
Cantigas de Santa María (Rico Kodex), von Alfonso X
Unknown artist, 1280
A garden of beautiful things
A rotating selection of artworks and music from our collection archives.
Smalltown Boy
Bronski Beat
UK, 1984
See You Again (feat. Kali Uchis)
Tyler, The Creator
USA, 2017
Uptown Girl
Billy Joel
USA, 1983
Unholy (feat. Kim Petras)
Sam Smith
UK, 2022
Old Town Road
Lil Nas X
USA, 2019
Inspired by Walter Benjamin’s Arcades Project, these submissions form a growing tapestry of thought, emotion, and cultural memory.
“I cried and I cried and I cried all over.”
“Know your endoxas”
“closest to ideal. ”
“Nothing is easy. What looks easy is not easy. What looks hard is also not easy. Easy is nothing. Is everything hard? Somethings are liquid and somethings are gas but none of them are easy.”
“Rise to your calling!”
“Beautiful suns will rise and set, I believe.”
“Some short but much needed walks must be called first aid walks (FAW for short).”
“I am trying everyone. I am doing my best.”
“Why extraordinary doesn‘t mean over ordinary? Like a little bit more ordinary? Or is being ordinary a circle? ”
“I am shocked how much of our modern western view of the "world" in 21st century is still grounded on David Hume's philosophy.”