Author Interviews Archive
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What Exactly is Culture? Interview with Terry Eagleton by David Ebony
Posted on August 26, 2016David Ebony– So much in the news these days refers to culture, culture clashes or culture wars, cultural identity, and cultural purity. The meaning of “culture” seems to be expansive […] -
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George Shaw: An Interview
Posted on July 11, 2016As a new exhibition at the National Gallery London looks to our neglected woodland for inspiration, our London office recently asked its creator – National Gallery associate artist George Shaw – some […] -
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Young Mr. Turner: A Conversation with Eric Shanes
Posted on April 1, 2016A complex figure, and divisive during his lifetime, Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) has long been considered Britain’s greatest painter. The new biography of the artist, Young Mr. Turner: The […] -
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The Legacy of Black Mountain College—An Experiment in Higher Education: Interview with Ruth Erickson by David Ebony
Posted on March 11, 2016David Ebony– In the mid 1930s, the years leading up to World War II, America’s great socialist moment was underway. New Deal programs like the Works Progress Administration employed thousands […] -
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Illuminating the Ethereal: Mark Rothko’s Work from His Son’s Point of View / Interview with Christopher Rothko by David Ebony
Posted on February 11, 2016David Ebony– Renowned for his incandescent abstract paintings of ethereal space and light, Mark Rothko is certainly one of the giants of twentieth century art. Along with fellow Abstract Expressionists […] -
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Uncovering Middle Kingdom Egypt with Adela Oppenheim
Posted on December 3, 2015With thanks to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, here’s an interview between Rachel High, Publishing and Marketing Assistant in the Editorial Department at the Museum, and Adela Oppenheim, Curator in the […] -
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Multimedia Masquerade: Masks and Disguise in Contemporary Art/ Interview with Pamela McClusky by David Ebony
Posted on November 5, 2015David Ebony– As Performa 15, the performance art biennial, gets underway this week in New York, on the West Coast, Los Angeles’s Fowler Museum at UCLA hosts “Disguise: Masks and […] -
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Hitler at Home: A Conversation with Despina Stratigakos
Posted on November 4, 2015Adolf Hitler’s makeover from rabble‑rouser to statesman coincided with a series of dramatic home renovations he undertook during the mid‑1930s. In the brand-new book Hitler at Home, author Despina Stratigakos exposes […] -
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In Bed with the Avant-garde: The Peggy Guggenheim Story / Interview with Francine Prose by David Ebony
Posted on October 8, 2015David Ebony– An eccentric heiress with an all-consuming passion for avant-garde art and artists, Peggy Guggenheim (1898-1979) just happened to change the course of 20th-century art during her tumultuous lifetime. […] -
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Porcelain Obsession: Denise Patry Leidy on Her New Book, How to Read Chinese Ceramics
Posted on September 14, 2015Rachel High– A new publication in the highly popular How to Read series, How to Read Chinese Ceramics, by Denise Patry Leidy, Brooke Russell Astor Curator of Chinese Art and an […]