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The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Fictionalizing the Life of a Great Artist

The Pleasures and Pitfalls of Fictionalizing the Life of a Great Artist

Lorenza Pieri on Finding Inspiration in Niki de Saint Phalle’s Tarot Garden

By Lorenza Pieri | June 3, 2021

Kevin Young on the Intersection of Poetry, Museum Curation, and Hip Hop

Kevin Young on the Intersection of Poetry, Museum Curation, and Hip Hop

In Conversation with Paul Holdengräber on The Quarantine Tapes

By The Quarantine Tapes | May 28, 2021

LARPers are learning swordfighting techniques from this medieval Italian manuscript.

LARPers are learning swordfighting techniques from this medieval Italian manuscript.

By Walker Caplan | May 24, 2021

Announcing the second season of FUSE: A <em>BOMB</em> Podcast.

Announcing the second season of FUSE: A BOMB Podcast.

By Walker Caplan | May 18, 2021

Beyond Good and Evil: Reconsidering the Toxic Myth of the “Transgressive” Artist

Beyond Good and Evil: Reconsidering the Toxic Myth of the “Transgressive” Artist

Martha C. Nussbaum on What We Forgive in the Name of Art

By Martha C. Nussbaum | May 13, 2021

<em>Fierce Poise</em> by Alexander Nemerov, Read by Alison Fraser

Fierce Poise by Alexander Nemerov, Read by Alison Fraser

On the Life of Painter Helen Frankenthaler

By Behind the Mic | May 13, 2021

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When You’re the Target Audience for the Futurist Paintings of a Long-Dead Swedish Artist

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The Cozy, Homey, Intricate Illustrations of Jan Brett

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Rebecca Rego Barry on the New Exhibition at the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, NY

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What you never knew you've always wanted: a speaker shaped like a book.

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“I Am in Control of My Self-Sabotage.

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Josh Mecouch Takes an Honest Look at the Things We Tell Ourselves

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Imagine your ideal artist’s retreat in this breathtakingly beautiful forest library.

Imagine your ideal artist’s retreat in this breathtakingly beautiful forest library.

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Saying the Unsaid: How Writing a Graphic Memoir Helped Dispel My Family’s Shame

Saying the Unsaid: How Writing a Graphic Memoir Helped Dispel My Family’s Shame

Margaret Kimball on Spilling Her Family’s Secrets, with Their Reluctant Cooperation

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Chillnobyl: Throwing a Rave Deep in Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone

Chillnobyl: Throwing a Rave Deep in Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone

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Trevor Paglen on the Changing Meaning of Images Under the Pandemic

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