[ad_1] New York City’s American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) is repatriating the remains of 124 Native individuals and 90 Native cultural items as it faces increased pressure to return the thousands of human remains in its holdings. The news follows an updated and stricter set of federal rules under the 1990 Native American Graves […]

[ad_1]  Craft History #archaeology #insects #textiles #weaving July 30, 2024 Grace Ebert A fragment of the rare 3,800-year-old textile, dyed with the Kermes vermilio. Photo by Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities Authority. All images courtesy of Israel Antiquities Authority With waxy coverings and no limbs, female scale insects known as kermes vermilio are small parasites […]

[ad_1] A performance involving French singer Philippe Katerine as Bacchus at the Olympics opening ceremony was incorrectly interpreted as a recreation of “The Last Supper.” (photo by Ludovic Marin – Pool/Getty Images) A depiction of Greek gods partying atop Mount Olympus at the Olympics opening ceremony spurred conflicting public reactions as primarily conservative critics erroneously […]

[ad_1]  Film #Anderson Wright #video July 29, 2024 Grace Ebert  When facing the unknown, the human brain is a powerhouse of dreams, paranoia, and pure ingenuity that helps fill in the gaps. An impeccably stylized short film written and directed by Anderson Wright plunges viewers into one woman’s inventive search for reason and […]

[ad_1] Art and literature work in tandem to fortify myths of single-handed brilliance, creating a reverence for the proverbial “solitary genius.” Romantic depictions of the ancient author toiling away at his desk or the medieval bishop writing letters while alone in his study reinforce and reinscribe the aesthetics of authorship as a lonely, inspired endeavor. […]

[ad_1]  Art Craft Design #ceramics #Jessica Thompson-Lee #sculpture July 25, 2024 Grace Ebert All images © Jessica Thompson-Lee, shared with permission Jessica Thompson-Lee twists the age-old design principle of form following function with her biomorphic ceramics. Evocative of cellular structures, coral, and mycelium networks, handles appear to grow from Thompson-Lee’s mugs, sprawling outward into […]

[ad_1] Enzo Lefort’s portrait of French long jump and triple jump Paralympian, “Arnaud Assoumani” (2023), photo on DIBOND (all images © Enzo Lefort unless otherwise noted, courtesy Olympic Museum) As the 2024 Summer Olympics ceremony kicks off and we wait with bated breath to see what this year’s competition holds, some of the athletes themselves […]

[ad_1]  Art #Alex Chinneck #humor #installation #public art #sculpture July 26, 2024 Grace Ebert All images © Alex Chinneck, shared with permission Alex Chinneck has the world tied in knots as he distorts everyday tools and infrastructure. Twisting and twining telephone booths, hammers, and lamp posts, the British artist (previously) warps common objects to exaggerated […]

[ad_1] Left: One of Anne Imhof’s six “Wish You Were Gay” banners prior to the attack (photo by Marcus Tretter); right: Damages to one of the banners outside of Kunsthaus Bregenz in Bregenz, Austria (photo by Angela Lamprecht, all images courtesy Anne Imhof Studio) German artist Anne Imhof’s six “Wish You Were Gay” banners promoting […]

[ad_1]  Art #Choi + Shine Architects #community art #crochet #installation #lace #public art July 26, 2024 Grace Ebert “The Urchins,” Marina Bay, Singapore. All images © Choi + Shine Architects, shared with permission Whether working in Scottsdale, Arizona, or Fukuoka City, Japan, Jin Choi and Thomas Shine have found that crochet is a universal […]