Illustrating a Disruption to the Mundanity of Bureaucratic Life

Illustrating a Disruption to the Mundanity of Bureaucratic Life

From Theo Ellsworth's Adaption of Jeff VanderMeer's Short Story “Secret Life“

By Theo Ellsowrth and Jeff VanderMeer | September 30, 2021

Artist Diana Thater Is Determined to Reveal a World Worth Saving

Artist Diana Thater Is Determined to Reveal a World Worth Saving

From the ArtCenter College of Design’s Bi-Weekly Podcast

By Change Lab | September 30, 2021

I'm obsessed with this Instagram series of popular books redesigned

I'm obsessed with this Instagram series of popular books redesigned "for men."

By Emily Temple | September 28, 2021

Helen Scales explains the enormous sea creature that was projected on the UN building last week.

Helen Scales explains the enormous sea creature that was projected on the UN building last week.

By Emily Temple | September 27, 2021

Eileen Myles on Following Joan Mitchell’s Path Through New York City

Eileen Myles on Following Joan Mitchell’s Path Through New York City

“Manhattan Island is pretty much shimmer all day long.”

By Eileen Myles | September 23, 2021

Where Intimacy Meets Tactility: Artists and Publishers on the Nature of the Photobook

Where Intimacy Meets Tactility: Artists and Publishers on the Nature of the Photobook

W. Scott Olsen Speaks to Tomasz Trzebiatowski, Joel Meyerowitz, Elysa Voshell, Olga Karlovac, and Phil Penman

By W. Scott Olsen | September 23, 2021

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“Paris is Paris. There is But One.” On Van Gogh’s Painterly Relationship to France

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Haruki Murakami makes friends with Americans by wearing his “I Put Ketchup On My Ketchup” shirt.

By Walker Caplan | September 21, 2021

What If My Book’s Cover Design Misrepresents Its Content?

What If My Book’s Cover Design Misrepresents Its Content?

Saumya Roy on Poverty Porn and the Optical Echo of Book Jackets

By Saumya Roy | September 21, 2021

An Illustrated Collection of Very Honest Book Covers

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Michael Dumontier and Neil Farber’s Take on the Modern Library

By Michael Dumontier and Neil Farber | September 21, 2021

There is now an enormous portrait of Fyodor Dostoevsky in a wheat field in northern Italy.

There is now an enormous portrait of Fyodor Dostoevsky in a wheat field in northern Italy.

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On Robert Indiana’s <em>LOVE</em>-Hate Relationship with the Sculpture That Made Him a Star

On Robert Indiana’s LOVE-Hate Relationship with the Sculpture That Made Him a Star

Bob Keyes Considers the Financial Realities of an Iconic Work of Art

By Bob Keyes | September 20, 2021

Colin Meloy's novel is becoming a full-length stop-motion movie.

Colin Meloy's novel is becoming a full-length stop-motion movie.

By Walker Caplan | September 15, 2021

On the Playwright Sarah Kane and Radical Ekphrasis in Contemporary Poetics

On the Playwright Sarah Kane and Radical Ekphrasis in Contemporary Poetics

Andrea Abi-Karam on Writing To The Dead

By Andrea Abi-Karam | September 15, 2021

Read the 1985 comic strip that inspired the Bechdel Test.

Read the 1985 comic strip that inspired the Bechdel Test.

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