In Brief
Montrealers Stumped After City Commissions Pricey Tree Sculptures
A public art project to put granite sculptures of trees in a park is blossoming into a major controversy in Montreal.
Historic Preservation
News
UNESCO Report Details How Climate Change Threatens World Heritage Sites
The Statue of Liberty is a favorite victim of Hollywood's climate change disaster scenarios.
Art
The Photographers of 1870s London Who Documented Their Disappearing City
The idea of capturing something in photography before it disappears dates back almost to the dawn of the medium.
News
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's Restored Studio Opens for Public Tours
When Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney set up her sculpture studio in Greenwich Village's MacDougal Alley, one 1907 newspaper headline blared: "Daughter of Cornelius Vanderbilt Will Live in Dingy New York Alley."
Art
A New Database Will Document the Burial Sites of US Slaves
A new project is giving slave burial grounds in the United States something they've long been deprived of: visibility.
Art
Despite Developer’s Plans, a Manhattan Clock Tower Will Stay Mechanical
Tribeca is one of the few neighborhoods where you can tell time by a 19th-century clock tower, as the mechanical timepiece at the top of 346 Broadway has been hand-wound every week since its restoration in the 1980s.
News
James Baldwin's Longtime Home in Southern France Faces Demolition
The acclaimed writer James Baldwin moved from New York to Paris in 1948 and then to Saint-Paul de Vence in the south of France, where he eventually died with his longtime lover, the obscure Swiss painter Lucien Happersberger, at his side.
In Brief
Poll: What Does This Aggressively Restored 9th-Century Moorish Castle Look Like?
An architect's restoration of a 9th-century Moorish castle in southern Spain has drawn outcry from locals and historians, with many drawing comparisons between the registered national monument's new look and the infamous case of Beast Jesus.
Art
Conservators Work to Open the Forbidden City’s Secret Garden to the Public
When China's last emperor departed Beijing's Forbidden City in 1924, the imperial palace was shuttered, and along with it, an 18th-century garden.
Art
Preserving South Carolina’s Greek Revival Ruins with 3D Modeling
Sheldon Church would be at home in a Caspar David Friedrich painting, its Greek Temple–style ruins crumbling in the shadows of moss-laden oaks like an apparition of Romanticism.
News
The Most Endangered Heritage Sites of 2016, from Cuban Art Schools to the Oldest Underwater City
The World Monuments Fund has announced 50 sites around the globe that are in danger of disappearing due to development, war, neglect, natural disaster, or deliberate destruction.
News
City Council Bill Could Limit NYC's Landmarking Power
At a public hearing next Wednesday, New York City Council's Committee on Land Use will consider a bill that would majorly impact landmarking in the city.