What a Young, Aspiring John Singer Sargent Learned From the Beauty of Florence

What a Young, Aspiring John Singer Sargent Learned From the Beauty of Florence

Paul Fisher on an American Expatriate Artist’s Early Pursuit of Inspiration

By Paul Fisher | December 19, 2022

The 103 Best Book Covers of 2022

The 103 Best Book Covers of 2022

As Chosen by Our Favorite Book Cover Designers

By Emily Temple | December 13, 2022

“Please Pretend That I am Dead.” Darcey Steinke on the Long, Complicated Life of Painter Agnes Martin

“Please Pretend That I am Dead.” Darcey Steinke on the Long, Complicated Life of Painter Agnes Martin

“I have tried existing, and I do not like it. I would like to give it up.”

By Darcey Steinke | December 7, 2022

Scientific, Sexual and Sentimental: What Frida Kahlo Saw in the Orchid

Scientific, Sexual and Sentimental: What Frida Kahlo Saw in the Orchid

Erica Hannickel on an Artist's Plant-Filled Life

By Erica Hannickel | December 6, 2022

Beowulf Sheehan on what it was like to photograph Cormac McCarthy.

Beowulf Sheehan on what it was like to photograph Cormac McCarthy.

By Beowulf Sheehan | December 1, 2022

Pico Iyer on the Timelessly Intimate Images of Norwegian Photographer Tom Sandberg

Pico Iyer on the Timelessly Intimate Images of Norwegian Photographer Tom Sandberg

“Objects have lives, and the divisions we draw between animate and inanimate are a human-made creation.”

By Pico Iyer | November 30, 2022

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Zelda Fitzgerald: Writer, Muse, and... Painter?

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How a Forgery of a Forgery Began a Career in the Artistic Underworld

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Just Passing Through: On Milton Gendel’s Seven-Decade Roman Holiday

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Why Good Photography Should Get Underneath Our Skin and Assault Us

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Roger Ballen in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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What Photographers Should Learn From Vermeer and Other 17th-Century Dutch Artists

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Jessica Todd Harper in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

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“What Is It You Actually Do?” Jack O’Brien on the Role(s) of a Theater Director

“What Is It You Actually Do?” Jack O’Brien on the Role(s) of a Theater Director

“I’ve been praised for a lighting designer’s contribution, and condemned for a writer’s lack of skill.”

By Jack O'Brien | November 16, 2022

Overhead at Literary Speed Dating: Scenes from the Center for Fiction

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Kathleen Radigan on Looking for Love Among the Shelves

By Kathleen Radigan | November 14, 2022

Lynn Caponera on the Wild and Wonderful Legacy of Maurice Sendak

Lynn Caponera on the Wild and Wonderful Legacy of Maurice Sendak

“His work had the magical ability to be different and still be essentially Sendak all at the same time.”

By Lynn Caponera | November 3, 2022

Accumulated Memory: Ken Burns on the Intersection of Individual Intimacy and National Narrative

Accumulated Memory: Ken Burns on the Intersection of Individual Intimacy and National Narrative

“Rhymes of race, freedom, innovation, politics, war, leadership, prejudice, art, and scandal recur vividly and insistently.”

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Kate Beaton on the Grueling Task of Writing a Picture Book and Her New Memoir

Kate Beaton on the Grueling Task of Writing a Picture Book and Her New Memoir

In Conversation with Christopher Hermelin on So Many Damn Books

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