In essays covering Samuel Beckett to Tacita Dean, the writer reflects on irresistible artworks
How the artists used their underground photographic magazine to map New York’s mid-century myths
On the occasion of the centennial of the artist’s birth, Lynne Tillman offers a close reading of a lesser known photograph
What does a picture tell? Not one story
A new book on the writing of Diane Arbus prompts a deeper understanding of her photographs