From Our Pages: “The Lives of Strangers”: Paisley Rekdal Reflects on Marriage, Betrayal, and Murder.
A favorite essay from our first issue, formatted for online reading. Josh George, Buddy Patrol, mixed media on wood panel. “The Lives of Strangers,” by multiple-award-winning poet and memoirist Paisley Rekdal, explores the complexities of marriage and love—and the many forms of violence they can engender. The piece first appeared in the print version...
“Bedeviled”: Sample some of our personal demons here.
The third issue of Broad Street has been out for a year, filled with tales of troubles, vexations, irritations and curses. “Bedeviled” features essays and assorted musings by D. J. Lee, Alan Cheuse, Carol Moldaw, Ramsey Hootman, and Glenn H. Shepard, Jr.; poetry from Lisa Allen Ortiz, Richard Peabody, and Lea Marshall; photography by John Moser, James Prochnik, and Chad...
A Devilish Look
From “Demons in the Woods,” a portfolio of photographs by John Moser. Todd by Chad Hunt, 1998 All week we will be spotlighting visual artists who appear in our “Bedeviled” issue, which is coming out soon. Today’s images are from photographers John Moser and Chad Hunt.
Art Imitating Life: Drones Appearing on Afghan Rugs
Here at Broad Street we are fascinated with the ways art reflects life—sometimes in surprising forms. The Atlantic recently ran a piece that showcases one such example. Cosimo Bizzari writes about a recent trend taken by Afghan rug-weavers: When it comes to what to depict on rugs, Afghan weavers traditionally turn to what’s most familiar. So in...
Contemporary Art as Crime – Part 2
by Jamal Stone Contemporary art—art from the late 20th century to the present—often challenges preconceptions, stretching the boundaries of what is and is not art. But sometimes, definitions in the art world get too fuzzy—take, for instance, our understanding of art crime. Traditionally, art crime is simply crime committed against art, used to describe all sorts...
