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The Reflective Head
W.C. Bamberger on Michael's Ayrton's sculpture, 'Reflective Head,' a corporate commission for the Kresge Company.
Feb 22, 2022

April 2021

To His Own Beat
Rebecca Bodenheimer on Duke Ellington's 'Reminiscing in Tempo,' the maestro's first symphonic jazz composition.
Apr 15, 2021

October 2020

A Woman's Work
by Noelle Nicholson. What assumptions do we make when we look at a finished painting?
Oct 28, 2020

September 2019

The Artist's Home Undone
Joelle Jameson on Man Ray, Lee Miller, and the question of creative ownership.
Sep 9, 2019

August 2018

An Open House
Rob Hardy on Susan Glaspell's 'Inheritors,' a radical play that faced the taboo issues that affected everyday Americans.
Aug 30, 2018

January 2017

Anti-Monument
Catesby Leigh on Maya Lin, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and challenging tradition.
Jan 22, 2017

May 2016

Sudden Flash
Zachary Whittenburg on William Forsythe and setting the new standard for classical dance.
May 17, 2016
A Time To Be Born
by Joanna Scutts. With 'Midnight's Children' Salman Rushdie found his voice. It would become an international cause.
May 17, 2016
About Face
Hugh Ryan on David Wojnarowicz's 'A Fire In My Belly' and queer censorship.
May 17, 2016
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