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This week, watch a performance of words describing women, learn about the state of LGBTQ rights in Ukraine, rethink domesticity with Rodney McMillan, and more.
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Hans Holbein's Anamorphic Skull as a Temporary Tattoo
A huge, distorted skull appears like a slash across Hans Holbein the Younger's 1533 "The Ambassadors," and it's only when viewed from an angle that the death's head emerges from the painting in three dimensions. It's one of the most famous uses of anamorphosis, but how to communicate this unique ome
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Rescuing the Logbooks of 19th-Century Whaling Ships
Each whaling ship that departed the northeastern United States carried a logbook aboard, in which whale hunts, shipwrecks, weather conditions, and daily sailing life were recorded.
Art
Taking the Branding Out of Brands in a Small British Town
BRIGHTON, UK — In an age of cuddly brands that want to be your friend, these products offer a chance to connect with real people, and the overall look echoes bustling market stalls rather than distant marketing brainstorms.
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Artist Casts His Body Parts in Disturbing Commentary on Grindr
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. — Many women will happily tell you — if only you looked them in the eye instead of the chest — there is something deeply alienating about being reduced to one’s body parts.
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Cage aux Folios: Mark Dion Makes a Library for Birds
It takes a few minutes for the avian residents of Mark Dion's "The Library for the Birds of New York" to settle back into their chirping and fluttering after you've entered the giant cage and stepped below the strange white oak laden with books.
Art
The Vanishing Practice of Hunting with Golden Eagles in Mongolia
In the treacherous Altai Mountains in the far reaches of western Mongolia, golden eagles build their nests high up on rock faces.
Books
Rethinking Life Beneath Our Cities' Concrete Overpasses
With the rapid development of transportation infrastructure in the 20th century, much of our urban land was shrouded in shadow.
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A 3D Database of Threatened Syrian Heritage Sites
A team of digital surveyors is working to create the world's largest 3D database of archaeological sites in Syria, focusing on those at risk of destruction.
Performance
An Immersive Theater Trip to a 1970s Tropical Paradise
Only minutes after walking through a hallway painted like the cabin of an airplane and handing my mock boarding pass to a charming man in a Hawaiian shirt, who greeted me with a lei, I was in a secret room getting a tarot reading.
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The Saga of Affordable Housing, from the Historical to the Personal
This is not just an informative and enlightening show; it's also an important one, one that gets us to look at what, for some of us, is necessary to live in this particular time and place.