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Blink: A Secret Language Of Flowers

PORTRAITS by Deborah Sisum

Jul 4, 202405:02Arts

Next in our 'Blink' summer series, Kim speaks with Robyn Asleson, curator of the 'Brilliant Exiles' exhibition, about a dreamy painting that holds a secret code. Edward Steichen's mural assigns a flower to several female...

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Blink: A Secret Language Of Flowers is an episode from PORTRAITS by Deborah Sisum. Next in our 'Blink' summer series, Kim speaks with Robyn Asleson, curator of the 'Brilliant Exiles' exhibition, about a dreamy painting that holds a secret c...

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Next in our 'Blink' summer series, Kim speaks with Robyn Asleson, curator of the 'Brilliant Exiles' exhibition, about a dreamy painting that holds a secret code. Edward Steichen's mural assigns a flower to several female friends who planted themselves in Paris's modernist milieu. But where some see jewel-toned beauty, Robyn sees a minefield. In Exaltation of Flowers , by Edward Steichen

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Published Jul 4, 2024 and 05:02 long