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The poet Mary Szybist reflects on the embrace between Mary and Elizabeth in this sculptural representation of the Visitation.
Mary Szybist
January 29
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The poet Billy Collins reflects on Joan of Arc’s absorbing expression in this original work.
Billy Collins
July 30, 2025
Poet Deborah Landau responds to Gustav Klimt’s painting Mäda Primavesi (1903–2000).
Deborah Landau
July 14, 2025
Samoylova’s images capture the trompe l’oeil of Florida, many to do with water and glass—the mise-en-abyme of cypress trunks reflected in a tannic creek.
Ange Mlinko
March 21, 2025
The poet Jennifer Franklin responds to Friedrich’s painting Monk by the Sea.
Jennifer Franklin
February 3, 2025
The poet Emily Pittinos responds to Friedrich’s painting Two Men Contemplating the Moon.
Emily Pittinos
February 3, 2025
"This poem echoes the dual structure of the inner and outer figures, but in the spirit of the work, transforms it into something unexpected." — Hannah Sanghee Park
Hannah Sanghee Park
December 11, 2024
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I am startled by the intimacy the mural grants us.
Major Jackson
March 22, 2024
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For me the photograph speaks to optical illusion, to ambiguity, to the blurring of immediate impressions and assumptions.
Carl Phillips
March 12, 2024
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This painting was different from the work I knew: it seemed somehow vaster than the landscapes, deader than the bones.
Maggie Millner
March 1, 2024