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Elaine de Kooning Paints a Picture
The selected writings of a cherished Abstract Expressionist painter made a firm mark on the history of art. Sharing excerpts from The Spirit of Abstract…
Jan 24
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Learning from house museums
A school-like assignment for enjoying historic architecture. Learn about a new-to-you place, discover the identities of the people associated with it…
Aug 20
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I wrote an essay for The Metropolitan Museum of Art!
Sharing The Met's "From the Vaults" film series and a very special Eames film: Metropolitan Overview.
Jun 18
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Kelsey Rose
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The Museum of Drawers: famous artists collaborating in miniature
A unique, curatorial art experiment begun in 1970 by Herbert Distel. In its form, it’s a twenty-story haberdashery storage cabinet that Distel…
Apr 2
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Calder's "Spirale" sculpture and its best friend, the Eiffel Tower
Imagining 1958 at the Palais de l'UNESCO in Paris, and I'm selling a vintage photograph of it!
Mar 17
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Kelsey Rose
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Art/design books I bought in Paris—and must-visit bookshops
The art of tying books to specific moments and geographic spots. Featuring Suzanne Duchamp, artist couples, Le Grand Palais, 100 years of Art Deco, and…
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Kelsey Rose
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ONE PIECE: Interviewing Sandy Sanchez about her favorite art, clothing, decor, and reads (vol. 5)
Still life oil paintings, Noguchi, and books galore in the heart of New York City—all thanks to Sandy. ❣️
Oct 30
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Sandy Sanchez
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ABSOLUMENT ! is two years old—my goodness!!!
❥Celebrating 90 writings about art, architecture, design, books, and stories of moving to France. Thank you for absolutely everything!
Oct 24
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100 years of Calder's circus
Alexander Calder transformed wire, cloth, and ordinary materials into a lively spectacle, pre-dating performance art.
Oct 17
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Not-Trespassing: The Mackintosh House in Glasgow
The home of designers and artists Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh has been faithfully reconstructed inside of an art gallery…
Oct 8
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Kelsey Rose
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Art/design books I bought in Paris—and must-visit bookshops
The art of tying books to specific moments and geographic spots. Featuring Suzanne Duchamp, artist couples, Le Grand Palais, 100 years of Art Deco, and…
Nov 6
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Kelsey Rose
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ONE PIECE: Interviewing Sandy Sanchez about her favorite art, clothing, decor, and reads (vol. 5)
Still life oil paintings, Noguchi, and books galore in the heart of New York City—all thanks to Sandy. ❣️
Oct 30
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Kelsey Rose
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Sandy Sanchez
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ABSOLUMENT ! is two years old—my goodness!!!
❥Celebrating 90 writings about art, architecture, design, books, and stories of moving to France. Thank you for absolutely everything!
Oct 24
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Kelsey Rose
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100 years of Calder's circus
Alexander Calder transformed wire, cloth, and ordinary materials into a lively spectacle, pre-dating performance art.
Oct 17
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Kelsey Rose
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architecture
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Art/design books I bought in Paris—and must-visit bookshops
The art of tying books to specific moments and geographic spots. Featuring Suzanne Duchamp, artist couples, Le Grand Palais, 100 years of Art Deco, and…
Nov 6
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Kelsey Rose
19
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ABSOLUMENT ! is two years old—my goodness!!!
❥Celebrating 90 writings about art, architecture, design, books, and stories of moving to France. Thank you for absolutely everything!
Oct 24
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Kelsey Rose
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Not-Trespassing: The Mackintosh House in Glasgow
The home of designers and artists Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh has been faithfully reconstructed inside of an art gallery…
Oct 8
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Kelsey Rose
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A Hodgepodge! Character homes and modern art book updates
feat. Villa Schöningen, Vienna-esque apartments in Paris, and a new Frank O'Hara biography
Sep 18
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Kelsey Rose
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Art/design books I bought in Paris—and must-visit bookshops
The art of tying books to specific moments and geographic spots. Featuring Suzanne Duchamp, artist couples, Le Grand Palais, 100 years of Art Deco, and…
Nov 6
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Kelsey Rose
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Henri Matisse lived several depressed weeks on my historic Basque street
At seventy years old, in 1940, artist Henri Matisse found himself recently divorced, depressed, and escaping Paris in anticipation of war. He landed in…
Aug 11
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Living in a French seaside village of 6,000
Experiencing the charming Basque Country as a big-city American.
Mar 10
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