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Symplegma by John Henry Fuseli

Abstract Expressionist, Joan Mitchell, in her studio. Paris, 1956.

Ingrid Bergman in Journey to Italy (Roberto Rossellini, 1954)

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Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)

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Photo by Cristina Malcorra

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Photo by David William Baum. 90º

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In a bookshop this evening, I heard an author’s interview. An older woman, slightly out of breath, filled the room with her expressive and nervous... Read More

Photo by Sam Hessamian. Colorized.

She shifts continuously in her seat. Her hair is orange in the sun, and dried out. Red, yellow and blue of America in the 90s, or of... Read More

Françoise Kirkland by Douglas Kirkland

The photograph shows Douglas Kirkland with his wife, Françoise Kirkland, in Paris. Douglas Kirkland was an American photographer whose career spanned more than six decades,... Read More

Photograph by Ashley Markle for SC103, shown rotated 90º.

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Since the kiss in the mountains, time is guided on the golden summer of her hands and the ivy swerves. Text by René Char

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A doctor’s note written for Winston Churchill during his 1932 visit to the United States, permitting his alcohol consumption during Prohibition.

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Roland Barthes. The Fashion System.

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Rowena Cade, Photographer unknown.

In this photograph by an unknown photographer, possibly a friend or colleague on site, we see Rowena Cade being pushed in a wheelbarrow through Minack... Read More

THE ONLY PEOPLE FOR ME ARE THE MAD ONES, THE ONES WHO ARE MAD TO LIVE, MAD TO TALK, MAD TO BE SAVED, DESIROUS OF... Read More

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Anthony Cudahy

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Moulded leather bag by LEMAIRE

The Carlos Bag was a collaboration between Sarah-Linh Tran, co-artistic director of LEMAIRE and Chilean artist and craftsman Carlos Peñafiel.

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The Good Life, photographed by @JohnnyDufort and styled by @lottavolkova For Middle Plane 11 Starring @teachherhowtohun1 Makeup Artist @thomasdekluyver Hair Stylist @cyndiaharvey Casting Director: @julialangecasting Production: @voile.studio @dobedorepresents

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Snow. Robert Watts, Events, 1964.

Cy Twombly's Iron Curtain at the Vienna State Opera, 2010-11. Since 1998, the series

'Iron Curtain, conceived by @museuminprogress, has been transforming the safety curtain of the Vienna State Opera into a temporary exhibition space for contemporary art since...

Business card of Yves Klein

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Now showing at "Art of Noise" at Cooper Hewitt. Stereo Chest, 1973; Designed and made by Wendell Castle (American, 1932-2018); Stack-laminated and carved walnut, leather, metal, rubber, plastic, electronic components.

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Photo by Glen Luchford for 10 Corso Como Gallery Milan. Image via Modem.

A new exhibition at 10 Corso Como Gallery in Milan, “Glen Luchford. Atlas”, runs until 23 December 2025 and is a site-specific show designed by... Read More

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Photo by Johnny Dufort / Lotta Volkova

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Gary Bunt

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Photo by Gaston Suaya

Photo by Adele M. Reed

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Photo by Goldfield Foxe

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Lovers In New York. Weegee.

Weegee’s photograph of a couple kissing in the darkened cinema captures a fleeting intimacy amid the anonymity of the crowd. Lit only by the projector’s... Read More

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Optimism! Laughs! Force yourself into good spirits! Drink a feeling of confidence and of being alive and be drunk always! Text by John White

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Miu Miu SS24

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Photo by Eva Besnyö, “The Wannsee Lido, Berlin, 1931”. Colorized.

Eva Besnyö, though widely recognized for her striking photography of interwar Berlin and Amsterdam, is less often noted as a pivotal figure in the Dutch... Read More

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Comme des garçons

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Puiforcat for Rachel Whiteread

Rachel Whiteread’s collaboration with Puiforcat turned the creases and ridges of solid silver tableware in a way that reminds you of something like corrugated cardboard,... Read More

Photo by Theo Sion

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Susan Meiselas, Dee, JoJo. Frankie and Lisa after school on Prince Street. Little Italy, New York City, USA, 1976

When Susan Meiselas made Prince Street, Little Italy in 1976, she was teaching photography workshops on the side to support her early projects. Few know... Read More

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Research sketches of different versions of the Fauteuil Grand Confort. Collection Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand.

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Textile design by Grace Atkinson

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Fabric pendant lamp by Gunnar Eklöf, 1940.

Gunnar Eklöf (1909–1963) was a Swedish architect and furniture designer. He worked extensively with interiors for hospitals, schools, and civic spaces, where design was treated... Read More

Bedroom of Alexander Iolas, 1983.

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John Waters Senior, C-R-A-Z-Y, 1991. Collection of John Waters.

In 1994, filmmaker John Waters unwrapped an unusual Christmas gift from his father: a drawing hastily made after discovering how much his son had spent... Read More

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School of Athens, 1961 by Cy Twombly (1928-2011, United States)

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Letter from Bob Dylan to Katharine Hepburn

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Detail from Willia Adolphe Bouguereau’s Pieta

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Leda and Swan in Roman mosaic

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Morandi’s Objects by Joel Meyerowitz via @editions.mag via @hazz_journal

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German silver double-bowl undermount sink removed from a house in Chicago and likely made by Elkay Manufacturing circa 1920 in the Chicago area.

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Non lo so. Non lo so. Non lo so. Non lo so. Non lo so. Non lo so. Non lo so. Non lo so. Non... Read More

Mina

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The way human beings speak is so heartbreaking to me—we never sound the way we want to sound. We’re always stopping ourselves in mid–sentence because... Read More

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What are people reading??

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Our aliveness is our erotic nature.

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Her old gold sweater’s sleeves were rolled up above her elbows, with another of gray denim tied around her waist, with blue pants and black... Read More

Photo by Tatjana Radičević. Colorized.

Walking down the street, in a kind of fog produced by the sun. At the train station, a Turkish man with his sleeves rolled up... Read More