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Art News: Newly Released Images Reveal The Reality Behind an Iconic 20th Century Photo

After spending a madcap day in Florence 75 years ago, American photographer Ruth Orkin jotted in her diary, "Shot Jinx in morn in color--at Arno & Piazza Signoria, then got idea for pic story. Satire on Am. girl alone in Europe." The picture she ended up making--showing a young woman being leered at by a crowd of Italian men--became widely popular, not as an amusing satire but as an enduring emblem of post-World War II femininity and male chauvinism. Now, the Ruth Orkin Archive is releasing a box set of photos that includes a never-seen image showing the reality of what happened in Florence's Piazza de Repubblica on Aug. 22, 1951.

The DART Board: 08.19.2026

  Continuing: Self-Made: A Century of Inventing Artists at Folk Art Museum This engaging show offers a reminder that the best summer exhibitions often feel like bouquets gathered from many gardens, celebrating the enduring pleasure of stories drawn from everyday experience. Curated with a keen eye for how familiar subjects can continually be renewed through color, composition, and imagination, the show beautifully dismantles the myth of the isolated, accidental outsider. By grouping ...