The Object

The Lost City That Wasn't


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Tickets for The Object LIVE! on October 30 are now sold out, but some tickets will be available at the door! And if you have tickets already, don't forget to come to our hour-long live taping of The Object podcast with very special guest Chan Poling of The Suburbs and New Standards, quizzes, and storytelling at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Part of a full evening of activities at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, including food, drink, gallery tours, a costume contest, and more celebrating the 100th anniversary of The Great Gatsby and the art of the Jazz Age. More info here: https://new.artsmia.org/event/the-object-live-presented-by-ameriprise-financial

And now, today's brand-new episode:

In the 1860s, a French naturalist is hailed as the re-discoverer of the vast Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia. Soon, one of the world's most remarkable architectural and spiritual treasures becomes caught up in colonial intrigues as a "lost city" of ancient splendor. A story of power and prejudice, curiosity and wanderlust, and how the obvious is sometimes right under a giant stone nose. 

You can see some of the incredible artworks mentioned in the episode in "Royal Bronzes: Cambodian Art of the Divine," featuring a giant statue of Vishnu and other bronze works, opening at the Minneapolis Institute of Art on October 25.

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