History
UC Berkeley Uses Optical Scanning to Recover Indigenous Voices from Wax Cylinders
Among the wax cylinders in UC Berkeley’s Hearst Museum of Anthropology are songs and spoken-word recordings in 78 indigenous languages of California.
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News
Displaying Kaepernick's Jersey, MoMA Threads Together Art, Fashion, and Politics
Of the iconic fashion pieces in MoMA's exhibition Items: is Fashion Modern? no item may be more important or salient to our contemporary politics than Colin Kaepernick’s jersey.
Art
Delicate Paintings from Drag Icon Vaginal Davis Meet Monumental Sculpture From Louise Nevelson
With 20 tiny paintings and one hefty sculpture, an unexpected pairing of artists offers a nuanced take on femininity.
Art
An Exhibition Turns a Tibetan Art Museum into a Musical Instrument
The World Is Sound at the Rubin Museum asks visitors to listen to Tibetan Buddhist art with their whole body.
In Brief
An Archive of Early Films Offer a Glimpse of Colonial India
A new cache of films released online by the British Film Institute help demonstrate how colonial propaganda shaped visions of an Indian "other" in the West.
Art
The Heavy Light of Christopher Wilmarth's Drawings and Sculptures
For Wilmarth, light and life were inextricably linked — a connection that shone in his art of steel, glass, and paper.
News
Last Leonardo Painting in Private Hands Is Going to Auction for $100M+
Here's your chance to get a work by the Italian Renaissance master in what may be one of the ultimate art trophies for the super wealthy.
Art
The Photographers of La Raza Newspaper Bring to Light the Chicano Movement
One LA newspaper made a big impact on the Chicano movement, this event talks about the impact and influence of its photographers.
Opinion
Letters on Frieze London: Paul Chan and Zachary Small Respond
Paul Chan and Zachary Small grapple with criticism and what makes work political (but agree that art fairs are awful).
History
RIP Cassini: A Space Art Obituary
A look back at 20 years of space art to celebrate 20 years of Cassini.
History
What Sewing Samplers Tell Us About Women's Lives from the 17th to 19th Centuries
A sewing sampler can be the only trace of a 17th- to 19th-century woman's existence, and the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge is recovering this lost history through over 100 examples.
Announcement
Announcing CalArts Fall 2017 WHAP! Lecture Series
WHAP! — the West Hollywood Aesthetics and Politics lecture series — is co-hosted by the City of West Hollywood and CalArts MA Aesthetics and Politics Program.