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The Barbarians Arrive: Japanese Depictions of Westerners (1860s)

The Barbarians Arrive: Japanese Depictions of Westerners (1860s)

In the 1850s U.S. Commodore Matthew C. Perry landed his ships in Japan and set about ending ...
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Roller Derby Kisses: Turning Girls’ Roller-Derby Bum Bruises Into Art

Roller Derby Kisses: Turning Girls’ Roller-Derby Bum Bruises Into Art

  "It’s only when the heart begins to beat wildly and without pattern – when ...
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Wacky Packages Stickers: A Fad For Children Of The Skeptical Seventies (1973: 1st Series)

Wacky Packages Stickers: A Fad For Children Of The Skeptical Seventies (1973: 1st Series)

First produced by Topps in 1967 as cards and brought back in 1973 in sticker ...
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A Duty To Offend: 1970s Punk Jackets

A Duty To Offend: 1970s Punk Jackets

   
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Electric Punk Art From London’s Roxy Club (1976-1978)

Electric Punk Art From London’s Roxy Club (1976-1978)

Barry Jones, Andrew Czezowski and Susan Carrington founded the Roxy club in London's Covent Garden as ...
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Outland: Roger Ballen’s Portraits Of Life On The Edge Of Reincarnation

Outland: Roger Ballen’s Portraits Of Life On The Edge Of Reincarnation

Roger Ballen's Outland is an archetypal series of images he began work on in 1995. No ...
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Doodle Pad Dollies: Artist ‘Fills In The Lines’ On A DIY Mid-Century Sex Mag

Doodle Pad Dollies: Artist ‘Fills In The Lines’ On A DIY Mid-Century Sex Mag

In the 1940s and 1950s, women led double lives. By day and in public they ...
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Wild Raspberries And Fighting Gefilte Fish: Andy Warhol’s 1959 Spoof of Haute Cuisine Cookbooks

Wild Raspberries And Fighting Gefilte Fish: Andy Warhol’s 1959 Spoof of Haute Cuisine Cookbooks

In 1959, interior designer and bohemian hostess Suzie Frankfurt was perusing the art displayed at New York's Manhattan’s ...
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Rare Photos Of Frida Kahlo Wearing A Plaster Communist Corset, Feeding Ducks And On A New York Rooftop

Rare Photos Of Frida Kahlo Wearing A Plaster Communist Corset, Feeding Ducks And On A New York Rooftop

These rare photographs of Frida Kahlo (July 6, 1907–July 13, 1954) are from a show at ...
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21 Fantastic Pulp Fiction Book Titles From The Mid 20th Century

21 Fantastic Pulp Fiction Book Titles From The Mid 20th Century

Pulp Fiction at its best is insolent, cruel, lurid, provocative, escapist and fast. The wit is ...
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30 Vintage Japan Illustrations – 1950s-1970s

30 Vintage Japan Illustrations – 1950s-1970s

“It doesn’t occur to most people that everything is designed — that every building and everything they touch in the world is designed” - Bill Moggridge ...
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Change is Coming? Superhero Taglines 2009 – 2015

Change is Coming? Superhero Taglines 2009 – 2015

    So...are you tired of superhero movies and their tag-lines  yet? If enough of ...
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