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TheCollector
What Was the War of Jenkins’ Ear?
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9 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Petra and Passports
a year ago
Overcoming Bias
Prioritizing Concrete Proposals
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that...
a month ago
I think often about the non-immediate future, and wonder how to best allocate effort to make that future better. And the first steps in this process are often to identify interesting classes of scenarios, and then estimate their desirability, chances, and ease of influence.
TheCollector
A History of Gibraltar: The Rock & the Ages
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The Father of Phenomenology: Who Was Edmund Husserl?
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How Did the Roman Empire Affect Christianity?
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African History...
An empire of cloth: the textile industry of the Sokoto empire ca. 1808-1903.
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in...
2 months ago
The Hausaland region of northern Nigeria was home to one of the largest textile industries in pre-colonial Africa, whose scale and scope were unparalleled throughout most of the continent.
TheCollector
Colonial Mexican Art: 4 Key Formats and Themes
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Wieland: How Religious Extremism Shaped the 1st American Gothic Novel
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Get to Know Claudius Ptolemy & His Geocentric Model of the Universe
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Weekend Roundup
Free Will Vs Determinism
2 months ago
TheCollector
Who Am I, Really? A Philosophical Quest for Self-Discovery
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2 months ago
African History...
A complete history of Dogon country: Bandiagara from 1900BC to 1900AD
demystifying an ancient African society
a year ago
demystifying an ancient African society
TheCollector
Who Were the 43 Group?
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TheCollector
How Does Psychoanalysis Work According to Lacan?
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Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony: A New Twist on Old Traditions
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TheCollector
The Psychology of Drawing: What Is the HTP Test?
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Flashbak
Oscar Newman Designs For An Atomic City Beneath Manhattan, 1969
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004)...
8 months ago
In 1969, the Canadian-born American architect Oscar Newman (30 September 1935 – 14 April 2004) designed a nuclear bomb-proof city beneath Manhattan. In a vast spherical space itself created by a series of nuclear explosions, he’d build a city pretty much like the one above, with...
TheCollector
What Happened at the Battle of Kyiv in WWII?
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Watergate: The Scandal that Defined Nixon’s Presidency
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Mount Toba: Did a Supervolcano Almost Wipe Out the Human Species?
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11 months ago
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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a month ago
Trying to Understand...
The Power Of Absent Things.
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
9 months ago
It explains a lot about Ukraine.
TheCollector
The African Mask: From Worthless to Priceless
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a year ago
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The First Great Awakening: Promoting America’s Revolution
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7 months ago
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10 Small Towns in the US for Art Lovers
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10 Lesser-Known Greek Gods & Goddesses
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8 Colorful Installations by Olafur Eliasson
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5 Most Hated Famous Artists
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4 months ago
African History...
The empire of Samori Ture on the eve of colonialism (1870-1898)
a revolution with a contested legacy.
a year ago
a revolution with a contested legacy.
TheCollector
The 5 Most Significant Queens and Kings of Jerusalem
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Neil Gaiman’s Collection Sale Surpasses Expectations
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9 months ago
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7 Most Impressive Villas and Palaces to Visit in Rome
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11 months ago
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What Are Most Infamous Tales about Emperor Caligula?
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a year ago
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Study Shows Real Art Stimulates the Brain More Than a Copy
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2 months ago
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What to Expect from Art Market Budapest
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The Curse of the Tower of Babel & the Gift of Tongues
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a year ago
History Today Feed
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
2 months ago
‘The Scapegoat’ by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review
JamesHoare
Mon, 09/30/2024 - 10:39
TheCollector
Was Saint Augustine the First Philosopher of History?
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
a month ago
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
JamesHoare
Wed, 11/13/2024 - 09:53
Flashbak
British Grub: A Psychedelic Tribute To British Food From 1960s San Francisco
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease...
7 months ago
Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard While we’re in the mood, cold jelly and custard Pease pudding and saveloys, what next is the question? Rich gentlemen have it boys – in-di-gestion! – Food Glorious Food from the muscial oliver by Lionel Bart, 1968 You didn’t need...
TheCollector
Siege of Yorktown: The Final Battle of the American Revolution
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6 months ago
A Collection of...
New Acquisitions: 1933 and the Definition of Fascism
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if...
a month ago
Today we’re going to look at definitions of fascism and ask the question – you may have guessed – if Donald Trump is running for President as a fascist. Worry not, this isn’t me shifting to full-time political pundit, nor is this the formal end of the hiatus (which will happen on...
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10 Interesting Propaganda Posters from Russia’s Civil War
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Plovdiv: Europe’s Oldest Continuously Inhabited City
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Classical Wisdom
Ancient Greek Art
Through the Ages
3 months ago
TheCollector
Abraham Lincoln’s Early Life: From Rural Kentucky to the White House
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3 months ago
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French & Belgian Occupation of the Ruhr: A Postwar Reparations Crisis
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Harvey Milk: Champion of LGBTQ & Civil Rights
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How Many U.S. Presidents Served Two Terms in Office?
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How Does Street Art Shape Cities?
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8 months ago
Wrong Side of...
The Phantom of Polarisation
Do people actually disagree that much?
a month ago
Do people actually disagree that much?
Wrong Side of...
On the Tory Cult of Personality and its Consequences
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
2 weeks ago
Badenoch will need to denounce Boris
TheCollector
Interview with Dr. Mark Solms on Freud & Surrealism
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5 months ago
History Today Feed
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
10 months ago
‘As Gods Among Men’ by Guido Alfani review
JamesHoare
Tue, 02/06/2024 - 11:03
Flashbak
A Painted Treatise on Cats From 19th Century Thailand
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi,...
8 months ago
This manuscript containing 12 paintings of different types of cats is in the format of a samut khoi, a Thai folding book that opens from top to bottom. It was made in the 19th century in central Siam (now Thailand) by an unknown artist. Such folding books were typically made from...
TheCollector
West Virginia Bill to Prosecute Museums for “Obscene” Artifacts?
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TheCollector
What Are the 5 Tallest Statues in the World?
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a year ago
CrimethInc.
Insurgent Survival : Reflections on the Fight Against Sweeps Targeting the Homeless in Austin, Texas
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps...
3 weeks ago
In 2019, militants in Austin, Texas started an organization with the aim of defending homeless camps against sweeps—forced removals disguised as “cleanups” carried out by cops and work crews. This organization, Stop the Sweeps, intervened in a cycle of struggles that included the...
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10 Historic Towns in Oregon Worth Visiting
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What Is the Gift of Tongues in the Bible?
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The History of the Tomato: The Fruit that Spread Round the World
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8 months ago
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Who Are the Major Prophets in the Bible?
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Paul Cézanne Work Sold by Christie’s
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a year ago
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The History of Appalachia & Its People
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a year ago
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20 Roman Emperors Who Defined Ancient Rome
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7 months ago
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Who Were the Most Important Women of the Bible?
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a year ago
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Mystery at Cheviot Beach: The Strange Disappearance of Harold Holt
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2 weeks ago
Open Culture
The Engineering of the Strandbeest: How the Magnificent Mechanical Creatures Have Technologically...
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have...
a week ago
Life evolves, but machines are invented: this dichotomy hardly conflicts with what most of us have learned about biology and technology. But certain specimens roaming around in the world can blur that line — and in the curious case of the Strandbeesten, they really are roaming...
History Today Feed
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
9 months ago
The Capetians: Medieval France’s Greatest Dynasty
JamesHoare
Wed, 03/20/2024 - 10:17
TheCollector
Who Is Chiron in Greek Mythology?
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Oskar Schindler: The Business Tycoon Who Became a Hero
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What Was the Great Migration in the US?
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A History of Alaska’s Indigenous People
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What Was the Sturmabteilung?
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10 months ago
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What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
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a year ago
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion: The US Fails to Overthrow Communist Cuba
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Artemisia Gentileschi Lost Painting in The U.K.’s Royal Collection
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a year ago
History Today Feed
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
4 months ago
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
JamesHoare
Tue, 08/06/2024 - 10:35
Flashbak
Gas Mask Photos: An Alternative Mask for the Halloween Season
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to...
2 months ago
The idea of disguise and wearing masks is central to art. From Saul Steinberg’s paper bag masks to those incredible masks of the African phantom, Wladyslaw T. Benda’s living masks and William Mortensen’s haunting portraits from West of Zanzibar, appearances are changed to deceive...
TheCollector
Empire of Mali: The Powerhouse of Western Africa
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TheCollector
How Did Socrates Shape Classical Greek Philosophy?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Philosophers of Different Eras Perceive Happiness?
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3 weeks ago
Classical Wisdom
Rituals and Religion
Belief in the Ancient World
a year ago
Belief in the Ancient World
History Today Feed
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
7 months ago
When Did Britain’s Age of Deference End – and Why?
JamesHoare
Thu, 05/02/2024 - 09:19
TheCollector
The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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a year ago
TheCollector
The Luftwaffe Under the Nazis: A Formidable Air Foe & Force
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Polyphemus: Who Was the Cyclops That Was Tricked by Odysseus?
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11 months ago
TheCollector
5 Key Myths About the Greek God Hades
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6 months ago
TheCollector
Faith Ringgold, Storytelling Quilt Artist, Dies at 93
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8 months ago
A Collection of...
Collections: How to Roman Republic 101, Addenda: The Socii
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V),...
a year ago
This week, as an addendum to our series on Roman civic governance (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IIIc, IV, V), we’re going to take a look at how Rome handles those parts of Italy it controls but which it does not inhabit. These are Rome’s ‘allies’ (socii), a euphemistic label for the...
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Rijksmuseum Discovers Identity of Couple Painted by Frans Hals
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6 months ago
Flashbak
High-Class Erotic Illustrations by Édouard-Henri Avril (NSFW)
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to...
4 months ago
In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pornography was the preserve of the well to do. Smut was published in shot-run books of a couple of hundred copies. These books were full of stories and poems, but the highlights were the explicit erotic illustrations drawn...
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Meet Queen Cat, Secret Cat and Dunce Cat From Kittens and Cats: A First Reader (1911)
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your...
2 weeks ago
The cat is regal in Kittens and Cats: A First Reader, 1911. The premise is simple: dress up your cat, take a picture and give it a witty caption. So we get to meet Hero Cat, Queen Cat, Party Cat and the very much of its time Dunce Cat. Author Eulalie Osgood Grover … Continue...
TheCollector
A Roman Sarcophagus Discovered by French Archaeologists
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a year ago
TheCollector
Emil Nolde: Great Painter of German Expressionism or Ardent Nazi?
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a week ago
History Today Feed
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
7 months ago
When the Swastikas Came to White Hart Lane
JamesHoare
Tue, 05/21/2024 - 08:47
Dreams of Space -...
Looking Into Science (1965)
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965...
over a year ago
Here is a re-post, with new scans, of one of my most popular series of books. There was a 1965 textbook for children call Looking Into Science. They reused the contents in a series of booklets that I would like to share with you. There were a large number of these booklets...
TheCollector
How Found Objects Became Central to Modern Art
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TheCollector
How Nazi Propaganda Appropriated the Vikings
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a year ago
Classical Wisdom
Do We Need Passports? Or Borders?
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
a year ago
Watch now (23 sec) | Crossing with Radiohead
TheCollector
History of the Origin of Manned Flight: More than Just Planes
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9 months ago
TheCollector
How Did Muscovy Become Russia?
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2 months ago
TheCollector
Rome’s Greatest Defeat? Hannibal’s Victory at Cannae
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TheCollector
The Elgin Marbles: 5 of the Parthenon’s Incredible Sculptures
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a year ago
TheCollector
What Is the History of Halloween?
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a year ago
Trying to Understand...
Only Connect ....
We are lost in a haunted wood.
2 months ago
We are lost in a haunted wood.
TheCollector
The History of Social Welfare Programs (& Current Debates)
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11 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Early Christian Poetry
A Forgotten Genre?
8 months ago
Classical Wisdom
Why Aren’t We Happy?
Count no man happy until the end is known
5 months ago
Count no man happy until the end is known
TheCollector
What Is Hermeneutics? Explaining the Theory of Interpretation
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3 months ago
Trying to Understand...
Another Of My Essays in French
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
a year ago
Le choc des symboles; ils sont vraiment sérieux.
History Today Feed
Moving With the Times?
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
6 months ago
Moving With the Times?
JamesHoare
Tue, 06/11/2024 - 10:35
TheCollector
5 Great Reads by Charles Dickens
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Flashbak
See The Rolling Stones 1966 Tour Program
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay...
5 months ago
In 1966, The Rolling Stones were on tour, supported by The Yardbirds, Long John Baldry and Peter Jay and the New Jaywalkers and Ike & Tina Turner. Formed in 1962, The Stones had their first number one in ‘64 and in 1966 had released what was to be their breakthrough album an...
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Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his...
4 months ago
Shown at the Venice Biennale 2024, Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life And Death exhibition features his 1970s portraits of artists on New York’s Lower East Side and images from the 1960s of the dead in Palermo’s catacombs. Peter Hujar’s (October 11, 1934 – November 26, 1987) black...
TheCollector
Was Brittany Founded by Magnus Maximus?
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TheCollector
What Were the Enclosure Acts?
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a year ago
TheCollector
Chicago Art Institute Can Keep Egon Schiele Work
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9 months ago
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Picasso to Lead Emily Fisher Landau’s Collection at Sotheby’s
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a year ago
TheCollector
Who Was Dorothy Day? The Radical Life of a Catholic Anarchist
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Joseph Kony & the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda
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12 months ago