Cultural History
‘Estamos unidos’: proposal for a new Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino awaits Senate consideration
After passage in the House, planners try to line up support for an institution that would fill in an incomplete US narrative
Hidden daily lives of Hasidic Jews in Jerusalem are captured in marvellous book of photographs
Photographer was given privileged access to document scenes and to make portraits among the people of this conservative group
Gunpowder, treason and plot: how artists have captured fireworks throughout history
In a special podcast episode we talk to Simon Werrett who has written a book on pyrotechnic arts in European history
Special: Fireworks! Picturing pyrotechnics with professor Simon Werrett
In honour of Bonfire Night in the UK this podcast looks at how artists—from Whistler to Cai Guo-Qiang—have captured fireworks
Statens Museum for Kunst assesses how Northern Europeans interpreted Japan
Japanomania returns once more to Copenhagen as the exhibition looks at how Nordic artists used Japanese art in their own work
Art gallery lands at Warsaw airport
The city’s Zacheta National Gallery and the National Museum joined forces to create it
Communist museum for Warsaw
It will include displays of photographs and posters, pieces of barbed wire, tools and clothes from the Gulags