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Indiana Jones, that prized pop artifact (64, in Harrison Ford years), has a fourth film in the works and perhaps a new lady on his arm. Here's the arc of Indy's dating history...
...become the year to look back on all that and take stock of the ways feminist ideas have entered the bloodstream of art for good. Not only are there big, boisterous exhibitions in Los Angeles and New York City, but on March 23 feminist art's most resolute artifact, The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago, goes on permanent display in a specially constructed gallery within the new Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum. Say what you will about it, that it's middlebrow, elementary and literal-minded (which it is), but as a vessel...
...Great Sexwatch of 2004--05 was an artifact of its political era--remember "values voters"? But so is the violence crusade. Democrats now control Congress, and they get as exercised about violence as conservatives do about sex. Liberal Democratic Senator Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia threatened that if broadcasters won't police violence, "the Federal Government must step up." If you favor Washington oversight of media, gory TV is your new opportunity area...
...course, House of Meetings takes place in a pre-September 11th world. Is it an artifact from a bygone era? Or is there stuff in there that's still relevant to the present...
...turned her attention to the kitchen. “Because of my background in art history, I got interested in why cooking differs so much over time and space,” explained Wheaton. “I began to realize that food is a cultural artifact and you could look at a recipe and get a pretty good idea of when and where it came from.” But why collect cookbooks? “Having multiple editions of a single cookbook that appears over a period of many years tells you how tastes evolve...