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Tiny 12,000-year-old sculpture represents a major advancement in the history of art and humanity

Humans have always loved art.
Forbes

Ancient Stingray Sculpture Rewrites The History Of Human Art

In a remarkable archaeological discovery, researchers have unearthed what they believe to be a unique piece of human creativity — an ancient sand sculpture of a stingray. Initially mistaken for a ...

Three artists, three questions: 3-D imagination - sculptures

I was curious about what new contemporary Israeli artists bring to the language of sculpture. Sculpting requires a ...
insider.si.edu

First Exhibition To Examine the Intertwined Histories of American Sculpture and Race Opens Nov. 8 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Note to editors: Selected high-resolution images for publication are available only through the museum’s Dropbox account. Email [email protected] to request the link. “The Shape of Power: Stories of ...
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Asian Art Returns Three Bronze Sculptures to the Government of India Following the Museum’s Comprehensive Provenance Research

One Sculpture Is to Remain on Long-Term Loan, Enabling the Museum To Share Its Complete History With the Public ...
Artnet

Art Bites: The Lost Colors of Ancient Greek Sculptures

What’s the deal with Leonardo’s harpsichord-viola? Why were Impressionists obsessed with the color purple? Art Bites brings you a surprising fact, lesser-known anecdote, or curious event from art ...
Cleveland.com

Cleveland Museum of Art acquires German Gothic woodcarving, surrealist photos, contemporary sculpture

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Gothic art and architecture is usually associated with soaring vertical lines — church naves and belltowers, tall, pointed arches, sculptures of saints with long, slender bodies. The ...
The Conversation

Shepherd Ndudzo’s celebrated sculptures tell an untold history of southern African art

Rice University provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. The work of award-winning Zimbabwe-born sculptor Shepherd Ndudzo is instantly recognisable. Fluid, elongated black bodies and body ...