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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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Tag: Art

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

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

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

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

Art, france, paris, Travel

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

Art, museums, new museum

Eat the Art, They Said

This is the excerpt for another post.

Art, met museum, museums

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