
The Spirits and the Law: Vodou and Power in Haiti
Book
Vodou has often served as a scapegoat for Haiti's problems, from political upheavals to natural...

Shameless - Season 1
TV Season
Meet Frank Gallagher (William H. Macy): proud, working-class patriarch to a motley brood of six...
comedy drama

25 Women: Essays on Their Art
Book
Newsweek calls him "exhilarating and deeply engaging." Time Out New York calls him "smart,...

Albrecht D Rer and the Epistolary Mode of Address
Book
Art historians have long looked to letters to secure biographical details; clarify relationships...

Bernini: His Life and His Rome
Book
Sculptor, architect, painter, playwright, and scenographer, Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) was the...

Camera Orientalis: Reflections on Photography of the Middle East
Book
In the decades after its invention in 1839, photography was inextricably linked to the Middle East....

Substance of Shadow: A Darkening Trope in Poetic History
Book
John Hollander, poet and scholar, was a master whose work joined luminous learning and imaginative...

The Art Rules: Wisdom and Guidance from Art World Experts
Book
A well-known advocate and proponent of art in Chicago, Paul Klein is a long-time gallerist whose...

The Invisible Dragon: Essays on Beauty
Book
"The Invisible Dragon" made a lot of noise for a little book. When it was originally published in...

Willem de Kooning Nonstop: Cherchez la Femme
Book
In the early 1950s, Willem de Kooning's Woman I and subsequent paintings established him as a...