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Image of Pablo Picasso, Mlle Léonie from Max Jacob, Saint Matorel, 1910/11
‘People of the Book’: Léger, Cendrars and the Livre d’Artiste
Caroline Levitt examines La Fin du monde within the broader tradition of modernist artist’s books.
Caroline Levitt
June 3
Image of Thorvald Hellesen, Peinture, 1920
La Fin du monde in Context
Christopher Green considers the geopolitical and cultural factors that influenced La Fin du monde.
Christopher Green
June 1
Image of spread 24 of La Fin du monde.
The End of the World, as Filmed by the Angel of Notre-Dame
The first ever English translation of La Fin du monde, The End of the World, as Filmed by the Angel of Notre-Dame.
Mark Polizzotti
June 1
Image of Untitled, Mechanical Composition, Ploughing Motion, around 1918-1920, gouache; India ink on paper, height: 34 cm, width: 45 cm. Photo (C) Adrien Didierjean.
Léger’s Paper Cinema
Lauren Rosati looks at the visual program of La Fin du monde in the context of film and cinematic space in the early 1920s.
Lauren Rosati
June 1
Image of spread 21 of La Fin du monde, an illustration by Fernand Leger.
Reading La Fin du monde
Christopher Green explores the narrative and illustrations of La Fin du monde.
June 1
Gallery view of colorful stained glass windows, two vitrines with gold figures and a central, large-scale stone sculpture.
In-Gallery Conservation: The Biron Sculptures
Conservators have embarked on a multiyear study and treatment of two large, 16th-century sculptural groups from the chapel of the castle of Biron in Dordogne, France.
May 19
In-gallery view of a large, faded mural of the Buddha.
In-Gallery Conservation: The Buddha of Medicine
Conservators are undertaking a two-year project to reverse discoloration and correct infill on this 14th century Buddha of Medicine from a monastery in northern China.
April 30
Carved feathered serpent pendant made from conch shell
El uso de los caparazones de moluscos en América antes del siglo XVI
Más allá del valor alimenticio de estas criaturas, en la antigüedad los caparazones de moluscos se empleaban para producir objetos de adorno personal y para actividades religiosas.
Adrián Velázquez Castro
February 24
Carved feathered serpent pendant made from conch shell
The Use of Mollusk Shells in the Americas Before the Sixteenth Century
Mollusk shells were transported as precious materials throughout the Americas and used to craft objects for religious activity and personal adornment.
Adrián Velázquez Castro
February 24
A sandstone figure with detailed garments and carved wings
The Nature Deities of Early South Asia
Early South Asian art depicted nature as divine—yakshas, yakshis, and nagas embodied fertility, water, and sacred power in human and hybrid form.
Harsha Gautam
February 18