How Can You Maximize Your Time as an Artist in Residence? For Saya Woolfalk, the Key Is to Pick the Brains of Those Around You
Saya Woolfalk’s artistic universe is built on a unique blend of science fiction and fantasy, inhabited by a race of…
Archaeologists Just Discovered the World’s Oldest Jewelry: This Set of 150,000-Year-Old Snail-Shell Beads in Morocco
In a cave in the western Morocco desert, archaeologists have discovered the world’s oldest jewelry: a set of shell beads dated…
After a Long Political Battle, a Statue of Thomas Jefferson Housed at New York’s City Hall Will Move to a History Museum
A controversial sculpture of Thomas Jefferson is moving from the New York City Council Chamber to a new home at…
In Pictures: Artist Kenzo Digital’s New, Multilevel Installation Atop a New York City Skyscraper Has to Be Seen to Be Believed
Brooklyn artist Kenzo Digital has transformed the heart of Midtown Manhattan into infinite artwork in the sky in Air, his new,…
What to Do If You’re a Victim of a Hospital Data Breach
A hospital in Worcester, Massachusetts, disclosed an email hack of its employee email system, which may have exposed the personal…
‘Their Cuteness Allows Them to Speak Truth to Power’: A Museum Show in New York Highlights the Surprising Cultural Influence of Puppets
A celebration of puppets has come to the Museum of the City of New York, where A-listers such as Oscar…
An Art-Making Robot Was Detained on Her Way to Show at the Pyramids Because Egyptian Customs Officials Thought She Was a Spy
The British artist Ai-Da was looking forward to the opening of her first show in Egypt, until security forces denied…
‘The Whole Thing Is an Art Project’: Meow Wolf Cofounders Explain the Grand Plan Behind Their Wildly Popular Immersive Art Universe
Last month marked the opening of Meow Wolf Denver, the third location for the wildly popular immersive art experience company that began…
Machu Picchu Is Sending Inca Empire Treasures on Tour for a Rare Series of International Exhibitions and Virtual-Reality Experiences
The Boca Raton Museum of Art is hoping to bring the magic of Machu Picchu to Florida this fall with an unprecedented…
New Archaeological Find in Utah Suggests Humans Have Been Using Tobacco Since the Ice Age
Humankind’s addiction to tobacco runs deep: Archaeologists in Utah have discovered what appears to be the earliest known use of…
An Irate Collector Is Suing the NFT Platform Nifty Gateway Over the Terms of a Very Weird Beeple Auction
An unusual auction format has sparked a legal dispute in the NFT community, where art collector Amir Soleymani is refusing…
On the National Mall, The Largest Participatory Art Project in a Quarter Century Makes Tangible the Human Toll of COVID-19
Artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg has planted 695,000 white flags on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.—one for each person in the U.S. who…
The Oldest Human Footprints in North America Could Redefine Prehistory as We Know It—and It’s All Thanks to These Tiny Seeds
New data on prehistoric footprints suggest they are the earliest ever found in North America, dating to 23,000 years ago—thousands…
Thousands of Years Before the Pyramids, Neolithic Peoples Were Carving Camels Into Saudi Arabia’s Rocky Desert
Archaeologists were shocked to discover that a series of camels carved into desert rock faces in northwestern Saudi Arabia are…
Billionaire Nicolas Berggruen Just Opened a New Branch of His Globe-Spanning Cultural Institute in a Historic Venice Palazzo
Los Angeles’s Berggruen Institute, founded by Paris-born billionaire art collector Nicolas Berggruen, inaugurated its new European headquarters today in Venice’s Casa dei…
Best Friends Forever: Archaeologists Have Exhumed Two Hugging Skeletons at an Ancient Burial Site in China
Archaeologists in China have discovered a rare double burial, or “lovers’ tomb,” featuring the skeletons of a man and woman…