India’s High-Profile Collectors Champion Accessibility and Engagement in Sharing Their Art Holdings
India has often been viewed as primarily an ancient nation, with considerations of a fertile culture focusing on antiquities more than the contemporary. This is true of museums and art galleries both within the country and in the international sphere—as seen in historic and traditional shows such as “Indian Skies: The Howard Hodgkin Collection of Indian Court Painting” and “Tree & Serpent: Early Buddhist Art in India, 200 BCE–400 CE” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.ICA Miami Buys Former de la Cruz Collection Building for $25 M. With India’s art ecosystems entering a boom, though, more contemporary voices are finally taking...
Renovation of Wisconsin bar leads to discovery of massive 140-year-old circus art
DURAND, Wis. — Wisconsin bars are known for their pints and their patrons. About the last thing you'd expect to discover in such a place would be 55 feet of historic American artwork."I was really surprised once we took all the electrical plate covers and seen it went the whole length of the wall," said Ron Berger. "Curiosity for sure, like, 'What is under here?'"It was 2015 and Berger was renovating the Corral Bar and Riverside Grill in Durand to add a banquet room. Nearly the second he went to work, something caught his eye."When I cut this doorway through...
‘Absolutely stunned’: Hidden tomb found beneath ‘Indiana Jones’ filming location
Archaeologists have unearthed a hidden tomb containing the remains of 12 ancient skeletons at the historic site that served as one of the filming locations for the 1989 blockbuster "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade."
Ancient rock art discovered in southern Venezuela reveals humanity's hidden history
Archaeologists have uncovered a remarkable collection of ancient rock art in the highlands of southern Venezuela, revealing one of humanity’s long-hidden secrets. Discovered at around 20 different sites, these glyphs, pictograms, and symbols, carved and painted on boulders and in caves, are the first rock art ever found in this part of Venezuela. Although they bear similarities to rock art in Brazil, the creators of these mysterious motifs remain unknown.