Feature Archives - Critical Read

Family Portrait

Portraits of distant relatives survive a married couple’s home reorganization, the subjects’ friendship in life an inspiration for the future.

Writers on the art that matters to them. #ArtIsEssential...

Jeanne Lee (1939-2000) was a poet and vocalist of wide-ranging musical talents who pushed the formal boundaries of jazz to create emotional...

Psychiatrist and art critic Deborah Kostianovsky explains why she can’t turn away from a portrait that terrifies her.

Writers on the art that matters to them. #ArtIsEssential...

September 10, 2020• Editor's Note, Feature

We are seeking previously unpublished personal essays up to 2,000 words about the creative endeavor that you paused. ...

September 9, 2019• Ebook, Feature, Visual Art

A collaborative image threatens the relationship between artist and muse.

August 30, 2018• Ebook, Feature, Theater

America’s pioneer political drama saw the nation falling short of its ideals. Almost one hundred years later, the play is more relevant...

A conceptual design for a war memorial prioritizes the individual over the community, upending a centuries-old architectural language. ...

An obscure art film raises the question of censorship at a major art institution.