As I read D.G. Martin’s “Rituals of Removal” (The Pilot, Sept. 21), I had to pause and reflect on a painting that hangs in our kitchen. It’s a keepsake that can never go to a thrift shop based on the ...
A public art project by Anna Fubini, “Letters Rewoven,” transforms written messages into a lovely, gazebolike white structure, standing in sharp contrast to the fall leaves surrounding it. While the ...
The first thing to know is that J. André Smith and Mary Curtis Bok were friends. Great friends. The second thing to know is that they wrote letters. Lots of letters. Those facts have unlocked the ...
The statement is spearheaded by the National Coalition Against Censorship and New York's Vera List Center for Art and Politics. A stock image illustrating the concept of censorship. Photo: by Jorm ...
Johannes Vermeer, "Woman Writing a Letter with Her Maid" (c. 1670–72), oil on canvas; National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin (image © National Gallery of Ireland ...
In its first special exhibition since its reopening, New York’s Frick Collection brings together three Johannes Vermeer paintings for “Vermeer’s Love Letters,” a new exhibition on view through August ...
The Frick’s first post-renovation show unites three Vermeer masterpieces that explore letter-writing and (maybe) love affairs. By Deborah Solomon As a title for a museum exhibition, “Vermeer’s Love ...
The entire special revolves around the little unnamed girl trying to reach her idol, Nami, and give her a hand-penned letter telling Nami about the influence she’s had on her. But, in the end, the ...
A statue entitled "Schwangere," part of the "Degenerate Art: Modern Art on Trial Under the Nazis" exhibition at the Picasso Museum in Paris. (Stephane De Sakutin / AFP via Getty Images) To the editor: ...
The art of letter writing is not dead. Rachel Syme, a New Yorker staff writer, learned that during the early days of the pandemic. Longing for human connection, she asked her followers on social media ...
"Correspondence is a leap of faith, and that is part of what makes it wonderful," says Rachel Syme, author of Syme's Letter Writer: A Guide to Modern Correspondence. "You may never know if the person ...