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A 1,200-pound stone head of an Aztec moon goddess has moved into the Getty Villa. So have life-size statues of a warrior adorned with eagle feathers, a duck-billed wind god and a demon known as ...
Aztec artefacts: The art of sacrifice The British Museum's exhibition of Aztec artefacts is full of truly stunning pieces, says Tom Lubbock – but behind the beauty lies a viciously bloody cult.
‘The Aztec Pantheon and the Art of Empire,’ Getty Villa, 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades, (310) 440-7300, through July 5. Admission: Free, tickets required. Parking: $15.
CHICAGO (AP) _ An ambitious new exhibition at the Field Museum reassembles some fragments of a world that was shattered forever on Aug. 31, 1521. That was when the small Spanish army of conquistado… ...
Following their successful June auction, Apollo Art Auctions is proud to present a remarkable selection of ancient art. The ...
When Cortés and his conquistadors overran the Aztec empire in 1520, they found “a society unlike any they had encountered hitherto,” said Emily Sharpe in The Art Newspaper. The natives of the ...
Originally published as part of a 2024 feature, this piece revisits three local creators whose work draws on toys, '90s pop culture and cultural identity ahead of Comic-Con 2025.
The murals feature national icons like Aztec deities, the revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata and Frida Kahlo, with a dash of turquoise across her eyes. But there are nods to more local heroes, too.
VIDEO: Aztec dance performance during peaceful protest in Minneapolis "It's to connect with whoever surrounds us, whoever is there, whatever is there," said Sergio Cenoch, who co-founded the group ...