Books
The Relics of Victorian Natural History in Eye-Popping Stereoscope
Natural history storerooms are a bit like drowned Noah's Arks, with specimens from every realm of the animal world posthumously preserved.
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Interview
The Virtual Is Liminal: An Interview with Claudia Hart
I first met Claudia Hart in 1995, when she was living in Berlin and I had gone there to do research for a project.
Art
ArtRx NYC
This week, two rarely screened videos by Adrian Piper, a show of artist-made pins, a retrospective for László Moholy-Nagy, an artistic celebration of Menstrual Hygiene Day, and more.
Interview
A Community of Women Bound Together by Braids
During a recent chat on a Brooklyn park bench, artist Amy Cutler described her unexpected role as a confidant to strangers.
Art
Listening to Archived Sounds Amid the Stacks at the New York Public Library
Up on the second floor of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, you might hear the rising notes of opera faintly ringing from a card catalogue, or see people wearing headphones at the ends of the sheet music aisles.
News
Have Hokusai, Will Travel: Japan's New Passports Feature Ukiyo-E Master's Prints
Japanese citizens are set to receive new passports, and they will salute Katsushika Hokusai, the renowned ukiyo-e printmaker and painter.
Art
A History of Detroit Through Its Bricks
DETROIT — Object-oriented ontology suggests that inanimate objects have lives and wider spheres of experience than the ways in which they relate to humans.
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Kids Smash Art at Glass Museum While Adults Stand by Filming
Just when you'd thought you'd seen it all when it comes to art-breaking mishaps (selfie seekers, I'm looking at you), along comes this incredible footage from China of two boys fracturing a sculpture in the Shanghai Museum of Glass.
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The Lights of Paris, Seen Through the Eyes of the Impressionists and Their Contemporaries
Bruce Museum's 'Electric Paris' features approximately fifty paintings, photographs, and drawings that explore the influence of artificial lighting on the Impressionists and their contemporaries. Expect a mix of European and American masters: Edgar Degas and Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent and Hen
Art
The Photographers of 1870s London Who Documented Their Disappearing City
The idea of capturing something in photography before it disappears dates back almost to the dawn of the medium.
Art
A Small, Independent Art School Flourishes in Cambodia
SIEM REAP, Cambodia — Over four million people visited Cambodia in 2014, many of whom came to see Angkor Wat, the country’s most popular tourist destination.
Art
A Monumental Critique of Empire, from Napoleonic to Corporate Times
PARIS — Scattered throughout the cavernous nave of the Grand Palais are mountains of shipping containers.