Dorothy Parker on the Art of Her Old Pal James Thurber

Dorothy Parker on the Art of Her Old Pal James Thurber

"A Thurber must be seen to be believed—there is no use trying to tell the plot of it."

By Dorothy Parker | August 22, 2019

At the Birth of Surrealism in Montparnasse, 1913

At the Birth of Surrealism in Montparnasse, 1913

On Marcel Duchamp, Giorgio de Chirico, and the Hothouse of Parisian Art

By Sue Roe | August 20, 2019

Jim Marshall's Iconic Photos from the 1969 Woodstock Festival

Jim Marshall's Iconic Photos from the 1969 Woodstock Festival

Santana, Jerry Garcia, The Who, Hippies in the Mud, and More

By Michelle Margetts | August 15, 2019

The Painter's Wife vs. The Poet's Husband: Portrait of a Marriage

The Painter's Wife vs. The Poet's Husband: Portrait of a Marriage

Shawna Lemay on the Indistinct Line Between Background and Foreground

By Shawna Lemay | August 6, 2019

Toward a Theory of the New Weird

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Elvia Wilk on a Feminist Understanding of Eerie Fiction

By Elvia Wilk | August 5, 2019

Inventing the Village: The Life and Times of the Jane Street Artists

Inventing the Village: The Life and Times of the Jane Street Artists

On Nell Blaine and the Young Abstract Painters of Downtown New York

By Cathy Curtis | August 5, 2019

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