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New exhibit at the Alliance Française of Chicago displays the work of Haitian American artist Ameera Pernebsati Lys. Zoey Duchene ,  Asst. Photo Editor February 16, 2026 Zoey Duchene Ameera Pernebsati Lys and D.E. Simmons talk with eachother at the Alliance Française of Chicago on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. Lys had a new art exhibition open at the Alliance. Black History Month encapsulates cultures from all over the world, many of which have a large francophone influence. To showcase this, the Alliance Française of Chicago created a gallery for Haitian American artist Ameera Pernebsati Lys as part of Black History Month titled “Roots of Resilience,” which opened Thursday, Feb. 5.  Lys specializes in indigo textiles and mixed media. Along with this work, Lys explores many more techniques such as Japanese Shibori, collage, stamping, painting, ink, sculpture, quilting, jewelry design, photography and graphic design. The main focus of Lys’ work is to show off her Haitian culture as w...

  With his Impressionist painting, Max Liebermann initiated the first avant-garde movement in Germany. As a collector and promoter of French Impressionism and as president of the Berlin Secession, he introduced an international perspective to the nationalistic art world of the German Kaiserreich. The exhibition explores a variety of themes and styles from the years between 1870 and 1930. Along with painters firmly anchored in the canon such as Lovis Corinth, Max Liebermann, and Max Slevogt, the show also presents lesser-known artists like Maria Slavona and Lesser Ury. The point of departure for this major special exhibition on German Impressionist painting is a private collection whose holdings include not only nine paintings by Max Liebermann, but also important works by Max Slevogt and Lesser Ury. These foundational pieces are augmented by more than 100 loans from some fifty international museums and private collections. The exhibition spans a chronological arc from the 1870s to ...

    MEXICO CITY .-  Archaeologists working at the heart of Mexico City have uncovered evidence of what may have been one of the most spectacular religious ceremonies ever staged in the Mexica capital of Tenochtitlan. Researchers from the Proyecto Templo Mayor (PTM) announced that three recently studied ritual deposits—Offerings 186, 187 and 189—appear to be part of a single, colossal ceremony carried out during the reign of Motecuhzoma Ilhuicamina, the powerful huei tlatoani who ruled Tenochtitlan between 1440 and 1469. The findings were presented on February 26, 2026, during the lecture series “La arqueología hoy,” organized by El Colegio Nacional. A circle finally closed Three years ago, the team revealed the discovery of a tepetlacalli—a Nahuatl term for a stone chest—containing 15 Mezcala-style greenstone figurines. At the time, it was an extraordinary find. Now, with two additional deposits of similar characteristics uncovered and analyzed, archaeologists believe the...

 

  One of the many assemblage pieces in "Casing the Joint" running at the Corner Gallery in Ukiah, Calif. now through March 31, 2026. (Harmony Gaits via Bay City News) UKIAH, CA., 3/1/26 – Clock gears, violin strings and antique hardware take on new life in “Casing the Joint,” a new exhibit opening Friday at the Corner Gallery in Ukiah.  The show features original assemblage works created by participants in the “Outta the Box” Assemblage Camps, led by Spencer Brewer and Esther Siegel at their  Harmony Gaits  property in Redwood Valley.  The workshops are held three times a year and welcome participants of all experience levels. During the camps, attendees learn the fundamentals of assemblage art — building compositions from reclaimed and repurposed materials.  Campers posing with found objectives that will soon be transformed into works of art as part of an “Outta the Box” Assemblage Camp at Harmony Gaits. Their works are on display at “Casing the Joint” on ...

  The Palace of Versailles has agreed to reexamine the origins of a prized Jacques-Louis David sketchbook after new research revealed evidence that the object was looted by the Nazis during World War II and improperly entered the French national collection. The museum purchased the notebook in 1951, unaware, it now says, of its wartime theft. The French media outlet  Radio France  launched its investigation into the sketchbook after being contacted by a descendant of the original owner. The broadcaster claims that it was able to pull together enough evidence to back the descendant’s claim in “just a few weeks.” The discovery sheds a light on the slow progress of ongoing provenance research into objects that were acquired by French museums after 1933. France’s ministry of culture issued a response to the evidence gathered by Radio France stating that neither the ministry nor the Palace of Versailles had not been aware that the item was stolen during the war. They promised ...