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I remember being in full rapture before many of her paintings, due, at least in part, to the maximal stimulant of urban energies made up of numerous tightly edged regions of bright colors evoking a post-Surrealist geography of imagination.

Border Crossings is a cultural magazine edited and published in Winnipeg. A local, international magazine, it is now in its 35th year of continuous publication. Edited by Meeka Walsh, it investigates contemporary culture through a combination of articles, reviews, interviews and portfolios of photographs and drawings.

The celebration of the author’s centenary reveals the enormous literary and intellectual stature of a man who always knew how to say ‘no’ when it came to the big red lines

A major show on Italian writer Italo Calvino opens Friday at the Scuderie del Qurinale marking the 100th anniversary of his birth. © ANSA

The Argentine Lionel Messi is the personification of soccer sublime . He has come to move fans in ways that art lovers are moved by a painting.

The Argentine Lionel Messi is the personification of soccer sublime . He has come to move fans in ways that art lovers are moved by a painting.

Calvino’s essays are mercurial, and the pleasure of reading them derives from our intimacy with a mind that seems to...

The Paris Review is a literary magazine featuring original writing, art, and in-depth interviews with famous writers.

Essays from the Italian polymath offer a penetrating exploration of the art of reading and writing

How much complexity is lost in a sentence no longer than six words?