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Final Touch

Remembering Mirella Bentivoglio, who left a legacy of art and personal conversations.

A poet wanders cultural Paris before and after a terror attack....

November 16, 2017• Dance, Essay, First Person

Gestures for manual labor become a dance and inspire reflection on optimization and ease....

Overwhelmed by history, a traveler connects to the present via Hieronymus Bosch.

An art model returns the artist’s gaze. Privacy, nudity, and identity in the art studio ...

Who were the men of the Detroit Industry Murals? A writer finds connection in Diego Rivera’s depiction of Motor City....

A painting takes a boy beyond his own experience and into his family’s history.

A young man discovers the value of distance in matters of the heart. ...

Two paintings lead a tourist homeward, through a West that never was....