Art
Sowing Discord at Minnesota's Seed Art Competition
At the Minnesota State Fair, some crop artists promoted timely political messages with corn, quinoa, and flax seeds.
mosaics
Art
Diana Al-Hadid’s Nostalgic Tribute to Penn Station
Al-Hadid’s new mosaic features the famed clock that hung at the entrance of the original station until the building was demolished in the 1960s.
News
Stunning Roman Mosaic Unearthed in Syria
The discovery marks the first major archaeological discovery since the beginning of Syria’s civil war.
News
Palestinian Farmer Accidentally Unearths Intact Byzantine Mosaic
Salman al-Nabahin from Gaza’s Bureij refugee camp wanted to plant new olive trees but something underneath the soil stood in his way.
News
Tucked Away in LA For Decades, 2,000-Year-Old Roman Mosaic Returns to Italy
An art attorney contacted the FBI on behalf of an anonymous client who was in possession of a mosaic of Medusa.
News
Large Roman Mosaic Discovered in Central London
The elaborate mosaic is the largest discovered in London in half a century.
Art
A Dazzling Corrective to the White-washing of Ancient Rome
Focused on mosaics, the only technique whose color doesn’t fade over time, Colors of the Romans helps audiences look at the ancient society as those living then would have seen it.
News
To Preserve Ancient Mosaics, Experts Are Burying Them Underground
The Getty Conservation Institute has undertaken numerous mosaic reburials in Tunisia, Lebanon, and Cyprus over the years.
Art
Discovery of Jewish Mosaics in Israel Bring Color to Biblical Accounts
A site in Israel continues to turn up stunning polychromatic mosaics from the late Roman empire that challenge current notions of ancient Jewish aesthetics and the art of depicting scripture.
News
Florida Museum Unearths Ancient Mosaics It Buried Years Ago and Lost Track Of
In the 1960s museum officials buried the mosaics as a mysterious storage solution that puzzles staff to this day.
Books
Ukraine's Monumental Soviet-Era Mosaics
Often unremarked or dismissed as state propaganda, Ukraine's Soviet-era mosaics are also artworks in themselves that speak to a complex history.
Art
An Ancient Mosaic of the God of Wine Debuts in New York
The Onassis Cultural Center NY is showcasing four decades of archaeological findings from Dion, the ancient Greek village that tried to get as close to the gods as possible by building shrines and structures on the slopes of Mount Olympus.