Germany has returned two sacred masks, purchased from the indigenous Kogi people of Colombia, to the country’s leader. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier called the move “a rethink in how we …
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At the sustainability-focused Helsinki Biennale, art, technology and the environment try to coexist
While the global biennial craze shows no signs of abating, for many the pressing issue of sustainability remains an afterthought. This is not the case with the Helsinki Biennale in …
On Saturday, June 17, hundreds of sea-folk and sea creatures of all ages flooded Surf Avenue and the Coney Island boardwalk for the 41st annual Parade of Mermaids. Produced by …
Documentation of performance with “Suit No. 5 (Salmon)” (2020, 2022) and “Xùupsach Sàanvakàapih, Amvamaan (Ancestor Suitskin, Salmon skin)” (2022) (photo by the artist, all images courtesy of the artist) This …
Beeple Collector Metakovan is suing Twobadour, claiming his ex-partner wrongly takes credit for buying the $69 million NFT
After cryptocurrency investor Vignesh Sundaresan bought Beeple’s Every day – The first 5000 days at Christie’s in 2021, he reveled in the idea that he had acquired an extremely expensive …
Gallery’s New Island Residency in the Philippines Focuses on Sustainability and Local Community
Manila-based art gallery Silverlens is launching an artist residency on an island in the southern Philippines, where residents will use found materials to create public art installations. Lubi Art Residency …
Louis Golding, The Jewish problem (London: Penguin Books, 1938), Rosenblatt Holocaust Collection, Walsh Library, Fordham University, Judaica 1938 (all images courtesy of O’Hare Special Collections, Fordham University) When, at the …
LOS ANGELES — Perhaps one of artists’ greatest desires is to make the invisible visible, to express the ineffable yet deeply felt realities of existence in an infinitely layered and …
Caesar’s assassination site in Rome, until recently visited only by a colony of stray cats, is now also open to human tourists
One of the most important places in Roman history, the site of the assassination of Julius Caesar, has just been opened to tourists. Known today as the Sacred Area, or …
ISTANBUL — In the summer of 2013, composer and sound artist Erdem Helvacıoğlu spent weeks making audio recordings of anti-government protests and then sweeping his home country of Turkey. Edited …