Christmas at Midcentury, When Aluminum Trees Replaced Victorian Evergreens #books @hyperallergic

Paul Rand’s illustration for El Producto Cigars, “Santa’s favorite cigar” (1953-54), offset lithograph on paper (courtesy Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum/Art Resource, New York, photo by Matt Flynn)

A new book by Sarah Archer explores the influence of the Space Race and Cold War on America’s midcentury Christmas celebrations.

Book review by Allison Meier 👉 https://hyperallergic.com/346592/midcentury-christmas/?utm_content=buffer0d1f4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=buffer

Tracey Emin / Edvard Munch | Exhibition | Royal Academy of Arts

“Imagine me at the age of 19 at Maidstone College of Art; who’d have thought that now I’d have open sesame to all of Munch’s archive?” @JenniferHiggie talks to @TraceyEmin about the labour of love her new show at the @royalacademy represents #EminMunch https://t.co/pq6QxhzYqg

— RA Magazine (@RA_Mag) December 2, 2020