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The Escritoire

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Escritoire (noun \ es·cri·toire \ ˈe-skrə-ˌtwär \): a small writing desk with drawers and compartments. Published and informal musings from the desk of Hannah Foster.

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Category: Art

Tales of Hopper: The Additive Adaptation from Painting to Dance

For the Brooklyn Rail, I explored danced interpretations of visual art, with a particular focus on Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance‘s recent … More

The Allure of Crystals in Art Across Time

“We mine, carve, and covet them — and now edify them with pedestals and wall captions.” In my first piece … More

The Clockwork Job Thief

Ornamental yet functional, mobile yet fragile—do these aesthetic humanoids belong more to the realm of novelty or art?

A.I., Art, automatacon, automation, robotic art

A Brief History of Sketchbooks

If you trace the history of sketchbooks, you’ll find that although paper wasn’t always bound up into leather Moleskines, sketchbook contents haven’t … More

Art, art history, drawing, sketchbook, sketching

What a Wes Anderson-Curated Exhibit Means for the Art World

If we have to accept it, Wes Anderson seems like our best option for a director-turned-curator. The man certainly has … More

Art, film, museums

Doll House: Jeweled 19th Century Record-Setter Gets a New Home

“‘Unfortunately a lot of museums look down on dolls as being a collectible, not a work of art,’ Mr. Holbrook … More

dolls, fashion, museums, photography

War & Alchemy: The Story of Prussian Blue

I’m happy to announce that I have a new column in Londnr magazine, the “Colour Column.” My first article of … More

Art, blue, color, paint, painting, postage, prussian blue

Marina’s Macaron

See my article about Marina Abramovic’s customized macaron flavor published in The Paris Review Daily! Photo via Instagram: @Kreemart

#art #macaron #paris #cookie #performanceart #marinaabramovic

Dentist Office Art

Foam greens and ice blues. Fluoride colored, as if ions were individual units of aquafresh. Nothing red or geometric, sanguine … More

Art, art education, dentist office, rothko

Swapping Ballet for Brushes: In Conversation with Painter Carlos Cortes

It was not an attractive face. From the corner of a booth at New York City’s Affordable Art Fair, I … More

affordable art fair, Ballet, carlos cortes, Dance, frieze, goya, painting, spain, Theater

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