Image title: Circus Sideshow (Parade de cirque) Medium: Oil on canvas Date: 1887–88 Source: The Met Collection “ The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art. ” — John Lasseter Post-Soviet Pixels: How Digital Art Reimagined Eastern Europe’s Visual Identity Introduction: Art After the Empire Read more…
Image title: Bacchanal: A Faun Teased by Children Medium: Marble Date: ca. 1616–17 Source: The Met Collection “ ” — ‘We Are All Curators Now’: How TikTok Is Redefining What Makes Art ‘Important’ Introduction: The Digital Renaissance In the hushed halls of traditional museums, curators have long held Read more…
Image title: Miniature tabard Medium: Cotton, camelid hair, silk, metal Date: 1600–1700 Source: The Met Collection “ Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them. ” — Albert Einstein Beyond Pigment: The Radical Alchemy of Natural Dyes in African Textile Arts Introduction: Color as Code Across the Read more…
Image title: Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560) Medium: Oil and gold on oak Date: 1532 Source: The Met Collection “ With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts. ” — Eleanor Roosevelt Posthuman Portraits: AI-Generated Art as the New Self-Portraiture Introduction: Identity in the Age Read more…
Image title: Snuff tray Medium: Wood, fiber, copper alloy Date: 500–1000 CE Source: The Met Collection “ So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being. ” — Henri-Frédéric Amiel Weaving Time: Indigenous Fiber Arts as Living Historical Documents Introduction: Textiles as Storytellers Read more…
Image title: The Harvesters Medium: Oil on wood Date: 1565 Source: The Met Collection “ The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art. ” — John Lasseter The Algorithm Curates You: How Data Shapes Art in the Digital Age Introduction: Art Meets Algorithm In an Read more…
Image title: Whistling vessel Medium: Ceramic Date: 400–500 CE Source: The Met Collection “ You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. ” — Jon Kabat-Zinn The Sculptor’s Pulse: How Contemporary Artists Carve with Sound Waves Introduction: Sculpting Beyond Sight and Touch In the 21st Read more…
Image title: Pendant mask of Ìyọ́bà Idià Medium: Ivory, iron, brass, coal, traces of iron oxides Date: 16th century Source: The Met Collection “ In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed. ” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Carving Ice in the Desert: Ephemeral Sculptures Around the Read more…
Image title: The Adoration of the Magi Medium: Distemper on canvas Date: 1472–74 Source: The Met Collection “ All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand. ” — Ella Wheeler Wilcox Built by Brushstroke: Architectural Fantasies from Paintings That Could Read more…
Image title: The Harvesters Medium: Oil on wood Date: 1565 Source: The Met Collection “ The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art. ” — John Lasseter The Erosion Aesthetic: How Climate Collapse is Shaping Land-Based Art Today Introduction: A New Urgency in Earth’s Palette Read more…