Art and Culture - Quillette (Page 2)

Nudity and Nonconsensual Viewing

The question of whether an artwork is offensive is now determined by the least generous interpretation of the most sensitive viewer.

Julia Friedman

28 Apr 2023 · 10 min read

The Inimitable Barry Humphries

Farewell to Australia’s best-known comic and social satirist.

Andrew Gleeson

25 Apr 2023 · 7 min read

The Man Who Invented the Modern Cop Novel

Joseph Wambaugh’s crime fiction has been much imitated but seldom equalled.

Kevin Mims

23 Apr 2023 · 20 min read

Orwell and Socialism

Reflections on the Western Left’s fragmented ideology.

Michael C. Anderson

21 Apr 2023 · 7 min read

Canada’s Norse Interregnum

In the second instalment of an ongoing Quillette series, historian Greg Koabel describes how Leif Erikson ended up in Newfoundland

Greg Koabel

20 Apr 2023 · 26 min read

Holy Roller

A tribute to Chris Bailey, the late frontman and co-founder of Australian punk band the Saints, who died a year ago today.

David Cohen

9 Apr 2023 · 10 min read

Kazuo Ishiguro and the Uncanny Cascade

We live in a transitional period, when the possibility of being duped by incomprehensible intelligences—and thereby duping ourselves—has grown exponentially.

Anthony Eagan

7 Apr 2023 · 16 min read

Canada’s First Inhabitants

In a new Quillette series, historian and podcaster Greg Koabel traces the global origins of the land we now call Canada.

Greg Koabel

5 Apr 2023 · 26 min read

The Real Reasons Why the English Department Died

Most professors would rather watch it die than reform.

Adam Ellwanger

5 Apr 2023 · 9 min read

Remembering Rumpole

John Mortimer’s fictional barrister was—like his creator—a rogue redeemed by a fierce commitment to the presumption of innocence.

Kevin Mims

1 Apr 2023 · 18 min read

Don’t Let Cancellation Become Banal

Something terrible happens when art can’t reach audiences.

Nina Paley

27 Mar 2023 · 4 min read

Game, Set, Match

Routinely reviled by contemporary critics as a celebration of misogyny, ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ is among Shakespeare’s most misunderstood plays.

Marilyn Simon

24 Mar 2023 · 11 min read

The Masks We Wear; The Faces We Present

A new exhibition at London’s Museum of the Mind explores the personality masks worn by the mentally ill and by the professionals who treat them.

Hannah Gal

22 Mar 2023 · 8 min read

A Jolly Good Scoundrel

Three Cheers for Harry Flashman!

Graham Daseler

17 Mar 2023 · 14 min read

A Universe of Fizzled Stars

Is failure to succeed as bad as the fall from success?

Thomas Larson

17 Mar 2023 · 11 min read