Everyday objects feel neutral because time has sanded down their edges, not because their beginnings were harmless. Many were ...

Using the Mbari architecture of the Owerri-Igbo of eastern Nigeria as a starting point, this article addresses the different forms and meaning the objects take on in different historical periods and ...

“I love cross-collecting,” Gho said, pointing at di Bicci’s Tobias and Archangel Raphael with Saints (ca. 1475). “I would love to have a collection in which Old Masters are having a dialogue with ...

Among the seemingly endless variety of machinery that might be listed under the heading automatic control, feedback mechanisms stand out as a distinct group because, although differing widely in ...

Maria Kulikovska, “Star Dust (Zorianyi Pyl),” in Amazing Stories of Crimea, Art Arsenal (Mystetskyi Arsenal), Kyiv, February 26-May 5, 2019 (photo by Olexandr Popenko; all images courtesy of Art ...

Unresolved colonial histories and collective traumas continue to shape relations in East Asia through significant historical objects. A 14th-century gilt bronze statue of Kanzeon Bodhisattva was ...