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A Collection Of 'Window Views' Takes On New Meaning During The Coronavirus Crisis

Visual artists are focusing anew on windows in this age of social isolation. An online array of photos from the Smithsonian shines new light on windows' cultural, artistic and symbolic meaning.
Looking out of an adobe window. Salvador, Brazil, 1963.

Windows are points of transition between two physical worlds. These days, they've taken on new significance for visual artists, who are using them as a way of expressing the

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