A Photographer Documents the Struggles of Refugees in Lesbos, Greece

“Is this Europe?” That’s the question German photographer Kai Löffelbein heard again and again from refugees landing on the island of Lesbos, Greece, this past fall, where 2–4,000 migrants and refugees were arriving daily. So catastrophic is the situation there that, after dire sea crossings in leaky boats helmed by armed smugglers, many arrivals doubt they’ve come to the right place.

Talismanic and Tenacious Goddesses that Resist Femininity

Rekha Rodwittiya’s iconic female figures loom large. An amalgamation of Indian classical and tribal images, Rodwittiya’s asexual goddesses evade easy categorization. Currently in her solo exhibition Rituals of Memory at Aicon Gallery, they command an uncanny presence and beg scrutiny.

Light Projections Bring Color and Lost Glory to the Temple of Dendur

We recognize the Temple of Dendur today as a monochromatic sandstone structure, but its walls, like those of most ancient Egyptian temples, were originally painted bright colors. Time and weather have scrubbed the temple of its many pigments, similarly to how the elements have whitened so many sculptures from antiquity.

Rent a Re-creation of Vincent van Gogh’s Bedroom on Airbnb — Just Don’t Chop Off Your Ear

by Carey Dunne on February 10, 2016

Now available for rent on Airbnb is a full-size, 3D replica of Vincent van Gogh’s famous painting “The Bedroom” (1889), complete with rustic twin bed, pale violet walls, copper-green wood floor, and straw hat on a peg. Created by the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC), the installation part of a promotion for the exhibition Van Gogh’s Bedrooms, centered around three paintings he created while living in his “Yellow House” in France, from 1888 to 1889.

The Museum of Neon Art Switches Back on in LA

GLENDALE, Calif. — The warm, electric glow and mid-century charm of neon signs are enduring features of Los Angeles’s historical buildings

The Mysterious Folk Art of America’s Secret Societies

Almost every US town has one: that mysterious Masonic lodge with its borrowed Egyptian or Greek details, arcane symbols, and windows and doors that rarely open. In New York City, the huge Grand Masonic Lodge has the moon and sun painted over its entrance on West 23rd Street, while Guthrie, Oklahoma, has the even more formidable Scottish Rite Temple,

As Casas na Coleção do CAM

Numa época caracterizada pela mobilidade, desorganização do espaço e vivência num mundo virtual, as casas continuam a distinguir-se por constituirem lugares de intimidade, abrigo e segurança, repletos de memórias