By turns whimsical and poignant, Kalman’s Women Holding Things combines two of her most consistent subjects: women and beloved objects.
Maira Kalman
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What Hyperallergic Is Reading Right Now
Hyperallergic staff are all working from home these days and we thought we’d share what we’ve been reading in our private moments offline.
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The Skirball Cultural Center Presents Sara Berman’s Closet
A one-of-a-kind exhibition by artists Maira Kalman and Alex Kalman inspired by the fascinating life of their family matriarch. On view through March 10.
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Jewish Museum and NYPL Acquire Works By Maira Kalman, and Storm King Commissions Sarah Sze
Plus, Sotheby’s Midas Touch sale brings in almost $4 million, and Thomas Jefferson’s notes sell at auction.
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Maira Kalman’s Daily Digressions
In the writer and illustrator Maira Kalman’s latest project, she narrates a morning workout at the Metropolitan Museum of Art that exemplifies her digressive spirit and openness to new ideas.
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The Kalman Family’s Language of Looking
“Anything becomes interesting if you look at it long enough,” Gustave Flaubert wrote in a letter.
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Curating Design from Cradle to Grave: Maira Kalman at Cooper Hewitt
Maira Kalman Selects, one of eight inaugural shows at the newly renovated Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, features precisely what its title promises: a group of objects from the Smithsonian collections handpicked by artist, author, and designer Maira Kalman.
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Maira Kalman’s Empathetic Portraits
The girl stands awkwardly, her arms crossed over her stomach. Below them she wears high-waisted shorts, wrinkled through with creases and rolled at the bottom; above them she wears a frilly top. And above that, her deeply furrowed brow, mirrored by the part in her neatly done hair.
