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Editor’s Letter– November/December 2020
I wondered how cultural institutions, desperate for attendance, were handling the restrictions forced by the coronavirus pandemic, and took a stroll along New York’s “Museum Mile” on Fifth Avenue.
Simple, Pure, Elegant
On the jewelry designs of modernist master Betty Cooke.
Teaching Tolerance through the Detritus of Intolerance
Lessons from the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia in Michigan.
A Visit to Kettle’s Yard
A London folk art dealer reflects on the inspiration he has drawn from the home of a scholar and art collector in Cambridge, England.
Rooms With a Viewpoint
On the Minneapolis Institute of Art’s long-term project to breathe fresh life into its period rooms.
Openings and Closings: September 30 to October 6
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Slavery and Suffrage on Nantucket
To elaborate on the history of the suffragist movements, the Nantucket Historical Association has assembled a group of objects—paintings, literary paraphernalia, sculptures, and more—from those two successive waves of activism, which helped win the vote first for Blacks, then for women.
Baroque Pearls
A forthcoming exhibition and its catalog examine the art of the Old Masters in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Genoa.
Openings and Closings: September 23 to September 29
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