North Philly artist Robert Lugo isn't just spinning a pottery wheel; he's also telling stories about human struggles. Why it matters: The 43-year-old, who's Puerto Rican with Taino ancestry, fuses ...

This Etruscan vase has been subject to many interpretations in the past. It is decorated in the black-figure technique that originated in the Greek city of Corinth, but was adapted throughout ...

The installation is inspired by the ancient Greek black- and red-figure pottery style, but he instead uses orange — "the color of prison uniforms" — to make a social commentary, Lugo tells Axios.