Joseph Cornell’s Manual of Marvels

The Philadelphia Museum of Art revives a lost American masterpiece

Classified as a Surrealist, American artist Joesph Cornell is best known not for his abilities as a painter or a sculptor but as a collector. Cornell took pleasure in the hunt and liked to spend his time scouring secondhand shops for books, faded photographs and other small treasures—which he then used to construct whimsical tableaus. While these collages of curiosities dominated the majority of Cornell’s …

Superstorm Sandy: See + Help

Captivating images and ways you can contribute to relief efforts

As our readers may have noticed from our limited publishing schedule this week, CH HQ has been pulled out of commission by massive power outages in the wake of superstorm Sandy. While our core team has emerged unscathed save for some extended power outage inconveniences, several thousands of people along the East Coast of the US and Canada, and in the Caribbean have been profoundly …

Academy of Arts and Design Exhibition 2012

The Prague school's graduating talent on display at DOX

by Adam Štěch Founded in 1885, Prague’s Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design is the most progressive art school in the Czech Republic today. Nestled among the ateliers and studios of prominent Czech artists and designers in the center of Prague, the school is housed within a neo-Renaissance palace built in the 1880s by František Schmoranz and Jan Machytka. Now through 9 November 2012, 30 …