• Art and Photography

    American History

    Painting the Revolution:
    The Artists Who Joined the Fight For American Independence

    Zara Anishanslin on the Forgotten History of the Transatlantic Artists Who Promoted the Patriot Cause

     
    By Zara Anishanslin  July 17, 2025
    Black Arts

    How Houston’s Third Ward Became a Hub of Black Art, Culture, and Opportunity

    By Lauren O'Neill Butler  July 2, 2025
    The Hub

    Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

    By Brittany Allen  June 27, 2025
    Art and Life

    On Marina Abramović and the Radical Notion of the Third Act

    By Ellen O'Connell Whittet  June 25, 2025
    Travel

    Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

    By Brittany Allen  June 20, 2025
    Literary Magazines

    First Impressions: 15 Years of The Common Through Its Covers

    By Kei Lim  June 9, 2025
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    The Hub

    New Yorkers can meet the Moomins at a new exhibit. (And for everyone else, here’s a sneak preview.)

    By Brittany Allen  June 5, 2025
    The Hub

    All the fake books in Wes Anderson’s multiverse, ranked.

    By Brittany Allen  June 2, 2025
    Photography

    There’s No Place Like Home—Except the Beach: Visual Stories of Montauk, New York

    By Rufus Wainwright and Jörn Weisbrodt  May 22, 2025
    Photography

    Flashes of Brilliance: The 19th-Century Innovations That Shaped Modern Photography

    Anika Burgess on Daguerreotypes, William Henry Fox Talbot, and Darkroom Dangers

    By Anika Burgess  July 17, 2025
    The Hub

    Here’s what’s making us happy this week.

    By Brittany Allen  May 9, 2025
    literary criticism

    Poet of the Queer Brotherhood: How William Blake Influenced Oscar Wilde’s Circle

    By Philip Hoare  May 7, 2025
    The Hub

    Trump’s NEA is terminating hundreds of grants in literature, theater, and the arts.

    By James Folta  May 5, 2025
    Children

    Kids Are Actually Really Funny, Wise, Weird, and Philosophical

    Sarah Manguso and Liana Finck Explore “Questions Without Answers”

    By Literary Hub  May 5, 2025
    Art History

    Dogs Through the Ages: A Creative History of a Faithful Human Companion

    By Jessica Poundstone  May 5, 2025
    Book Covers

    What Would These Iconic Movies Look Like As Books?

    By Matt Stevens  April 29, 2025
    Cartoons

    Art and Craft: An Illustrated Conversation Between Lena Moses-Schmitt and Martha Park

    By Literary Hub  April 24, 2025
    The Writing Life

    Put Your Butt in the Chair: Inside the Simple Alchemy of Making Art

    Elisha Cooper Shares His Creative Routine and Why It Works For Him

    By Elisha Cooper  April 21, 2025
    Children's Book Art

    Inside a New Exhibit That Celebrates the Most Unappreciated Part of Children’s Books.

    By Brittany Allen  April 17, 2025
    American West

    What a 19th-Century Photograph Reveals About Power, Privilege and Violence in the American West

    By Martha A. Sandweiss  April 16, 2025
    Comics

    How Robert Crumb Channeled Mid-Century Teenage Angst Into Art

    By Dan Nadel  April 15, 2025
    The Hub

    Goodnight, Moon is going postal. To celebrate, check out these children’s book stamps.

    By Brittany Allen  April 10, 2025
    The Hub

    Ten books that get the theatre world right.

    By Brittany Allen  April 8, 2025
    Book Design

    Secrets of the Designer: The Nuance of Creating the Perfect Book Cover

    By Alia Hanna Habib  April 7, 2025
    Mrs. Dalloway

    100 Book Covers for Mrs. Dalloway

    By Emily Temple  May 14, 2025
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