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Object Lessons

Is it wrong to treat a person like an artwork? Henry James's novels have inspired a long-running philosophical debate.

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  Becca Rothfeld
• Nov 23, 2020 1:20 pm

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Mind’s Eye

Vernon Lee—a British philosopher, critic, and author of ghost stories—believed that we inherit an artwork's affect by closely studying its composition.

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  Becca Rothfeld
• May 1, 2018 8:11 am

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Circus Master

Alexander Calder was a rare breed, an American artist unscathed by alcoholism, poverty, depression, divorce, or bad reviews.

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  Michael Duncan
• May 1, 2018 8:09 am

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From The Archives: Telling Stories

What I am proposing, then, is that Baldessari's art can never be accounted for in terms of determinate meanings, but only as a set of specific esthetic strategies.

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  Craig Owens
• May 1, 1981 9:00 am