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We’re taking a spring-break hiatus, but will be returning on Friday, April 3!
4Columns mascot Sparky and assistant senior editor Bolek are looking forward to taking things bird by bird during spring break.
Spring has sprung, and our avian allies are rejoicing: cooing and cawing, peeping and screeching, flitting and swooping! While we’re away chasing some chirpy cheepers on our birding checklist, we’ve assembled a roundup of five archival picks featuring our favorite feathered friends, across film, art, and literature. Crows and ravens, and birds of prey, check. Parrots, doves, and strutting peacocks, check. Blue jays and blue birds, white birds and fire birds, check!
See you next week!
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JOHANNA FATEMAN ON MARIE LAURENCIN
Marie Laurencin, The Woman-Horse (La femme-cheval), 1918. Oil on canvas, 24 5/16 × 18 7/16 inches. Courtesy Musée Marie Laurencin. © Fondation Foujita / Artists Rights Society / ADAGP.
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DAVID COTE ON THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
Kathryn Hunter as Witches in The Tragedy of Macbeth. Courtesy Apple TV+.
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Amar Kanwar: The Peacock’s Graveyard, installation view. Courtesy the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery. Photo: Alex Yudzon. Pictured: The Peacock’s Graveyard, 2023 (still). Digital video installation, seven screens, dimensions variable, 28 minutes 16 seconds.
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HANIF ABDURRAQIB ON BLACK IN BLUES
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Andrea Blum: BIOTA, installation view. Courtesy Hunter College Art Galleries. Pictured: Birdhouse III, 2024.