Kim Beil
Lecturer, Stanford University
Kim Beil teaches art history at Stanford University. She has written about art and visual culture for The Atlantic, The Believer and Cabinet, among other publications, and is the author of Good Pictures: A History of Popular Photography (2020).
Written by Kim Beil
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What TikTok videos have in common with Victorian parlour games
TikTok and Insta videos are the Victorian parlour games of today, allowing us to share in the emotional benefits of play
by Kim Beil & Ryan Tacata
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Why we love to play pretend in front of scenic backdrops
Zoom backgrounds have their roots in 19th-century portrait photography and say as much about the creation of the social self
by Kim Beil