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Paranoid Pop

Paranoid Pop

A look back at the remarkable life and career of one of the 20th Century’s most original artists.

David Cohen

19 Dec 2022 · 19 min read

At Canada’s National Gallery, Ideological Enforcers Are Pushing Out Veteran Curators

At Canada’s National Gallery, Ideological Enforcers Are Pushing Out Veteran Curators

Preaching the gospel of Indigenization and decolonization, administrators are overruling their own art experts.

Paul Gessell

13 Dec 2022 · 20 min read

A World of Waste, Stripped of Transcendence: James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ at 100

A World of Waste, Stripped of Transcendence: James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ at 100

Few novels become institutions, to have departments rigged up around them, whole constituencies and spheres of scholarship, as works of lifelong study, fascination and confusion. Ulysses [https://www.amazon.com/Ulysses-Modern-Library-Best-Novels/dp/0679600116/ref=sr_1_4?crid=NG7V10N9NCDB&keywords=ulysses&qid=1643218547&sprefix=ulysses%2Caps%2C75&sr=8-4] , whose

Jared Marcel Pollen

31 Jan 2022 · 13 min read

When Sons Become Daughters, Part V: The Links Between Trans Identity, Gifted Minds, Categorical Thinking—And Anime

When Sons Become Daughters, Part V: The Links Between Trans Identity, Gifted Minds, Categorical Thinking—And Anime

Angus Fox

11 May 2021 · 15 min read

Identity and the Self in 'Hamlet'

Identity and the Self in 'Hamlet'

Marilyn Simon

6 May 2021 · 13 min read

Splendid Triviality: Philosophy, Art, and Sport in a Time of Crisis

Splendid Triviality: Philosophy, Art, and Sport in a Time of Crisis

Craig Clifford

14 Apr 2021 · 8 min read

With Theatres Shuttered, I Tried to Stage a 'Zoom Play.' (It Didn't Work)

With Theatres Shuttered, I Tried to Stage a 'Zoom Play.' (It Didn't Work)

Sky Gilbert

9 Mar 2021 · 7 min read

Struggling with Pixar’s 'Soul'

Struggling with Pixar’s 'Soul'

Colm O'Shea

12 Feb 2021 · 10 min read

Carl Th. Dreyer's 'Day of Wrath' and the Power of the Punished

Carl Th. Dreyer's 'Day of Wrath' and the Power of the Punished

Matthew Wardour

3 Feb 2021 · 6 min read

The Death of Political Cartooning—And Why It Matters

The Death of Political Cartooning—And Why It Matters

Jack Reilly

7 Jan 2021 · 12 min read

Wide As the Sky and Deep As the Ocean

Wide As the Sky and Deep As the Ocean

David Breuer

17 Dec 2020 · 14 min read

The Troubled Maker: Transgressive Art, Public Shame, and Mike Tyson

The Troubled Maker: Transgressive Art, Public Shame, and Mike Tyson

Ric Royer

14 Dec 2020 · 10 min read

Commemorating Mary

Commemorating Mary

Lona Manning

18 Nov 2020 · 9 min read

What We Owe to 'The Boys in the Band'—and Other Classics of Gay Film

What We Owe to 'The Boys in the Band'—and Other Classics of Gay Film

Allan Stratton

28 Oct 2020 · 14 min read

Time and Perceptions of Trustworthiness—the Row over a Novel Study

Time and Perceptions of Trustworthiness—the Row over a Novel Study

Rosalind Arden

3 Oct 2020 · 8 min read