The Shakers’ Utopian World Sees a Surge of Modern Interest

A show at ICA Philadelphia joins a surge of Shaker-inspired projects: films, dances, a museum’s expansion. Refracted through ...
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There Are Only Two Shakers Left. They’ve Still Got Utopia in Their Sights.

Their numbers have dwindled, but the remaining members are imagining what comes next. Brother Arnold Hadd of the Sabbathday Lake Shaker village in Maine.Credit...Lucas Foglia for The New York Times ...
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Philadelphia’s Institute of Contemporary Art shows the contemporary influence of the Shakers

An art exhibition about the Shakers, also known as The United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, would naturally have furniture. The Institute of Contemporary Art has plenty: ladder ...