Art

The Wonderland of Swedish Wooden Toys

From delicate dollhouses to globally recognized puzzles to small animal figurines, the vast variety of toys that have emerged from Sweden over time are more than just playthings.

Art

Robert Doisneau's Photographs of the Paris Natural History Museum During the Nazi Occupation

From 1942 to 1943, while Paris was occupied by Nazi Germany, photographer Robert Doisneau documented the ongoing work of the scientists in the city's natural history museum.

Art

A Google Doc Turns into a Massive Open-Sourced Art Project

"I wondered if it would be possible to create a community out of a single document," artist Matthew Britton tells Hyperallergic.

Art

How Audubon Pranked a Fellow Naturalist with a Bulletproof Fish

Field books capture essential information for ecological history but are often difficult to track down in scientific collections.

Art

Illuminating the Contents of Our Junk Drawers

We all have those drawers filled to the brim with objects we use only occasionally or keep simply for sentiment, knickknacks united only by the fact that they lie in an enclosed box.

Art

The Freelance Educators Who Teach Children to Love Museums

Museum education is a significant aspect of the way museums interface with their audiences, and freelance educators have made themselves crucial to the operation of many of New York’s main art institutions.

Performance

In Uganda, a Performance Artist Confronts Her Privilege

LOS ANGELES — Tired of being an internet activist, performance artist Kristina Wong left behind the comfortable safety of her armchair and computer to set out for three weeks in northern Uganda.

Art

Fantastical Landscapes That Ripple Through Time

I didn't quite know what I was getting into when I opted to review the current show of paintings by Jason Saager at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle.

In Brief

Do Not Pass “Bo”: Archaeologists Unearth 2,300-Year-Old Board Game in China

It includes a 14-face die carved from an animal tooth, 21 rectangular game pieces featuring painted numbers, and a broken tile that once made up part of the game board.

Art

Photography and Foreboding in 1970s Japan

For a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography, 1968–1979 offers an ambitious social and art history of a decade ignited by protest, shaped by global power dynamics, and visualized through new art forms.

Interview

Plastiglomerate, the Anthropocene’s New Stone

The new stone is a fusion, through fire, of molten plastic and natural materials.

In Brief

Rijksmuseum Asks Visitors to Stop Taking Photos and Start Sketching the Art

The Rijksmuseum's new #StartDrawing campaign encourages visitors to slow down and sketch the works they see in the galleries instead of photographing them and moving on to the next thing.