Art and Photography

Archives

The Man Who Quietly Built a Massive Archive of Artists’ Deaths

A Report from the Archives of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

 
By Jim Moske  January 18, 2022
Artists

How Artists Navigate the Interplay of Authority and Freedom

By Jed Perl  January 12, 2022
The Hub

Maya Angelou is the first Black woman to appear on the U.S. quarter.

By Walker Caplan  January 11, 2022
Archeology

How Stolen Cultural Artifacts Made Their Way to a Major Museum

By Stefan Koldehoff and Tobias Timm  January 11, 2022
Libraries

A Glimpse Inside the World’s Most Beautiful Libraries

By Georg Ruppelt  January 10, 2022
Comics

The Subversive Spider-Man: How Spidey Broke the Superhero Mold

By Ralph Macchio  January 3, 2022
Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
Keen On

Sarah Burns on the Fabulous Life of Perkins Harnly

By Keen On  December 26, 2021
Writer's Homes

Ginsberg, Didion, Sontag: Inside the Apartments of New York City Literary Legends, c. 1995

By Dominique Nabokov  December 20, 2021
Cartoons

On New Yorker Cartoonist Ed Koren’s Sketches for the End Times

By Howard Norman  December 13, 2021
The Hub

Exclusive cover reveal: Kate Beaton’s graphic memoir Ducks.

By Literary Hub  January 13, 2022
Art History

On the Birth of the Art Instinct

By John-Paul Stonard  December 8, 2021
Photography

What Propelled Vivian Maier’s Earliest New York Photographs?

By Ann Marks  December 7, 2021
Musicians

“He Wound Up Feeling Like a Close Friend.” On Drawing the Life of Leonard Cohen

By Literary Hub  December 6, 2021
The Hub

This artist creates gorgeous paintings on the edges of hardcover books.

By Walker Caplan  November 30, 2021
Graphic Novels

Mirion Malle: “Let’s Talk About Mental Health Without Pointing Blame”

By Sophie Yanow  November 29, 2021
Artists

In Willem de Kooning’s Loft at the Dawn of Bohemian New York

By Edith Schloss  November 19, 2021
The Hub

Emma Cline is launching a new imprint of highbrow “Picture Books” for Gagosian.

By Emily Temple  November 18, 2021
collaboration

The Wonder of Collaboration: Finding a New Spark of Creativity with Liana Finck

Luke Burgis on Balancing Distinct Voices and Desires

By Luke Burgis  November 18, 2021
Artists

How Picasso Built the Foundation for the Surrealist Movement

By John Richardson  November 17, 2021
Comics

Tracing the Internet’s Enormous Impact on American Comics

By Jeremy Dauber  November 16, 2021
Directors

Remembering the Iconic Visuals and Creative Process of Spike Lee’s School Daze

By Spike Lee  November 15, 2021
Illustrations

Bob Eckstein Illustrates New and Renovated Bookstores and Libraries from Around the Country

A Visual Celebration of New Literary Life Amid a Pandemic

By Bob Eckstein  November 12, 2021
Film

In Praise of Wes Anderson’s Finest Film: The Grand Budapest Hotel

By Lucas Mann  November 11, 2021
Artists

On Unjustly Forgotten American Abstract Artist Alice Trumbull Mason

By Meghan Forbes  November 4, 2021
The Hub

Check out every New Directions cover for Clarice Lispector’s work.

By Literary Hub  December 10, 2021
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