Place des Victoires
Jules Hardouin-Mansart, 1685
Candid Garden
A garden of beautiful things
Gallery Highlights
A rotating selection of artworks and music from our collection archives.
Porta Nuova
Michele Sanmicheli, 1539
Ostend
William Turner, 1844
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
Paul Simon
USA, 1986
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Cyndi Lauper
USA, 1983
Die Verleumdung
Sandro Botticelli, 1497
Pride and Joy
Stevie Ray Vaughan
USA, 1983
Entrance to the Grand Canal: from the Piazzetta
Canaletto (Antonio Canal), 1725
Das Teetrinken
Mary Cassatt, 1880
Hortus Deliciarum
Herrad von Landsberg, 1175
Porträt der Sonja Knips
Gustav Klimt, 1898
Come Together - Remastered 2009
The Beatles
UK, 1969
Blame It on the Boogie
The Jacksons
USA, 1978
Engel der Nacht
William Degouve de Nuncques, 1894
Selbstporträt
Paula Modersohn-Becker, 1906
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Passages
Inspired by Walter Benjamin’s Arcades Project, these submissions form a growing tapestry of thought, emotion, and cultural memory.
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#139January 6, 2026 at 01:57
“Know your endoxas”
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#138December 19, 2025 at 12:30
“closest to ideal. ”
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#137December 13, 2025 at 01:25
“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.”
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#126September 16, 2025 at 10:21
“Rise to your calling!”
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#119July 15, 2025 at 20:48
“Beautiful suns will rise and set, I believe.”
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#118July 11, 2025 at 13:55
“Some short but much needed walks must be called first aid walks (FAW for short).”
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#116July 10, 2025 at 05:58
“I am trying everyone. I am doing my best.”
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#115July 7, 2025 at 21:44
“Why extraordinary doesn‘t mean over ordinary? Like a little bit more ordinary? Or is being ordinary a circle? ”
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#114July 5, 2025 at 09:55
“I am shocked how much of our modern western view of the "world" in 21st century is still grounded on David Hume's philosophy.”
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#113July 4, 2025 at 10:39
“Sometimes the brightest moment of my day is the salad I get for my lunch. ”
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