The Breathtaking Ingenuity of Incarcerated Artists
How tea bags, cigarette foil, bedsheets, and more can turn into a masterpiece
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Photograph courtesy of Dean Gillispie / MoMA PS1 The Minimalist Who Wasn’t
I always thought Donald Judd’s work was intimidatingly austere, until I discovered the plenitude at its core.
Donald Judd, 100 untitled works in mill aluminum, 1982–1986. Permanent collection, the Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas. Photograph by Alex Marks. Donald Judd Art © 2020 Judd Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. The Photographs That Made Me Feel Less Alone
Garry Winogrand captured ordinary groups of unknown people in all their beauty, humanity, and radiance.
Elizabeth Bick The Quickening
A story of two births
Hannah Whitaker The Digital Ruins of a Forgotten Future
Second Life was supposed to be the future of the internet, but then Facebook came along. Yet many people still spend hours each day inhabiting this virtual realm. Their stories—and the world they’ve built—illuminate the promise and limitations of online life.
Bridgette McNeal Enough About Me
In an era of chronic self-exposure, authors are pushing back against naked revelation.
Andre Da Loba The Power of Grace
For Marilynne Robinson, who has been called America’s George Eliot, loss and loneliness do not rule out solace.
Clay Rodery Effort Is Not the Enemy of Compassion
My time acting the part of a patient to teach medical students, and then becoming a real patient myself, taught me the nature of learning empathy.
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