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Objects can be a powerful testament to our culture, and that's why museums matter
Gannett via AOL· 1 hour agoWhen I first attended school to learn about material culture (physical objects made or modified by...
Cob Houses, Rammed Earth, and Hemp Mixtures: These Eco-Friendly Building Materials Start in the Soil
Architectural Digest via Yahoo News· 6 days agoFirms that specialize in construction with sustainable materials shed some light on the...
Why Futuristic, Sci-fi Fashions Are Back Again
WWD· 4 days ago“Perhaps it is our wish to envision some type of utopian world, where the precision of numbers is realized as a visual purity,” Matthew Yokobosky, senior...
Ritual Offerings, Hallucinogenic Plant Found Under Ancient Maya Ball Court
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 2 days agoA baseball player may tap his helmet three times before stepping up to the plate, and an Argentina...
Music Is More Than Just Sound
New York Times· 3 days agoThe flute music was, you know, good flute music. The colorful outfit belonging to the flutist (who was André 3000, by the way) was the experience, too....
Ghanaian Artist Kojo Marfo Subject of Retrospective in Azerbaijan
Artnet News· 4 days agoEvery month, hundreds of galleries add newly available works by thousands of artists to the Artnet...
Lizard specimen being returned to Jamaica ‘transformational’, researchers say
Press Association News via AOL· 6 days ago“Then, for us, it really forced us to think about return in terms of the infrastructure for return,...
‘Marisol: A Retrospective’ Review: Sardonic Society Sculptures
The Wall Street Journal· 4 days agoThe 20th-century artist incorporated the pressures of advertising, material culture and social...
Commemorating 250 Years Of The Shakers In America —‘Tis The Gift To Be Simple…’ - Antiques And The...
Antiques and the Arts· 6 days agoIn 1944, composer Aaron Copland used that line, and others, in a ballet for choreographer Martha...
History for sale: what does South Africa’s struggle heritage mean after 30 years of democracy? -...
EconoTimes· 3 days agoOne of my favourite statues is the one of Nelson Mandela at the Sandton City shopping centre in Johannesburg. The statue invites us to consider the uncomfortable ambiguity of an armed political ...