Justus Roe's murals feather Chicago neighborhoods
You’ve probably seen Justus Roe’s murals around Chicago.
10 wry, controversial, viral covers from the New Yorker’s 100 years
The New Yorker, now celebrating its centenary, has defied media trends by giving an unusual amount of control to the artists ...
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The Trailblazing Black Librarian Who Rewrote the Rules of Power, Gender and Racial Passing
Belle da Costa Greene, the first director of the Morgan Library, was a Black woman who passed as white in the early 20th ...
From ancient emperors to modern presidents, leaders have used libraries to cement their legacies
Beyond the handful of memorial libraries, many other ancient Roman public libraries were great cultural centers, including the Forum of Peace in Rome, dedicated by Emperor Vespasian; the Library of ...
An unmissable show at the Met shows romanticism isn’t dead
Sad, beautiful, thwarted, sublime: In quiet evening tones, “Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature” speaks of a world out ...
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Today I Learned: The National Museum Once Housed the Congress and Senate
From housing the Philippines’ lawmakers and solons to surviving the war, the National Museum of Fine Arts has stood the test ...