The Totalitarian Artist: Politics vs Beauty After Duchamp, the art world came to view the pursuit of beauty as naïve and gravitated toward political art in their search for meaning. But this is a Faustian bargain: you can have meaning, but you do not get to make it for yourself. Megan Gafford 20 Sep 2024 · 27 min read
The Religious Instinct in a Godless World The religious urge is born into nearly every child. And when we do not inherit a belief system, we build our own temples. Megan Gafford 9 May 2024 · 12 min read
Where Do Works of Art Belong? An Artist's Response to James Kierstead’s “The Elgin Marbles: Playing for Keeps" Megan Gafford 27 Mar 2024 · 12 min read
The Optimistic Space Between Black and White Reflecting on "The Case for Black Optimism" by Coleman Hughes Megan Gafford 3 Feb 2024 · 6 min read
Experiments in Nurturing Classroom Curiosity In a classroom, curiosity should be sacred, because it motivates the pursuit of knowledge even when that includes ugly truths. Megan Gafford 24 Oct 2019 · 7 min read
