Art
The Biggest Shitshow Ever, Literally
Oh Shit! retraces the historical arc of feces from ancient Rome to the sewage challenges and potential innovations of the 21st century.
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Art
Cracking the Code of Creative Growth
How two beloved institutions showcase and support artists working outside of the mainstream art world.
Film
Cinematic Letters to a Beloved Indian Author
Letters Unwritten to Naiyer Masud attempts to peer into the late writer Naiyer Masud’s concealed world.
News
Researchers Use Facial Recognition to Identify Raphael Work
The controversial technology determined that the so-called de Brécy Tondo is an original by the Italian Renaissance master.
News
Trump Baby Blimp Flies Again
Specialists inflated the protest artwork as part of conservation testing at the Museum of London.
News
Forget “Mummy,” It’s “Mummified Person” Now
Some museums are opting for new language to describe the preserved individuals in their collections who were once living humans.
Announcement
The Heart’s Knowledge: Science and Empathy in the Art of Dario Robleto
Presented by Northwestern’s Block Museum and McCormick School of Engineering, this new exhibition seeks empathy at the boundaries of life. On view in Evanston, Illinois.
Art
What Does TikTok’s “Corecore” Have to Do With Dada?
As art history buffs on the app have pointed out, both movements attribute meaning to the meaningless.
News
India Tries to Block Documentary Critical of Modi
Multiple posts about the film have been taken down on Twitter, many of them following the government’s removal requests.
Art
Required Reading
This week, blonde hair supremacy, Salman Rushdie's new novel, and why do boutique shops all look the same?
News
Hamline Faculty Call for University President’s Resignation
Fayneese Miller is under fire after the school failed to renew the contract of an adjunct who showed artworks depicting the Muslim Prophet Muhammad.
News
Machu Picchu Indefinitely Closed Amid Political Protests
Hundreds of visitors were evacuated from the Incan site over the weekend.