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Nov 2021
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History is Rarely Black or White: Fashio...

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Jason Cyrus and Anne-Marie Guérin join us in a discussion about the complex histories quite literally woven into the cotton garments we wear, the subject of the new exhibition History is Rarely Black or White at Ontario's Agnes Etherington Art Centre's exhibition.

For more on the exhibit: https://agnes.queensu.ca/exhibition/history-is-rarely-black-or-white/

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