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Guiding Lit: lexicon queen Lizzie Skurnick's art + book pairings

Our inner word nerds are rejoicing: today’s new Literary Gallery art + book matchmaking comes by way of wit-packing writer, critic, editor, and woman of many words Lizzie Skurnick. Skurnick’s writing has appeared in tons of publications—take this recent piece in The New York Times for a taste. Yo...

Letter rip! Our ABCs of Art spell kid-friendly fun.

Back to school? Maybe not so much. Here in NYC at least, public schools won’t fully reopen come September. But summer break’s still ending, so while we all recover from whiplash (did July even happen?) the team’s dreamed up a way to inject a little art-educational, kid-friendly fun into this very...

A gold reading: Marcy Palmer’s book of gilded botanics

Weekend food for thought: Beauty isn’t frivolous. It’s not a luxury, but rather a restorative force, a way to reconnect with ourselves and the world around us. That’s the idea that inspired Marcy Palmer’s recent photographic project You Are Eternity, which she describes as “an antidote for person...

Soleil Ho in the house: talking art + inclusion with our fave food critic.

Excuse us while we freak about our new 5+5, featuring an art-injected mini-interview with one of our favorite food people: Soleil Ho. In December 2018, Ho was named the new restaurant critic at The San Francisco Chronicle, a refreshing-as-hell replacement on the heels of Michael Bauer’s 32-year s...

A vintage car + vivid bougainvillea fire up this new Zollman photo

It’s been a minute (somehow 5 years??) since we released a new limited-edition print from photographer Jessica Zollman, and it couldn’t have come at a better time. We’re desperate for some beauty-induced beatitude! Aside from being an entirely self-taught photographer who’s grown her art practice...

Cultural critic Rebecca Carroll’s book + art recs are the best of both worlds.

We’ve got a special readerly treat today: a new installment in our Literary Gallery series, in which writer, cultural critic, author, and brain-we’d-like-to-be-inside Rebecca Carroll curates 10 totally inspired art + book pairings.

Our sundae best: Scoop these 3 sweet, retro treats.

When the heatwave hits, ice cream comes to the rescue, and since it’s a casual 9000 degrees with humidity here in NYC, you bet your Ben & Jerry’s we’ve been ransacking the freezer case on our weekly grocery runs. July is National Ice Cream Month, but we foresee celebrating all summer long. An...

10 easy at-home art projects we're actually doing

If you’ve been following along with our pandemic-friendly guide to Armchair Art Appreciation, then you know we’ve been loading up on tips to keep you and yours engaged in art at home. We’re particularly into finding fun art projects that are as entertaining as they are accessible. These new art ...