Over the next six centuries, the Maya built a network of cities that supported millions of people in what is now Mexico and Central America. “Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art,” opening ...

A riveting show at the Metropolitan Museum surveys the complicated art of the ancient Maya, in which beauty and brutality are surreally entangled. By Holland Cotter Beautiful is complicated.

“While artist signatures are scarce on ancient art across the world before the 19th century, Maya sculptors and painters did sign their works, occasionally prominently, on beautifully carved ...

At its heart, it’s about ancient Maya concepts of divinity. On the one hand, it’s a survey show of Maya art and religion. On the other, it’s a sophisticated, exacting mix of disciplines.

Donation Options Search Search Search An ancient Mayan ... Museum of Mexican Art in Pilsen, alongside Mexican government officials. Manuel Martinez/WBEZ Share A Mayan artifact is set to return ...

Next year’s A.W. Mellon lectures, the prestigious annual series of scholarly talks hosted by the National Gallery of Art ... ancient civilizations.” Houston’s work in the field of Maya ...