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Fall 2024 Cover. Cover art by Johanna Goodman.

Art

ART / Fall 2024

Memories of Distant Mountains

By Orhan Pamuk , Merve Emre

ART / Fall 2022

Drawn to War

By George Butler

A Ukraine Journal

ART / Summer 2021

Diary of a Radio Junkie

Illustrations by Elise Engler , Essay by Paul Reyes

The premise was simple: a daily visual diary of the news—specifically, the first story she heard when she turned on the radio each morning.

(LEFT): Day 1,197 (March 2, 2019). India ink, casein, gouache, watercolor, color pencil, graphite on paper, 6 x 5 ½ in. <i>Space X launches capsule bound for International Space Station, could show potential for commercial space travel.</i>; (RIGHT): Day 68 (Jan. 28, 2016). Watercolor, gouache, graphite, color pencil on paper, 6 x 5 ½ in. <i>Manhattan Federal Appeals Court rules Port Authority can kill migratory birds near airports.</i>

ART / Summer 2021

Terrance Hayes’s Audio Guide for the White House Makeover/Takeover Jasper Johns Flags Exhibit

By Terrance Hayes

Welcome, Friend. Thanks for selecting this handheld audio guide for the White House Jasper Johns Flags Exhibit.

Three Flags, 1958 Encaustic on canvas (three panels).

ART / Summer 2021

An Audio Guide for the White House Makeover/Takeover Jasper Johns Flags Exhibit

By Terrance Hayes

Welcome, Friend. Thanks for selecting this handheld audio guide for the White House Jasper Johns Flags Exhibit.

ART / Spring 2020

Color Invocations

Illustrations by Beverly Acha , Essay by Laura van den Berg

The Practice of Looking Deeply

Left: mira, Anochecido Rosado, 2019. Oil on canvas, 22” x 20”. Right: mira, Noche Azul, 2019. Oil on canvas, 22” x 20”.

ART / Spring 2018

The Humanity Notebooks

Illustrations by Chris Russell , Essay by Ariel Lewiton

The Many Faces of an Urban Commute

ART / Spring 2017

In January 2017, George Butler headed to Belgrade, Serbia, to observe and depict the conditions of refugees stranded there as a result of border closings along the Balkan Route, one of the main arteries of travel for migrants moving between...

ART / Fall 2012

Cradle to the Grave

By Naomi Natale

A photo essay about The Cradle Project, an art installation designed to call attention to the plight of millions of children orphaned in Sub-Saharan Africa.

ART / Winter 1945

Four Line Drawings

By Diego Rivera