icons
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Around 1944, Evans’s clowns transform into her signature symmetrical, archetypal masks and mandalas—totemic images and icons that feel urgent, primeval and alive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
With fashion icons increasingly touting their thrift finds on social media and industry events, old-fashioned has become fashionable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Critic W. David Marx, looking to sum up the curiously stagnant opening decades of the 21st century, cribbed a phrase from one of its enduring icons for the title of his book “Blank Space.”
From Salon ● Aug. 29, 2026
"I think it's good for tennis to have these generational icons," said Karl Hale, the tournament director who offered Williams a wildcard for this month's WTA 1000 event in Toronto.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
On the campus, many students had come into contact with one of the early icons of a mobilization that seemed to be gaining national momentum.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
