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Gujarat's 19 century trailblazer: 'My Truth' revives legacy of Veer Narmad

Gujarat's 19 century trailblazer: 'My Truth' revives legacy...

Narmad was, thus, our very own Samuel Johnson, besides being his own James Boswel...

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Sumana Roy's book traces Bengal writers' empathy with plants, objects

Sumana Roy's book traces Bengal writers' empathy with plants,...

Phloem plays a similar role for Plant Thinkers of Twentieth-Century Bengal

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Anirudh Kanisetti's 'Lords of Earth and Sea' explores legacy of the Cholas

Anirudh Kanisetti's 'Lords of Earth and Sea' explores legacy...

Beyond the lively empire-building narrative, Kanisetti offers a sobering portrait...

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Foreign policy in Amrit Kaal: 75 key events, limited fresh insight

Foreign policy in Amrit Kaal: 75 key events, limited fresh...

Harsh Pant and Anant Singh Mann draw on 75 years of history to chart India's foreign...

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CONTACT Photography Festival Activates Toronto With Citywide Lens-Based Art

CONTACT Photography Festival Activates Toronto With Citywide...

Through exhibitions and public art, the 2025 festival addresses the importance of...

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What if Peacemakers Shaped the Future?

What if Peacemakers Shaped the Future?

Poetics of Power, grounded in feminist critique, imagines a world free from militarized,...

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The Contested History of American Labor

The Contested History of American Labor

An exhibition shows that our beleaguered present is not apocalyptically singular...

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The Everyday Lives of Women’s Clothing 

The Everyday Lives of Women’s Clothing 

Real Clothes, Real Lives shows that women have adapted their attire to accommodate...

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The Danish Women Who Made Modernism Radical

The Danish Women Who Made Modernism Radical

A new book invites us into the tight-knit circle of women modernists in late-19th-century...

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Texas Schools Ban Lesson Over Exposed Nipple on Virginia Flag 

Texas Schools Ban Lesson Over Exposed Nipple on Virginia...

“Nudity on a state flag is an absurd justification to censor a history lesson,”...

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26-Foot Nick Cave Sculpture Heads to Michigan Sculpture Park

26-Foot Nick Cave Sculpture Heads to Michigan Sculpture...

The artist’s bronze "Amalgam (Origin)" will join works by the likes of Auguste Rodin...

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NYC Subway Mural Evokes Hilma af Klint’s Mysticism

NYC Subway Mural Evokes Hilma af Klint’s Mysticism

An abstract mural by feminist collective Hilma's Ghost draws from tarot archetypes...

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A View From the Easel

A View From the Easel

“This workspace allows the out of doors to come in.”

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Required Reading

Required Reading

This week: colonial photography through a Diné lens, Kikkoman soy sauce bottle design,...

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20 ELLE-Approved Must-Haves From Sephora’s Spring Sale

20 ELLE-Approved Must-Haves From Sephora’s Spring Sale

Merit, Saie, and more—now up to 30 percent off.

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Experts Agree—These Sunscreens Are the Very Best at Protecting Acne-Prone Skin

Experts Agree—These Sunscreens Are the Very Best at Protecting...

Find derm-approved picks from La Roche-Posay, Supergoop, and more.