In many cultures, masks serve many functions, including religious and cultural ceremonies and other celebrations. The Cultural Coalition's 4th annual Mask Alive Festival will highlight different ...

Talking Culture is proudly sponsored by Duke Arts Presents. The 2025–26 Duke Arts Presents season is here! With 40 ...

WHO really knows what’s behind a mask? A new temporary exhibit by Central Bank Museums explores the history and culture of masks, showcasing relics from all over the region of this intriguing element ...

ARIEL — Maria Stoll-Smith Reese was nearing graduation from Western Washington University in 1996 when she learned that her uncle didn’t have long to live. It was January, the start of the ...

Masks covering the nose and mouth were intended to protect against coronavirus infection during the COVID-19 pandemic. How effective they were in various situations was not always clear.

Instead of balking at mask wearing, Oregonians should learn from Asia, writes Ailee Slater, a writer and resident of Ashland who moved back to Oregon after years in Hong Kong. Masks – and a ...

Photographer Selim Harbi is drawn to West Africa for its culture and its handicrafts – specifically, its masks – and the people behind the masks.

I have been lately contemplating the utter disingenuousness of a certain genre of "viral video." If you have had the unhealthy experience of spending any significant amount of time on ...

In this series, Lagniappe presents a different work each week from the collection of the New Orleans Museum of Art, with commentary from a curator. Formidable masks played a vital role in the ...

“Masks greatly vary in appearance, raw materials and utility, depending on different belief systems and ecologies,” says Neelam Malhotra, curator of the exhibition, which concludes June 10.

“It reflects a different form of political culture.” The one thing most Brits agree on is that the decision to make face masks mandatory in shops came late in the course of the pandemic.