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How an Indigenous Weaver’s Mastery of Color Infuses Her Tapestries With a Life Force

Posted on 01/04/2025 by alicia

October 16, 2024 A red tapestry is edged with indigo at the top and bottom and features an undulating line of the same color across the top quarter. The work is a flat rectangle of wool, but the vibrancy of the … Continue reading →

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How Golden Peacocks on a Dining Room Wall Destroyed a Longstanding Friendship in Victorian Society

Posted on 01/04/2025 by alicia

July 19, 2024 When James McNeill Whistler put the final, defiant flourishes upon two golden peacocks on art collector Frederick Leyland’s dining room wall, it was an act that would lead to the end of a long and lucrative friendship, and the … Continue reading →

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