Jewellery has played an important cultural role throughout history. Through jewellery, creators from all over the world express their own style, but also the traditions and personality of their time. In the Caribbean, jewellery-making is an art and a way of life and livelihood for many young people. They draw inspiration from their roots and
Two days after news broke Fr. Marko Rupnik was incardinated by Slovenia’s Koper diocese, the Vatican announced Oct. 27 that Pope Francis has lifted the statute of limitations on abuse accusations against Rupnik to allow for a formal investigation of the case by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith. Even as that process
This week: the first Kyiv Biennial since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year is taking place in various locations across the wartorn country as well as a host of neighbouring European states. We talk to the co-curator, Georg Schöllhammer, about this year’s event. As refugees and displaced people continue to dominate the news, a global
“Europeanisation meets democracy from below: The Western Balkans on the search for new European and democratic Momentum (WB2EU)” project was launched in 2020. The idea of three-years project was to gather a network consists of 17 think-tanks, do-tanks, higher education institutes and policy centres from the countries that will be most decisive for the enlargement
Since the first missiles landed on Ukraine, military support from Western allies has been a pillar of Ukraine’s defence against Russia’s full-scale invasion. But while there has been a significant increase in munitions production in the United States and the European Union, the military warehouses of Western allies are not bottomless, nor is the political
Martin Egli, professor of biochemistry, has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts for his outstanding achievements in the natural sciences. The induction ceremony is scheduled for April 2024 in Salzburg, Austria. He is one of seven biochemists in the Academy overall. Martin Egli (Submitted) “I am honored and very pleased to
The first work many visitors to the fifth Kyiv Biennial in Vienna encounter tells a story that starts two days before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in February 2022. “I’m absolutely not scared,” asserts one student to the camera, while another blithely plays ukulele. The video ends at 5am on 24 February, with the sound
Image: Details of European Paintings in The Met Collection Dates: November 20, 2023–OngoingLocation: The Met Fifth Avenue, Galleries 600–644Look Again: European Paintings 1300–1800 will highlight new narratives and juxtapositions among more than 700 works of art, following an approximately five-year-long project to replace the galleries’ skylights The Metropolitan Museum of Art will reopen its full suite
By Danièle Cybulskie If you’ve ever taken a look at medieval art, or wandered around a cathedral with visible tombs and monuments, you’ve most likely noticed that there are a whole lot of spooky images appearing from about the fourteenth century on. Not surprisingly, in the years following The Black Death (c. 1346-1353 CE), which
This article is part of the Fine Arts & Exhibits special section on the art world’s expanded view of what art is and who can make it. “By the end of this, more than a quarter of our galleries will have changed,” Max Hollein, director and chief executive of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, said