Sarah Lewis on “Aesthetic Force” as a Path Toward Justice
In her new book, The Unseen Truth: When Race Changed Sight in America (Harvard University Press), the historian and Harvard professor Sarah Lewis unpacks a major part of United States history that unt...
18 Sep 202459min
Rita Sodi on Food as a Reflection of Home
For Rita Sodi, cooking isn’t so much an art or a science, but rather an intuitive way for her to channel her Tuscan roots and provide a profound sense of home. Following a 15-year career in the world ...
4 Sep 202454min
Edwina von Gal on Gardening as an Antidote
To the landscape designer Edwina von Gal, gardening is much more than just seeding, planting, weeding, and watering; it’s her life calling. Since starting her namesake firm in 1984 in East Hampton, on...
26 Juni 20241h 9min
Hiroshi Sugimoto on Photography as a Form of Timekeeping
While he may technically practice as a photographer, artist, and architect, Hiroshi Sugimoto could also be considered, from a wider-lens perspective, a chronicler of time. With a body of work now span...
12 Juni 20241h 14min
Ramdane Touhami on Why He Will Never Slow Down
Soon to celebrate his 50th birthday by journeying from Paris to Tokyo by car along the Southern Silk Road, the French Moroccan creative director, artist, and entrepreneur Ramdane Touhami says he’s “th...
22 Maj 20241h 3min
Viet Thanh Nguyen on the Need to Recognize Coexisting Truths
At age 4, following the fall of Saigon, in 1975, Viet Thanh Nguyen and his family fled Vietnam and came to the U.S. as refugees. Throughout the turmoil and its aftermath, neither he nor his family cou...
15 Maj 20241h 1min
Thaddeus Mosley on Making Art to Be Appreciated for Centuries
Born and raised in Pennsylvania, the 97-year-old Pittsburgh-based artist and sculptor Thaddeus Mosley has a deep and enduring obsession with wood. In his late 20s, he began to use the material for art...
1 Maj 20241h 4min
Adam Pendleton on His Ongoing Exploration of “Black Dada”
Most widely recognized for his paintings that rigorously combine spray paint, stenciled geometric forms, and brushstrokes, the Brooklyn-based artist Adam Pendleton is also known for his “Black Dada” f...
24 Apr 20241h 2min
