Advertising as Art: How Literary Magazines Pioneered a New Kind of Graphic Design

Advertising as Art: How Literary Magazines Pioneered a New Kind of Graphic Design

Allison Rudnick on the Rise and Fall of the 19th Century "Literary Poster"

By Allison Rudnick | April 3, 2024

The Chronicler of Asian America: Hua Hsu on Photographer and Activist Corky Lee

The Chronicler of Asian America: Hua Hsu on Photographer and Activist Corky Lee

“We await our moment, in pursuit of the picture that Corky envisaged, a portrait of a community that is too large and too brilliant.”

By Hua Hsu | March 28, 2024

Richard Serra's

Richard Serra's "Verb List" is both art and to-do list.

By James Folta | March 27, 2024

Why I Chose to Be the Cover Model for My Own Novel

Why I Chose to Be the Cover Model for My Own Novel

Alvina Chamberland: “I want to take up as much space as possible, both body and soul.”

By Alvina Chamberland | March 25, 2024

Not Just Covers, But Every Page: Why Writers Should Talk About Book Design Early On

Not Just Covers, But Every Page: Why Writers Should Talk About Book Design Early On

Debbie Berne on the Intricacies of Literary Interior Design

By Debbie Berne | March 15, 2024

The Birds of Northern Manhattan: On Vanishing Human and Non-Human Habitats

The Birds of Northern Manhattan: On Vanishing Human and Non-Human Habitats

Emily Raboteau Considers the Intersections of Climate Change and Gentrification

By Emily Raboteau | March 13, 2024

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Jennifer Croft on Photography as an Unexpected Writing Tool

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Unruly Writing: On the Problem with the Fragmented Art History Book

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Dalya Benor Considers the High-Concept Hybrid Taking Over the Literary World

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Lost Boys: On a Hidden Fraternity of the Forsaken in the American West

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Jim Mangan and Judith Freeman Chronicle Everyday Life in a Disintegrating Community

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The Rarely Seen Color Photographs of Garry Winogrand

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Michael Almereyda on the Famed Photographer’s Use of Color

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Visual Disposability: How Photographic Practice Dehumanizes Black Bodies

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Kimberly Juanita Brown on the Long, Global Tradition of the Antiblack Gaze

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When Your Childhood Belongs to Everyone: Growing Up in a Downtown Manhattan That Changed Forever on 9/11

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Emma Dries on Loft Life Above the Fulton Fish Market and the Day That Everything Changed

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The Artist is Banned for Violating Community Guidelines: On Belle Delphine, Marina Abramovic, and Womanhood-As-Performance

The Artist is Banned for Violating Community Guidelines: On Belle Delphine, Marina Abramovic, and Womanhood-As-Performance

Rafael Frumkin Explores the Intersection of Art, Sexuality and Digital Content Creation

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Who Made Who? On the Creative Collaboration of Man Ray and Kiki de Montparnasse

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Mark Braude Considers the Blurred Lines Between Object and Participant, Artist and Muse

By Mark Braude | February 9, 2024

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