Ancient DNA shows humans settled Caribbean in 2 distinct waves
A photo provided by Sapienza Archaeo-Anthropological Mission showing excavation of the Juan Dolio archaeological site in Punta Rucia, Dominican Republic. About 2,500 years ago, the archaeological record shows, there was a drastic shift in the cultural life of the Caribbean. Sapienza Archaeo-Anthropological Mission via The New York Times.
by Carl Zimmer
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- When Dr. Juan Aviles went to school in Puerto Rico, teachers taught him that the original people of the island, the Taino, vanished soon after Spain colonized it. Violence, disease and forced labor wiped them out, destroying their culture and language, the teachers said, and the colonizers repopulated the island with slaves, including Indigenous people from Central and South America and Africans.
Tim Ross partners with National Gallery of Australia to explore artistic inspiration
Tim Ross Constant is available on the National Gallery of Australias website.
CANBERRA
.- Design enthusiast Tim Ross passion for art was seeded by a book gifted to his mother before he was even born a publication which is now the inspiration behind a new podcast series on the influence of art in our lives, developed in partnership with the National Gallery of Australia.
Constant is a five-part series that includes interviews with a range of Australian artists plus essays, videos and photo galleries, all hosted on the National Gallerys website.
Launch of online gallery Crean & Company champions global line-up of contemporary artists
Founders of Crean and Company, art historian Clementine Perrins and collector Nick Crean.
LONDON
.- December 2020 marked the launch of Crean & Company, a new UK-based online gallery set to champion an international community of established and emerging mixed-media contemporary artists.
The launch coincides with the virtual opening of Avoiding the Hodgepodge (1 December 2020-15 January 2021), the inaugural exhibition outlining the vision and concept of the gallery, whose represented artists include textile artist Carolina Mazzolari, sculptor Thomas Merrett and painter Rupert Shrive.
Crean & Company has been founded by lifelong art collector Nick Crean and art historian Clementine Perrins. The gallerists have adopted an optimistic and future-orientated outlook, looking to harness the virtual potential of showcasing their community of artists and makers to a global audience of collectors. A