Art
Redefining Anthropology as a Site of Creativity
Artist Maya Stovall questions the altruistic intentions of anthropology while also attempting to redefine the discipline as a site of creativity and community empowerment.
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Art
Was Jacques-Louis David Really That Radical?
Rather than accentuating his radicalism, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new exhibition makes Jacques-Louis David a compelling case study in opportunism and survival.
Art
Elizabeth Glaessner's Wonderfully Weird Menagerie
The notion of stories, bodies, and selves that change incrementally and radically as they repeat pervades the mesmerizing world of Glaessner's Phantom Tail.
News
After Surviving War, Mali’s Prized Manuscripts Are Now Available Online
"Mali Magic," by Google Arts & Culture, features 40,000 manuscripts that have survived the 10-month occupation and destruction of the city of Timbuktu.
News
Archeologists Find Evidence of a "Lost" Continent Linking Europe and Asia
Fossils suggest that Asian mammals “invaded” Europe by crossing over a landmass that is now being called "Balkanatolia."
News
The Ongoing Looting of Sri Lanka’s Cultural Heritage
Artifacts stolen from the Kotawehera Rajamaha temple in Sri Lanka are the latest victims of longstanding looting and trafficking.
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Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Awards $1.3M to 255 Artists and Arts Orgs
The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council also named 18 artists in residence at its new Arts Center on Governors Island.
Film
The Comics That Influenced The Batman
Though superhero movies are Hollywood’s biggest moneymakers, too often we forget their source material.
Art
Why We Need a Post-Colonial Lens to Look at Ukraine and Russia
In a post-Soviet era we should consider how Russians continue to benefit from colonialism and imperialism in the realm of culture.
Art
Reading Anne Ryan's Poetic Collages
Ryan harnessed visual art as a means for creating poetry through the relatively new, nonverbal idioms of American abstract art.
Art
The Medieval Body Balances the Heavenly and Corporeal
Central to The Medieval Body at Luhring Augustine is the tension between the bloodied or bruised abject body and the beatified soul.
Books
The Sheer Vastness of Information Makes Keeping Accurate Historical Records Impossible
Judith Schalansky breathes life into buildings and places that have faded from the collective consciousness.