In a museum with such diverse collections as the Dallas Museum of Art, a curatorial staff specializing in the areas of greatest strength is of vital importance. Fortunately, the DMA, whose collection ...

Peruvian cultural officials have announced that a cutting-edge electronic survey of the southeastern city of Cusco will allow archaeologists to search for buried artifacts without having to dig, ...

It has long been believed that within Ancient Inca society, khipus—intricate woven string objects used as a form of writing—were the preserve of the elite. But after studying human hair woven into a ...

This spring, 12 Princeton undergraduates in the course "Inca Art and Architecture" learned firsthand the critical role that landscape can play in the structure of a civilization — while challenging ...

A Chimú tunic A.D 1140-1440 from the Wise collection. Brad Flowers Courtesy of the Dallas Museum of Art When Maxwell L. Anderson, the director of the Dallas Museum of Art, opened the institution’s ...

A French cave with some of the earliest known paintings and Inca trails spanning six countries are among sites up for World Heritage status at a Unesco meeting in Qatar. Altogether, at least 30 ...

The Swiss architect Peter Zumthor and the director and chief executive of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Lacma), Michael Govan, have unveiled bold new designs for the museum’s future $600m ...