“Using chemistry, archival records and AI, scientists are reviving the aromas of old libraries, mummies and battlefields.”
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Posted inFeature
Uncanny Testimony
As the last Holocaust survivors approach the end of their lives, an AI scholar grapples with technology that promises to freeze them in time.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Unmasking “The Scholar”: The Colorado Woman Who Helped a Global Art Smuggling Operation Flourish for Decades
“An investigation into how Emma C. Bunker helped Douglas Latchford sell stolen Cambodian antiquities.”
Posted inCulture, History, Nonfiction, Reading List
What We Save, What We Destroy: A Reading List on Difficult Heritage
The present we inhabit is shaped by the mixed legacies of the past.
Posted inEditor's Pick
A Racist Scientist Built a Collection of Human Skulls. Should We Still Study Them?
“After the murder of George Floyd in May 2020 sparked protests for racial justice around the country, more and more people within and outside Penn began to see the Morton collection as a present-day perpetuation of racism and its harms, rather than just a historic example.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Essays & Criticism, Story, Technology
Performance Art: On Sharing Culture
With physical distancing the order of the day as COVID-19 spreads, cultural locales — sites for communal experiences, like museums and theaters — are emptying out. What are we sharing if we’re not sharing these spaces? And were we really sharing them to begin with?
Posted inArts & Culture, Highlight, Quotes
How Do You Move a Warhol? Really, Really Carefully
We’re gonna need more bubble wrap.
Posted inArts & Culture, Crime, Highlight, Quotes
It’s All In the Wrist (and the Blatant Lying)
In these troubling economic times, you can’t amass a giant art collection without robbing a few hundred museums any more.
Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Story
We Stand on Guard for Bieber
How Canadian is Justin Bieber? His hometown’s “Steps to Stardom” exhibit provides some answers.
Posted inArts & Culture, Highlight, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes
Understanding Adrian Piper’s Probing Body of Work
Adrian Piper’s body of work encourages audiences to think critically about race, gender, and power, and to engage with their own perceptions.