Kara Walker’s ‘Unmanned Drone’ Reimagines a Confederate Statue of Stonewall Jackson
In 2016, a high school student in Charlottesville, Virginia, launched a petition to remove a number of statues from public…
In India, Navneet Jayakumar Documents the Ancient, Elaborate Custom of Theyyam
In the Malabar region of Kerala, India, an ancient Hindu ritual known as Theyyam exists in a continuum of ceremonial…
Pop-Up Letters Set the ‘Alphabet in Motion’ in Kelli Anderson’s Playful Book
As a communication designer, Kelli Anderson began her career in information design. “The act of data visualization is all about…
Antique Writing Desks Converge with African Masks in Sonia E. Barrett’s Sculptures
When we think of the European colonization of Africa, one period that comes to mind is an era during the…
Dive into the Painstaking Process of Restoring an 18th-Century Fan
Armed with tweezers, a porcupine quill, and more patience than most of us could fathom, the senior paper conservator of…
What Do Astronomy and Jewelry Have in Common? In the Late Renaissance, Look to the Stars
In the famous first stanza of the 17th-century poem “Auguries of Innocence,” William Blake writes: To see a world in…
Spanning 120 Years and 55 Countries, ‘The Family of Migrants’ Portrays a Broad Story of Human Movement
In 2022, twenty-one-year-old Tanya choked back tears as she held her boyfriend’s hand for what could be the last time.…
Explore Trailblazing Street Photography in ‘Faces in the Crowd’ at MFA Boston
When playwright Tennessee Williams reflected on the oeuvre of photographer Stephen Shore in 1982, he said, “His work is Nabokovian…
World War II Journal Entries Float in a Web of Blood-Red Yarn in Chiharu Shiota’s ‘Diary’
Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, Berlin-based artist Chiharu Shiota presents a poignant suite of…
6,500-Year-Old Earthworks in Austria Are Thousands of Years Older than Stonehenge
Around 10,000 years ago, a paradigm shift in human history began to unfold. Prior to this transitional period, which archaeologists…