Art and Museums
"Torches of Freedom": How Big Tobacco Targets Women and Adolescent Girls
Cigarette advertising has suggested that smoking will make women thinner, more self-confident and independent, and more fashionable, sophisticated, and cool. These tricks of the tobacco trade have remained surprisingly consistent despite changing beliefs about smoking and women’s rights. more »
Elaine's Caregiving Series: Paint by Number
Elaine Soloway writes: "I wasn’t jealous when Tommy beamed as he led Julie on a tour of our house. He was showing off his paintings and smiled at her, like a teen smitten with a cheerleader. But when my husband revealed something to this art therapist he had not shared with me, I felt envious." more »
Review: A Paean to an American Museum
As curator of Anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History for forty years, Stanley Freed’s insider knowledge, academic integrity, captivating anecdotes and droll asides transform the original documents, letters, and archives on which his history is based, into a fascinating narrative. more »
Worth/Mainbocher: Demystifying the Haute Couture
Worth essentially introduced the concept of haute couture as an art form. He considered himself an artist and his garments works of art. Mainbocher's designs built upon Worth's artistic principles, modernizing them to apply to a more practical, American lifestyle. more »