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Arts

Arts Crime

The Big-Eyed Children: The Extraordinary Story of an Epic Art Fraud

Margaret Keane’s husband stole credit for her iconic paintings, basking in fame and fortune that should have been hers for years. Then she told a reporter the truth.

Jon Ronson The Guardian Oct 2014 10min Permalink

Arts Food

Against the Grain

Scrutinizing the gluten-free craze.

Michael Specter New Yorker Oct 2014 25min Permalink

Arts Business Food

"Hurt That Bitch"

What undercover investigators saw inside a factory farm.

Read more

Excerpted from The Chain: Farm, Factory, and the Fate of Our Food.

Ted Genoways Mother Jones Oct 2014 35min Permalink

Arts Music

Cheeky Genius

A profile of Nicki Minaj.

Taffy Brodesser-Akner GQ Nov 2014 15min Permalink

Arts

Dynasty

A profile of Oscar de la Renta.

David Amsden New York Oct 2014 20min Permalink

Arts Tech

'Am I Being Catfished?'

An author confronts her troll.

Kathleen Hale The Guardian Oct 2014 20min Permalink

Arts

Anna Nicole Smith Kind of Made a Pass at Me

Profiling the sleepy reality tv star.

Sarah Miller Cafe Oct 2014 15min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

Interview: Johnny Depp

“I have a big cock in my living room.”

John Waters Interview Apr 1990 20min Permalink

Arts

Reelin’ in the Years

Reconsidering Virginia Woolf’s novel, Orlando.

Colin Dickey Lapham's Quarterly Oct 2014 15min Permalink

Arts Business

The 350,000 Percent Rise of Christopher Wool's Masterpiece Painting

A story of regret and the contemporary art market.

Vernon Silver, James Tarmy Businessweek Oct 2014 10min Permalink

Arts

The Quirky Allure of 'Twin Peaks'

A digressive consideration of the popular new show.

John Leonard New York May 1990 20min Permalink

Arts

The Best Monster

A hardcore night of Dungeons & Dragons with artist Zak Smith and his coterie of porn star players.

Vanessa Veselka Matter Oct 2014 25min Permalink

Arts Music

The Man Who Would Be Prince

A profile of Prince as Diamonds and Pearls was released, based mostly off a brief phone call, all the access he’ll allow.

Chris Heath Details Nov 1991 15min Permalink

Arts

The Secret Life of Max Stern

The Nazis stole his family’s paintings, but Max Stern escaped and became one of Canada’s leading art dealers. Now, 20 after his death, he is changing the rules of restitution.

Sara Angel The Walrus Sep 2014 20min Permalink

Arts History Movies & TV

Fascinating Fascism

On a book of photographs shot by Leni Riefenstahl in the 1950s and 1960s depicting an African tribe.

Susan Sontag New York Review of Books Feb 1975 35min Permalink

Arts Movies & TV

Playboy Interview: David Fincher

“It was offensive to me on a certain level that when Saw and those other movies came out, people said, “Well, torture porn really started with Seven.” Fuck you. There’s enough pervy shit going on in Seven that I don’t have to get on my high horse to defend its artistic sensibilities.”

Stephen Rebello Playboy Sep 2014 30min Permalink

Arts Business Food

The Leftovers

Paula Deen’s martyrdom industrial complex. On a cruise ship.

Taffy Brodesser-Akner Matter Sep 2014 30min Permalink

Arts

Always Leave Them Laughing

Sam Simon made a fortune from The Simpsons. Now, diagnosed with terminal cancer, he is racing to spend it.

Merrill Markoe Vanity Fair Sep 2014 25min Permalink

Arts Music

The Stranger

On Billy Joel’s sardonic gloom.

Chuck Klosterman The New York Times Magazine Sep 2002 Permalink

Arts

The Original Gone Girl

On Daphne du Maurier and her novel, Rebecca.

Carrie Frye Gawker Sep 2014 10min Permalink

Arts World

The Writer and the Valet

On the intrigue surrounding Dr. Zhivago’s publication.

Frances Stonor Saunders London Review of Books Sep 2014 25min Permalink

Arts

Showdown at the Four Seasons

The battle over a New York Picasso.

Suzanna Andrews Vanity Fair Oct 2014 25min Permalink

Arts

The Plus Side

A revolution in full-figured fashion.

Lizzie Widdicombe The New Yorker Sep 2014 25min Permalink

Arts

Donald Antrim and the Art of Anxiety

A profile of the novelist, who is surprised to be alive.

John Jeremiah Sullivan New York Times Magazine Sep 2014 15min Permalink

Arts

Disrupters, Disconnectionists, and Dicks

On the host of MTV’s Catfish and his new book.

Emma Healey The Hairpin Sep 2014 10min Permalink

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