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Ready to turn over a new leaf in the New Year?
Sometimes it takes a whole team. Learn more about what it takes to start a new chapter in an almost 400-year-old illustrated fencing manual with curator Jonathan Tavares.

See Academie de l’espée (Academy of the Sword) by Gérard Thibault on view in Gallery 239. bit.ly/4quF2Jg

A book that takes decades to read | Art Institute Shorts

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