Broken Pieces
Does the New York poetry world have a working-class problem? A profile of the poet Cynthia Cruz.
Does the New York poetry world have a working-class problem? A profile of the poet Cynthia Cruz.
On two forgotten portraitists and how to actually alter the art historical canon.
Is the price of convenience in a cashless world worth the human cost?
How did feeling good become a matter of relentless, competitive work; a never-to-be-attained goal which makes us miserable?
Edgar Degas and the stories we tell ourselves, at the opera and everywhere else.
What if plants are smarter than we think—a lot smarter?
A profile of Steve Cohen, a.k.a. the Millionaires’ Magician, who’s made a killing doing parlor magic for the wealthy
The fifteenth-century Italian artist Fra Angelico invented emotional interiority in art
Edouard Manet’s notion of beauty changed starkly near the end of his life. Who determines what is or isn’t beautiful? And why are we so drawn to it?
How close, really, is the link between art and society?