Hardy Sam

“To Define a Feeling: Joan Mitchell, 1960–1965” is at David Zwirner at 537 West 20th Street, New York, December 13, 2025. Since Phoebe Philo came back…

Letter from Joan Mitchell to Barney Rosset (page 4 of 8), August 26, 1979. Joan Mitchell Foundation Archives, New York. “Everything about her was no-n…

“When I was getting to know Joan, I think she had decided she didn’t have to impress anybody with what she put on. But that doesn’t mean she wasn’t pa…

As Rose implied, Mitchell was not an obviously fashionable person. It seems highly plausible she felt the same way about clothes as she did about her …

But why, exactly, does Gorey continue to draw fans en masse now? In part it may be because his art and writing are a cleverly executed study in contra…

Gorey fans, I can personally attest, are a devoted bunch; the few first editions I have squired away (including my favorite, 1965’s The Recently Deflo…

The opening-night celebration for “Something Else Entirely,” the new show celebrating the illustration art of Edward Gorey at New York’s Society of Il…

Though her most famous break-up album might be Thank U, Next, Eternal Sunshine shows what revenge sounds like when you’ve genuinely healed and moved o…

“It’s Britney, bitch,” begins the iconic fifth studio album by the greatest pop star to ever do it. Blackout saw Spears—no longer blonde and smiling, …

This one’s completely up to you—every bride and every ceremony is different. If you’re on the fence, why not consider a bridal gown rental? The practi…