Jacques Lagniet, “Recueil des plus illustres proverbes, divises en trois livres…” (1657-1663), engraving, on view in The Art of Alchemy (courtesy the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles) The “Great ...
In the late 19th century, Southern California attracted misfits, idealists, and entrepreneurs with few ties to anyone or anything. Swamis, spiritualists, and other self-proclaimed religious ...
Artists from Remedios Varo to Olga de Amaral have been inspired by alchemy. A new exhibition in Monterrey, Mexico, explores why. Remedios Varo, Papilla estelar (1958). Photo: Katie White.
Philadelphia has quietly been sitting on what the Science History Institute says may be the finest collection of alchemical fine art in the world. Now, for the first time, visitors can see that ...
"Let The Work Begin/ Theatrum Chemicum," a site-specific installation inspired by alchemy that marks the first collaboration between UB faculty members Reinhard Reitzenstein and Gary Nickard, will ...