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Karen Azoulay

Karen Azoulay is a Canadian born, Brooklyn-based artist and author whose projects have been featured and reviewed in publications such as the New York Times, New Yorker, Hyperallergic, and Vogue. Azoulay incorporates performance, photography, sculpture and video into her art. She has a fascination with floral symbolism and secret messages are often embedded in her work. Inspired by "feminine" motifs, Azoulay explores cultural phenomena that have historically been overlooked with the purpose of recontextualizing and championing them.
Flowers and Their Meanings

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Flowers and Their Meanings

Florals? For Spring? Groundbreaking.

Though Miranda Priestly may disapprove, we think there truly is no better time to celebrate the natural beauty of Earth’s bounty than spring! Blooming flowers in a rainbow of colors are the ultimate mood lifter to shake off the winter gloom. Whether you’re tending to your own blossoms in a flowerbed or on a window

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Vintage Vibes for Those Born in the Wrong Century

Attention all Bridgerton lovers, Jane Austen girlies, and anyone who loves to haunt the crowded aisles of a great antique shop: we see you. We, too, want our biggest problem in life to be who sees us strolling along the promenade. We, too, want to travel to a dilapidated abbey in the English countryside to

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Staff Picks + Upcoming Titles: March

Spring is on its way, and it’s time to renew and refresh! Take advantage of the warmer weather and go birding with Sibley Backyard Birding Flashcards. Use A Year in the Edible Garden to make delicious meals in tandem with the seasons, and teach children what they can grow in their own backyard with My

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