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Acqua Alta
A.J. Bermudez on seeing through Renoir's eyes.
Meat Lockers
Steven Tagle on Paul Thek's "meat pieces" and the reassurance of grotesque sensuality.
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July 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…
To Hold a Child
Teresa H. Janssen on the benediction of Eavan Boland's "Night Feed."

June 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…
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Tailored Congruence: the details essay
Erin Pesut on writing the details without getting stuck in them.

May 2023

Art Saved My Life
Russell Dawson on art as a path to an authentic life.

April 2023

Open Canon: Mary MacLane
by E.R. Zarevich. The Canadian-American writer was a prodigious memoirist, and self-promoter.
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American Graffiti
Mason K Brown on the colors of the moving American landscape.

February 2023

January 2023

If We Build It, Will You Come?
It's harder than ever to make it as a creative. Here's an idea that might help.
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Natalie Axton
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Here's what we learned.
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