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What the Word “Beauty” Meant to Helen Frankenthaler

Douglas Dreishpoon on the Reflections of an Iconic Artist

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Everything Dies Baby, That’s a Fact: On the Elusive Train Dreams of Claire Denis and Mike Brodie

Everything Dies Baby, That’s a Fact: On the Elusive Train Dreams of Claire Denis and Mike Brodie

“Most memories die and most objects are lost, many by design.”

By Drew Johnson | September 30, 2022

How an Architect’s Endless Pursuit of Artistic Perfection Drove Him To Despair

How an Architect’s Endless Pursuit of Artistic Perfection Drove Him To Despair

Charlotte Van den Broeck on the Italian Baroque Master, Francesco Borromini

By Charlotte Van den Broeck | September 26, 2022

How Truman Capote and Andy Warhol's Complex Friendship Marked Them Both

How Truman Capote and Andy Warhol's Complex Friendship Marked Them Both

Blake Gopnik and Rob Roth on Adapting the Conversations of Two American Icons for the Stage

By Blake Gopnik and Rob Roth | September 21, 2022

How Iconic Movie Monster “The Pale Man” Was Created

How Iconic Movie Monster “The Pale Man” Was Created

Behind the Scenes of Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth

By David Martí | September 21, 2022

Malaka Gharib on a Summer in Egypt and Learning to Love Her Stepmother

Malaka Gharib on a Summer in Egypt and Learning to Love Her Stepmother

From her Graphic Memoir, It Won't Always Be Like This

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On Martha Cooper’s Exhilarating Photos of 1980s NYC Graffiti

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Eileen Myles on the “Astonishingly Vivid” Photos of Justin Kimball

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Feminist or Feminine? A Twentieth-Century History of Skirts

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Back to School for Everyone: Ekphrastic Poetry with Victoria Chang

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