In a studio in Tianjin, a clay statue of the writer Lu Xun stands apart from the more familiar figures of Chinese folklore that surround it. Unlike the bright works traditionally associated with the ...

In the front-room art studio of Luis Gustavo Mena’s Barrio Anita house stands a statue, a work in progress. The 6-foot figure is of a man with slight, indigenous facial features. His right arm extends ...

Since 2019, archaeologists have been excavating in Berlin’s oldest square, known as the Molkenmarkt, or Whey Market. (See “Berlin’s Medieval Origins.”) Thus far, they have unearthed more than 600,000 ...