Opinion
Why the Word “Forgotten” Isn’t Helping Women Artists
This word expresses a passivity that obscures the reality of these women’s stories. I prefer the more accurate “erased.”
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Books
Images of When the USSR Was an “Ally of Black Liberation Causes”
Most of the media was created to disseminate Communist principles, particularly anti-racism and anti-colonialism.
News
Portland Museum of Art Kicks Off $85M Campaign To More Than Double Its Square Footage
The museum says the current scale of its campus is standing in the way of diversity and the community's needs.
News
The Internet Has a Field Day with Another Absurdly Long Putin Table
The Russian president held a televised meeting with his advisors around another unusually long table, sparking another torrent of satirical memes.
News
"OK, I like it, Picasso" Takes Off on TikTok
How an encounter between a pedestrian and a group of art students produced one of TikTok’s latest viral hits.
News
Beware, Mosquitoes Are Most Attracted to These 4 Colors
Whether a mosquito bites you might have a lot to do with the colors that you’re wearing, researchers say.
Art
What Are Messerschmidt’s Bizarre 18th-century Sculpted Heads Trying To Tell Us?
For Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, his Character Heads were his way to forestall the demons that tortured him.
Art
A Monumental, Feminist Textile Work, Cobbled Together by Mail
“The Map” is a redress of Christianity’s, and the Irish State’s, distortions of human sexuality and the feminine.
Film
The Joyful Return of a Trans Icon and Electronic Music Pioneer
In the 36 years since recording the seminal Keyboard Fantasies, Beverly Glenn-Copeland has risen from elusive singer-songwriter to global phenomenon.
Books
Crafting a Future Is a Clarion Call to Support Indigenous Arts
Today, India’s handwoven and hand-spun fabrics and master artisans find themselves at existential crossroads, facing threats of obsolescence and urbanization.
Books
How Painter-Architects Brought Built Spaces to Life
Architectural drawings were limited to mostly monochrome in Europe until color appeared in the 17th century.
News
New Research Shows Humans Arrived in Europe Much Earlier Than We Thought
The discovery challenges the long-held belief that modern and archaic humans did not encounter each other in the European continent.