Belle da Costa Greene, a brilliant archivist, buried her own history.
SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 06:00AMThe artist’s poignant paintings reproduce the photographs of strangers.
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SOURCE: The New Yorker Subscription at 06:46PM“Swagger and Tenderness,” at the Bronx Museum, brings back the beauty of a struggling community.
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