Tag: Objects
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Diego Rivera’s Grandson Donates 150,000 Objects to Major Mexico City Museum
Mexico City’s Museo Anahuacalli is set to receive more than 150,000 objects from Juan Rafael Coronel Rivera, the grandson of Diego Rivera, in a donation that significantly expands the museum’s holdings and renews attention on the artist’s original vision for the site. As first reported byThe Art Newspaper, the gift spans centuries, from 16th-century ceramics read more
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Stained Glass Objects by Pia Hinz Reflect the Contrast Between Strength and Fragility
Building sites and agricultural areas are typically described by the utilitarian operations that shape them—rugged, harsh, and often back-breaking. They are spaces that resist softness, built quite literally around force and tension. Artist Pia Hinz flips this idea on its head as she explores the conceptual and material relationship between strength and vulnerability. Living and read more
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Marvel at Manabu Kosaka's Hyperrealistic Paper Sculptures of Retro Objects
It’s one thing to marvel at the inner workings of a transistor radio or a timepiece, but for artist Manabu Kosaka, that curiosity reaches a whole new level. Using nothing but paper, the artist makes scale replicas of cameras, watches, gaming consoles, shoes, food, and more with a preternatural attention to detail. Not only does read more
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The Met Introduces High-Definition 3D Scans of Dozens of Art Historical Objects
In the age of the internet, we’re fortunate to have virtual access to museum collections around the world, thanks to objects in the public domain and programs like The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Open Access Initiative. Through a searchable digital catalogue, visitors to the museum’s website can see hundreds of thousands of objects, many images read more
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“By Design” Treats Women Like Objects
Film Review Juliette Lewis turns into a chair in a film that critiques mass culture’s conflation of femininity with consumerism and envy. Still from By Design (2026), dir. Andrea Kramer (all images courtesy Music Box Films) “My goodness, that chair is gorgeous. Look at its body, its material, its design. Must be expensive … what read more
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Ukraine Adopts New Resolution on Evacuating Museum Objects From Conflict Zones
The Ukrainian government has passed a resolution aimed at expediting the evacuation of more than three million cultural objects from frontline regions as Russia’s full-scale invasion approaches its fourth anniversary. The war has upended civilian life in Ukraine and resulted in the damage, destruction, or disappearance of cultural sites and museum property, much of it read more
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