Press Play with Madeleine Brand
New exhibit and podcast asks what’s worthy of collecting
A new exhibition at the Los Angeles Central Library called “21 Collections: Every Object Has a Story” showcases unusual collections by artists, ordinary people, and one celebrity -- Tom Hanks.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readA new exhibition at the Los Angeles Central Library called “21 Collections: Every Object Has a Story” showcases unusual collections by artists, ordinary people, and one celebrity -- Tom Hanks. There are items like paper airplanes, envelope linings, and gay bar matchbooks. Producers Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva, known as The Kitchen Sisters, toured the exhibition for their new series “The Keepers.” It’s part of their podcast “The Kitchen Sisters Present.”
Paper airplanes, candy wrappers, and gay bar matches from “21 Collections: Every Object Has a Story.” Photo credit: Ian Byers-Gamber
