Apr 04 Weekly Poem: ‘Paper Kisses, Paper Moon’ Haines Eason was the 2010 winner of the Beau Boudreaux Poetry Prize from Cream City Review. He has published poems in many journals, including New England Review, Yale Review and American Letters & Commentary. His chapbook, "A History of Waves,"… Continue reading
Apr 04 Monday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, Ai Weiwei has been detained by Chinese authorities. Continue reading
Apr 01 Conversation: Tea Obreht, Author of ‘The Tiger’s Wife’ By Molly Finnegan Realism and fantasy are part of "The Tiger's Wife," the new, first novel by Tea Obreht, a 25-year-old writer who was born in the former Yugoslavia and came to the United States at age 12. Continue reading
Apr 01 Friday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, a roundup of arty April Fools Day jokes. Continue reading
Mar 31 ‘The History of American Graffiti:’ From Subway Car to Gallery Since its explosion onto city walls and subway cars in the 1970s, the increasing popularity of graffiti as an art form has won commercial success for its artists and a regular presence in pop culture and the contemporary art world. Continue reading
Mar 31 Thursday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, a judge considers whether he'll reopen the Barnes Foundation case. Continue reading
Mar 30 Slide Show: Artist Maira Kalman Makes Sense of Our Crazy World Maira Kalman's words and pictures strip history, politics and the world around her down to their most basic -- and often delightful -- elements. A traveling retrospective of her work is currently on show at the Jewish Museum in New… Continue reading
Mar 30 Wednesday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, the United Kingdom announces its cuts for arts funding. Continue reading
Mar 29 ‘Remigration’ Imagines a City With No Workers Imagine a city occupied exclusively by the upper class. High rents and property costs have pushed out construction workers, public school teachers, subway operators and other middle- and lower-class earners. The short film "Remigration" imagines how this scenario might play… Continue reading
Mar 29 Tuesday’s Art Notes In today's arts and culture headlines, a museum in Vienna acquires the Polaroid collection. Continue reading