Why Preservation Should Matter
October 29, 2016
Max Page— In our “sour little age,” as playwright Tony Kushner once called the world we live in, lines from a law passed fifty years ago this weekend offer welcome… READ MORE
Category: Art & Architecture
Widows and Orphans: Tony Seddon on Type Terms
October 28, 2016
Tony Seddon— I recently wrote a book titled Essential Type: An Illustrated Guide to Understanding and Using Fonts. When I started the book I assumed, as one does with any… READ MORE
Frank Lloyd Wright and San Francisco
October 25, 2016
Stanford University professor emeritus Paul V. Turner, author of the new book Frank Lloyd Wright and San Francisco, shares marvelous stories from his years of research into Frank Lloyd Wright’s… READ MORE
William Eggleston Portraits
October 21, 2016
So many people take those simple snapshots of life, but there’s something about Eggleston that no one can match. —Sofia Coppola Ivy Sanders Schneider— William Eggleston (b. 1939),”the father of… READ MORE
Kentucky Renaissance: A Story told Through Photography
October 18, 2016
Brian Sholis– I first became aware of the creative life that flourished in mid-twentieth-century Lexington, Kentucky, around 2001. In quick succession I discovered Guy Davenport’s writing and Ralph Eugene Meatyard’s… READ MORE
Vito Acconci and the Body as Medium
October 5, 2016
Elise Archias’s new book, The Concrete Body: Yvonne Rainer, Carolee Schneemann, Vito Acconci, examines the 1960s performance work of these three New York artists who adapted modernist approaches to form… READ MORE
Everywhen: The Eternal Present in Indigenous Art From Australia
September 21, 2016
Stephen Gilchrist— My great-grandmother Dolly Bidgemia was said to be 121 years old when she died. However, she never made the Guinness World Records, because at her birth, her name was… READ MORE
Lowlands Travelogue: Amsterdam
September 7, 2016
In Elisabeth de Bièvre’s book Dutch Art and Urban Culture, 1200-1700, the author explains how distinct geographical circumstances and histories shaped unique urban developments in different locations in the Netherlands and, in turn,… READ MORE
What Exactly is Culture? Interview with Terry Eagleton by David Ebony
August 26, 2016
David Ebony— So much in the news these days refers to culture, culture clashes or culture wars, cultural identity, and cultural purity. The meaning of “culture” seems to be expansive… READ MORE
Happy Birthday, Coco Chanel!
August 19, 2016
“Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony.” ―… READ MORE
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