Brooklyn Museum at 200 Celebrates Beauty and Art’s Hidden History

The Brooklyn Museum’s reinstalled American Art collection includes, from left, Joseph Stella, “The Virgin”; Emma Amos, “Flower Sniffer”; Kenzo Okada, “Flower Study”; Loïs Mailou Jones, textile design, 1928, reproduced on wallpaper by Flavor Paper.Credit...
 
"At 200 years young, the Brooklyn Museum, the second largest art museum in New York City, has begun celebrating the bicentennial of its founding. And it’s doing so in characteristic fashion — meaning in ways that make traditionalists crazy. It is emphatically re-emphasizing what it has, basically, long been: an institution with the heart and soul of an alternative space enclosed in the body of a traditional museum. And it does so with two large-scale season-opening projects. One is a complete rehang and rethink of its American art galleries, filtering centuries of art from two hemispheres through a post-Black Lives Matter lens. The other, less radical, is a community-based roundup of new work by more than 200 contemporary artists living and working in the borough. Let me wedge in some history here. ..."


Credit...The American (Art) Study in the Brooklyn Museum offers alternate histories, and lenses, on artworks, updated with ongoing interpretation.
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How to Make Poetry Comics

"... A poetry comic is a perfect way to capture the here and now. Where are you? What do you see? What are you thinking about? Make a poetry comic that’s a window into the present moment. Now get up and go for a walk down the block. Be sure to bring your sketchbook. Let the page create a sense of direction. Let your character move horizontally through the panels of the comic as you move through the world. ... It might be a fun exercise to try this with a well-known poem you love. Say, one by William Carlos Williams or Emily Dickinson. Other times, you’ll sketch a wordless comic strip. Can words enhance the pictures? Can they do more than merely repeat what’s happening visually? ..."
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Judge Unseals New Evidence in Federal Election Case Against Trump


"... Those accounts were among new evidence disclosed in a court filing made public on Wednesday in which the special counsel investigating Mr. Trump made his case for why the former president is not immune from prosecution on federal charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election. Made public by Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the Federal District Court in Washington, the 165-page brief was partly redacted but expansive, adding details to the already extensive record of how Mr. Trump lost the race but attempted nonetheless to cling to power. The brief from the prosecution team led by the special counsel, Jack Smith, asserts that there is ample evidence that Mr. Trump’s efforts to remain in office were those of a desperate losing candidate rather than official acts of a president that would be considered immune from prosecution under a landmark Supreme Court ruling this summer. ..."





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Apples, Clogs and Pottery: Parees Celebrates Asturian Identity

Marat Morik. Faro

"In its seventh year, the Parees Festival continues to enrich Oviedo’s urban landscape, adding three new murals and bringing its collection to a remarkable total of forty works. Local, national, and international artists have left their mark on the city through this contextual muralism festival, each piece echoing the rich cultural fabric of Asturias. Organized by the Oviedo Municipal Foundation of Culture, Parees stands out as one of the few mural festivals that authentically reflects the city’s community, history, and environment—almost as if the walls are narrating the soul of Oviedo. This year’s festival underscores its commitment to Asturian identity by paying tribute to regional symbols such as Faro pottery, the iconic wooden clog (madreña), and the apple, deeply ingrained in local tradition. ..." 


Marat Morik. Faro
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Viennese coffee house culture


"The Viennese coffee house is a typical institution of Vienna that played an important part in shaping Viennese culture. ... The social practices, rituals, and elegance create the very specific atmosphere of the Viennese café. Coffee houses entice with a wide variety of coffee drinks, international newspapers, and pastry creations. Typical for Viennese coffee houses are marble tabletops, Thonet chairs, newspaper tables and interior design details in the style of historicism. ...Unlike some other café traditions around the world, it is completely normal for a customer to linger alone for hours and study the omnipresent newspaper. Along with coffee, the waiter will serve an obligatory glass of cold tap water and during a long stay will often bring additional water unrequested, with the idea to serve the guest with an exemplary sense of attention. ..."
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Murder Ballads by Various

"100 track collection of vintage Murder Ballads, songs that have evolved from British & European Folklore, murders & tragedies to American outlaws & gangsters... featuring Folk, Blues & County icons such as... - Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Willie McTell, Bob Dylan, Brownie McGhee, Burl Ives, Champion Jack Dupree, Charley Patton, Charley Pride, Earl Johnson, Ethel Waters, Johnny Cash, Josh White, Kid Bailey, Lead Belly, Lefty Frizzell, Long 'Cleve' Reed & Little Harvey Hull, Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group, Marty Robbins, Mike Seeger, Mississippi John Hurt, Peggy Seeger, Pete Seeger, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Red River Dave McEnery, Roscoe Holcomb, Sippie Wallace, The Louvin Brothers, Woody Guthrie - a sub-genre of the traditional ballads, make up a notable portion of traditional ballads, many of which originated in Scandinavia, England, and lowland Scotland in the premodern era. In those, while the murder is committed, the murderer usually suffers justice at the hands of the victim's family, even if the victim and murderer are related. Perspectives are numerous. ..."

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