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The Library That Fled - How the Warburg Institute Carried Cultural Memory Out of Nazi Germany
In December 1933 two small steamers slipped down the Elbe carrying the intellectual cargo of a vanishing Germany. Aboard the Hermia and the Jessica were 531 boxes holding some 60,000 books and 25,000
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See all: The Library That Fled - How the Warburg Institute Carried Cultural Memory Out of Nazi GermanyThe Library That Fled - How the Warburg Institute Carried Cultural Memory Out of Nazi Germany
In December 1933 two small steamers slipped down the Elbe carrying the intellectual cargo of a vanishing Germany. Aboard the Hermia and the Jessica were 531 boxes holding some 60,000 books and 25,000
The Concrete Heart of London, a Walk Through Brutalism's Revival
London's brutalist landmarks were once decried as monstrous carbuncles, but today they draw architecture pilgrims from across the globe. The Barbican Estate, National Theatre, and Trellick Tower form
What a Comic Shop Is Worth When the Money Stops
A collection is only valuable while somebody agrees to value it. That agreement is usually invisible, held in place by auction records and insurance schedules. Stuart Fails to Save the Universe, the H
Anselm Kiefer at 80 - Lead, Ash and the Art of Memory
Few artists have built a career out of things designed to fall apart. Anselm Kiefer, who turned 80 in March 2025, makes paintings from lead, ash, straw and dried flowers, materials chosen precisely be