Art

An Artist Takes Issue with a Brand's Appropriation of Black Detroit

With "Rethink Shinola," scholar and artist Rebekah Modrak has created a biting, minutely researched critique of an appropriative re-branding of Detroit.

Art

How Zarafa, France's First Giraffe, Became a Cultural Sensation

In art, fashion, and eccentric hairstyles, the arrival of the first giraffe in France in the 1820s caused a sensation in culture.

Books

16 Art and Design Books for Your Holiday Gift List

A list of art and design books that are some of this year's must-reads.

News

Art Movements

This week in art news: the director of the Louvre revealed he's negotiating for a loan of "Salvator Mundi," Egypt accused a 95-year-old Australian woman of looting antiquities, and a federal judge refused to release a Gardner Museum heist person of interest from domestic confinement.

Art

Embracing Feeling Over Logic in Two Artists’ Fragmented Worlds

In their exhibitions at Honey Ramka, Michael Wetzel and Jessica Cannon long for the cohesion of forms and meanings.

In Brief

Rising Sea Levels Threaten Over 13,000 Archaeological Sites in the US

A new study suggests that thousands of archaeological sites in the southeastern United States will be underwater by the end of the century.

Art

Testing Human Perception with Uncannily Kinetic Body Parts

Elizabeth King experiments with human perception in her installation of mannequin-like sculptures at MASS MoCA.

Interview

A Photographer Recreates Maritime Scenes from the World Wars

Thomas Bangsted shares how he reconstructs moments from the past with present-day photography.

Art

Explore the Color Code of a 19th-Century Artist Who Painted Nature

Decode the color system of 19th-century nature artist Ferdinand Bauer, who documented the Australian coast, through an online interactive.

Art

The Enjoyable Conundrum of Color in 20th-Century European Design

Blissfully, there are no overly odious attempts at scientific explanation of color, just a wide gamut of art and craft achievements to experience and appreciate.

Art

The Women Photographers of World War I

No Man's Land: Women's Photography and the First World War at Impressions Gallery in the UK highlights women's perspectives of World War I.

News

Is Leonardo’s “Salvator Mundi” Going to the Louvre? [UPDATED]

The museum's director says he is in talks with the buyer of the record-setting painting to display it in Paris next year.