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The bodies of these sculptures are frail, and their faces appear frightened. Their eyes are wide as they look up at the massive ships they are about to embark. They clutch onto what is left of their belongings as they board the ships to America,…

This painting depicts the aftermath of the failed potato crop, resulting in the eviction of a family from their farm and home. The young man looks back at his home that he has just been evicted from with his family surrounding him. This eviction is…

In this picture of the front of the museum, the contrast between old and new is striking. The New Wing is glass-enclosed and modern, designed by Renzo Piano. The original house and museum building stands next to it. All of the art is still housed in…

A photograph of Johann Straus II, an Austrian composer, and Johannes Brahms, a German composer, with a note written by Strauss and addressed to "Mrs. John L. Gardner", also known as Isabella Stewart Gardner.

This article details the latest contribution to the living memory of John Lennon around West 72nd Street and Central Park West. This mosaic, located in the 72nd Street (B/C) subway station, was created by Yoko Ono Lennon in memory of her late…

This page details the memorial of the Imagine mosaic, which was dedicated to John Lennon's memory in one of his favorite places in the world: Central Park. The mosaic was made possible largely in part by Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono Lennon, and was…

According to publisher Penny Layne, "This video was taken at 10:50pm on December 8th, 2011 at the John Lennon Memorial in Strawberry Fields in Central Park, NYC. The video begins at moment of silence, taken at 10:50pm every year at the memorial, the…

In the public memory, John Lennon was a man of peace. Becoming a peace activist was something he did relatively later in his life, but when he did embrace the ideology of pacifism, he was wholly committed to it. Because of his raving success as a…

Photograph of Gardner reading a book in 1907 in England, taken in the house of Henry Yates Thompson.

This popular article details the an account of the who, what, when, where and why of John Lennon's murder on December 8, 1980. While it might have been possible the "Imagine" Mosaic would have been created in the event John Lennon died of natural…