Art
The Violence of the British Slave Trade, as Told Through the Sea
John Akomfrah’s Tropikos, showing at the Pérez Art Museum Miami, navigates the United Kingdom’s role in the slave trade and the inherently formidable power of the sea.
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Bipartisan Letter from Over 150 Members of Congress Urges More Money for the NEA
While President Trump has called for the agency's elimination, more than 150 members of Congress want to increase funding to the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Tehran Gallerists Charged with Trying to Overthrow Iranian Government
Karan Vafadari and Afarin Nayssari, the founders of Aun Gallery, have been held in prison without recourse to legal counsel for over eight months.
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Today Is Henry Darger Day in Chicago
On what would be the self-taught artist's 125th birthday, Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art is holding a daylong celebration formally recognized by the mayor of Chicago.
Art
Our Political Furor Rendered in Ceramic and Fire
Here’s a story: Once upon a time there was a nation. Then it caught on fire. The end.
Art
Piecing Together Black Identity on Canvas
Juan Logan's work sees Black identity as both a cipher that contains the secret of America’s greatness and a constant reminder of its deepest shame.
Art
Why Googling “Miami Inmates” in South Florida Leads to Their Poetry
A massive search activity in South Florida has created search trends, effectively publishing poems by Miami inmates within the suggestions of Google search.
Art
An Alarm Clock of Bird Songs, Culled from a Museum’s Archive
A new app by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History presents an alternative design to cacophonous alarms, allowing you to begin your day with a slew of bird songs instead.
Art
Explore a Virtual Museum of Digital Water
Pippin Barr's v r 3 examines one of the biggest challenges in game design: rendering water.
Film
A Madcap Animated Movie About a High School Slowly Sliding into the Sea
This captivating film offers a strong argument for more graphic novelists to apply their creativity to animation.
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Peruse 1,000-Year-Old Medical Remedies, from Ox Bile to Mandrake Root
The British Library owns the only extant illustrated Old English herbal, and it recently digitized the entire manuscript.
Art
From Books by Black Women to Electricians' Stories, a Show Catalogues Alternative Archives
An exhibition at Nurture Art features evolving collections of art and testimony from people too often left out of official histories.