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Radioactive
Status: Archived
Launched: 2011
A companion website to the exhibition Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and Fallout, which tells the story of Lauren Redniss, an artist, writer and former Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers fellow, who drew on the vast collections of The New York Public Library to create a new work of art. NYPL Labs collaborated with students at Parsons the New School for Design who, with Redniss as their guide, created an imaginative website showcasing new works inspired by the visual and narrative universe of Radioactive. The site was archived in 2019, and is available here.
Photo: The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Marie Curie." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. Learn more.