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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

By Malaka Gharib | September 21, 2022

Fury Made Visible: Call and Response for Civil Rights through Graphic Design

Fury Made Visible: Call and Response for Civil Rights through Graphic Design

Silas Munro on the Intentional Aesthetic of a Revolution

By Silas Munro | September 21, 2022

How the Trapper Keeper Shaped a Generation of Writers

How the Trapper Keeper Shaped a Generation of Writers

Jess deCourcy Hinds on the Most Popular School Supply of All Time

By Jess deCourcy Hinds | September 19, 2022

Kate Beaton on Why Her Coming-Of-Age Memoir Isn't as

Kate Beaton on Why Her Coming-Of-Age Memoir Isn't as "Dismal" as Some Critics Have Suggested

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 19, 2022

Why is Writing About Art So Difficult?

Why is Writing About Art So Difficult?

Sara Woster on Finding the Words We Need

By Sara Woster | September 14, 2022

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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

“There’s a relentlessly graphic thing to Justin Kimball’s pictures.”

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Feminist or Feminine? A Twentieth-Century History of Skirts

Feminist or Feminine? A Twentieth-Century History of Skirts

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Back to School for Everyone: Ekphrastic Poetry with Victoria Chang

Back to School for Everyone: Ekphrastic Poetry with Victoria Chang

“The act of seeing the visual art of another has allowed my mind and imagination to be free.”

By Victoria Chang | September 6, 2022

No Pets Left Behind: A Brief History of Photography Told Through Antique Dog Portraits

No Pets Left Behind: A Brief History of Photography Told Through Antique Dog Portraits

Anthony Cavo Pays Tribute to the Bond Between People and Their Pets

By Anthony Cavo | September 2, 2022

Does Our Desire for Social Rank Determine Taste, Identity, Art, and Fashion?

Does Our Desire for Social Rank Determine Taste, Identity, Art, and Fashion?

W. David Marx in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | September 1, 2022

The 11 Best Book Covers of August

The 11 Best Book Covers of August

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13 Ways of Looking at <em>Denial</em>: Jon Raymond on the Artistic Inspiration Behind His Novel

13 Ways of Looking at Denial: Jon Raymond on the Artistic Inspiration Behind His Novel

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