• Art and Photography

    Best of 2024

    Lit Hub’s 50 Noteworthy Nonfiction Books of 2024

    Because Facts Still Matter

     
    By Literary Hub  December 24, 2024
    Photography

    The Art of Watching and the Art of Being Watched: On Sophie Calle’s The Sleepers

    By Karla Kelsey  December 16, 2024
    The Craft of Writing

    Ekphrastic Influences: Derek Mong on Finding Inspiration at the Museum

    By Derek Mong  December 13, 2024
    Monuments

    Archaeology or Exclusion? Brandon Shimoda on Saving a Japanese American WWII Monument

    By Brandon Shimoda  December 11, 2024
    Underreported

    An annotated list of things Raymond Chandler hated recently sold for $2000 at auction.

    By Brittany Allen  December 10, 2024
    The Craft of Writing

    Pilgrimage: Beowulf Sheehan on Author Photos and the Search for Home

    By Beowulf Sheehan  December 6, 2024
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Cultural History

    Dark Futures: How the European Dream of Modernization Ended in Totalitarian Despair

    By Glenn Adamson  December 6, 2024
    Cartoons

    A Century of Restlessness: What It Means To Be A New Yorker Cartoonist

    By Michael Maslin  November 21, 2024
    Religion

    Gospel of the Many Selves: Jessie Van Eerden on Searching for Home and Herself

    By Jessie Van Eerden  November 20, 2024
    Artists

    “A Writer Who Draws.” On the Life and Creative Legacy of Saul Steinberg

    Liana Finck Remembers the Innovative Work of the Iconic “New Yorker” Cartoonist

    By Liana Finck  December 18, 2024
    Black History

    Still Fighting For Liberty and Justice For All: A Visual History of Black America

    By LaGarrett King  November 18, 2024
    Protest Art

    A Gesture Larger Than Death: On Bill T. Jones’s AIDS Elegy “Still/Here” at 30

    By Jen Benka  November 13, 2024
    Activism

    But Can It Change Anything? What Artists and Social Movements Can Learn From Each Other

    By Amber Massie-Blomfield  November 7, 2024
    Basketball

    An Eye On the Court: Chronicling 40 Years of NBA Photography

    Dave McMenamin on Nathaniel S. Butler’s Pioneering Work Capturing Some of Professional Basketball’s Greatest Moments

    By Dave McMenamin  November 5, 2024
    Musicians

    How a Young Michael Stipe Found Creative Camaraderie in Art School

    By Peter Ames Carlin  November 5, 2024
    On Grief

    Capturing Moments of Growth and Loss: Photography as an Excavation of the Self

    By Rosalind Fox Solomon  November 4, 2024
    Influences

    Channeling Curiosity Into Language: How a Diverse Array of Influences Feeds Poetic Development

    By Mónica de la Torre  October 29, 2024
    Art History

    The Surprising Power of Piet Mondrian’s Lesser-Known Early Paintings

    Nicholas Fox Weber Reflects on Mondrian’s Still Lifes and Black-and-White Work

    By Nicholas Fox Weber  October 25, 2024
    Comics

    Music, Image, and Language: Christopher Forgues Shares the Elements of His Creative Process

    By Rob Goyanes  October 21, 2024
    Economics

    The Real Tomb Raiders: How Freeports Enabled International Art Theft

    By Atossa Araxia Abrahamian  October 9, 2024
    Folklore

    Five Books That Showcase the Fascinating Landscape of European Folklore

    By Ben Edge  October 9, 2024
    The Hub

    The house from Practical Magic has inspired an architectural design trend.

    (And you'll never guess what it's called.)

    By Brittany Allen  October 4, 2024
    Video Games

    Mundane Preaching: On the Shortfalls of “Awareness Raising” Video Games

    By Marijam Did  October 4, 2024
    Art History

    What the Supreme Court Can Learn From a 14th-Century Italian City-State

    By Liesl Schillinger  October 3, 2024
    Theater

    How Stephen Sondheim Brought Neo-Impressionism to the Stage

    By Richard Schoch  November 19, 2024
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