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 Post subject: Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection
PostPosted: Wed Nov 30, 2016 10:43 pm 
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Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection
Fine Art Museums of San Francisco: The Legion of Honor
November 19, 2016 – January 29, 2017

Read My Pins presents a remarkable range of more than 200 pins and brooches from the personal collection of Madeleine Albright. The majority of these pieces were collected and worn during Albright’s service as US Ambassador to the United Nations (1993–1997) and as the first female Secretary of State (1997–2001), under President Bill Clinton. The assortment is eclectic, international, and representative of nearly a century of jewelry design. Yet the jewelry’s true interest lies not in their materials or monetary value but in the roles they played during her political service: Albright used her pins as silent yet visually outspoken codes to foreign officials and the press. Pins could be adopted for various reasons—a shining sun or a patriotic flag would reinforce a positive alliance with the United States, for example, while more difficult negotiations might bring out wasps or snakes.



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 Post subject: Re: Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection
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browsed through quickly - never saw any pins. Are they actually displayed?


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