
Eine Bar in den Folies-Bergère
Édouard Manet, 1881
A garden of beautiful things
A rotating selection of artworks and music from our collection archives.

A girl reading a letter by candlelight, with a young man peering over her shoulder
Joseph Wright of Derby, 1760
I Got You Babe
Sonny & Cher
USA, 1965
You Know I'm No Good
Amy Winehouse
UK, 2006
Jesus, Etc.
Wilco
USA, 2002
TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME
The 1975
UK, 2018
I Can Do It With a Broken Heart
Taylor Swift
USA, 2024
Inspired by Walter Benjamin’s Arcades Project, these submissions form a growing tapestry of thought, emotion, and cultural memory.
“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.”
“Sometimes the brightest moment of my day is the salad I get for my lunch. ”