This App Makes It a Lot Easier to Be an Art Collector
Elmgreen & Dragset, “Temptation” (2012) (photo by Daniel A. Gross for Hyperallergic)Truth be told, most of us walk into art galleries never expecting to afford to purchase any of the...
When Tragedy Strikes, Social Media Posts Can Become Invaluable Artifacts
The Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris engulfed in flames on April 15 (via Wikimedia Commons)A painful byproduct of the livestream age is the drastic expansion of helpless witnesses. This past April,...
The Breathtaking Images That Won the 2019 National Geographic Travel Contest
1st Place Cities and Grand Prize: “GREENLANDIC WINTER” BY CHU WEIMIN/ 2019 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVEL PHOTO CONTEST (all images courtesy of National Geographic)An arctic village cloaked in a winter blue hue, a griffon...
Queer Artists in Their Own Words: Liz Collins Wants to Decorate a Hotel With an Unrestricted Budget
The month of June is a time to celebrate the LGBTQ community and reflect on the advances of queer people to strengthen civil liberties around the world, even in a...
One Museum’s Complicated Attempt to Repatriate a “Benin Bronze”
Unknown artist, Beninese, “Head of a king (Oba)” (probably 1700s) (images courtesy the RISD Museum)Ever since Nigeria won its struggle for independence from colonial European rule in 1960, demands have...