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30 objects from the world of fashion, each with their own fascinating story to tell
From the collections of the National Museums of Scotland
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The Bird-Based Color System that Eventually Became Pantone
An effort to describe the diversity of birds led to one of the first modern color systems.
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How Photographs Have Shaped Our View of the National Parks
There were two prominent types of landscape photographs in the 1860s: Civil War battlefields strewn with the dead, and sweeping vistas of the West. By Allison Meier.
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The Growing Charm of Dada
Dada was not a fashion, a style, or a doctrine. It was more than a footnote to cultural history. We can better understand it as a condition, a spirit, a productive state of mind that has remained alive... By Alfred Brendel.
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History explorer: Life in the Victorian workhouse
Dr Samantha Shave and Charlotte Hodgman visit Weaver Hall Museum in Cheshire, a former workhouse and place of last resort for the destitute…
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Klimt’s Women, Real and on Canvas
A show at the Neue Galerie, “Klimt and the Women of Vienna’s Golden Age, 1900-1918,” delves into a complex topic. By Ken Johnson.
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The Great Moon Hoax Was Simply a Sign of Its Time
Scientific discoveries and faraway voyages inspired fantastic tales—and a [2015] Smithsonian exhibition. By Sarah Zielinski.(July 2, 2015)
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At Last, a Black History Museum
When I was sixteen and growing up in New Orleans, I stole a bottle of liquor from a supermarket and was caught. The judge sentenced me to the mild punishment for white teens, a tour of the Louisiana State Penitentiary. “Go up to Angola, son,” he said, “then after that your record’s wapped clean…” By Edward Ball.
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Museum of miniature books.
A gigantic collection of teeny, tiny books.
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Ceiling
The ceiling in one of my favorite places - the museum Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen. New edition of a photo from 2009.
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‘Thinking of the past, considering the future.’ Inside the African American History and Culture Museum
As the museum opens, a writer sees her own story inside the building. By Robin Givhan.
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Rooms
Empty rooms in Thorvaldsens Museum in Copenhagen back in June 2017. It was not easy to get a shot with no people as well, but a little patience and it happened :-)
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Over 250,000 photographs from the George Eastman Museum go online.
The George Eastman Museum, among the oldest archives of photography in the world, recently launched an online platform that allows you to search through over 250,000 objects from its collections.
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Slavery’s Traces
In Search of Ashley’s Sack. By Mark Auslander.
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The Corning Museum of Glass to Present First Major Exhibition Dedicated to Tiffany's Glass Mosaics
The first exhibition to explore Louis C. Tiffany’s glass mosaics—an extraordinary but little-known aspect of his artistic production—will be presented by The Corning Museum of Glass (CMoG) from May 20, 2017, through January 7, 2018
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The Intimate Spectacle of “Public, Private, Secret”
Zack Hatfield contemplates secrecy as he surveys “Public, Private, Secret,” the latest exhibit at the International Center for Photography.
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Face of 9,500-Year-Old Man Revealed for First Time
Digital tools help researchers reconstruct the Neolithic man inside the famed Jericho Skull.
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Rooms and paintings
From one of my favorite places.
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Independent life
The life and work of Paul Nash at the Tate. By Alice Spawls.
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Embracing the Vulgar
What is vulgar? The word’s many meanings and many forms are at the heart of “The Vulgar: Fashion Redefined,” an expansive exhibition at the Barbican Centre in London. The show takes shape around eleven categories of vulgarity conceived by writer and psychoanalyst Adam Phillips, like “Puritan,” “Impossible Ambition,” and “Showing Off.” Each is explored through clothing, shoes, and texts spanning the eighteenth century through the present. By Hilary Reid.
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