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Contorsionista de Puémape. Ceramic, Cupinisnique style, Perú, 1500-500 BC. Museo de Arte de Lima

10 Questions to Carol Rodríguez

Carol Rodríguez is an archaeologist and professional illustrator from Peru who communicates her interest for ancient Peruvian art through the illustrations she makes and shares on social media. Carol is...

10 Questions to Carol Rodríguez

Carol Rodríguez is an archaeologist and professional illustrator from Peru who communicates her interest for ancient Peruvian art through the illustrations she makes and shares on social media. Carol is...

Stone sculpture of the Mississippian period depicting a chunkey player

Sculptural Pipes and Sacred Materials in the Mi...

With polished, ruddy hues and two piercing, wide eyes, the sculptural pipe known to archaeologists as “Big Boy” commands attention. Excavated from a mortuary context at the site of Spiro...

Sculptural Pipes and Sacred Materials in the Mi...

With polished, ruddy hues and two piercing, wide eyes, the sculptural pipe known to archaeologists as “Big Boy” commands attention. Excavated from a mortuary context at the site of Spiro...

Reliquary Fang figure, female wooden sculpture with shiny patina

Slow Fashion on the Art Market

The art market for the arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas is going through a crisis due to a loss of confidence on the part of collectors. The origin...

Slow Fashion on the Art Market

The art market for the arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas is going through a crisis due to a loss of confidence on the part of collectors. The origin...

Yoginī, Kāñcīpuram region, Tamil Nadu (India), late 9th-early 10th century Granite Musée Guimet (MG 18508) © Johan Levillain

Three Indic bodies in a Western imaginary: the ...

The way in which a group of South Indian images representing fierce-looking female deities was dispersed in the West clearly exposes the colonial mechanisms that our museums are still largely...

Three Indic bodies in a Western imaginary: the ...

The way in which a group of South Indian images representing fierce-looking female deities was dispersed in the West clearly exposes the colonial mechanisms that our museums are still largely...

J. F. Rock, Butter sculpture representing the bodhisattva Tchenrezi (1926) Chone Monastery © École française d’Extrême-Orient EFEO_CHI07973

White Ornaments and Colored Butter: The Fate of...

Many are familiar with Tibetan butter lamps, whose soft light brings out the golden faces of metal Buddhas and lamas from the darkness of a shrine. Less known, however, is...

White Ornaments and Colored Butter: The Fate of...

Many are familiar with Tibetan butter lamps, whose soft light brings out the golden faces of metal Buddhas and lamas from the darkness of a shrine. Less known, however, is...

View of the desert with the phrase "Beyond Land Acknowledgements"

Land Acknowledgements: Honoring Indigenous Peop...

Land acknowledgements have become common in the world of academia in the U.S. and Canada, and especially in the Humanities. But, outside of that reduced sphere, many are still unaware...

Land Acknowledgements: Honoring Indigenous Peop...

Land acknowledgements have become common in the world of academia in the U.S. and Canada, and especially in the Humanities. But, outside of that reduced sphere, many are still unaware...