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The Plastic Age - How Plastics are changing our Planet's Geology

Explore how plastics have become a hallmark of the Anthropocene – the period during which humans have had a substantial impact on our planet – and a permanent part of Earth’s geology. Researcher
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Oral Histories and Contemporary Designs in Urban Indian Textiles

Explore the connection between oral histories and designs in a digital conversation event that focuses on twentieth-century hand block printing of textiles in India’s urban centres. ROM’s Sarah Fee is
ROM’s Mycenaean Marine Style askos, decorated with octopi and dating from about 1500 BC.
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Every Object Tells a Story: Exploring the Bronze Age Aegean

Learn more about the stories an intact “Kamares” cup in the Bronze Age Aegean Gallery might tell about rituals, celebrations, status, and power.
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Nathan K. Lujan

Associate Curator of Fishes
Image of the City of Toronto Port Lands project. Photo courtesy V. Ingelvics, R. Walker.
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Our Changing Port Lands - Documenting Toronto's Journey to Climate Resiliency

Chronicling the momentous changes from the ongoing revitalization of Toronto’s Port Lands, artists Vid Ingelevics and Ryan Walker have spent years creating a photographic record of the changes in this
Seeing Ghosts: Traditions of Death in South Asia
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Seeing Ghosts: Traditions of Death in South Asia

Hosted by Dr. Deepali Dewan, this digital program expands the scope of content within the current exhibition, Death: Life’s Greatest Mystery, by taking a closer look at the diverse cultural and
Yuta Niwa art. Courtesy Yuta Niwa.
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Of Catfish and Earthquakes: The Contemporary Art of Yuta Niwa

ROM hosts emerging Japanese artist Yuta Niwa in a keynote presentation in support of the online exhibition, Aftershocks: Japanese Earthquake Prints, that focuses on his reinterpretation of these
ROM Crystal facing Bloor St.
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ROM Ideas: Research for our Shared Future

Using a 1,000-year-old wooden object– a statue of a Shinto female deity – from ROM’s Japanese collection as an example, they explore the importance of identifying materials for a better understanding
Heaven and Earth (detail), Wu Lan-Chiann collection, credit Amanda Guerra
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Celebrating the Year of the Dragon with Artist Wu Lan-Chiann

Celebrate Lunar New Year with an engaging conversation with artist Wu Lan-Chiann, whose spectacular paintings Heaven and Earth are currently on display in the Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Gallery of China.
Artist Tayeba Begum Lipi and Two high heels made of razorblades. Not For Me, 2018. Stainless steel razor blades, 16 x 22 x 9 cm (each shoe). Collection of Royal Ontario Museum. This acquisition was made possible with the generous support of the Louise Hawley Stone Charitable Trust, Peer Review Fund. Photo: ROM
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A Conversation Café with Artist Tayeba Begum Lipi

Part of the powerful content in ROM’s current exhibition Being and Belonging: Contemporary Women Artists from the Islamic World and Beyond is a pair of stiletto shoes and a child’s dress, both made
Selection of men's shirts and pants. Karl Lagerfeld (Hamburg, Germany, 1933 - 2019), H&M capsule collection. Gift of Joseph Wong. 2021.115.10.1- .4
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Curator Conversations: Fast Fashion: Perspectives from Future Textile Leaders

In this age of fast fashion, sustainability often takes a back seat to speed, as mass-market fashion retailers scramble to keep up with the latest trends, producing large quantities of inexpensive
Death of the Historical Buddha (Nehan-zu), Japan, Hanging Scroll, Edo Period. Gift of Nicholas Pascucci.
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ROM Connects: The Death of Buddha: Visual Depictions in Global Art

Learn more about both the universality and variations of the Death of Buddha subject as a reflection of regional Buddhist religious practices throughout Asia. Moderated by Dr. Vicki Kwon, curators of
Royal Ontario Museum Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. Bloor Street Entrance.
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Royal Ontario Museum Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. Bloor Street Entrance.
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Jessica Ho

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