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

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

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

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

Dentist Office Art

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

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

Golden Country

Today I’m going to buy sunflower oil. I’m imagining a small glass vial filled with viscous, tinted liquid. The color … More

A Lesson in Physics and Heaven, Courtesy of Art

In a museum, the least striking exhibits are inevitably the ones I see last—usually whatever occupies the lowest floors … More

Eat the Art, They Said

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