Books
Harry Smith’s Hidden Roadmap to the Heavens
He needed money to live, so that he could search New York City for paper airplanes.
Harry Smith
Art
The Ephemeral Fragments of Harry Smith's Faith
Smith's collections of folk music, Indigenous art, and occult ephemera inspired generations of artists.
Art
The Secret Paintings of a Hermetic Filmmaker
Jordan Belson wanted the viewer to see only what was in front of his or her face — to scrutinize his paintings from up close.
Books
The Beat Artist Who Rescued Paper Planes from the Streets of NYC
Prolific 20th-century polymath Harry Smith picked up every paper airplane he saw on the streets of Manhattan from 1961 to 1983.
Art
The Poet-Magus of the Lower East Side
Imagine the following scenario: You and your wife live on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. You start a greeting card company, Ink Weed Arts, in 1951, just after the two of you get married. You are a poet and she is a dancer who works as a hand and foot model in advertising. The two of you want to offer