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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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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…
Jun 21, 2023
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April 2023
Open Canon: Mary MacLane
by E.R. Zarevich. The Canadian-American writer was a prodigious memoirist, and self-promoter.
Apr 19, 2023
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February 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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Open Canon: Jane Roberts, or "Seth"
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November 2022
Open Canon: Amy Lowell
E.R. Zarevich. Posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926, Amy Lowell was a self-educated poet who favored Imagism and rejected "safe…
Nov 2, 2022
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September 2022
Open Canon: Charles Burchfield
by John McMahon. The Romantic Realist, little remembered today, had a unique approach to watercolor landscape painting.
Sep 21, 2022
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August 2022
Open Canon: Djuna Barnes
by E.R. Zarevich. Best known for her novel 'Nightwood,' Djuna Barnes is regarded by the LGBTQ community as a writer who dared.
Aug 10, 2022
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June 2022
Open Canon: Aline Murray Kilmer
by Janna Grace. A century after the publication of her first volume, Aline Murray Kilmer’s brief Wikipedia page introduces her with the fact that…
Jun 15, 2022
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February 2022
A Fool and His Money
by Edith Magak. The silent film, long considered lost, is the first narrative film to feature an all-Black cast.
Feb 2, 2022
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January 2022
William Grant Still
by Andrew Symington. The prominent composer's lesser-known symphony showcases his appreciation for diverse musical influences.
Jan 18, 2022
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December 2021
Irving Kriesberg
by Adam Zucker. The maverick visual artist rose to prominence during the Abstract Expressionist movement, despite favoring a more representational…
Dec 23, 2021
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