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In a clever piece of installation design, shelves built around the screen bring the painting’s illusions to life, displaying real bronzes, porcelains, texts and scholarly objects from Lee’s collection—modern curation fulfilling classical cultural capital.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026
The National Endowment for the Humanities was established by Congress in 1965 to fund scholarly and cultural work across the country.
From Slate ● May 14, 2026
Applications go first to peer experts, who evaluate scholarly merit.
From Slate ● May 14, 2026
Our critic called it “a scholarly and astonishingly beautiful show.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026
Within the scholarly community in recent years, the main tendency has been to take the latter side, or to sidestep the controversy by ignoring mainstream politics altogether.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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