Statues of limitations
byExperts say that we must put controversial monuments in the context of their times. But it’s one thing to study the past, another to celebrate it.
Abraham Lincoln
Couture confidante
byThe story of Elizabeth Keckley – dressmaker and confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln and later an author and civil rights activist – is one of the most astonishing in the history of American fashion. Her success involved the dismantling of racial and gender barriers, leading her to fame and fortune during the nation’s most turbulent period.
Bend it like Lincoln
byTake a page from Honest Abe in committing to your goals.
Memorial Day – more than just a holiday
byIt is the traditional kickoff to the summer season, even though summer is still a few weeks away, a time when families fire up…
Second life for photographer Gordon Parks
byIt’s been said that the artist never dies. And the same for the art produced. The late Gordon Parks, whose collection has found a…
Touched by the sun: Dazzle shines, warms – and burns
byWhat makes someone or something dazzling? Is it virtuosity, or a kind of sleight-of-hand, an act of manipulation? Maybe it’s a little of both.
A Dazzling Bakers Dozen
byFrom Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics to Felix Baumgartner’s historic skydive and James Bond’s golden “Skyfall,” there was plenty of shock…