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History remembers Wolfgang Mozart. But his sister was a genius, too.
And she wasn’t the only female prodigy shut out of success
These female artists were forgotten — and one woman’s work was even credited to men. Now, an exhibit is making amends.
Renaissance painters Lavinia Fontana and Sofonisba Anguissola were famous in their day, then fell into obscurity
December 4, 2019
December 4, 2019
Creative burnout is inevitable. I recently took a different approach to overcome it — and it worked.
I was inspired by my friend’s comment about ‘fallow periods’
You can’t eat anything at this New York City deli, but customers keep coming
British artist Lucy Sparrow opened a new exhibition, ‘Delicatessen on 6th,’ in Rockefeller Center this month
October 15, 2019
October 15, 2019
I’m struggling with the tension between my public persona and my private self
As my book release looms, I’ve been reflecting on how we construct ourselves socially and privately
Our Lily Lit Club pick defies traditional storytelling. Here’s how.
‘Laura Dean Keeps Breaking up with Me,’ written by Mariko Tamaki and illustrated by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell, marries two forms of storytelling
August 15, 2019
August 15, 2019
How 6 female photojournalists saw the world — according to their photographs for Life magazine
See some of the photographs — taken by Margaret Bourke-White and five other women — that are featured in a New-York Historical Society exhibition
I work as an art tutor for high schoolers. The way they choose to portray female bodies is deeply worrying.
It’s easy to help students with skills — but more difficult to change their perceptions of beauty
Kathy Butterly tortures her own sculptures — and produces exquisite, joyful results
Each of Butterly’s pieces requires intense labor, and she works on several at once
Pop-up art installations in New York City blast audio of sobbing, detained children
They were placed in highly trafficked areas of the city on Wednesday
