Todd Webb, a Photographer Who Once Walked From New York to San Francisco, Has Archive Preserved
Todd WebbThe Sixth Avenue (Sixth Avenue Between 43rd and 44th Streets), New York, New York, 1948. The MUUS…
Claudine Longet dead: Starlet who shot her Olympian boyfriend was 84
Claudine Longet, the French-born star and ex-wife of crooner Andy Williams who became notorious for the fatal shooting…
An Interactive Archive Celebrates the Wide Ranging Projects Inviting ‘Unruly Play’ — Colossal
“Play is how we give permission,” says Vitor Freire, co-founder of the Amsterdam-based studio Imagination of Things. “Permission…
Saving Lee Miller: Exhibition Tries to Secure Iconic Photographer’s Legacy
Lee Miller, Model Elizabeth Cowell wearing Digby Morton suit, London 1941. Lee Miller Archives. © Lee Miller Archives,…
Grandson Discovers 80,000 Stunning Travel Photos Taken By His Grandfather
Jack Smith is now the custodian of his granddad’s archives. Late in 2021, Jack Smith opened the first…
Conrad Bakker Recreated All 1,100+ Books in Pioneering Land Artist Robert Smithson’s Personal Library — Colossal
An autodidact and polymath, Robert Smithson cemented himself as one of the pre-eminent land artists in his short…
Behind the Scenes, On Display: Self-Curated Journeys through the Museum Archive
V&A East Storehouse / Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Image © Hufton + Crow Share Share Facebook Twitter Mail…
How the Getty is preserving L.A.’s Black heritage amid DEI rollbacks
The Western canon of art history is dominated by white men. The canon itself is the product of…
A respite to the world: picking up more books
Actually, thanks to my wiseguy wife, I will be doing something more than goofing off on vacation. I’ll…