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Our critic called the show at MoMA “a multi-museum-sanctioned liturgy—the canonization of contemporary art’s high priest, along with his orthodoxy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
In 2022, a bilateral commission recommended to present Samuel as the head of a state that "most contemporary historiographers consider to be the Bulgarian Empire", based in what is currently North Macedonia.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The point was to come up with something that was emblematic of the city, a piece that would reflect L.A.’s wellspring of creativity in the contemporary art world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
"That gets worse in the summer when the water is moving slowly, and some of that is historic, but also a contemporary misdirecting of sewage into storm drains."
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Were the Siriono like contemporary Italians living among the monuments of the Roman Empire?
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
“ANTM” and “The Swan” were contemporaries, after all.
From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026
When Sheen did encounter diverging opinions, his profound humility and willingness to admit mistakes only increased the respect his contemporaries had for him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
Mary Herron, 21, who is leaving a boutique cupcake shop with two friends, has noticed a difference in attitudes amongst her contemporaries.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
His contemporaries would have been surprised to learn that Romans came to embrace Christianity in the fourth century.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
By the standards of their parents and grandparents, and compared to many of their contemporaries, they had reached the mountaintop.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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