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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...