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Acqua Alta
A.J. Bermudez on seeing through Renoir's eyes.
Aug 30, 2023
Meat Lockers
Steven Tagle on Paul Thek's "meat pieces" and the reassurance of grotesque sensuality.
Aug 2, 2023
Open Canon: John Baldessari
by Thomas Larson. Initially laughed out of galleries, John Baldessari developed his "creed that the blander the subject matter, the more the artist’s…
Jul 19, 2023
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Open Canon: Jane Roberts, or "Seth"
Feb 15, 2023
She Comes in Many Forms
May 25, 2022
Welcome to Raft, a Magazine for People Who Love the Arts
Mar 25, 2022 • Raft Magazine
To Linger
Aug 3, 2022
Beyond the Peak
Dec 14, 2022
Tailored Congruence: the details essay
Jun 7, 2023
To Hold a Child
Teresa H. Janssen on the benediction of Eavan Boland's "Night Feed."
Jul 5, 2023
Open Canon: Albert Pinkham Ryder
by John McMahon. The painter, a master of building texture to create a unique sense of light, stopped painting after completing one of his most unusual…
Jun 21, 2023
Tailored Congruence: the details essay
Erin Pesut on writing the details without getting stuck in them.
Jun 7, 2023
Art Saved My Life
Russell Dawson on art as a path to an authentic life.
May 10, 2023
Open Canon: Mary MacLane
by E.R. Zarevich. The Canadian-American writer was a prodigious memoirist, and self-promoter.
Apr 19, 2023
American Graffiti
Mason K Brown on the colors of the moving American landscape.
Apr 5, 2023
Open Canon: Jane Roberts, or "Seth"
by E.R. Zarevich. Writer Jane Roberts claimed to have accessed the Other Side, but was her supernatural alter ego merely a gimmick to supplement a…
Feb 15, 2023
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