Amid the thousands of treasures in the Cincinnati Art Museum's East Asian art collection, a small bronze mirror dating back to the 15th or 16th century always seemed rather unremarkable.Last exhibited ...

For decades, a handheld mirror in the Cincinnati Art Museum’s collection of East Asian art was thought to be a simple looking glass made of bronze, with an invocation of the Amitābha Buddha inscribed ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Galerie Kreo unveils ‘Seven Stories About Mirrors’, a project by Sofia Lagerkvist and Anna ...

Windows and mirrors embedded with liquid crystals can hide images that appear only when the right kind of light is shined on them. The technique, inspired by a 4000-year-old trick for building “magic ...