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Dogs Through the Ages: A Creative History of a Faithful Human Companion

Dogs Through the Ages: A Creative History of a Faithful Human Companion

Jessica Poundstone Explores Canine Depictions in Art From Across the World

By Jessica Poundstone | May 5, 2025

Beautiful and Innovative: In Praise of Artistic Experimentation in Literature

Beautiful and Innovative: In Praise of Artistic Experimentation in Literature

Sam Mills Makes the Case For Marrying the Literary and the Visual in Fiction and Nonfiction

By Sam Mills | February 14, 2025

How Stephen Sondheim Brought Neo-Impressionism to the Stage

How Stephen Sondheim Brought Neo-Impressionism to the Stage

Richard Schoch on “Sunday in the Park with George” and the Intersection of Visual Art and Musical Theater

By Richard Schoch | November 19, 2024

How a Young Michael Stipe Found Creative Camaraderie in Art School

How a Young Michael Stipe Found Creative Camaraderie in Art School

Peter Ames Carlin on the R.E.M. Frontman’s Days Studying Painting, Drawing and Photography at the University of Georgia

By Peter Ames Carlin | November 5, 2024

Am I supposed to read all this? On spending time with Jenny Holzer's word art.

Am I supposed to read all this? On spending time with Jenny Holzer's word art.

By Brittany Allen | September 17, 2024

Poetry and Painting: Visualizing Verse on the Page and the Canvas

Poetry and Painting: Visualizing Verse on the Page and the Canvas

Cynthia Zarin and Rose Seccareccia Explore Their Shared Family Pastimes of Art and Literature

By Cynthia Zarin | September 6, 2024

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By Zachary Small | May 22, 2024

Blood, Sweat, and Paint: Finding the Work Behind the Art

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Art For Everybody: Ann Magnuson on Her Friend, Keith Haring

Art For Everybody: Ann Magnuson on Her Friend, Keith Haring

“Even if you didn’t think you could do something, he believed you could, and then you did.”

By Ann Magnuson | July 20, 2023

The Old Becomes the New: Lawrence Sutin on the Art of Transforming Books

The Old Becomes the New: Lawrence Sutin on the Art of Transforming Books

“The freedom of erasure is its greatest allure.”

By Lawrence Sutin | July 17, 2023

What the Word “Beauty” Meant to Helen Frankenthaler

What the Word “Beauty” Meant to Helen Frankenthaler

Douglas Dreishpoon on the Reflections of an Iconic Artist

By Douglas Dreishpoon | October 3, 2022

On Domesticity and Memory in James Baldwin and Becky Suss

On Domesticity and Memory in James Baldwin and Becky Suss

Peter L’Official on Suss’s “Brand of Children’s Vision for Adults”

By Pete L’Official | June 2, 2022

Discovering Franz Kafka’s Nearly-Lost Drawings

Discovering Franz Kafka’s Nearly-Lost Drawings

Andreas Kilcher on the “Grotesque, Carnivalesque” Inventions

By Andreas Kilcher | June 1, 2022

Nikole Hannah-Jones and Gio Swaby on Portraiture that Uplifts Black Women

Nikole Hannah-Jones and Gio Swaby on Portraiture that Uplifts Black Women

Celebrating Swaby's Loving, Attentive Practice

By Nikole Hannah-Jones | May 26, 2022

14 Contemporary Artists on How Reading Influences Their Work

14 Contemporary Artists on How Reading Influences Their Work

“Words are what culled my inner artist from the dead.”

By Literary Hub | March 16, 2022

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