Archive - On the Arts

Generative AI and the Falling Costs of Art Creation

For individual creators on a budget, the future is bright.

Jan 11, 2024

December 2023

On the Arts: A Year-End Review

A brief guide to everything published this year.

Dec 22, 2023

Winter as Reading Season

David Foster Wallace on the necessity of quiet time in order to read.

Dec 13, 2023

November 2023

The Meaning of Melancholy

An Interview with Hans Maes

Nov 22, 2023

How to Write a Proper Haiku

A Starter's Guide to the Deceptively Simple Poetic Form

Nov 8, 2023

October 2023

Do biographies need to start at the beginning?

Alternatives to the predictably linear narratives of most biographies.

Oct 25, 2023

What is the Demoscene?

An Interview with Filipe Cruz on the Influential but Obscure Art Form

Oct 18, 2023

Link List: 20 Articles + Websites About the Arts

A wide-ranging collection of links on ballet, ugly architecture, Soviet Control rooms, Hokusai, and nifty CSS tools.

Oct 11, 2023

The Vertical Beauty of Hong Kong

An Interview with Photographer Romain Jacquet Lagrèze

Oct 4, 2023

September 2023

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