Nov 30, 2020
"Martin Parr's celebrated photographs bridge the divide between art and documentary photography. His studies of the idiosyncrasies of mass culture and consumerism around the world, his innovative imagery, and his prolific output have placed him firmly at the forefront of contemporary art. He is an avid collector and...
Nov 22, 2020
...in which I posit that raising funds is a primary motivator
explaining why scientists write, and Lawrence disagrees; and the
two of us argue over the similarities and differences between art
and science...
The combatants tend to confuse human-made with nature-made art, and
possibly don't even actually disagree, if...
Nov 15, 2020
Patrick McGahern has been operating an antiquarian bookshop in Ottawa, Canada's capital, since 1969. Today it continues to thrive under the management of Patrick's son Liam. The store specializes in Used and Rare Books, Canadiana, Americana, Arctic, Antarctic, Travel, Natural History & Voyages, Illustrated & Plate...
Nov 11, 2020
Roger Chartier was born in 1945 in Lyon, France. He is a giant in the field of book history and the study of publishing and reading. He teaches at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, the Collège de France, and the University of Pennsylvania.
I interviewed Roger...
Nov 5, 2020