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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

Rainbows Abound

By Emily Temple | August 31, 2022

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

Part Four in the Series “13 Ways of Looking”

By Jon Raymond | August 25, 2022

How Death Masks Blur the Lines Between Art, Mourning, and Remembrance

How Death Masks Blur the Lines Between Art, Mourning, and Remembrance

Hayley Campbell on the Painstaking Process of Depicting the Dead For the Living

By Hayley Campbell | August 24, 2022

Jason Chin on Developing Emotional Connections with Places in Order to Illustrate Them

Jason Chin on Developing Emotional Connections with Places in Order to Illustrate Them

This Week on the NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | August 24, 2022

Look at these beautiful book sculptures adorned in fungi and coral.

Look at these beautiful book sculptures adorned in fungi and coral.

By Jonny Diamond | August 23, 2022

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The Making of a Muse: When Edie Sedgwick Met Andy Warhol

By Alice Sedgwick Wohl | August 19, 2022

13 Ways of Looking at a Family: Maud Newton on the Imagery of Ancestors (Including Her Own)

By Maud Newton | August 18, 2022

13 Ways of Looking at a Virus: Joseph Osmundson on the Visual Side of Virology

By Joseph Osmundson | August 4, 2022

How Kiki de Montparnasse Made Her Life Into a Work of Art

How Kiki de Montparnasse Made Her Life Into a Work of Art

Mark Braude on the Dueling Artistic Passions of Man Ray and a Muse With a Mind of Her Own

By Mark Braude | August 4, 2022

Inside the Making of an Artist’s Book

Inside the Making of an Artist’s Book

Tammy Nguyen on Books as Art Objects

By Tammy Nguyen | July 29, 2022

13 Ways of Looking: Samantha Hunt on the Visual Inspirations Behind Her First Work of Nonfiction

13 Ways of Looking: Samantha Hunt on the Visual Inspirations Behind Her First Work of Nonfiction

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By Samantha Hunt | July 28, 2022

The Story of Two Lost Fountain Pens

The Story of Two Lost Fountain Pens

Nina Katchadourian on the Agony of Loss and a Moment of Reconnection

By Nina Katchadourian | July 25, 2022

How a <em>Lord of the Rings</em> and Dungeons & Dragons Crossover Almost Happened

How a Lord of the Rings and Dungeons & Dragons Crossover Almost Happened

Ben Riggs on Missed Possibilities in the World of Roleplay Gaming

By Ben Riggs | July 20, 2022

Lost in Translation: When the United States Met Pablo Picasso

Lost in Translation: When the United States Met Pablo Picasso

Hugh Eakin on John Quinn, the Man Who First Introduced America to Modern Art and New Ideas

By Hugh Eakin | July 14, 2022

Why Telling Effective Stories About the Environment Requires More Than Just Words

Why Telling Effective Stories About the Environment Requires More Than Just Words

Aviva Rahmani in Conversation with Andrew Keen

By Keen On | July 11, 2022

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