The Myth of the Artistic Genius
On two forgotten portraitists and how to actually alter the art historical canon.
All posts tagged: culture
The Opera Backstage
Edgar Degas and the stories we tell ourselves, at the opera and everywhere else.
Changing Rituals: A Conversation with Nancy Jo Sales
Nancy Jo Sales on the changes of childhood and the irredeemability of Facebook.
Re-thinking the Coming-of-Age Tale
How can you go about finding out ‘who you really are’ if the whole idea is a cultural fabrication?
The Morality of Language
Does speaking in a second language make you a more moral person?
Your Brain on Beauty: A Neurological Defense of Aestheticism
Why is art with themes and readily available meanings so often privileged above pure aesthetic beauty?
Beautiful and Damned: On Growing Up with F. Scott Fitzgerald
With the writers we read again and again, our interpretation of their stories and legacies tends to change over time.
