As temperatures rise and the world careens past its carbon emissions goals, proponents of “de-growth” present a compelling framework to refashion our economic life around...
How does the natural world shape the life of artworks both past and present? The height of the summer season is a fitting time to consider the impact of climate and environment on medieval objects.
Join us on Friday, February 7th for a curator talk with Senior Curator Emeritus Dr. Marcus Burke, who will discuss Fierro’s vivid depictions of Peruvian society, highlighting the extraordinary upward social mobility that was possible in 19th century Lima.
As a cemetery for free and enslaved Africans from the mid-1600s to the mid-1800s, the Harlem African Burial Ground is a sacred site of New York City’s early history, and yet for decades the site was forgotten and disrespected.
Did you know that Anne Northup, wife of Solomon Northup (author of “Twelve Years a Slave”) lived and worked in the Morris-Jumel Mansion while awaiting her husband’s safe return from kidnapping?
Join the Urban Park Rangers for a walk through Inwood Hill Park and find out what plants and animals call his Forever Wild site home.
