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June 2022

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large scale figurine used for sculpting

Flesh, Blood & Bronze

One sculptor and his team of artists take on the epic project of conveying the century-old conflict through a massive bronze installation

Photographs by Vincent Tullo

a women with the flag of Ukraine at a protest

Not Far From Kyiv

To residents of Southern California with ties to the Eastern European nations, the conflict feels close to home

saltmarsh sparrow

In a Tight Spot

Conservationists are racing to rescue a delightful coastal animal from rising seas

Photograph by Lauren Owens Lambert

Bartolucci’s shop in Florence

The Real Pinocchio

Forget what you know from the cartoon. The 19th-century story, now in a new translation, was a rallying cry for universal education and Italian nationhood

Photographs by Simona Ghizzoni

Opening Illustration

Escape from the Gilded Cage

Even if her husband was a murderer, a woman in a bad marriage once had few options. Unless she fled to South Dakota

Departments

Discussion

Ethical Collecting

For more than a century, museum artifacts were acquired in ways we no longer find acceptable. How can we repair the damage?

Popular Wisdom

The world’s largest book repository has expanded far beyond its original scope to include sound recordings and digitized collections

Van Gogh in the Grove

A new exhibition of lesser known works during a pivotal time sheds light on his budding genius

Role of a Lifetime

An unpublished memoir reveals how the world’s most famous child actress became a star of the environmental movement

A Brief History of Red Drink

The obscure roots of a centuries-old beverage that’s now a Juneteenth fixture

The Next Clone

Forget Dolly the Sheep. The birth of a mouse named Cumulina 25 years ago launched a genetic revolution

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