in a clever video stitched together with a Bob Ross tutorial.
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Ming Dynasty Porcelain, Valued Up to $500K, Purchased at Yard Sale for $35
The rare find is headed to auction at Sotheby’s, where it is valued between $300,000 and $500,000.
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Build Starry Night Entirely Out of LEGOgh Blocks
The 1,552-piece set includes a miniature Vincent van Gogh figurine.
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Experience Wassily Kandinsky’s Art Through Simulated Synesthesia
A new project from Google Arts + Culture uses machine learning and Kandinsky’s extensive color theories to interpret what the painter might have heard when working on this painting.
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$38.5 Million Has Been Allocated to LA Arts Recovery
The new Getty fund is a massive effort to preserve jobs and retain the cultural capital of LA’s creative workforce.
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First US Stamp by Alaska Native Person Spotlights Tlingit Lore
The stamp, designed by Tlingit and Athabascan artist Rico Lanáat’ Worl, features the raven as a trickster-spirit within a field of gold stars, holding the sun in his beak.
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A Sleek, Whale-shaped Observatory to Watch Marine Life
The stunning site is planned to open at the tip of Norway’s Andoya Island, about 186 miles north of the Arctic circle, in 2022.
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The Influential Quiltmakers of Gee’s Bend Are Now on Etsy
Each shop features the quilter’s story and their array of offerings, with prices on works that range from $27 to $5,500 per piece.