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Installation view of the exhibition “The Portable Universe / El Universo en tus Manos: Thought and Splendor of Indigenous Colombia,” May 29, 2022 - Oct 2, 2022, Los Angeles County Museum of Art Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Challenging the "Museum Voice"

Through the groundbreaking show “The Portable Universe / El Universo en tus Manos: Thought and Splendor of Indigenous Colombia,” the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) brings a new...

Challenging the "Museum Voice"

Through the groundbreaking show “The Portable Universe / El Universo en tus Manos: Thought and Splendor of Indigenous Colombia,” the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) brings a new...

Paradise Camp by Yuki Kihara Edited by Natalie King. Creative New Zealand and Thames & Hudson, 2022.

Book Review: Paradise Camp by Yuki Kihara

Paradise Camp by Yuki Kihara is the catalog of an exhibition presented by Aotearoa/New Zealand at the 2022 Venice Biennale, and much more. A dense artistic, scientific, and political volume,...

Book Review: Paradise Camp by Yuki Kihara

Paradise Camp by Yuki Kihara is the catalog of an exhibition presented by Aotearoa/New Zealand at the 2022 Venice Biennale, and much more. A dense artistic, scientific, and political volume,...

Slow Fashion on the Art Market

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...

Between Restitution and Repatriation: Benin Bronzes in Museum Collections

Between Restitution and Repatriation: Benin Bro...

European museums are scrutinized for the actions they took (or did not take) in favor of restitution. Since March 2021, many institutions both in the UK and in Germany have...

Between Restitution and Repatriation: Benin Bro...

European museums are scrutinized for the actions they took (or did not take) in favor of restitution. Since March 2021, many institutions both in the UK and in Germany have...

Wooden ancient statuette depicting a human with their arms crossed on their chest

Why I don’t like "art"

Pardon the clickbait title. Of course, as most people do, I appreciate the artworld, but in my capacity as an archaeologist I tend to avoid using the term ‘art’ when...

Why I don’t like "art"

Pardon the clickbait title. Of course, as most people do, I appreciate the artworld, but in my capacity as an archaeologist I tend to avoid using the term ‘art’ when...

Book cover of Corpus by Kukuli Velarde

Corpus : Kukuli Velarde

Corpus: the body. In the art of Kukuli Velarde, clay becomes flesh. Corpus: a collection of works. Here, a coherent ensemble of fifteen clay effigies that took over a decade...

Corpus : Kukuli Velarde

Corpus: the body. In the art of Kukuli Velarde, clay becomes flesh. Corpus: a collection of works. Here, a coherent ensemble of fifteen clay effigies that took over a decade...