“The overall style of the illustrations do not conform to the aesthetic tastes of the public,” said the country’s Ministry of Education.
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 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 postindustrial and redeveloping cities.
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Archaeologists Excavate Fully Furnished House at Pompeii
A collection of household items found in chests and cabinets provides new insights into the lives of middle-class Pompeians, according to the researchers.
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Humanity’s Origins Got Pushed a Million Years Back
A new technique developed by scientists found that the earliest human fossils in South Africa are much older than we thought.
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River in China Dries Up, Revealing 600-Year-Old Buddhist Statues
The Yangtze River’s water levels are receding amid an ongoing heatwave in the country.
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New Research Suggests Vermeer Wasn’t as Polished as People Assume
During the pandemic, researchers at the National Gallery of Art found out some interesting things when they scanned the Dutch artist’s 17th-century paintings.
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OnlyBans Allows Users to Understand the Realities of Digital Sex Work
A new game developed by artist and sex worker Lena Chen and tech collaborator Maggie Oates helps players learn about the challenges facing online sex workers.
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Hiwa K’s Transformative Approach to Activist Art
The artist serves as a proxy through which the complexities of Gulf War politics, refugeeism, dictatorship, and resilience can be examined in intuitive and material ways.
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The Odd History of Germany’s “Unicorn” Fossil
Dubbed “one of the worst fossil reconstructions in history,” the so-called “Magdeburg Unicorn” again making rounds on the internet.
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After 50 Years, Michael Heizer’s Colossal Desert Installation Is Finally Finished
Work on the colossal land art project in the remote Nevada desert began in 1970.
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Conservatives Respond More to “Disgusting” Health Warnings, Yale Study Says
Compared to self-identifying liberals, conservatives were more prone to change their views on COVID-19 vaccinations after they were shown ghastly images of the disease’s symptoms.
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Tehran’s Contemporary Art Museum Has a Serious Bug Problem
A video showing insects crawling inside a framed photograph by artists Bernd and Hilla Becher caused uproar, and disgust, online.
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The Art That Inspired Joan Didion Goes to Auction
Those with a Didion-shaped hole in their hearts can also bid for portraits of the author, her books, and other personal items.