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On Combing a Museum’s Collection for Objects that Deal with Death

A member of the Propeller Group discusses using the Minneapolis Institute of Art’s collection as a backdrop for a film about funerary traditions. New Pictures: The Propeller Group, Reincarnations, ...
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The Importance of Art in a “Good Death”

Denise Silva-Dennis (Shinnecock), “Sugar Loaf” (2022), acrylic on canvas (image courtesy the artist) Everyone deserves a good death. This is a common phrase used in the deathcare field. It speaks to ...
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Death : a graveside companion / edited by Joanna Ebenstein ; foreword by Will Self

"Featuring the Richard Harris Art Collection"--Front book cover. "1,000 macabre illustrations"--Front book cover. Foreword by Will Self -- Introduction by Joanna Ebenstein -- The art of dying: Medusa ...
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Death-bed of Wesley, (art work)

Catalogue of Articles on exhibition, at the Gallery of Fine Arts, Firemen's Hall, February, 1852. Detroit: Duncklee, Wales & Co., Printers. 1852. Artist address ...