The Dayton Art Institute’s most recent centennial special exhibition, Maker & Muse: Women and Early 20th-Century Art Jewelry, opened October 26 and will be on view through January 19, 2020. This stunning exhibition of more than 200 unique pieces of handcrafted art jewelry celebrates the role of women, both as inspiration and as designers/makers. Featuring exquisite works by renowned artists such as Louis Comfort Tiffany, Charlotte Newman, and René Lalique, Maker & Muse: Women and Early Twentieth Century Art Jewelry celebrates the impact of women and art jewelry across five regions: Great Britain, France, Austro-Germany, New York and Chicago. These regions saw the emergence of bold, experimental artists who pushed the boundaries of traditional jewelry design.

Archaeologists said Wednesday they have made the largest-ever discovery of mammoth remains: a trove of 800 bones from at least 14 of the extinct giants found in central Mexico. Moreover, they believe they have made the first-ever find of a mammoth trap set by humans, who would have used it to capture the huge herbivores more than 14,000 years ago, said Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH). “This is the largest find of its kind ever made,” the institute said in a statement. The skeletal remains were found in Tultepec, near the site where President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s government is building a new airport for Mexico City. Some bore signs that the animals had been hunted, leading experts to conclude that they had found “the world’s first mammoth trap,” it said. “Mammoths lived here for thousands of years. The herds grew, reproduced, died, were hunted… They lived alongside other species, including horses and camels,” archaeologist Luis Cordoba told jour

Collectors on the lookout for rare, outstanding and unique objects from antiquity to the modern era in the field of “Antique arms and armour from all over the world” are eagerly awaiting news of the wide range of objects offered by Hermann Historica. Despite the complex and time-consuming relocation to the new, spacious premises in Grasbrunn near Munich, the team of experts have managed to fill the twelve (!) catalogues for the large Autumn Auction – the live auction from 11 to 20 November and the subsequent online-only auction on 21, 24 and 25 November 2019 – with an incredible cornucopia of collectible objects from every corner of the globe. The large, live auction with 734 lots devoted to “Antique arms and armour from all over the world” will take place in Grasbrunn near Munich on 15 November 2019, from 10 am. On 21 November 2019, a further 714 lots associated with “Antique arms and armour from all over the wo

The power of nature was unleashed with the world premiere of two timely exhibitions at the Boca Raton Museum of Art for the new season. Both of these original shows ─ Maren Hassinger: Tree of Knowledge and Clifford Ross: Waves ─ launched the museum’s 70th anniversary season and will remain on view through March 1st. The museum is presenting both exhibitions together because they sound a clarion call for environmental awareness. These two shows also remind viewers that the beauty and power of nature can still inspire us, despite the oversaturation of society by hand-held devices and screens. The two exhibitions are presented side-by-side in adjoining galleries. Clifford Ross: Waves features a new approach to his monumental depictions of ocean waves that the artist captures during extreme weather. The result is the most comprehensive survey of his process ever shown in a museum. Ross dramatically presents the mons