From way back in ’80s Philadelphia, Elizabeth Isadora Gold remembers her first writing teacher, the mail art artist/lyricist Stu Horn.
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What Happens If I Don’t Like Fiona Apple?
It seems like everyone in the world loves “Fetch the Bolt Cutters.” So why don’t I? On the isolation of disconnection.
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Edward Gorey: A Highly Conjectural Man
When asked if there was “anything people don’t understand” about him, Gorey responded: “Yes. No. Yes. No.” A new biography by Mark Dery attempts to sort myth from reality.
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To Post, or Not to Post?
Eloghosa Osunde contemplates the role of marginalized artists in online activism.
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To Post, or Not to Post?
Eloghosa Osunde contemplates the role of marginalized artists in online activism.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women
A Woman’s Work: The Art of the Day Job
Carolita Johnson looks back on the many ways she’s tried to juggle work with her *work.*
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A Woman’s Work: The Art of the Day Job
Carolita Johnson looks back on the many ways she’s tried to juggle work with her *work.*
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‘Wild With Love’: Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah on the Portraits of Henry Taylor
Henry Taylor’s portraits are sacred objects that lovingly center black subjects and black interiority.
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Old In Art School
At 64, Nell Painter left a secure teaching position and went back to school to study art.
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Tax-Free Storage Wars
Arcis is a new art storage facility in Harlem that offers its clients a Foreign Trade Zone. But are they selling the art world a luxury tax haven, or just banking on confusion?