Books
The Art History of Addiction and Recovery
Scholar and psychotherapist Kikan Massara elucidates and contextualizes the 12-step recovery process through paintings, prints, and other works of art and literature.
drug addiction
Art
An Artist’s Opiate Addiction Recovery Through Photography
For New Mexico-based artist Frank Blazquez, portraiture was the way out of a crippling opiate addiction.
Opinion
What Public Art Can Reach Vs. What It Can Grasp
Despite the project’s apparent success, its artists ultimately understood that murals are not material resources, even though creating beauty in underserved neighborhoods holds space for people to feel seen.
Test 2018 posts
Museum Creates Program for Families Suffering from the Opioid Crisis
Approximately 72,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2017 alone. For families hurt by addiction, the Currier Museum of Art in New Hampshire has created an unprecedented program that uses art as a healing tool for those affected by the epidemic in a state that's ranked third in the nation for d
Art
Latest Saint Laurent Film Is a Portrait of the Times, Not the Artist
No fewer than two French biopics about Yves Saint Laurent have been released in the last two years, suggesting that a competitive rush to make the Saint Laurent film began immediately following his death in 2008.
Interview
The Portrait of a Family in Human Ash and Meth
A big part of Zefrey Throwell's current exhibition at Gasser & Grunert Gallery in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood is the story of a family split apart by drug addiction, then brought closer by a memorial for a dead father. It is also a story of overcoming hardship brought on by Hurricane Sandy, not