art

Several works by the world-renowned artist Damien Hirst that confront the boundaries between art, pop culture, science, and our views on life and death.

In this essay, a gravedigger’s daughter considers the meaning of mercy.

Barry Krammes’s work is reminiscent of the Old World, laden with stark bygones of stories that hold pain, suffering, and disaster. And yet, the meaning of these sculptural pieces of calamity, past, innocence, and insanity speak to each viewer in extraordinarily different ways.

A renewed celebration of an old classic of life and truth, poetry and prose: The Journal of Jules Renard.

This art exhibit from Shimon Sakakibara includes two-dimensional paintings, two installations, and a review by Jen Grabarczyk; it speaks to a loss of hope and a deceptive sense of life and meaning in individuals, specifically in regards to youth.

Why should governments provide funding for the arts? This essay explores three mainstream political answers and provides a sociocultural alternative.

This poem addresses the role of language and creativity in education; it considers a “concrete classroom” future where poets are no more.

In this poem, Luci Shaw metaphorically considers the cycles of collapse and reformation that define the spiritual life.

Click here to view an interactive gallery of Eliacin Rosario-Cruz’s photography.