Art

November 22, 2024

Artist Traveled to Over 30 Cities To Perform Tea Ceremony With Strangers [Interview]

In the early aughts, artist Pierre Sernet used the Japanese tea ceremony to unite cultures around the world in a powerful set of performances. Sernet's One series is often called Guerrilla Tea. The installation saw Sernet set up a “Tea Room,” denoted by a wood cube, in different global settings. He then sat and waited for a volunteer to participate in the ceremony and drink the cup of matcha that he prepared in front of them.

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November 19, 2024

Indigenous Group Submerges Large-Scale Images of G20 Leaders’ Heads in Climate Protest

Ahead of the G20 summit in Brazil, the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) held a peaceful protest in Rio de Janeiro that denounced the world's leading nations for their lack of effort in combating climate change. As part of this protest, they sank cutouts of the heads of these leaders in the water in front of Sugarloaf Mountain.

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November 16, 2024

Loon Sculpture Brings an Uplifting Message About Nature and Purpose to the Twin Cities

Loons are a symbol of Minnesota's vast wilderness—a fact that earned them the title of state bird in 1961. That's why, when artist Andy Scott was approached to design a sculpture for the city of Saint Paul, he settled on this creature. But unlike the “Land of 10,000 Lakes,” loons aren't native to Scott's home country of Scotland or to California, where he now lives.

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November 14, 2024

Largest Ever Restoration of Rembrandt’s ‘The Night Watch’ Is Underway at the Rijksmuseum in Full View of the Public

In 2019, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam tackled a daunting task: restoring Rembrandt’s iconic painting The Night Watch (1642). The project, aptly dubbed “Operation Night Watch,” began with a five-year phase of intensive research. Now, the second phase is finally unfolding in the heart of the Rijksmuseum. Operation Night Watch is the biggest and most wide-ranging restoration project ever undertaken for the 1642 masterpiece.

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