How the Fire That Destroyed My Paintings Turned Me Into a Writer

How the Fire That Destroyed My Paintings Turned Me Into a Writer

Jonathan Santlofer on Art, Career Changes, and the Joy of Something New

By Jonathan Santlofer | January 5, 2024

On the Serious Business of 19th-Century Fairy Paintings

On the Serious Business of 19th-Century Fairy Paintings

Jennifer Higgie Considers the Significance of a Mystical Artistic Tradition

By Jennifer Higgie | January 5, 2024

How Alien We Seem: On Being Blind and Obsessed with Photography

How Alien We Seem: On Being Blind and Obsessed with Photography

M. Leona Godin Considers, Among Other Things, the Enduring Trope of the Blind Pencil Vendor

By M. Leona Godin | January 4, 2024

How to Be Photographed: 12 Tips for Putting Your Best Writerly Face Forward

How to Be Photographed: 12 Tips for Putting Your Best Writerly Face Forward

Michelle Wildgen on the Art of the Author Photo

By Michelle Wildgen | January 2, 2024

Rebecca Solnit on Meghann Riepenhoff’s Cyanotype Prints Made in Freezing Landscapes

Rebecca Solnit on Meghann Riepenhoff’s Cyanotype Prints Made in Freezing Landscapes

“The processes of photography were liquid for most of the medium’s history...”

By Rebecca Solnit and Meghann Riepenhoff | December 13, 2023

The 139 Best Book Covers of 2023

The 139 Best Book Covers of 2023

We Asked 47 Designers for Their Favorites

By Emily Temple | December 12, 2023

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Memories Lost and Found: On the Photography of Binh Danh

By Binh Danh | December 11, 2023

Embracing Uncertainty: In Defense of Question-Seeking Criticism

By Helen Molesworth | December 11, 2023

Plain-Spoken Performance Art: A Conversation with Laurie Anderson

By Brooke Wentz | December 8, 2023

Graffiti Gentrification: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on the Exploitation of Basquiat

Graffiti Gentrification: Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore on the Exploitation of Basquiat

Considering Boom for Real: The Late-Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat While Walking Through Baltimore

By Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore | November 30, 2023

Muse as Medium: On the Women Pablo Picasso Remade in His Image

Muse as Medium: On the Women Pablo Picasso Remade in His Image

Mara Naselli Considers the Visceral Visual Violence of the Artist’s Oeuvre

By Mara Naselli | November 29, 2023

Do You Believe in Magic? On The Timeless Charm of Children’s Books

Do You Believe in Magic? On The Timeless Charm of Children’s Books

Jane Mount Considers the Power of Literary Nostalgia in Creating Art

By Jane Mount | November 27, 2023

“We Want to Make It Feel Like a Party.” On the Transformation of Southwest Review

“We Want to Make It Feel Like a Party.” On the Transformation of Southwest Review

A Lit Mag Embraces Colorful Design and Literary Translation

By Mark Haber | November 21, 2023

The Pyschedelic Life and Art of David Edward Byrd

The Pyschedelic Life and Art of David Edward Byrd

It All Began With a Trip to the Bathroom

By Robert von Goeben | November 20, 2023

Benjamin Moser on What We Can Learn from Failed Dutch Painters

Benjamin Moser on What We Can Learn from Failed Dutch Painters

"Why do we make art, why do we need it, and how can you avoid becoming a failure?"

By Benjamin Moser | November 20, 2023

The 400th Anniversary: Look Inside Shakespeare’s First Folio

The 400th Anniversary: Look Inside Shakespeare’s First Folio

A Sneak Peak at Rizzoli and The British Library's Facsimile Edition

By Literary Hub | November 13, 2023

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