Arts + Culture

Alexandra Lange|Essays

First Flight

My two-year-old made his first interpretation of art on Saturday at the Storm King Art Center.

John Emerson|Interviews

Pressed into Service

Interview with Lincoln Cushing, co-author of Agitate! Educate! Organize!: American Labor Posters.

Julie Lasky|Projects

Pizza Farm

Report on Project M at Winterhouse's Pizza Farm event in rural Connecticut in August 2009.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

What's to Be Done with Governors Island?

I wish that the New Yorker had written a visioning story, talking about what role the Governors Island could play in the New New York.

Mark Lamster|Essays

Auto-Matic Abstraction

With their zippy vertical lines, these pictures I shot out of a car window remind me of Barney Newman.

Mark Lamster|Essays

On "Master of Shadows"

Peter Paul Rubens gives us a lot to think about in his canvasses of rushing color, action, and puckered flesh, so it’s not surprising that his work as a diplomat and spy has been neglected.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Rearranging, Part 2

I thought about the power of categories as I visited two exhibitions at the MoMA: Waste Not by Song Dong and No Discipline by Ron Arad.

Ernest Beck|Projects

PACT Underwear

Report on PACT, an underwear company that embraces green manufacturing and donates a portion of its revenue to nonprofits.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Eye Roll for Ice Cream

A piece in the New York Times discusses parents' objections to ice cream trucks.

Teddy Blanks|Audio

Teddy Blanks on Figurines

Significant Objects is a much-discussed experiment conducted by Joshua Glenn and Rob Walker. This story by Teddy Blanks is recorded as an MP3...

Rachel Berger|Essays

Significant Objects: #1 Mom Hooks

Significant Objects is a much-discussed experiment conducted by Joshua Glenn and Rob Walker. The third of five stories is by Rachel Berger...

Teddy Blanks|Essays

Significant Objects: Porcelain Scooter

Significant Objects is a much-discussed experiment conducted by Joshua Glenn and Rob Walker. The fourth of five stories is by Teddy Blanks...