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“July 20, 2020, 8:26 am, Night Blooming Cactus (Cereus) II” and “June 9, 2020, 7:18 pm, Scissors and String,” photographs by Luciano Perna, whose work is on view at Librairie Marian Goodman, in Paris.
© The artist. Courtesy the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris
Jamal, a mixed-media collage by Deborah Roberts, whose work is on view through August 15 at The Contemporary Austin, in Texas.
© The artist. Courtesy The Contemporary Austin; Vielmetter Los Angeles; and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London. Photograph © Paul Bardagjy
“Minty, Kayla, Leyah, Layla, Cambridge, Massachusetts,” a photograph by Rania Matar, from the exhibition On Either Side of the Window: Portraits During COVID-19, which is on view through May 9 at the Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College, in Winter Park, Florida.
Courtesy the artist
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Subscribe NowAt Ivanwald, men learn to be leaders by loving their leaders. “They’re so busy loving us,” a brother once explained to me, “but who’s loving them?” We were. The brothers each paid $400 per month for room and board, but we were also the caretakers of The Cedars, cleaning its gutters, mowing its lawns, whacking weeds and blowing leaves and sanding. And we were called to serve on Tuesday mornings, when The Cedars hosted a regular prayer breakfast typically presided over by Ed Meese, the former attorney general. Each week the breakfast brought together a rotating group of ambassadors, businessmen, and American politicians. Three of Ivanwald’s brothers also attended, wearing crisp shirts starched just for the occasion; one would sit at the table while the other two poured coffee.
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