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Artificial intelligence at Kennedy Center
And the book chapter on Mormon art is out.
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August 2024

Luminosity in Ligonier
So much depends upon a red fire truck and brown teasels.
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Forthcoming book chapter
My essay will be published next month in the Oxford book "Latter-day Saint Art: A Critical Reader."
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July 2024

A pyrrhic Olympic victory
In art, it's important to learn the rules before breaking them.
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May 2024

Charleston’s Jewish ghosts
An ode to the city as we prepare to move back north.
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July 2023

Recent publications
From an interview with RFK Jr. to a chess sculpture to a social worker shortage.
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Free translation
Or the Borges school of international journalism.
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May 2023

A new low
Hunting for noteworthy things at the Gibbes.
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April 2023

Unwitting scheduler
“Hi. ... Oh by the way, is your wife here?”
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March 2023

Spanish moss, an appreciation
Some observations about Charleston, S.C.
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February 2023

Doré the Explorer
On the French illustrator’s uneven prints depicting the Bible.
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Interview with Leslie Umberger, curator of folk and self-taught art at SAAM
The Smithsonian curator discussed the show “We Are Made of Stories: Self-Taught Artists in the Robson Family Collection.”
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