Henry Statue, 1997, by Rick Vargas, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 11-009, Image no. 97-4128-07.

Link Love: 1/10/2020

Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.

In the name of science, cuttlefish are at the vanguard of eyeglass fashion. [via Science Friday]

ZORA Magazine has published the ZORA Canon, a top 100 list of books authored by African American women. [via ZORA]

The city of Alexandria will revitalize Old Town’s Freedom House museum. [via DCist]

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A depiction of the Joseph Henry statue engrossed in a book is one of the highlights of a forthcoming graphic novel series inspired by the Smithsonian. [via New York Times]

An upcoming Hirshhorn exhibition will bring back the Kusama craze! [via Washington Post]

A cartoonist at the Musee D’Orsay imagines Instagram posts from 19th-century artists. [via The Art Newspaper]

 

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