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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.”

By Ken Burns | November 2, 2022

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

By So Many Damn Books | November 1, 2022

“Giacometti Slept with the Lights On...” And Other Encounters with Mid-Century Art Stars

“Giacometti Slept with the Lights On...” And Other Encounters with Mid-Century Art Stars

Barbara Chase-Riboud Has Some Stories to Tell

By Barbara Chase-Riboud | October 31, 2022

Where Art Meets Organizing: Bill McKibben on the Power of Climate Crisis Posters

Where Art Meets Organizing: Bill McKibben on the Power of Climate Crisis Posters

“Posters are art in service to movement.”

By Bill McKibben | October 27, 2022

The Nine Lives of a Cat (Book Cover)

The Nine Lives of a Cat (Book Cover)

Bob Eckstein on the Process of Creating the Cover of The Complete Book of Cat Names

By Bob Eckstein | October 26, 2022

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How The Renaissance Was Defined and Re-Defined

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Zoology and Cartoons: Will McPhail on Drawing Funny Animals

Zoology and Cartoons: Will McPhail on Drawing Funny Animals

The New Yorker Cartoonist on the Schooling Behind the Doodles

By Will McPhail | October 19, 2022

How Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes Revolutionized Dance

How Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes Revolutionized Dance

Rupert Christiansen on the Modernization of Ballet

By Rupert Christiansen | October 19, 2022

Maira Kalman’s Illustrations of Women Holding Things

Maira Kalman’s Illustrations of Women Holding Things

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By Maira Kalman | October 18, 2022

How Monuments Help Us Remember—Or Not Remember—the Past

How Monuments Help Us Remember—Or Not Remember—the Past

Andrew Shanken on the Origins and Meanings of Central Park’s Memorials

By Andrew Shanken | October 18, 2022

On the Culinary and Artistic History of Cheese

On the Culinary and Artistic History of Cheese

Noëlle Janaczewska: “Cheese is a cheese is a cheese.”

By Noëlle Janaczewska | October 17, 2022

The Roiling Mess: Mairead Small Staid on Italo Calvino, Anne Carson, and Love Stories

The Roiling Mess: Mairead Small Staid on Italo Calvino, Anne Carson, and Love Stories

“Want spins like a pendant at the end of a chain, now a noun, now a verb.”

By Mairead Small Staid | October 14, 2022

The Waning Years of Edward Hopper

The Waning Years of Edward Hopper

Richard Lacayo on How Aging Impacts an Artist’s Output and Oeuvre

By Richard Lacayo | October 13, 2022

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