Image title: Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560) Medium: Oil and gold on oak Date: 1532 Source: The Met Collection “ The wisest men follow their own direction. ” — Euripides “The Frame Is a Lie”: Meta-Artworks That Break Their Own Borders Introduction: Frame as Fiction The frame Read more…
Image title: The Adoration of the Magi Medium: Distemper on canvas Date: 1472–74 Source: The Met Collection “ All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. ” — Pablo Picasso Postcards from the Apocalypse: Visual Artists React to Climate Crisis Read more…
Image title: Portrait of Napoleon I Medium: Wool, silk, silver-gilt thread (26-28 warps per inch, 10-12 per cm.); gilded pine frame Date: designed 1805, woven 1808–11 Source: The Met Collection “ This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle; wonderful, inscrutable, magical and more, to Read more…
Image title: The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John Medium: Oil on canvas Date: ca. 1624–25 Source: The Met Collection “ When watching after yourself, you watch after others. When watching after others, you watch after yourself. ” — The Buddha After the Fall: Reimagining Classical Sculpture Through Read more…
Image title: The Fieschi Morgan Staurotheke Medium: Gilded silver, gold, enamel worked in cloisonné, and niello Date: early 9th century Source: The Met Collection “ I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. ” — Confucius Pixels and Saints: AI Reimagines Medieval Read more…
Image title: Sprite Medium: High-copper alloy, fire-gilt, brown natural patina where exposed Date: 1432 Source: The Met Collection “ Do more than dream: work. ” — William Arthur Ward More than Marble: Black Sculptors Transforming Classical Traditions Introduction: Reframing the Pedestal The marble bodies of Greco-Roman antiquity have Read more…
Image title: The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment Medium: Oil on canvas, transferred from wood Date: ca. 1436–38 Source: The Met Collection “ I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. ” — Thomas Jefferson The Futurist Who Read more…
Image title: Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler) Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1887 Source: The Met Collection “ We live in a society bloated with data yet starved for wisdom. We’re connected 24/7, yet anxiety, fear, depression and loneliness are at an all-time high. We Read more…
Image title: The Adoration of the Magi Medium: Distemper on canvas Date: 1472–74 Source: The Met Collection “ The energy of the mind is the essence of life. ” — Aristotle The Graphic Revolutionaries of Zimbabwe’s Post-Independence Posters Introduction: Ink, Independence, and Identity In the heady days following Read more…
Image title: Night-Shining White Medium: Handscroll; ink on paper Date: ca. 750 Source: The Met Collection “ When written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity. ” — John F. Kennedy Ink as Rebellion: Underground Chinese Brush Painting Read more…