Claire Voon
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Chicago, IL, United States
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When a statue is more than a statue
Kelly Kristin Jones examines contested monuments and white supremacy with her art. → Read More
Like a moth to a flame
A solo show by artist Hyun Jung Jun at Goldfinch Gallery in East Garfield Park. → Read More
This Artist Is Making Work Out of the Literal Blood of LGBTQ People
Jordan Eagles is protesting the FDA's discriminatory blood donation policies. → Read More
Sarah Lucas's Perverse, Feminist Art Is Vital in the #MeToo Era
Sarah Lucas's crass, funny work resonates in an especially unfunny time to be female. → Read More
An Outline of Over 200 Years of Silhouettes
The oldest object on view documents an ugly reality, showing on brown paperboard one of the earliest known images of a slave in the US, accompanied by a bill of sale. → Read More
A Deep Dive into the Library of Congress Photo Archives, from Harriet Tubman to Architectural Hats
An exhibition of photographs in the collection of the Library of Congress celebrates "the humanistic and funny part of America." → Read More
Trump's EPA Is a Disaster, So These Artists Made Their Own
It's run by weeds (yes, weeds)—which are somehow a plausible alternative to Scott Pruitt. → Read More
You Can Finally Listen to the Instruments at the Metropolitan Museum
Now, for the first time, visitors are able to hear the sounds of the historical instruments on display in The Art of Music. → Read More
An Early 19th-Century Flower Painter's Guide to Identifying Colors of the Natural World
Published in 1814 by a Scottish flower painter, 'Werner's Nomenclature of Colours' was one of the world's first systemic taxonomy of colors. → Read More
A Compendium of Places with Sad Names, from Despair Island to Mount Hopeless
For Triste Tropique, Topographies of Sadness, Damien Rudd sought out the world's glummest-sounding spaces. → Read More
A Photographer Gets Rare Access to the Interiors of Moshe Safdie's Iconic Habitat 67
Its exterior of stacked blocks is recognized worldwide, but rarely do we get a glimpse of the life within the concrete complex of Habitat 67. For the most part, published photographs of Moshe Safdie’s pioneering design for high-density urban housing … → Read More
New Database Highlights Overlooked European Avant-Garde Artists
Forgotten Heritage offers visitors around 800 records to explore, from documentation of artworks to texts. → Read More
A Rare Collection of 19th-Century Photographs of Native Americans Goes Online
Digitized by the American Antiquarian Society, the 225 vintage images were intended for non-Native audiences and were reproduced in government reports, illustrated newspapers or mounted on stereo cards. → Read More
Long Disputed, a Painting In Massachusetts Is Now Attributed to Leonardo da Vinci
Long attributed to Lorenze di Credi, new research suggesting a small panel painting at the Worcester Art Museum is actually by one of the greatest masters of the Italian Renaissance. → Read More
Researchers Believe They've Identified the World's Oldest Tattoo Kit
The findings lend insight into ancient Native American inking traditions. → Read More
Sacré Bleu! French Museum Is Full of Forgeries
The Musée Terrus in Elne recently brought in an art historian to examine its holdings; he found that 82 of the 140 works in the museum's collection are fake. → Read More
Google Unveils Incredibly Detailed 3D Models of At-Risk Heritage Sites
"Open Heritage" features digitized, 3D models of over 25 locations from around the world, signaling the start of a major chapter for the field of digital archaeology. → Read More
A Photographer Captures the Unique Personalities of New York City Pigeons
Andrew Garn's book of photographs invites readers to see pigeons as friendly, feathered neighbors rather than pesky foe. → Read More
With Smithsonian's Blessing, Humanoid Robots Invade Our Museums
The Smithsonian is the first museum complex to integrate the interactive androids. → Read More
Mapping Chicago’s Concrete and Brutalist Buildings
For a new map published by Blue Crow Media, Chicago-based architect Iker Gil has selected over 50 examples of concrete and Brutalist buildings across the city and its suburbs to highlight. → Read More