Within their historical context in an exhibition at Freer | Sackler, the empresses of China’s Qing Dynasty succeeded in making meaningful lives for themselves, and that is something to celebrate and admire.
Author Archives: Dany Chan
Dany is an art historian, author, and fiction writer currently working on her second novel. You can read about her art writing archived on her website and follow along as she jams on her planners. You can give her a holler @dany3chan.
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The Horrors and Delights of the Surrealist Subconscious
Two exhibitions at the Baltimore Museum of Art revel in the unique strangeness of one’s mind.
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Refashioning the Kimono, from Fine Art to Pop Culture
Kimono Refashioned asks what it is about the kimono that has captivated designers worldwide, for well over a century.
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Contemporary East Asian Photography Through the Lens of Time
The individual visual narratives in Time Frames make up our collective human history.
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Textile Artists Weave 21st-Century Stories
A new exhibit showcases contemporary takes on the millennia-old art of textile-making, from El Anatsui’s shimmering bottle-cap tapestries to Nevet Yitzhak’s renditions of Afghan war rugs.
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A Brief History of the Color Pink in Fashion, from the 1700s to Today
A new exhibition at FIT chronicles the evolution of a “punk, pretty, powerful color” in the world of fashion.
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The Strange and Artful Worlds of A Wrinkle in Time
Ava DuVernay’s sci-fi blockbuster follows its characters from a verdant world right out of a Hudson River School painting to a glowing space worthy of James Turrell.