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Object of the Week for April 8

A Rainbow Across the Smithsonian

Gabriel Dawe's Plexus A1, created entirely out of sewing thread, filled a hall in the Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery for the exhibition WONDER in 2015. The entire installation took about 55 MILES of thread!

At the End of the Rainbow from Smithsonian's Chandra X-ray Observatory

Links

  1. Watch: RED so rare it was lost to time
  2. Close Look: Cadmium ORANGE of Dr. Frankenstein and color field painting
  3. Listen: Good as GOLD Sidedoor Podcast episode
  4. Close Look: Get lost in the maze of artwork 'YELLOW Meander'
  5. Listen: Volta Labs Recording from Alexander Graham Bell and family on GREEN Wax Disc
  6. Try It: CYANotypes and sun prints
  7. Explore: What makes things BLUE?
  8. Learn: Making Color - the origins of PURPLE dye
  9. Close Look: NMAAHC Pretty in PINK
  10. Discover: The artist with the monopoly on the "Blackest BLACK"
  11. Explore: The women of the WHITE House