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A Short History of Minimalism

Donald Judd, Richard Wollheim, and the origins of what we now describe as minimalist.
by Kyle Chayka via The Nation on January 14, 2020
A building that appears distorted

Staring at Hell

The artists of our time, with their ruin-porn coffee-table books, offer the world a glossy, anesthetized image of abandoned infrastructure from Chernobyl to Detroit.
by Kate Wagner via The Baffler on January 6, 2020

The Decade Comic Book Nerds Became Our Cultural Overlords

Why do they have to be such sore winners?
by Alex Pappademas via Medium on December 10, 2019

Signs of Return

Photography as History in the U.S. South.
by Grace Elizabeth Hale via Southern Cultures on April 1, 2019
Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon National Park Turns 100: How a Place Once Called 'Valueless' Became Grand

As Grand Canyon National Park celebrates its centennial, it’s worth recalling the peculiar way the canyon became grand.
by Stephen Pyne via The Conversation on February 6, 2019
Philip Johnson

Philip Johnson Was Very Nazi

A new biography of the architect shows why it’s hard to ignore the authoritarian characteristics of some of his most celebrated work.
by Armin Rosen via Tablet on December 5, 2018
A woman dressed in steampunk fashion.

Steampunk for Historians

It's about time.
by Scott P. Marler via Perspectives on History on December 3, 2018

How Restaurants Got So Loud

Fashionable minimalism replaced plush opulence. That’s a recipe for commotion.
by Kate Wagner via The Atlantic on November 27, 2018

A Skyline Is Born

A history of filmmakers retelling the story of New York’s architecture.
by Tatum Dooley via Lapham’s Quarterly on November 14, 2018
Athleisure clothing items including a windbreaker, cap, sweatpants, and running shoe.

How Athleisure Conquered Modern Fashion

The sudden ubiquity of sportswear might seem a little odd. But almost every feature of modern fashion was once adapted from athletics.
by Derek Thompson via The Atlantic on October 28, 2018
Photograph of murder victim by Weegee.

The Lost World of Weegee

Depression-era Americans viewed urban life in America through the lens of Weegee’s camera.
by Terry Teachout via Commentary on August 1, 2018

What Can We Learn From Utopians of the Past?

Four nineteenth-century authors offered blueprints for a better world—but their progressive visions had a dark side.
by Adam Gopnik via The New Yorker on July 30, 2018

This Man is an Island

How the Key West we know today became a reflection of one man’s campy sense of style.
by Michael Adno via The Bitter Southerner on July 11, 2018
Movie poster for "American Gigolo," showing a man in a suit looking to the right, with his shadow on the wall behind him

Armani in America

Looking back on "American Gigolo," a love story about a wardrobe.
by Haley Mlotek via Lapham’s Quarterly on July 3, 2018

Prison Cells and Pretty Walls

Gender coding and American schools.
by Jennifer Borgioli Binis via Nursing Clio on May 3, 2018

What of the Lowly Page Number

Far from being a utilitarian afterthought, an astonishing number of design choices go into pagination.
by Marlon Ettinger via The Outline on April 23, 2018

The 100 Pages That Shaped Comics

From Mickey to Maus, tracing the evolution of the pictures, panels, and text that brought comic books to life.
by Jeet Heer, Abraham Josephine Riesman, Sarah Boxer, Heidi MacDonald, Fred Van Lente, Brian Cronin, Charles Hatfield, Christopher Spaide, Joshua Rivera, Klaus Janson, Mark Morales, Richard Starkings via Vulture on April 16, 2018
Victorian couple courting with a church steeple in the background

Victorian Era

A primary source set and teaching guide created by educators.
by Tona Hangen via Digital Public Library of America on February 28, 2018

Triumph of the Shill

The political theory of Trumpism.
by Corey Robin via n+1 on August 9, 2017
People on a rollercoaster

Are We Having Too Much Fun?

In 1985, Neil Postman observed an America imprisoned by its own need for amusement. He was, it turns out, extremely prescient.
by Megan Garber via The Atlantic on April 27, 2017

When Parks Were Radical

More than 150 years ago, Frederick Law Olmsted changed how Americans think of public space.
by Nathaniel Rich via The Atlantic on September 1, 2016
A colorfully linoleum floor

Linoleum’s Luxurious History and Creative Renaissance

Linoleum has a rich history in art and industry that you should remember next time you walk across a particularly beautiful patterned floor.
by Hattie Jean Hayes via Zócalo Public Square on August 12, 2016

"Nature’s Nation": The Hudson River School and American Landscape Painting, 1825–1876

How American landscape painters, seen as old-fashioned and provincial, gained cultural power by glorifying expansionism.
by Linda Ferber via Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History on May 1, 2016
Aerial view of Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California.

Why Are America’s Most Innovative Companies Still Stuck in 1950s Suburbia?

Suburban corporate campuses have isolated themselves by design from the communities their products were supposed to impact.
by Hunter Oatman-Stanford via Collectors Weekly on April 8, 2016
Gram Parsons.

Nudie and the Cosmic American

The iconic fusion of country and rock in Gram Parsons' legacy.
by Elyssa East via Oxford American on January 7, 2016

In Living Color: The Forgotten 19th-Century Photo Technology That Romanticized America

People without the means to visit America's wonders could finally picture it for themselves.
by Ben Marks via Collectors Weekly on May 23, 2014

American Pastoral

Reflections on the ahistorical, aristocratic, and romanticist approach to "nature" elevated by John Muir, and by his admirer, Ken Burns.
by Charles Petersen via n+1 on February 26, 2010
"Sunrise at Northport Harbor" painting by Arthur Dove.

Unpopular Front

American art and the Cold War.
by Louis Menand via The New Yorker on October 9, 2005
Silhouettes of people dancing at a techno music festival with colorful laser lights.

Machine Soul

A history of techno.
by Jon Savage via Hyperreal Music Archive on June 1, 1993
Still frame from a slow motion sequence in the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde shows actress grimacing inside a vehicle.

How Slow Motion Became Cinema’s Dominant Special Effect

The turbulent late sixties saw the technique’s popularity explode—and it’s been helping moviemakers engage with the unsettling tempos of modern life ever since.
by Scott Wasserman Stern via The New Republic on June 27, 2025
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