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The World’s Newest (and maybe Quirkiest) Museum
By Jules Older Photos by Effin Older On February 20th, 2022, the Hundertwasser Art Centre opened in Whangārei, New Zealand. It opened smack in the middle of the country’s omicron outbreak. From start to that challenging opening day took 30 long years. Was it worth it? And why was

Kreeger Museum: A Monument to One Family’s Support of Global Modernism
Text: K.Mitchell Snow Photos: Paul Clemence In an upscale corner of Washington, DC dominated by center-hall brick colonials, the home architects Phillip Johnson and Richard Foster created in 1963 for the art collection of Carmen and David Kreeger aggressively asserts its individuality. Unlike Washington’s better known mansion to museum conversion,

Planet Word: Where Language Comes to Life
Text by K.Mitchell Snow Photos Paul Clemence My first response to hearing about a museum dedicated to language was to wonder what in the world it planned on exhibiting. Vitrines stuffed with dictionaries? Who would want to see that? Well, Plant Word’s answer to that question isn’t dictionaries. I’m not