Tag: Mystery
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Cinga Samson Conjures Mystery and the Sublime in Large-Scale Oil Paintings
Amid groves of trees, meadows, and aging infrastructure, Cinga Samson’s dreamlike tableaux are bathed in eerie light, as if spotlit or illuminated by the moon. The South African artist is known for his use of deep, dark pigments such as carbon black and Prussian blue, complemented by the occasional teal or purple and pops of read more
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Missing Page of Archimedes Manuscript Found in France, Shedding Light on Century-Long Mystery
A page missing from The Archimedes Palimpsest, the oldest extant copy of writings by the ancient Greek mathematician, was rediscovered at the Museum of Fine Arts in Blois, France. One side of the page, which had been missing for 120 years, contains part of Archimedes’s treatise On the Sphere and the Cylinder, while the other read more
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston Solves a Big Mystery (But Not That One)
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, vexed for decades by one of the art world’s most dramatic mysteries, cracked a case of less but still some significance when conservators identified the original fabric for a set of chairs in need of restoration in the museum’s Dutch Room—the site of the greatest art heist of all time. read more
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Mystery Is Embedded in Julia Fish’s Architectural Art
Art Review The artist transforms the act of looking into an intricate modality that visualizes the interplay of geometry and architecture, prismatic light and musical notes. John Yau February 3, 2026 — 4 min read Julia Fish, “Threshold, Trace 3–after Apparition, Hermitage spectrum – red, SouthWest–one” (2025), Japanese printed tablet paper with archival pen, ink, read more
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