Flip Through More than 5,000 Pages of This Sprawling 19th-Century Atlas of Natural History
Courtesy of the Biodiversity Heritage Library In the early 19th century, German naturalist Lorenz Oken...
Ivan Argote Demands to Know “Who?” in His Enigmatic New Sculpture in Bruges
Photos by Filip Dujardin. All images © Ivan Argote, shared with permission A pair of...
2,000 Years Ago, Pompeiians Dined Amid the Splendor of These Newly Excavated Frescoes
All images © Archaeogical Park of Pompeii The ancient city of Pompeii was divided into...
In His Ongoing ‘Descendants’ Series, Drew Gardner Recreates Striking Portraits of Black Civil War Soldiers
Left: Richard Oliver. Right: Jay Miller, descendant of Oliver. All images courtesy of Drew Gardner,...
Recasting the Melting Pot: Hugh Hayden’s Iron Sculptures Examine How Culture Is Duplicated and Dispersed
“A lot of times, I do use notions of cooking and recipes in the...
At More Than 800 Pages, ‘The Book of Colour Concepts’ Revels in Four Centuries of Chromatic Wonders
All images courtesy of TASCHEN, shared with permission We perceive color everywhere. Although it’s omnipresent,...
Marvel at Hundreds of Mathematician Max Brückner’s Remarkably Precise Models of Polyhedra
All images via Internet Archive If you’re a mathematician who specializes in geometry, you might...
A Forthcoming Documentary Examines How Civic Life in America Is a Matter of ‘Join or Die’
[embed]https://youtube.com/watch?v=4oDVf8sOG9w&si=DvICfZsb2tYfyruK[/embed] “This is Bob. Bob is a big fan of clubs,” the narrator opens in...
Spanning Seven Centuries, ‘Judging a Book by its Cover’ Celebrates an Enduring Art
The Whole Booke of Psalmes. London: Company of Stationers, 1643. All images courtesy of The...
Tavares Strachan Reimagines ‘The Last Supper’ in a Monumental Tribute to Black Historical Figures
Detail of “The First Supper (Galaxy Black)” (2023), bronze, black patina, and gold leaf, 217.3...