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Art is always political. On November 29, 1962, President Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy spoke at a fundraising dinner for a National Cultural Center that would become known as “The Kennedy Center.” Here was...

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For Pride month, here is the brilliant French artistic pair Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore (who is often forgotten about when discussing Cahun). Life-long partners until Cahun’s death in Jersey in 1954 ( Moore lived until 1972). In what is considered to be Cahun’s literary masterpiece of 1930 “Aveux non Avenus”, Cahun wrote: “Masculine? Feminine? It depends on the situation. Neuter is the only ‘gender’ that always suits me”. Way ahead of her time. @thamesandhudson @tate @centrepompidou @pride @lgbt @pridemonthofficial @women_in_art__ @artvoxldn