Art - Quillette (Page 3)

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

In Praise of Renoir's Male Gaze

Renoir’s nudes are the evidence of a tirelessly hopeful soul struggling against the dingy reality of the modern world, with its modern industry and its modern warfare, that turns all human flesh into disposable objects, without joy or humanity.

Marilyn Simon

10 Sep 2019 · 8 min read

“Unsex Me Here' and Other Bad Ideas

What contemporary feminism fails to adequately grapple with is nature itself, and as a result, feminist attitudes towards men, and particularly towards male sexuality, are compassionless and punitive (not to mention humourless—and human sexuality is so often very funny!).

Marilyn Simon

22 Jul 2019 · 12 min read

Coming Together to Honor a Dead Rock Star—And Ward Off Our Own Demons

In the months leading up to the news, I was in a bad place. Nothing in life felt right, and every day was a fight against hopelessness—to the point that even when good things happened, I would remain afraid or numb.

Neil Gray

21 Jul 2019 · 8 min read

From Academia to Hollywood: An Interview with Tony Tost

Right now, I’m maybe most spooked by how a living, breathing cultural memory is seeming to evaporate.

Clay Routledge

13 Jul 2019 · 21 min read

Publicly Shaming a Musician for Calling a Composition by Its Name

The silencing of a voice does not lead to discourse, in art or in politics.

Kurt Gottschalk

27 Jun 2019 · 7 min read

Imperfect Comedy in an Age of Perfection

Comedy, on the other hand, reminds us that we all have a dark side and that we might want to reconsider before casting stones.

Tanael Joachim

2 May 2019 · 4 min read

Michel Houellebecq: Prophet or Troll?

Houellebecq depicts a Europe where French culture is a bad joke.

Jaspreet Singh Boparai

10 Apr 2019 · 14 min read

Conservatives Need to Start Taking Art Seriously

Because many conservative journals have given up on the subject of art entirely, one is tempted to ask what conservatives are seeking to actually conserve.

Michael J. Pearce

9 Apr 2019 · 7 min read

The Folly of Disappearing Art and Culture

Leaving gaps of understanding will not help future generations understand our time, and it will not assist students of history in getting a clean grasp of what happened or why.

Libby Emmons

13 Mar 2019 · 7 min read

Poetic Injustice and Performative Outrage

Dehumanization can lead to the worst of human atrocities. It is also precisely the type of complaint Trump’s critics make of the president’s own behavior.

Clint Margrave

14 Feb 2019 · 16 min read

The Avant-Garde's Slide into Irrelevance

The foundations of the avant-garde were built upon the opposition of true and fake art.

Michael J. Pearce

30 Dec 2018 · 10 min read

Sabrina the Woke Witch is a Disgrace to Baphomet

Whether on-screen or off, humans are interesting only when they assert moral autonomy over their own lives.

Jen Gerson

26 Nov 2018 · 11 min read

Writing for Quillette Ended My Theater Project

Do we really think our era is so fraught and divisive that we must abandon our principles in order to achieve something that we absolutely will not achieve if we abandon our principles?

Libby Emmons

20 Nov 2018 · 9 min read

Camille Paglia: It’s Time for a New Map of the Gender World

A society that respects neither religion nor art cannot be called a civilization.

Claire Lehmann

10 Nov 2018 · 12 min read