Will Corwin
We Were Creative Before We Were Human
Freshly back from excavating in the Afar desert of northeast Ethiopia, Yonas Beyene PhD sat down in his Addis Ababa office to discuss the origins of human creativity.
Gender and Artistic Practice in the Ice Age
Keeper of antiquities and curator of the blockbuster 2013 exhibition “Ice Age Art: Arrival of the Modern Mind,” Jill Cook explains the idea of spiritual landscapes, the surreal continuity between ancient and modern artistic practice, and gender equality in the Paleolithic.
Jane Dickson and Times Square
Will Corwin interviews Jane Dickson about the late 70s and 80s punk art scene, Colab, the first electronic billboard, and New Year’s Eve in NYC.
Luftmensch
The New York Public Library’s “Curator of Public Curiosity” on Werner Herzog, inherited trauma, and the art of the question.
Colin Renfrew: Where Are We Going?
An archaeologist at the University of Cambridge known to ask big-picture questions, such as “Where do we come from?” and “Where are we going?,” answers some of ours.