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| The death mask of Han van Meergeren, notorious forger. Repurposed into a work of art itself, is its purchase by one museum he defrauded the ultimate act of revenge? See story below. |
From Blunderbuss magazine, a reprint of of Essay Liu's 2005 award-winning piece "Seven Days After Father," which became the 2010 film "7 Days of Heaven"
From rabble.ca, Azeezah Kanji wonders why some victims of violence are remembered, and others are not.
From the Seven Ponds blog, a look at Victorian-era grief as social spectacle and wellspring of art
Daniel Lowe of the British Library discusses the political uses made of the death of Queen Victoria
From The Artifice, death as origin source in comics -- and as circulation-raising gimmick
In the Toronto Star, Megan Ogilvie begins a series of stories on confronting the end of life, and making decisions concerning it; the story contains several links to related stories as well
From artnet news, a museum collects the death mask of a famous forger who fooled it and others with fake Vermeers
Via Alltop, and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, a handy and comprehensive graphic breaking down causes of death round the world, and through a variety of categories
A promotional video for a new episode of "The American Experience," via PBS -- "Death and the Civil War"
From the Times of India, Purnima Sharma talks about how that county faces the digital aftermath of death
In Time magazine, Lia Zneimer explores mourning in the age of social media
In an episode of Creepy Corners, Louise Hung reports on an outing with Caitlin Doughty of "Ask a Mortician"
From the Gothamist, Mark Yearsley's brilliantly written meditation on the funeral industry's recent convention in Las Vegas