It’s a long-held belief that Neanderthals (archaic humans who existed some 2.6 million to 11,700 years ago) were “unable to express symbolism through art,” but a group of researchers have just found what they believe is art that dates back 51,000 years ago. The object—found in Germany’s “Unicorn Cave”—is a prehistoric deer’s toe bone that has lines carved into it. The purpose or meaning is …
Thirty minutes outside of Berlin, in an abandoned Bauhaus swimming pool from 1928 that sits across from E-WERK Luckenwalde renewable power station and contemporary arts center, the climate change opera Sun & Sea will be staged 1-2 May. Created by three women artists in Lithuania—theater director Rugile Barzdziukaite, playwright Vaiva Grainyte and composer Lina Lapelyte—the opera won the 2019 Venice Biennale’s Golden Lion, after queues …
As part of the inaugural Forward Festival Online (12-13 March), acclaimed Austrian design storyteller and typographer Stefan Sagmeister will headline an inspirational talk about the division of design and art, and the anchors of functionality and purpose. Sagmeister’s vision is uncompromising, be that his contributions to the design and art direction of a watch we’ve long cherished, the Ressence Type 3X, or the whimsy of his reflective Illy …
