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Ordinary Things Will Be Signs for Us

27 September 2025 • Kimberly

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Corita Kent: The Sorcery of Images, at the Marciano Art Foundation "I think that I am always collecting in a way—walking down a street with my eyes open, looking through a magazine, viewing a movie, visiting a museum, or grocery store. Some of the things I collect are tangible and mount into piles ... Read More

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New York Minute

5 August 2025 • Kimberly

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I'm not sure how I managed to go this long without visiting Climax Books (likely because their curation for the Marc Jacobs Heaven store on Fairfax, before it closed, tied me over), but for me—a reader and self-proclaimed book collector—this felt like a pilgrimage of sorts. Step past an unassuming ... Read More

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Five Things (8.1.25)

1 August 2025 • Kimberly

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1. Two weeks back on the East Coast came and went quickly. I landed in Newark at the tail end of the heatwave but just as summer storms commenced—which meant I had less motivation to venture into the city, and all the reason to stay put in the suburbs of New Jersey. (L.A. weather may have spoiled ... Read More

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