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A Closer Look

What Irony Makes Visible

Fifty years later, Stephen Shore's photographs reveal an impending crisis
Aaron Matz
December 10, 2024
Essays

In Search of Zabihollah Mansouri

Was Iran’s most famous translator secretly its most prolific author?
Amir Ahmadi Arian
December 10, 2024
Essays

In the Steps of Yvonne Rainer

What failing dance class taught me about writing
John Haskell
December 10, 2024
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From the Editors

Our Most-Read Prose of 2024

December 17, 2024
Black-and-white yearbook photo showing David Lynch and Bill Frazier sitting with a group of friends at a fraternity party.
Tribute

Fourteen Memories of David Lynch

My dad remembers the filmmaker as a young artist and fraternity brother
Will Frazier
January 30, 2025
From the Archives

The Thought of Movies

Stanley Cavell
January 1, 1983
Art

Finding the Real in Photorealism

Do we want art to transform our lives?
Jonathan Griffin
March 11, 2025
A Closer Look

Kafka's Double Portrait

What a pencil sketch reveals about the writer’s view of his mother
Lynne Tillman
March 25, 2025
Essays

The Ragpicker's Way

Among scraps and ruins, an artist gathers a different kind of archive
Edmund de Waal
May 13, 2025
Gallery view of dandyishly dressed mannequins in the “Heritage” section at the Met’s Superfine exhibit
Art

Turning Style into Power

How the Black dandy used clothing to challenge authority
Richard Thompson Ford
May 20, 2025