Stephen Shames Highlights a Transformational Era in ‘Black Panthers & Revolution’
Completed in 1940, California Highway 17—now Interstate 880—bulldozed a vast swath of Oakland’s African American community to make room for…
A Unique Portfolio of Hilma af Klint’s Botanical Drawings Communes with Nature’s Spiritual Side
With the Industrial Revolution in full swing at the turn of the 20th century, jobs and opportunities attracted people to…
This Fall, 600+ Objects Spanning Wes Anderson’s Career Will Go on View at the Design Museum
From his earliest filmic experiments in the 1990s to international blockbusters, Wes Anderson has carved an instantly recognizable, unique, and…
After More Than Half a Century, a One-of-a-Kind Chinese Typewriter Emerges from Obscurity
A quote widely attributed to Tom Robbins says, “At the typewriter you find out who you are.” Or in the…
Vibrant Woodblock Prints Traverse a Bygone Japan in ‘Hiroshige: Artist of the Open Road’
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) was born in Japan on the brink of a national transformation. The Edo Period, characterized by the…
This Artist-Run Archive Preserves Endangered Photographic Negatives in a Celebration of Lagos
During a trip to Lagos in 2015, Karl Ohiri noticed something alarming. The British-Nigerian artist observed how long-running photography studios…
Reviving an Ancestral Hawaiian Tradition, Lehuauakea Reimagines Kapa in Bold Textile Works
“My favorite thing about kapa is that it is simultaneously ancestral, ancient, and contemporary,” says Lehuauakea (Kanaka Maoli), who recently…
Five Years in the Making, a MiG-21 Fighter Jet Gets a Glow-Up from Tens of Millions of Glass Beads
“We’re going to make stuff out of beads that is going to take people’s breath away,” says Ralph Ziman in…
‘Ukrainian Modernism’ Chronicles the Nation’s Midcentury Architectural Marvels
During the Soviet era, modernist architecture rose to popularity as a means to express power, prestige, and views toward the…
‘Titanic: The Digital Resurrection’ Unveils an Unprecedented View of the Harrowing Maritime Disaster
In the summer of 2022, a team of deep-sea researchers spent six weeks in the North Atlantic Ocean at a…