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art

September 27, 2022

An image of the painting "The Creation of Adam." It's mostly pixelated, with an eyeball superimposed over the center, which clearly shows the hand of God reaching toward Adam.

Technology

Is AI Art a ‘Toy’ or a ‘Weapon’?

Matteo Wong

September 23, 2022

Ideas

Fear of a Black Hobbit

Adam Serwer

September 14, 2022

Illustration showing white, half-open matchbox, the front of which shows face with glasses and expression of outrage.

Newsletters

I Went Viral in the Bad Way

Charlie Warzel

August 17, 2022

Newsletters

Salman Rushdie, Offense, and Artistic Expression

Xochitl Gonzalez

August 16, 2022

Newsletters

The Power of the Black Portrait

Imani Perry

August 5, 2022

Culture

The Seminal TV Series That Changed How We See

R.E. Hawley

May 10, 2022

GIF illustration of classical art portraits and blinking eyes

How to Build a Life

Art Should Be a Habit, Not a Luxury

Arthur C. Brooks

January 27, 2022

A person plays a string instrument, the body of which is made up of two smiley faces.

Press Room

The Atlantic, Artist Glenn Kaino, and Superblue Announce Immersive Art Experience

December 3, 2021

Global

Vladimir Putin’s Waning Tolerance for Art

Anna Nemtsova

October 26, 2021

A colorful playground with a slide is placed in an old ballroom.

Books

Writing Should Be a Visual Art

Amitava Kumar

October 6, 2021

An illustration of a book with colorful illustrations: a red blotch and black circle against a yellow background on one page, and a blue smear against red on the other

America In Person

The Unorthodox Art of an Ultra-Orthodox Community

Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt

September 24, 2021

Ideas

The Emerging Artistry of Hunter Biden

Casey Michel

September 22, 2021

Illustration of framed $100 bills covered by fabric

Culture

The Most Surreal Aspect of Returning to the Office

Oliver Munday

August 3, 2021

The magazine wall at The Atlantic's New York office

Culture

The Minimalist Who Wasn’t

Leslie Jamison

October 2020 Issue

Fiction

The Conspiracy Museum

Robin Sloan

May 13, 2020

How to Build a Life

The 3 Equations for a Happy Life, Even During a Pandemic

Arthur C. Brooks

April 9, 2020

An illustration of a man and a woman. The woman is holding a net carrying three happy faces.

Ideas

The Talented Victim Is Not the Point

Conor Friedersdorf

January 19, 2020

Someone in a hoodie works at a computer, with the background covered in black and green computer code.

Ideas

An Artist-in-Residence Creates a Sense of Place

Deborah Fallows

December 5, 2019

Artist Richelle Gribble with her cotton spider web on kozo washi paper, created during her artist-in-residency in Japan

Culture

A New Exhibition Shows Women as Artists, Not Muses

Helen Lewis

October 29, 2019

Ideas

How Art Can Renew a Community

James Fallows

October 2, 2019

Children at an event put on by the Big Car Collaborative in Indianapolis

Press Room

Luise Stauss Joins The Atlantic as Director of Photography

September 11, 2019

Books

The Problem With ‘Good’ Taste

Joe Fassler

July 18, 2019

Culture

The Photographer Who Captured 20th-Century Queer Life

Hannah Giorgis

June 19, 2019

Ideas

Sections

The Print Edition

We’re Witnessing the Birth of a New Artistic Medium

Is AI Art a ‘Toy’ or a ‘Weapon’?

Fear of a Black Hobbit

I Went Viral in the Bad Way

Salman Rushdie, Offense, and Artistic Expression

The Power of the Black Portrait

The Seminal TV Series That Changed How We See

Art Should Be a Habit, Not a Luxury

The Atlantic, Artist Glenn Kaino, and Superblue Announce Immersive Art Experience

Vladimir Putin’s Waning Tolerance for Art

Writing Should Be a Visual Art

The Unorthodox Art of an Ultra-Orthodox Community

The Emerging Artistry of Hunter Biden

The Most Surreal Aspect of Returning to the Office

The Minimalist Who Wasn’t

The Conspiracy Museum

The 3 Equations for a Happy Life, Even During a Pandemic

The Talented Victim Is Not the Point

An Artist-in-Residence Creates a Sense of Place

A New Exhibition Shows Women as Artists, Not Muses

How Art Can Renew a Community

Luise Stauss Joins The Atlantic as Director of Photography

The Problem With ‘Good’ Taste

The Photographer Who Captured 20th-Century Queer Life

Jung’s View of Christianity

What Is German?

Middlebrow: A Letter Written but Not Sent

How to Win the Peace

Mankind, Take Care!

The Poetry of Emily Dickinson

Venice and St. Mark’s