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Tooth, Claw, Fire, Rain

A beginner’s guide to dragons

5 min readMar 28, 2024

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Tooth, Claw, Fire, Rain

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Minneapolis Institute of Art

The Gift of Gordon Parks

The great American photographer shed an artful light on injustice. His grand-niece is using his legacy to inspire.

7 min readJan 2, 2024

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The Gift of Gordon Parks

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Native American Art is American Art

But it has almost never been shown this way. That’s starting to change.

7 min readJan 2, 2024

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Native American Art is American Art

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The Future of Indigenous Photography

Jaida Grey Eagle, photographer and curator, reflects on the power of taking imagery into one’s own hands

4 min readDec 5, 2023

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The Future of Indigenous Photography

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The Beauty of Chaos

Renowned Japanese artist Ken Matsubara reflects on his Buddhist masterwork and knowing when to let go

4 min readOct 4, 2023

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The Beauty of Chaos

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Into the Light

Rediscovering a collection of Latin American art, long hidden from view

4 min readSep 20, 2023

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Into the Light

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Minneapolis Institute of Art

The High Drama of Baroque Art

A wall of epic paintings from the Barberini palace evokes power, prestige, and spiritual anguish

4 min readSep 1, 2023

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The High Drama of Baroque Art

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A Miniature Painting Reveals a Vast World

How the few square inches of “Shiva and Parvati with Companions” contains multitudes

3 min readSep 1, 2023

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A Miniature Painting Reveals a Vast World

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Minneapolis Institute of Art

A Forgotten Master, Rediscovered

One curator’s 15-year quest to recover the life and work of Fukuda Kodōjin, a legendary artist whose legacy was lost in the aftermath of…

7 min readJun 14, 2023

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A Forgotten Master, Rediscovered

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Minneapolis Institute of Art

Death by Art

It’s one of the most famous paintings in the world: Caravaggio’s Judith beheading Holofernes. Now we know how a woman would paint it today.

5 min readMay 25, 2023

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