Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Work by Chris Antemann at the Meissen Manufactory (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) MEISSEN, Germany — Of his extensive collection of ceramics, Oscar Wilde once remarked: “I find it harder ...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations and Tables -- Note on Currencies and Other Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Reinventing the Recipe -- Chapter 2. The Challenge of ...

Introduction -- The porcelain city: Jingdezhen in the eighteenth century -- The secrets of porcelain: China and the west in the eighteenth century -- The creation of porcelain: China and Eurasia, 2000 ...

"White is truth," stated mystic-philosopher-scientist Emanuel Swedenborg. "It is the glowing cloud on the horizon that shows the Lord is coming. White is wisdom." The color that we usually think of as ...

* The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) added China’s Jingdezhen Handicraft Porcelain Industry Sites to the World Heritage List on Saturday during the 48th ...

Jingdezhen Handicraft Porcelain Industry Sites has been inscribed on the World Heritage List on July 25, making it the world's first porcelain-themed World Cultural Heritage.

To encounter Jeff Koons—still the most expensive living artist at auction—is to contemplate the themes that have clung to his work for decades: kitsch, spectacle, perfectionism. But he is also, at his ...