Wunderkammer

3. On War, and What Art Does with It

War produces art of such power and truth that you wonder whether there's something about extremity itself that forces a kind of honesty unavailable in…

May 7 • Michael S. Rose

2. On the Joy of Browsing the Stacks

The art of the purposeless journey through arranged knowledge requires a willingness to be diverted and the openness to the genuine possibility of…

Apr 23 • Michael S. Rose

1. On Beginning 'The Wunderkammer'

This "cabinet of curiosities" was the Renaissance collector’s answer to a world too rich to organize neatly. Into it went everything that astonished…

Apr 9 • Michael S. Rose

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