Art

The Art section is a diverse range of disciplines featuring theatre, reviews, exhibitions, literature with writing that explores the grey areas between literature and art, and also literature and culture, i.e. the connections between literature & travel, literature & fashion, literature & food, etc. that help us “see” literature in our real world.

Art, Arts & Culture, Comics, Litro #116: Humour

Chaperones, Gossip, and Banned Books by H. M. Bateman

by Litro • January 5, 2026January 13, 2026

Art, Arts & Culture, Comics, Essays

The Low Art of Christoph Niemann

To feel more comfortable on the humble side of life: that’s perhaps the mark of a true humorist.

by Ignacio_OM • January 3, 2026January 13, 2026

Art, Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Literature, Story Sunday, StorySunday

The #1 Bank Robber in the History of the State of New Jersey

A poetic noir about desire, danger, and the rituals of power. In “Bank Robber,” a mysterious woman finds herself caught in the smoke and mirrors of intimacy and betrayal. A ...

by accounts • August 3, 2025August 3, 2025

Art, Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Story Sunday, StorySunday

Aphrodite

In this lyrical retelling by Fleur Lilliott, the goddess speaks: not as muse or ornament, but as strategist, survivor, and destroyer. Through the ruins of Troy and the mirror of ...

by fleur-lilliott • August 3, 2025August 3, 2025

Art, Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Story Sunday

Rubies

“I don’t want these. I can’t take them. They just don’t make it.” In ‘Rubies,’ one woman’s search for the right pair of earrings uncovers more than she expected. A ...

by accounts • June 15, 2025August 3, 2025

Art, Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Essays, EssaySaturday

My Mother Puzzles

I sit on the edge of her bed now and she grabs my hand and tells me what songs she wants at her funeral.

by philmitch79 • March 23, 2024March 23, 2024

Art, Arts & Culture

Transforming the taboo into art: Marianne Tricot’s collages reveal the beauty of sexuality.

Unveiling the sensual through art – Marianne Tricot’s journey from scientific illustration to erotic collages.

by Litro • December 25, 2023June 12, 2024

Art, Arts & Culture, EssaySaturday

TWELVE IMAGES OF CENTRAL PARK ON OLD POSTCARDS

Old postcards of Central Park offer a window onto the past of this vital green space.

by Jim Ross • October 22, 2021October 22, 2021

Art, Essays, EssaySaturday

THE GIFT OF THE GATES

On The Gates, an art installation by Christo and Jeanne-Claude

by stephen wolf • August 7, 2021August 15, 2021

Art, Arts & Culture, Technology and Arts Issue

Art & Technology: Spring 2020: Editor’s letter.

From the first stone tools to the industrial revolution to now the digital revolution, technology has changed everything and come to dominate our lives. In my travels last year, in ...

by eric-akoto • April 2, 2020December 31, 2024

Art, Arts & Culture, Print Issues, Technology and Arts Issue

Five-Hundred Year Anniversary: Leonardo da Vinci at the Louvre

It seems fitting that the current Louvre exhibition has surrounded the Renaissance man who saw himself as a scientist with all the latest in new technologies to commemorate the 500-year ...

by erikmartiny • December 23, 2019April 2, 2020

Art, Travel&Lifestyle

Feature Film: Enemy

Infidelity is at the ground floor of many a narrative structure and for the characters, more often than not, it’s all about the sex. What happens to the ...

by declantan • January 21, 2015January 23, 2015

Graphic Collection: <em>New York Drawings</em> by Adrian Tomine

Art, Arts & Culture, Comics, Literature

Graphic Collection: New York Drawings by Adrian Tomine

A recurring theme is the discovery of the city’s beauty in unexpected places. The introductory three-page comic depicting the artist’s social anxiety about being at a publishing party alone gives ...

by rob-fred-parker • December 4, 2012January 13, 2026

Art, Digital Subscriptions, Litro #116: Humour

Trapezoids and History

by tom-toro • June 25, 2012December 7, 2018

Art, Digital Subscriptions, Litro #114: Rio

Lombra by Rodrigo de Souza Leão

by Litro • April 29, 2012December 7, 2018

Art, Digital Subscriptions, Litro #113: Double Dutch

Alex Vannini — Sunset

by Litro • February 18, 2012December 7, 2018

Art

How to Make a Black Hole

Steven Appleby’s work has appeared in newspapers, on television, on Radio 4, on stage at the ICA and in over 20 books. The Coffee Table Book of Doom, published in ...

by steven-appleby • December 7, 2011September 15, 2012

Art, Digital Subscriptions, Litro #111: France