‘Crafting Sanctuaries’ Sheds Light on Black Experience in the South During the Great Depression
Between 1935 and 1944, the Farm Security Administration (FSA) spurred a unique documentary project. The government outfit, organized as part…
‘A Sense of Wonder’ Chronicles Six Decades of Joel Meyerowitz’s Intimate Street Photography
Working as an art director in New York City in 1962, Joel Meyerowitz was tasked with designing a booklet, the…
Eclipse Atlas Is a Searchable Archive Capturing the Alluring Phenomenon Through the Ages
Anyone who’s donned protective glasses and spent hours camped outside with eyes toward the sky knows the strange, life-changing experience…
‘Spirit Worlds’ Illuminates Our Timeless Quest to Comprehend the Supernatural
Since time immemorial, humans have been both awed and guided by the power of the unknown. A basis of spiritual…
An Inflatable Building Recreates the Iconic Mecca Flats at the Heart of Chicago’s Black Renaissance
As the World’s Fair loomed on Chicago’s horizon, architects Willoughby J. Edbrooke and Franklin Pierce Burnham built a 98-unit hotel…
‘Outcasts’ Highlights the Scientific Contributions of Trailblazing Artist and Naturalist Mary Banning
In the 1800s, mycology—the study of fungi—was a relatively new field, emerging around the same time as Enlightenment-era studies in…
A Multifaceted Book and Exhibition, ‘Black Earth Rising’ Contends with Colonialism, Land, and Climate
Between 450 B.C.E. and 950 C.E., a particularly fertile soil known by researchers as terra preta, literally “black earth” in…
The 16th-Century Artist Who Created the First Compendium of Insect Drawings
Nearly a century before the invention of the microscope and even longer before entomology became a field of research, Joris…
Challenging Gender Norms, a Bolivian Skateboarding Collective Celebrates Indigenous Style
In Cochabamba, Bolivia, a group of women skateboarders are changing attitudes toward Indigenous traditions one kickflip at a time. Donning…
Explore Centuries of Art History 15 Minutes at a Time in James Payne’s ‘Great Art Explained’
The art world is rife with persistent myths and associations, some of which are based on socio-economic factors that have…