This past Thursday, archaeologists discovered a 4,300-year-old mummy in Cairo — one of the oldest in recorded history. The tomb was found 50-feet beneath the surface in Saqqara, an ancient burial ground and UNESCO World Heritage Site located just south of the capital. A team led...
For far too often in the last 11 months has the sky above Ukraine been scarred by gunfire, shells, and explosions. A new exhibition of Ukrainian war photography at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) Boston takes that same sky as a metaphor—and turns it...
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On a site on Carlisle in Cumbria, England that once held a high-status Roman bathhouse, archaeologists have unearthed 34 gems, variously cut from amethyst, jasper, and cornelian, and dating back to the 3rd century. Though measuring a minute five to 16 millimeters in diameter, the semi-precious...
When one thinks of immersive art, usually large LED screens and the fusion of science and technology come to mind. Nicolas Party is just a painter, not a technologist, but his work transcends that of tradition and certainly transports visitors to a surreal world caught...
A media blitz recently coalesced around Beyoncé’s private concert at Atlantis the Royal, Dubai’s latest ultra-swanky hotel. The superstar enjoyed over-the-top accommodations and a reported $24 million windfall for introducing the soon-to-open property to the world, which attracted its fair share of raised eyebrows. Dubai does not suffer...
A Ukrainian art dealer is standing trial in France this week after being accused of stealing a prized Paul Signac painting and other artworks from museums and auction houses throughout the country. In May of 2018, Signac’s 1915 painting Le Port de La Rochelle mysteriously disappeared...
The fabled four elements of hip-hop are rapping, DJing, breakdancing, and graffiti; a fifth is often said to be fashion. A massive exhibition at New York’s Fotografiska might propose a sixth one: bearing. Not posing, exactly. “Hip-Hop: Conscious, Unconscious,” which gathers 200 photographs taken in...
The concept for the indomitable curator, collector, critic, and cultural arbiter Vince Aletti’s new book is simple: assemble and lay out the contents of a single cabinet drawer. The Drawer is a pastiche of mostly gallery invites and magazine tear sheets. The compiled images touch upon...