Books
Searching for a More Inclusive History of Ornament
While the ancient art form of ornament often contains deep meaning, European modernist theory attempted to erase ornament from the design world.
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News
Tate Britain Will Commission Artist to “Critically Engage” With Racist Mural
Critics have long called for the mural, which depicts bound Black enslaved people, to be removed from the museum’s former restaurant.
News
The Search for Artifacts Aboard Clotilda, the Last American Slave Ship
A team of archaeologists is hoping to recover barrels, casks, bags, and even DNA traces of enslaved people.
News
Mellon Foundation Awards $1.5M Grant to Document Indigenous Enslavement
Researchers will spend the next three years engaging with descendants, gathering records, and digitizing them.
News
Prehistoric Drum Found in Child's Grave Dubbed “Most Important” Finding in a Century
But the discovery was drowned out by the drumbeat of protest against the British Museum following new revelations about its ties to a fossil fuel company.
Art
Toni Morrison’s The Black Book Was a Groundbreaking Archive, Anthology, and Scrapbook
Hilton Als’s collection of materials, art, and ephemera isn’t meant to elucidate Morrison’s work but ponder the novelist’s impact on American culture.
Opinion
An Unlikely Pair Doing the Work of Repatriating Indian Heritage
Recently, Art Recovery International and India Pride Project have collaborated to successfully recover and return priceless cultural objects stolen from India.
News
How Hallucinogens Were Used as an Ancient Political Tactic
Excavation at a site in the southern Peruvian town of Quilcapampa uncovered artifacts related to hallucinogenic beverages.
News
POC-led Arts Orgs In NYC Call for $100M to Address "Cultural Inequity"
HueArts NYC, a new citywide initiative, hopes to secure greater support for institutions led by and serving people of color.
Art
Returning to the Island of Chiloé
Join Hyperallergic for an online conversation with curator Dan Cameron on February 22 at 7pm (EST).
Art
Satisfyingly Tactile Art at Frieze Los Angeles
It is as if, after two years of staring at works on screen, galleries knew that audiences were hungry for artwork so physical, you could devour them with your eyes.
Art
Required Reading
This week, the world's largest black diamond, Francis Ford Coppola is spending $120M of his own money to make a film, post-colonialism in the post-Soviet space, Ikea's quest for the last of Europe's old growth forests, and more.