Art
Towards a Better World With Kim Abeles
Throughout her career, Abeles’s works have involved community outreach and art-making workshops that led to healing and social change.
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News
After Thefts, British Museum Will Bring Its Collection Online
The institution, which fired a staff member over suspected robberies of jewelry and other objects, says public accessibility could prevent further thefts.
Art
An Egalitarian Art Salon at San Francisco's De Young Museum
The De Young Open gathers nearly 900 artworks by artists from the Bay Area, and almost all of them are for sale.
Performance
Voicing the Pain and Resilience of Burkina Faso Refugees
Olivier Tarpaga’s "Once the dust settles" produces a tension between horror and beauty as the piece explores motherhood, womanhood, and feminism under threat of overpowering subjugation.
News
What's That Oddly Shaped Stone in a 15th-Century Painting?
Researchers may have finally identified the utility of the rock in Jean Fouquet’s “Melun Diptych.”
News
19-Foot Statue of Visionary Indian Reformer Unveiled in the US
The new monument in Maryland is said to be the tallest sculpture of leader Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar outside of India.
News
Striking Staff Temporarily Shutter Centre Pompidou in Paris
Workers say they’ve been left in the dark about the future of their jobs once the museum closes for a multi-year renovation.
Books
Confessions of a Met Museum Info Desk Worker
Robyn Schiff’s Information Desk: An Epic answers questions readers never knew they had.
News
Jewish Groups Call for Gaza Ceasefire in White House Protest
Photographers captured the massive gathering in Washington, DC, as Israel continues its deadly retaliation on Palestinians following Hamas’s attack.
News
100-Year-Old Shipwreck Identified in Lake Superior
The steel bulk freighter Huronton, which sank in 1932, has been identified in the depths of Lake Superior.
Books
Barbara T. Smith Tells Her Side of the Story
The artist’s memoir The Way To Be is at times rough around the edges, but it’s worth it.
Art
An Artist’s Ode to Worms
For artist Tamara Henderson, worms represent a link between life above and beneath the earth’s surface, transforming death and decay into rebirth and growth.