Art & Archives

Bugs in Boxes and Other Ways to Draw Nature

How Maria Sibylla Merian learned about the tiny living things around her

Stephanie Schrader | May 6, 2021

Six artists reflect on their diverse approaches and experiences making photographs today

Thuy Bui | May 4, 2021

How a German treatise published in 1908 shaped the history of art and museum studies

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The radical earth-loving art of Rachel Rosenthal

Anya Ventura | Apr 21, 2021

Good question. Let’s dig in

Alexandria Sivak | Apr 13, 2021

How a 1970s feminist art group showed the value of hidden work

Sarah Wade | Apr 8, 2021

How CT scans and AI will let scientists and historians look inside carbonized papyri

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What happened when hip-hop’s first female MC performed at an all-female avant-garde art festival

Anya Ventura | Mar 25, 2021

An art historian remembers one of her greatest discoveries

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What postcards and board games tell us about the politics of representation

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Records of the Parisian gallery Tedesco frères tell a story of commercial success

Isabella Zuralski-Yeager | Mar 16, 2021

An editor sees lessons in mid-century school designs

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