Arthur Bruso

Souls in waiting: depictions of Purgatory And of that second kingdom will I sing Wherein the human spirit doth purge itself, And to...

Zapotec Tomb 104 at the American Museum of Natural History.

With this piece, Mark Dion explores our curiosity. The work is conceived as interactive, in that the viewer is welcome to take out the...

At the turning of the millennium, we purchased the house at 272 Fifth Street from the widow Maggie Olson. Maggie’s husband Charlie had...

Review of Satanism and Witchcraft by Jules Michelet

Our homes have been transformed into a safety zone, a barricade, a sanctuary against a new, invisible demon that threatens our very lives.

For what is a grimoire, but a collection of magic spells recorded and used to call upon the supernatural to intercede in the lives of humans

IN ANSWER TO HER PRAYERS, to understand the suffering of Christ as he was dying on the cross, St. Theresa of Avila was given the experience

The Western Mexican civilizations centered in the modern states of Nayarit, Jalisco and Colima had learned to bury their dead deep under

Mark Dion made his reputation as an artist by reviving the wunderkammer for a post-modernist audience. Here with “Cabinet of Marine Debris,”

Review of The Third Chimpanzee by Jared Diamond

The camera was an Imperial Mark XII, fixed focus, point and shoot. It was not complicated, its optics were cheap, and there was no flash.

Our face can be our fortune, as well as tell our fortune.

FAMILIES MAY BE BROKEN, blended, chosen; nuclear, extended and dysfunctional; happy, unhappy.

Like most children, I was fascinated with dinosaurs.

Curious Matter presents Into the Magic Space by Arthur Bruso The introductory essay for each photo series: Into the Magic Space “Into the...

At the onset of their civilization, the Olmec faced a grave challenge, which they did not understand.

The devil has worn many guises throughout history from the God’s Questioner in the Book of Job to the suave deceiver Mephistopheles of Faust

This series of 9 images is about the natural cycles of life and their relation to mythology. I watched as changes manifested around me

The most demanding part of living a lifetime as an artist is the strict discipline of forcing oneself to work steadfastly along the nerve