Greece has closed many of its most important heritage sites as the nation grapples with a record-setting heat wave and a spate of wildfires. The Acropolis in Athens, a complex built some 3,000 years ago, was been shut down to protect workers and tourists, while emergency services managed to save the ancient site of Olympia
Peru’s famous Inca city of Machu Picchu, perched high in the Andes Mountains, is possibly several decades older than experts previously thought. New evidence published in the journal Antiquity found that the UNESCO World Heritage site was inhabited from about A.D. 1420 to A.D. 1530, around the time it was conquered by the Spanish. That suggests
Our friends at Vault by Vans have teamed with the great Montreal studio JJJJound on 3-colorway look at the Vault by Vans Style 37 sneaker. If you know, JJJJound was a mood board founded in 2006 that has now grown into clothing design. Their aesthetic has always been of a clean and classic style, and their
We all know of Haroshi as the master of the handcrafted art, recycling and reusing old skateboards to create sculptural works and sculptural paintings. He has gained a legacy in both skateboarding and fine art, a unique artist for our unique century. His recent show at NANZUKA was evidence of his own evolution as well.
Earlier this year, the world’s most powerful tidal turbine launched off the Orkney coast, where it will spend the next 15 years generating enough clean energy to power about 2,000 households in the U.K. “O2” is the novel development of the Scottish engineering company Orbital Marine Power, which manufactured the 74-meter-long design during the
Machu Picchu, the Inca palace tucked away in the mountains of Peru, may be a quarter-century older than previously thought. According to a new study published in Antiquity this month, a team of researchers used advanced radiocarbon dating to determine that the site was in use from 1420 to 1530 C.E. Using accelerator mass spectrometry
To receive Morning Links in your inbox every weekday, sign up for our Breakfast with ARTnews newsletter. The Headlines AFTER A CENTURY, A MYSTERY HAS BEEN SOLVED. Archaeologists working on the estate of a 16th-century manor near Wem, England, have uncovered what they believe are the remains of a castle built as far back at 1250, according to BBC News. The owner of the
Art Industry News is a daily digest of the most consequential developments coming out of the art world and art market. Here’s what you need to know on this Thursday, August 5. NEED-TO-READ Construction Continues on ‘Unlawful’ Stonehenge Tunnel – Despite a court ruling last week that deemed a planned tunnel near Stonehenge to be “unlawful,” the
“Begins again the smell of rain” or rainy weather in the Alps, (Portes du Soleil region) is a project with a length of multiple years, a project that made through connection with nature and its spirit full of mood, inspiration, and mystery. The photos are for sale in a limited edition art print of 15
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