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  • They made one-of-a-kind quilts that captured the public's imagination. Then Target came along

    ANNA FURMAN|May 10, 2024

    Over the past two decades, Gee's Bend quilts have captured the public's imagination with their kaleidoscopic colors and their daring geometric patterns. The groundbreaking art practice was cultivated by direct descendants of slaves in rural Alabama who have faced oppression, geographic isolation and intense material constraints. As of this year, their improvisational art has also come to embody a very modern question: What happens when distinctive cultural tradition collides with corporate America? Enter Target. retailer launched a limited-edit...

  • In dog show world, details obvious and subtle rule the day

    ANNA FURMAN|May 10, 2023

    NEW YORK (AP) — Doe-eyed dachshunds, push-faced French bulldogs and other nonsporting breeds circle the hallowed rings. A Bracco Italiano receives a jowl massage. Spaniels get blow-dried. Everyone is prepping — lovingly, meticulously — for a hoped-for big moment. With more than 3,000 dogs competing this week at the annual Westminster Kennel Club dog show, one of the world's most prestigious, sometimes it's a competitor's confident gait or self-possessed gaze that sets it apart from the pack. "Like all things, beauty is subjective," said Ann Ing...