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Conjuring fossils, keepsakes, toys and relics, these nostalgic, tactile miniatures suggest that Duchamp, the consummate iconoclast, may have believed in the aesthetic, transformational power of art after all.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

She said she wanted to leave the bags as "keepsakes" for her children and grandchildren.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

The auction features more than 500 lots of designer clothing, shoes, furnishings, kitschy keepsakes and props straight from the beloved show.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2026

Don eventually remarried and had three more kids, but he held on to a big box of Cynthia’s clothes and other keepsakes, including a lock of hair and bottle of her perfume.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

I grabbed my pillow, my keepsakes bag, some clothes, and my toothbrush.

From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate