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Comics
Mike Leigh’s BBC Films, Ranked
Leigh’s films are class-conscious, prickly, strange, satirical, and often very funny.
AI, WTF Do You Know About Pain?
Something in this era of AI-generated art feels debased, devalued. That something is me, the artist.
My Comics Collaboration With DALL-E
I wondered: Could the AI image generator and I develop a shared, unique “voice” in our creative output?
When Tuna Met Snoopy
Something strange happened when I watched “A Charlie Brown Christmas” with my cat Tuna.
The History of American Landscape Painting Is Not Pretty
The country’s most famous landscape painters pushed the idea of Manifest Destiny. Is there a better way to inspire people with landscape painting today?
Thoughts on Clement Greenberg From a Cult Survivor
At the height of his influence as an art critic, Greenberg was in “Sullivanian” psychotherapy, the same cult I was later exposed to as a child.
Documenta 15 in the Shadow of the Russia-Ukraine War
“What does it mean to arrive from a country with a fascist regime?” asks Russian dissident artist Victoria Lomasko.
Spring Break Art Show Asks, What Is the Ideal Naked Lunch?
From magic carpets to Hot Cheeto bathtub feasts, artists on their creations for the city’s beloved eclectic art fair.
Reflecting on Nationalism at the Venice Biennale
There are 30 nations represented in the international exhibition. Some aren’t in their best moment today. A comics diary.
“We Are Safe, the Bomb Shelter Is Fine,” Ukrainian Cartoonists Draw Under Siege
Notes from Ukrainians during the start of the Russian invasion.