James Baldwin in conversation with Nikki Giovanni

Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille

"Angie" for Harper's Bazaar China (2023) Photography: Wang Lei & Jiang Kun

Miniature tree. 1300–1470 CE. Credit line: Bequest of Jane Costello Goldberg, from the Collection of Arnold I. Goldberg, 1986 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/314895

Meoto Iwa (wedded rocks), Futami Okitama Shrine, Mie Prefecture

From the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa

Bronze Etruscan applique with mermaid head (4th Century BC)

From The Creative Spirit: Children’s Literature (1977), June Jordan

A magnificent box made from a real clamshell, with a flawless, beautifully patinated, silver onlay floriform motif to the lid. As incredible as the lid is, the real magic happens when you open it: the interior is lined with silver, yet the two halves fit together as perfectly as nature intended. An astounding piece of work by an anonymous Japanese artist. Age unknown - listed as 20th century, but possibly much older. The condition is perfect.

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