![]() ![]() It also sent me down a bit of an internet rabbit hole. The object - delicate, translucent glass striated with threads of white - stopped me in my tracks. Last week, I turned up a set of witch balls from the mid-19th century, the hollow glass spheres used to ward off or trap troublesome spirits, which are also employed as a tool of divination, most commonly in England and in the United States. It’s a good way of seeing obscure stuff buried deep in the collection, such as unfinished drawings or a pre-Columbian amulet from Peru. For about a year, I’ve used an extension developed by the Art Institute of Chicago in Google Chrome that shows a new piece of art from the museum’s collection every time I open a new browser window. ![]() Sometimes the internet can be a magical thing. Miranda, arts and urban design columnist at the Los Angeles Times, with your weekly essential arts newsletter - and telenovela sci-fi: Alchemical art It’s fall and I’m all about native-plant shopping. ![]()
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