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<em>Mr. Coccus</em>, and Other Suggested Picture Books for Young Microbiologists

Mr. Coccus, and Other Suggested Picture Books for Young Microbiologists

From Cartoonist Tom Gauld's New Book

By Tom Gauld | April 13, 2020

In the Face of Implacable Landscapes, Natural and Viral

In the Face of Implacable Landscapes, Natural and Viral

Steve Edwards on Sharks, Stories, and One of the Great Art Teachers of the 20th Century, Hans Hofmann

By Steve Edwards | April 9, 2020

Still Not Gonna Read the Classics in Quarantine? Here Are Drawings.

Still Not Gonna Read the Classics in Quarantine? Here Are Drawings.

Lisa Brown's Illustrated SparkNotes

By Lisa Brown | April 9, 2020

<em>Moby-Dick'</em>s Powerful Message for the Atomic Age

Moby-Dick's Powerful Message for the Atomic Age

Artist Gilbert Wilson on Domination, Destruction, and Illustration

By Gilbert Wilson | April 8, 2020

Finding, Hiding, Hoarding: On Making Art From Trash

Finding, Hiding, Hoarding: On Making Art From Trash

Nick Flynn's Found Collages

By Nick Flynn | April 2, 2020

Here Are Some Crazy Close-Up Portraits of Ordinary Bugs

Here Are Some Crazy Close-Up Portraits of Ordinary Bugs

Distract Yourself (Or Your Homeschooling 8-Year-Old) With These Glamor Shots

By Daniel Kariko | March 23, 2020

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The Imperfect Picture That Transformed 20th-Century Photography

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Frida Kahlo Was a Captivating Subject for Photographers

The Artist Took Photography as Seriously as Painting

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Writing and Confronting Terror in the Form of a Color

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Theodore Wheeler's Notes on Blue

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On the Reverie and Detachment of the American Road Trip

On the Reverie and Detachment of the American Road Trip

"Mechanical travel blunts our sense of the world."

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Toby Ferris Considers Winter Landscape with a Bird Trap and Census at Bethlehem

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A Story by Laura van den Berg in Response to the Art of Ria Patricia Röder

A Story by Laura van den Berg in Response to the Art of Ria Patricia Röder

"If a statue could sit up who was to say that it could not rise and walk?"

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Finding Humanity and Humility in Alberto Giacometti

Finding Humanity and Humility in Alberto Giacometti

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