Editor’s letter
We begin the new year – our year of Visions – with “2020 Visions” and a backward glance at a not-so-distant mirror of our time, the Roaring ’20s.
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Great aspirations
Making a case for “The Great Gatsby” – the quintessential 1920s tale – as the great American novel
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A not so distant mirror
The Roaring ’20s planted the seeds of the modern era.
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In focus
Marcy B. Freedman, the veteran Croton-on-Hudson performance artist, recaps her interactive “2020 vision” project and gives us a preview of her projects for the 2020.
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20 acts toward the ’20 women’s vote
The story of women’s suffrage in the United States is one of jagged progress, rivalry among women’s groups and conflict between women and black men, who were also struggling to establish their enfranchisement. But in the end, women got the vote when the 19th Amendment was passed Aug. 18, 1920.
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The reluctant president
James Abram Garfield never intended to become the 20th President of the United States and, after his inauguration, he had little opportunity to show his brand of leadership. But his life and death offer the story of a man who both shaped his era while falling victim to its limitations.
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Two’s enough
In life and in art, the doppelgänger can be friend or foe.
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(Platform) tennis, anyone?
It’s one racket sport you can enjoy here outdoors in the winter.
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Fashionably drawn
Fashion illustration gets its due in a new show celebrating 100 years of its “visionaries.”
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Sweet on sweets
Sweet but not sugary: Meet the ebullient Dylan Lauren.
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An ear for music, an eye for art
Singer Tony Bennett brings his accomplished paintings to The Art Students League.
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Faux fur fun
Chloe Mendel — daughter of Gilles Mendel of J. Mendel fame – is putting her own spin on following in her family’s furrier-fashion footsteps.
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History, in fashion
The noted fashion historian and author Caroline Rennolds Milbank – who has lectured locally – shares her thoughts on fashions of the 1920s and their legacy.
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It’s ‘About Time’ at The Met
The Metropolitan Museum of Art takes a look back, while looking ahead, in “About Time: Fashion and Duration.” This next Costume Institute blockbuster will open May 7.
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The colorful whirl of Alex Proba
Alex Proba is not just an artist, she’s an artist slash muralist slash graphic designer slash rug designer slash sculptor slash furniture designer. (Get the picture?)
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1920s elegance meets 2020 luxury
This Greenwich home, nestled in historic Khakum Wood, marries traditional beauty with contemporary living.
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A trendsetter, by design
Eileen Gray, a pioneer of the Modern movement in architecture and furniture design and an Irishwoman who rose to international fame in the 1920s, is the subject of a career retrospective at Bard Graduate Center Gallery.
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Double delights in design
Using doubles or pairs in decorating solidifies the symmetry of a room.
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A toast to the ‘noble experiment’
Prohibition – America’s “noble experiment,” which helped define the Roaring ’20s – had a complex history whose unforeseen consequences offer a cautionary tale for our own time.
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Tender (and grand) is the Hotel du Cap
Nowhere did the 1920s roar more than at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc on the French Riviera.
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