Between 450 B.C.E. and 950 C.E., a particularly fertile soil known by researchers as terra preta, literally “black earth” in Portuguese, was cultivated by Indigenous farmers in the Amazon Basin.
What does freedom mean? That is the question at the heart of Declarations of Freedom, an exhibition presented by the National Juneteenth Museum at Fort Works Art in Fort Worth.
Now on show in Athens, the South African artist’s new exhibition features probing depictions of motherhood, female strippers at work, nudity and what it means to age.
With summer in full swing, we asked artist Emma Kathleen Hepburn Ferrer five quick questions about what’s on her mind — from travels to Greece and Belgium to unicorns and mythic storytelling. Here’s what she shared.
At the MIT List, “The Great Learning” transforms space into a meditative score, where suspended objects, shifting architecture, and celestial rhythms invite us to interrogate time through stillness.
“June Leaf: Shooting from the Heart” showcases seven decades of the artist’s prolific practice—spanning painting, drawing, and sculpture—and her belief in the handmade as a vessel for humor, intimacy, and invention.
In his 1863 essay “The Painter of Modern Life,” Charles Baudelaire emitted a clarion call to artists asking them to turn away from the heroic depiction of myths, grand historical figures and events.
GALLERIA CONTINUA is presenting a major exhibition dedicated to Pascale Marthine Tayou, a leading figure in international contemporary art, at its Les Moulins site, located in Boissy-le-Châtel.